Upcoming Movies and their Composers: Updated 5/98

Compiled by Lukas Kendall

Due to the volume of material, this list only covers feature scores and selected high-profile television and cable projects. Composers, your updates are appreciated: call 213-937-9890, or e-mail Lukas@filmscoremonthly.com

Mark Adler: Ernest Joins the Army, The Rat Pack (HBO), Stand Up Tragedy (Turner).

David Arnold: Godzilla (Emmerich/Devlin).

Luis Bacalov: Polish Wedding, B. Monkey.

Angelo Badalamenti: The Blood Oranges (October Films, d. Philip Hass).

Tyler Bates: Denial.

Roger Bellon: The Last Don 2 (CBS mini-series).

Marco Beltrami: The Florentine.

Richard Rodney Bennett: The Tale of Sweeney Todd (d. John Schlesinger).

Elmer Bernstein: Deep End of the Ocean (Michelle Pfeiffer).

Edward Bilous: Mickey Blue Eyes, Naked Man, Dead Broke.

Chris Boardman: Payback (Mel Gibson, d. Brian Helgeland, remake Point Blank).

Simon Boswell: Photographing Fairies, American Perfekt, Dad Savage, Perdita Durango, Alien Love Triangle, Warzone (d. Tim Roth).

Bruce Broughton: One Tough Cop (d. Bruno Barretto), Fantasia Continues (transitions).

Carter Burwell: Gods and Monsters.

Terry Castellucci: Guy Gets Kid (Adam Sandler).

Alf Clausen: Gabriella.

Ray Colcord: Heartwood (Jason Robards).

Michel Colombier: Woo (romantic comedy).

Eric Colvin: Setting Son (d. Lisa Satriano), Flight from Dhaharan (Showtime).

Bill Conti: The Real Macaw, Wrongfully Accused.

Michael Convertino: Shut Up and Dance.

Stewart Copeland: Little Boy Blue, Very Bad Things.

John Corigliano: The Red Violin (Samuel L. Jackson).

Mychael Danna: 8 Millimeter (d. Joel Schumacher), Regeneration, To Live On (Ang Lee, Civil War film, Jewel), The Confession (Alec Baldwin, courtroom drama).

John Debney: Polly: A Parrot’s Tale (Dreamworks), My Favorite Martian.

Alexandre Desplat: The Revengers Comedies (based on Alan Aykbourn play).

Gary DeMichele: Ship of Fools (d. Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott).

Patrick Doyle: Quest for Camelot (Warner Bros. animated), Stepmom (Julia Roberts).

Anne Dudley: American History X (New Line).

The Dust Bros.: Orgazmo.

John Du Prez: Labor Pains.

Randy Edelman: 6 Days/7 Nights (d. Ivan Reitman, Harrison Ford/Anne Heche).

Danny Elfman: Superman (d. Tim Burton), American Psycho (film of Bret Easton Ellis novel), Instinct (Anthony Hopkins), Simple Plan (Sam Raimi).

Stephen Endelman: Finding Graceland.

George Fenton: The Object of My Affections (Jennifer Aniston), Cinderella.

Frank Fitzpatrick: The Player’s Club (Ice Cube), Lani Loa (Zoetrope).

Mick Fleetwood: 14 Palms.

Robert Folk: Major League 3, Jungle Book 2 (Disney).

David Michael Frank: A Kid in Aladdin’s Court, The Prince, Perfect Target, Rhapsody in Bloom (Penelope Ann Miller), The Staircase.

John Frizzell: Jane Austen’s Mafia (Jim Abrahams).

Richard Gibbs: Music from Another Room, Doctor Dolittle (Eddie Murphy, Fox), Dirty Work (Chevy Chase).

Philip Glass: The Truman Show (Jim Carrey).

Elliot Goldenthal: In Dreams (d. Neil Jordan).

Jerry Goldsmith: Mulan (Disney animated; songs by Matthew Wilder, music, and David Zippel, lyrics), Small Soldier (d. Joe Dante), Star Trek 9 (d. Jonathan Frakes), Ronin (MGM), The Mummy.

Joel Goldsmith: Reasonable Doubt (d. Randall Kleiser, Melanie Griffith).

Harry Gregson-Williams: Earl Watt (Pate Bros.).

Andrew Gross: Be the Man (MGM, Super Dave movie).

Guy Gross: Welcome to Woop Woop.

Larry Groupé: Storm of the Heart, Sleeping with the Lion, Making Contact (d. Molly Smith), Deviance (Showtime), I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (Billy Zane).

Dave Grusin: Hope Floats (Sandra Bullock).

Chris Hajian: Chairman of the Board (Carrot Top).

Richard Hartley: Victory, Curtain Call (U.K.), All the Little Creatures (U.K. independent), Meteor.

Richard Harvey: Captain Jack (Bob Hoskins), The Last Governor.

Todd Hayen: Waking Up Horton.

Lee Holdridge: Family Plan (Leslie Nielsen), The Secret of NIMH 2 (animated, MGM), No Other Country, Ageless Heroes (documentary).

James Newton Howard: A Perfect Murder (Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, remake Dial M for Murder, d. Andrew Davis), Snow Falling on Cedars (d. Scott Hicks).

James Horner: The Mask of Zorro (d. Martin Campbell), Mighty Joe Young, Deep Impact.

Steven Hufsteter: Mascara (independent).

Søren Hyldgaard: Island of Darkness (Denmark-Norway), Skyggen (Denmark), The Other Side (d. Peter Flinth), The Boy and the Lynx (Finland/U.S.), Help I’m a Fish (with songs).

Mark Isham: Blade (New Line), At First Sight.

Alaric Jans: The Winslow Boy (David Mamet).

Adrian Johnston: I Want You, Divorcing Jack.

Trevor Jones: Lawn Dogs, Talk of Angels (Miramax), The Mighty (d. Peter Chelsom, Miramax, collaborating with Peter Gabriel), Frederic Wilde (d. Richard Loncraine), Titanic Town (d. Roger Michel), Merlin (Isabella Rosselini), Molly (MGM), From Hell (d. Hughes Bros.), The Lost Son.

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek: Aimee and the Jaguar (Germany, d. Max Faerberboeck).

Michael Kamen: The Avengers (Uma Thurman), Lethal Weapon 4.

Brian Keane: New York (Ric Burns, epic documentary).

Rolfe Kent: Slums of Beverly Hills (Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei), Election, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Anthony Edwards).

William Kidd: The King and I (Morgan Creek, animated).

Philipp Fabian Kölmel: Cascadeur: The Amber Chamber (Germany, action-adventure).

Russ Landau: One Hell of a Guy, Telling You.

Simon LeBon/Nick Wood: Love Kills (d. Mario Van Peebles).

Michel Legrand: Madeline (Frances McDormand).

Chris Lennertz: The Art House (parody), Lured Innocence (Dennis Hopper, Talia Shire).

John Lurie: Clay Pigeons (prod. Ridley Scott).

Mader: Little City (Miramax), The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (Disney), Too Tired to Die.

Mark Mancina: Tarzan: The Animated Movie (Disney, songs by Phil Collins).

Hummie Mann: Broke Down Palace (d. Jonathan Kaplan), Naked City 2 (d. Peter Bogdanovich), Good Night, Joseph Parker (Paul Sorvino),A Thing of Beauty.

David Mansfield: The Gospel of Wonders (Mexico, d. Arturo Ripstein).

Anthony Marinelli: God Said Ha! (Julia Sweeney), Hacks.

Jeff Marsh: Burning Down the House, Wind River (Karen Allen).

Phil Marshall: Rupert’s Land.

Brice Martin: Depths of Grace, Eating L.A.

Cliff Martinez: Out of Sight (d. Steven Soderbergh).

David May: Shaking All Over (d. Dominique Forma).

Dennis McCarthy: Letters from a Killer (d. David Carson).

Joel McNeely: Virus, Zack and Reba (independent), Soldier (Val Kilmer).

Gigi Meroni: The Good Life (Stallone, Hopper), The Others, The Last Big Attractions.

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).

Sheldon Mirowitz: Say You’ll Be Mine (Justine Bateman).

Fred Mollin: The Fall.

Ennio Morricone: The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean (Giuseppe Tornatore), Bulworth (Warren Beatty).

Mark Mothersbaugh: Best Men, Breaking Up, Rugrats: The Movie, Dead Man on Campus (Paramount, prod. Gale Ann Hurd).

Roger Neill: Welcome to Kern Country (w/ Dust Brothers), White Flight.

Ira Newborn: Baseketball (d. David Zucker).

Randy Newman: Pleasantville, A Bug’s Life.

Thomas Newman: The Horse Whisperer.

John Ottman: The Apt Pupil (d. Bryan Singer, Ottman also editor), Goodbye Lover (replacing John Barry).

Van Dyke Parks: Shadrach (d. Susanna Styron, October Films), Trigger Happy (HBO musical about gun control).

Shawn Patterson: The Angry Man.

Jean-Claude Petit: Messieurs les enfants, Le Complot d’Aristotle, Sarabo, Desire, Sucre Amer.

Michael Richard Plowman: Laser Hawk (Mark Hamill, Canada).

Basil Poledouris: Les Miserables.

Rachel Portman: Home Fries, Beloved (Jonathan Demme).

John Powell: Endurance (Dreamworks documentary).

Zbigniew Preisner: Dancing at Lughnasa (Meryl Streep), Dreaming of Joseph Leeds (d. Eric Styles), Jacob the Lion (Robin Williams, WWII drama).

Trevor Rabin: Home Grown (Billy Bob Thornton), Armageddon (d. Michael Bay), Frost (Warner Bros.).

Graeme Revell: The Negotiator (Kevin Spacey), Eaters of the Dead (d. John McTiernan), Bride of Chuckie, Hairy Bird, Lulu on the Bridge, Dennis the Menace 2, Elmo in Grouchland.

Jonathan Richman: There’s Something About Mary (Farrelly Bros., also singing on-screen).

J. Peter Robinson: Mr. Nice Guy (Jackie Chan), Waterproof (Lightmotive).

Peter Rodgers Melnick: The Only Thrill (Sam Shepherd, Diane Keaton).

Laurence Rosenthal: Echo of Thunder (Hallmark telefilm).

Craig Safan: Splitsville (comedy).

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Snake Eyes (Nicolas Cage, d. Brian De Palma).

Lalo Schifrin: Something to Believe In (love story), Tango.

Gaili Schoen: Déjà Vu (independent).

John Scott: Swiss Family Robinson.

Marc Shaiman: The Out of Towners, A Small Miracle, Patch Adams (Robin Williams).

Edward Shearmur: The Governess, Species 2.

Howard Shore: XistenZe (d. David Cronenberg), Chinese Coffee (d. Al Pacino).

Lawrence Shragge: Valentine’s Day (HBO), The Sweetest Gift (Showtime), Running Wild (Showtime).

Rick Silanskas: Hoover (d. Rick Pamplan, Ernest Borgnine, about J. Edgar Hoover).

Alan Silvestri: Holy Man (comedy), The Parent Trap.

Marty Simon: Captured.

Michael Small: Elements (Rob Morrow), Poodle Springs (d. Bob Rafaelson).

Neil Smolar: The Silent Cradle, Harper’s Ferry, Treasure Island, A Question of Privilege, Tour the Promised Land (documentary), The Viking Saga (documentary).

Mark Snow: The X-Files: Fight the Future, Disturbing Behavior.

Mark Suozzo: The Last Days of Disco (d. Whit Stilman).

Frederic Talgorn: Angels in the End Zone (Disney).

Ernest Troost: One Man’s Hero (Tom Berenger).

Tim Truman: Boogie Boy.

Jonathan Tunick: The Fantastics (based on Broadway show, d. Michael Ritchie).

Nerida Tyson-Chew: Fern Gully 2.

C.J. Vanston: Almost Heroes.

Mervyn Warren: The Kiss (Jersey Films, Danny Devito/Queen Latifah).

Wendy and Lisa: Hav Plenty (independent).

Alan Williams: Princess and the Pea (animated, song and score with lyrics by David Pomeranz), Angels in the Attic.

John Williams: Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg).

Debbie Wiseman: Tom’s Midnight Garden.

Peter Wolf: Widows (German, animated).

Christopher Young: Judas Kiss (Emma Thompson).

Hans Zimmer: Prince of Egypt (Dreamworks, animated musical), The Thin Red Line (d. Terrence Malick).