Upcoming Movies and their Composers: Updated 10/97

by Lukas Kendall

From now on, we will refer to every sequel as having the subtitle, "The Quickening."

John Barry has walked from another picture, and sadly it was a score that has been long-awaited by fans, and was Oscar-bait to boot: The Horse Whisperer. Reportedly the film had been temp-tracked largely with The Shawshank Redemption, and when Barry presented director Robert Redford with his themes, the two were too far apart creatively. (This mirrors the earlier incident of Mark Isham replacing Elmer Bernstein on A River Runs Through It, also set in the Northwest.) Thomas Newman, composer of Shawshank, will score the film instead.

Danny Elfman has signed a multi-picture, non-exclusive agreement with Disney to write, produce and direct films for the studio. The first project, his directorial debut, has yet to be determined. Elfman's long-time agent, Richard Kraft, will associate produce. Elfman will continue to score films for Disney and other studios.

Shirley Walker's upcoming projects include more episodies of HBO's Spawn and The New Batman/Superman Adventures, as well an untitled Disney TV movie with Tony Danza. Shirley was featured in Sci-Fi Universe's blah blah blah

MARK ADLER: Ernest Joins the Army, Stanley and Livingston (Hallmark).

DAVID ARNOLD: Tomorrow Never Dies (James Bond, title singer: Sheryl Crow), Godzilla (Emmerich/Devlin), A Life Less Ordinary (d. Danny Boyle).

LUIS BACALOV: Polish Wedding, B. Monkey.

ANGELO BADALAMENTI: The Blood Oranges (October Films, d. Philip Hass).

DANNY BARNES: The Newton Boys (d. Linklater, with music by Barnes's band, The Bad Livers).

JOHN BARRY: Swept from the Sea, Goodbye Lover.

STEVE BARTEK: Meet the Deedles (Disney).

ROGER BELLON: One Tough Cop (d. Bruno Barretto).

MARCO BELTRAMI: Scream 2.

RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT: Sweeney Todd (d. John Schlesinger).

DAVID BERGEAUD: Prince Valiant (Paramount), Wrongfully Accused (Morgan Creek).

ELMER BERNSTEIN: The Rainmaker (Francis Ford Coppola).

TERENCE BLANCHARD: Eve's Bayou (Samuel Jackson).

SIMON BOSWELL: Photographing Fairies, American Perfekt, Dad Savage, Perdita Durango.

BRUCE BROUGHTON: Fantasia Continues (transitions), Krippendorf's Tribe (Disney).

PAUL BUCKMASTER: Most Wanted (New Line), The Maker (Matthew Modine, d. Tim Hunter).

CARTER BURWELL: Big Lebowski (Coen Bros.), Jackal (Bruce Willis).

EDMUND CHOI: Wide Awake (Miramax, youth comedy).

GEORGE CLINTON: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

RAY COLCORD: Heartwood (Jason Robards).

ERIC COLVIN: Setting Son (d. Lisa Satriano), Incident at Dhaharan (Showtime).

BILL CONTI: Napoleon.

MICHAEL CONVERTINO: Shut Up and Dance.

STEWART COPELAND: Four Days in September (d. Bruno Barretto), Little Boy Blue, Welcome to Woop-Woop.

JOHN CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin (Samuel L. Jackson).

CHUCK D (from Public Enemy): An Allan Smithee Film.

MYCHAEL DANNA: Ice Storm, The Sweet Hereafter.

JOHN DEBNEY: I Know What You Did Last Summer (stalkers).

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT: The Revengers (U.K.)

GARY DeMICHELE: Ship of Fools (d. Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott).

PATRICK DOYLE: Great Expectations (d. Cuarón), Quest for Camelot (Warner Bros. animated), Stepmom (Julia Roberts).

TAN DUN: Fallen (Denzel Washington).

RANDY EDELMAN: 6 Days/7 Nights (d. Ivan Reitman, Harrison Ford/Anne Heche), For Richer or Poorer.

DANNY ELFMAN: Flubber (Robin Williams), Good Will Hunting (d. Gus Van Sant), Superman (d. Tim Burton), American Psycho (film of Bret Easton Ellis novel).

STEPHEN ENDELMAN: Kicked in the Head, Shakespeare's Sister.

DOUGLASS FAKE: Holly vs. Hollywood (independent).

GEORGE FENTON: Courtesan (formerly Venice), Object of My Affections (Jennifer Aniston).

FRANK FITZPATRICK: Players Club (Ice Cube).

MICK FLEETWOOD: 14 Palms.

DAVID MICHAEL FRANK: A Kid in Aladdin's Court, Cosmic Voyage (IMAX), The Prince.

JOHN FRIZZELL: Alien: Resurrection.

RICHARD GIBBS: Music from Another Room.

PHILIP GLASS: The Truman Show (Jim Carrey), Bent, Kun Dun (Scorsese).

NICK GLENNIE-SMITH: Home Alone 3, Man in the Iron Mask (musketeer movie, MGM).

ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL: Sphere (d. Barry Levinson, sci-fi, Dustin Hoffman, February), The Butcher Boy (d. Neil Jordan, '60s Irish setting), Blue Vision (Dreamworks, horror, also d. Neil Jordan).

JERRY GOLDSMITH: The Edge (Anthony Hopkins), Deep Rising, Lost in Space (d. Stephen Hopkins), U.S. Marshals (The Fugitive 2), Small Soldier (d. Joe Dante).

JOEL GOLDSMITH: StarGate (Showtime), Reasonable Doubt (d. Randall Kleiser, Melanie Griffith).

HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS: Liar (Renée Zellweger), The Borrowers, The Replacement Killers (Mira Sorvino, Chow Yun-Fat).

LARRY GROUPE: Storm of the Heart, Sinners (w/ Kenneth Branagh), Sleeping with the Lion, Making Contact, Raven's Blood (d. Molly Smith).

CHRIS HAJIAN: Chairman of the Board (Carrot Top).

MICKEY HART (from Grateful Dead): Criminal Intent (Tupac Shakur).

RICHARD HARTLEY: Victory, Curtain Call (U.K.).

RICHARD HARVEY: Jane Eyre (U.K.).

LEE HOLDRIDGE: Family Plan (Leslie Nielsen), The Long Way Home (Holocaust documentary), The Secret of NIMH 2 (animated, MGM).

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: Devil's Advocate (Al Pacino), The Postman (Kevin Costner).

JAMES HORNER: Titanic (d. James Cameron, solo vocals by Sissel Kyrkjeboe), Mighty Joe Young, The Mask of Zorro (d. Martin Campbell), Deep Impact.

SØREN HYLDGAARD: Island of Darkness (horror/thriller, Denmark-Norway), Skyggen (The Shadow, futuristic action thriller, Denmark), The Other Side (formerly Hydrophobia, action-adventure, d. Peter Flinth), The Boy and the Lynx (Finland/U.S.), Help I'm a Fish (with songs).

MARK ISHAM: Afterglow (Nick Nolte, Julie Christie), The Education of Little Tree (d. Richard Friedenberg, period film), The Gingerbread Man (d. Robert Altman).

ADRIAN JOHNSTON: I Want You.

TREVOR JONES: Dark City (Alex Proyas), The Mighty (d. Peter Chelsom, Miramax, collaborating with Peter Gabriel), Desperate Measures (d. Barbet Schroeder, Michael Keaton), Lawn Dogs, Talk of Angels (Miramax), Frederic Wilde (Fox, d. Richard Loncraine), Plunkett & MacLaine (PolyGram, d. Jake Scott-Ridley's son).

JAN A.P. KACZMAREK: Washington Square (remake of The Heiress).

MICHAEL KAMEN: Winter Guest (d. Alan Rickman), The Avengers (Uma Thurman).

BRIAN KEANE: Illtown (d. Nick Gomez), Stephen King's Night Flier (d. Mark Pavia).

ROLFE KENT: House of Yes (Miramax), Us Begins with You (Anthony Edwards).

WILLIAM KIDD: The King and I (Morgan Creek, animated).

DANIEL LANOIS: The Postman (original songs for Costner film).

CHRIS LENNERTZ: The Art House (parody on independent films; also music supervisor).

JOHN LURIE: Clay Pigeons (prod. Ridley Scott).

MADER: Little City (Miramax), The Don's Analyst (cable movie), Clockwatchers (Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow).

HUMMIE MANN: The Rescuers Part II (Paramount), The Unknown Cyclist (Lea Thompson), Broke Down Palace (d. Jonathan Kaplan), Black Cat Run (HBO).

ANTHONY MARINELLI: God Said Ha! (Julia Sweeney), Hacks.

BRICE MARTIN: Depths of Grace, Eating L.A.

DAVID MAY: Shaking All Over (d. Dominique Forma).

DENNIS McCARTHY: Letters from a Killer (d. David Carson).

JOEL McNEELY: Virus, Zack and Reba (independent).

GIGI MERONI: The Good Life (Stallone, Hopper), Sinbad (Richard Greico).

CYNTHIA MILLAR: Digging to China (d. Timothy Hutton, cond. Elmer Bernstein).

MIKE MILLS: A Cool Dry Place (Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, with new song from Mills's band, R.E.M.).

PAUL MILLS: Still Breathing (d. Jim Robinson, Brendan Fraser).

ENNIO MORRICONE: Lolita (d. Adrian Lyne), U-Turn (d. Oliver Stone).

MARK MOTHERSBAUGH: Best Men, Breaking Up, Rugrats: The Movie.

DAVID NEWMAN: Anastasia (Fox, animated musical).

THOMAS NEWMAN: Oscar and Lucinda, Red Corner (Richard Gere).

MICHAEL NYMAN: Gattaca (sci-fi future film, w/ Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke).

JOHN OTTMAN: Incognito (d. John Badham), The Apt Pupil (d. Bryan Singer, Ottman also editor).

VAN DYKE PARKS: Oliver Twist (Disney, Richard Dreyfuss, Elijah Wood), Barney: The Movie, Shadrach (d. Susanna Styron, October Films).

JEAN-CLAUDE PETIT: Beaumarchais, l'insolent (period).

NICHOLAS PIKE: Warrior of Waverly Street.

BASIL POLEDOURIS: Switchback (d. Jeb Stuart), Starship Troopers (d. Paul Verhoeven).

RACHEL PORTMAN: Home Fries, Beloved (Jonathan Demme), Legend of Mulan (Disney animated, songs by Matthew Wilder, music, and David Zippel, lyrics).

ZBIGNIEW PREISNER: Fairy Tale: A True Story.

GRAEME REVELL: Suicide Kings, Chinese Box, Phoenix (d. Danny Cannon).

J. PETER ROBINSON: Jackie Chan's Mr. Nice Guy (New Line Cinema), Firestorm (Fox).

PETER RODGERS MELNICK: The Only Thrill (Sam Shepherd, Diane Keaton).

CALEB SAMPSON: Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (d. Errol Morris).

PHILIPPE SARDE: Mad City (Dustin Hoffman).

LALO SCHIFRIN: Something to Believe In (love story), Tango.

MARC SHAIMAN: My Giant (Billy Crystal).

HOWARD SHORE: Existence (d. David Cronenberg), Chinese Coffee (d. Al Pacino).

ALAN SILVESTRI: Mouse Hunt, Tarzan: The Animated Movie (Disney, songs by Phil Collins), Holy Man (comedy).

MICHAEL SMALL: Elements (Rob Morrow).

MARK SNOW: Blackwood (X-Files movie).

FREDERIC TALGORN: Story of Monty Spinneratz (German, fantasy).

MICHAEL TAVERA: Mr. Magoo (Leslie Nielsen), Rocket Man (Disney).

ERNEST TROOST: Carriers, Miracle in the Woods (Hallmark Hall of Fame).

TIM TRUMAN: Boogie Boy.

CHRISTOPHER TYNG: Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (U.K. black comedy).

NERIDA TYSON-CHEW: Fern Gully 2.

C.J. VANSTON: Edwards and Hunt.

WENDY & LISA: Soul Food.

MERVYN WARREN: The Kiss (Jersey Films, Danny Devito/Queen Latifah)

DAVID WILLIAMS: The Prophecy II (horror), Phantom (Miramax).

JOHN WILLIAMS: Seven Years in Tibet (Brad Pitt), Amistad (Spielberg), Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg).

PATRICK WILLIAMS: Julian Po (Christian Slater, Fine Line).

DEBBIE WISEMAN: Wilde (film about Oscar Wilde).

PETER WOLF: The Fearless Four (German, animated).

GABRIEL YARED: Les Miserables.

CHRISTOPHER YOUNG: The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray spy spoof), Kilronin (thriller), The Flood.

HANS ZIMMER: Prince of Egypt (animated musical), Old Friends (James Brooks), The Thin Red Line (d. Terry Malick).