Upcoming Assignments Update

The following will appear in FSM Vol. 6, No. 3, now at our printers. We are running it on our website first because we owe you guys an updated list....

As most of you have probably noticed over the past, say, three years, the Upcoming Assignments list has become a mish-mash of everything from big-budget features by top-draw composers to student films by your next door neighbor who plays the drums. And many have long since been completed, or even more likely, were never completed at all. Well this month, we've taken a machete to this list and hacked it to bits. It's considerably shorter now, and we intend to cut it down even more in the coming months. We've changed the rules a bit, too: From now on, A-list composers will stay on the list until their films are released (in most cases). Everyone else's entries will be removed after two issues. By no means do we want to discourage composers from keeping us apprised of their projects; we just want to keep the list as current as possible. Thanks. As for who decides who is an "A-list composer" and who is not, that would be us! If you don't like it, start your own magazine. Whew, how assertive!

Curtis Armstrong Kiss of the Dragon.
Marco Beltrami I Am Dina.
Elmer Bernstein The Rat Race (replacing Jerry Goldsmith).
Christopher Brady MTV's Real World 10th Anniversary Special.
Jeff Danna Green Dragon.
Michael Danna Monsoon Wedding.
John Debney Cats and Dogs.
Thomas DeRenzo Juror #8.
Patrick Doyle Bridget Jones Diaries.
Cliff Eidelman An American Rhapsody.
David Michael Frank Passion and Prejudice (USA cable).
Jerry Goldsmith The Castle (dir. Rod Lurie).
Lee Holdridge The Mists of Avalon.
Mark Isham Hardball (starring Keanu Reeves and Diane Lane).
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Edges of the Lord (starring Haley Joel Osment and Willem Dafoe), QuoVadis?.
Michael Kamen Tomb Raider (starring Angelina Jolie).
Dan Licht Soul Survivor.
Hummie Mann Wooly Boys.
Joel McNeely Peter Pan.
Mark Mothersbaugh Royal Tennenbaums.
Conrad Pope Pavillion of Women.
Trevor Rabin Black Sheep.
Graeme Revell Collateral Damage.
William Ross Tuck Everlasting.
They Might Be Giants The Oblongs (main title; WB animated).
Michael Whalen Lake Desire, Above Heaven, The Shape of Life, Ulysses S. Grant.
Christopher Young Swordfish, Dragonfly (Universal).

Mark Adler Focus.
Craig Armstrong Moulin Rouge (Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman).
David Arnold D'Artagnan (dir. Peter Hyams).

Angelo Badalamenti C'est Amour L·, Birthday Girl.
Lesley Barber Wild Bear (animated).
Nathan Barr Venus and Mars (Disney).
John Barry Enigma (dir. Michael Apted, starring Kate Winslet).
Tyler Bates Beyond City Limits.
Christophe Beck Slap Her She's French (dir. Evan Dunsky).
Marco Beltrami Goodbye Casanova (w/ Gianluca Piersanti), Joy Ride (formerly Squelch; d. John Dahl), Blade 2: Bloodlust.
Wendy Blackstone Back Roads.
Simon Boswell The Sleeping Dictionary.
Christopher Brady Castle in the Sky (Disney animated), Hal's Birthday.
B.T. Driven.
Carter Burwell A Knight's Tale.

C.T. Racer X.
Gary Chang Kat.
George S. Clinton Mr. Happy, Night Visions (Fox TV), Speaking of Sex (J. Spader, Jay Mohr).
Elia Cmiral Bones (New Line Cinema, dir. Ernest Dickerson, starring Pam Grier).
Kaveh Cohen Above and Beyond, Room for Seven, Playing Patti.
Stewart Copeland Deuces Wild (MGM).

Shaun Davey The Tailor of Panama (dir. John Boorman, Sony/Columbia).
Don Davis Jurassic Park 3, The Matrix 2 & 3, Long Time Dead, The Unsaid, 13 Ghosts.
Thomas DeRenzo The Third Lion.
Patrick Doyle Blow Dry.
Anne Dudley The Body, The Bacchae, Diablo.

Randy Edelman The Gelfin.
Cliff Eidelman Ocean Men.
Danny Elfman Spider-Man (dir. Sam Raimi), Planet of the Apes.

George Fenton Summer Catch.
Christopher Franke Dancing at the Harvest Moon.

Elliot Goldenthal Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Alec Baldwin).
Adam Gorgoni In the Shadows (starring James Caan and Cuba Gooding, Jr.).
Larry Groupe The Search for John Gossing (Janeane Garofalo, Alan Rickman), Out of the Black.

Richard Hartley Peter's Meteor, Victory.
Paul Haslinger Crazy/Beautiful (formerly At 17; Disney).
Reinhold Heil/Johnny Klimek Tangled, The Empress and the Warrior.
Lee Holdridge Family Plan (Leslie Nielsen), No Other Country, Africa.
David Holmes Ocean's Eleven (d. Steven Soderbergh).
James Horner Windtalkers (MGM, John Woo, Nicolas Cage).
James Newton Howard Atlantis (Disney animated feature), Treasure Planet (Disney animated feature), Unconditional Love.
Steven Hufsteter Mascara.
David Hughes & John Murphy Chain of Fools, Mary Jane's Last Dance.

Mark Isham Imposter (Miramax, d. Gary Fleder).
Carl Johnson Hunchback of Notre Dame 2.
Adrian Johnston About Adam, Old New Borrowed Blue.
Trevor Jones To End All Wars, From Hell, Frederic Wilde, The Long Run.

Michael Kamen Band of Brothers (Hanks/Spielberg project for HBO).
Jon & Al Kaplan, Tim Curran Film Score Monthly: The Movie (starring Jeff Bond).
Rolfe Kent Town & Country, Happy Campers, About Schmidt.
Gary Koftinoff Judgment (Corbin Bernsen).
John Kusiak First Person (TV series, dir. Errol Morris {The Thin Blue Line}).

Chris Lennertz America! (miniseries), Munchies.
Zhang Lida Shadow Magic.
Ray Loring Only a Teacher (PBS).

Hummie Mann A Thing of Beauty, After the Rain.
Clint Mansell Knockaround Guys (John Malkovich).
David Mansfield The Gospel of Wonders (d. Arturo Ripstein).
Barrett Martin Are You a Serial Killer?
Brice Martin Poor Mister Potter, Saving the Endangered Species.
Cliff Martinez Wicked (d. Michael Steinberg).
Richard Marvin Atlantis (Alliance).
John Massari 1947.
John McCarthy Discord, Turbulence III: Heavy Metal (Lions Gate feature starring Joe Mantegna).
Gigi Meroni Blasphemy, Vampires Anonymous, Ray Gunn: Virtual Detective, Veins of Madness.
Deborah Mollison The Boys of Sunset Ridge (indie feature).
Trevor Morris The Judge Is God, Rolf & Helmut, K vs. S.
David Newman Death to Smoochy, The Affair of the Necklace.
Thomas Newman The Salton Sea (starring Val Kilmer), The Bijou (dir. Frank Darabont, Jim Carrey).

John Ottman Bubble Boy.
Van Dyke Parks The Ponder Heart.
Jean-Claude Petit Sarabo.
Gianluca Piersanti The Date.
Basil Poledouris Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (dir. Simon Wincer).
Zoe Poledouris Down and Out With the Dolls.
Lou Pomanti The Heist (starring Donald Sutherland).
Rachel Portman Harts War.
John Powell Fresh Horses (DreamWorks), Outpost, Pluto Nash.
Jonathan Price Avatar Exile.

Trevor Rabin Whispers (Disney), Texas Rangers.
Kennard Ramsey Trick Baby.
Will Richter Haunter of the Dark, Pendulum (starring Rachel Hunter, James Russo).
Richard Robbins The Golden Bowl (dir. James Ivory).
Marius Ruhland Anatomy.

Lalo Schifrin Jack of All Trades.
John Scott The Long Road Home.
Patrick Seymour Feast of All Saints (Showtime miniseries).
Marc Shaiman What's the Worst That Could Happen, *61 (d. Billy Crystal, HBO).
Shark Surf Shack.
Howard Shore The Score (starring Robert de Niro, Marlon Brando and Edward Norton), The Lord of the Rings (trilogy).
Lawrence Shragge Custody of the Heart.
Alan Silvestri The Mummy Returns.
Marty Simon Captured, Blind Terror (HBO).
Marty Stuart Wakin' up in Reno.

Semih Tareen Hello Gorgeous.
Michael Tavera One Special Delivery (Penny Marshall).
Brian Tyler Plan B (Diane Keaton), Frailty.

Ben Vaughn Gene Pool (new series).
Joseph Vitarelli Boycott (HBO), Nobody's Baby (starring Gary Oldman).

Stephen Warbeck Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Gabriel.
Mark Watters Tom Sawyer.
Wendy & Lisa The Third Wheel (Ben Affleck).
Alan Williams Soul Assassin (starring Kristy Swanson).
John Williams A.I., Minority Report (both Spielberg), Harry Potter (dir. Chris Columbus), Star Wars: Episode Two.
Nancy Wilson Vanilla Sky (starring Tom Cruise).
Debbie Wiseman The Biographer (Faye Dunaway).

Gabriel Yared Lisa.
Christopher Young The Glass House (Diane Lane and Leelee Sobieski), Swordfish.

Boris Zelkin Tremors 3.
Hans Zimmer Pearl Harbor.

Kenny Edmonds Josie and the Pussycats.
John Debney Heartbreakers.
Jerry Goldsmith Along Came a Spider.
James Horner Enemy at the Gates
Graeme Revell Blow.
Waddy Wachtell The Adventures of Joe Dirt.

Send any corrections or additional information to Tim Curran, TimC@filmscoremonthly.com.