Upcoming Movies and their Composers: Updated 3/99
Compiled by Lukas Kendall
Mark Adler The Apartment Complex, Sterling Chase.
Eric Allaman Breakfast with Einstein, True Heart, Our Friend Martin.
Ryeland Allison Saturn.
John Altman Legionnaire (Jean-Claude Van Damme), Town and Country (Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, d. Peter Chelsom).
Craig Armstrong Best Laid Plans.
David Arnold The World Is Not Enough (new James Bond movie).
B.T. Go.
Luis Bacalov The Love Letters.
Burt Bacharach Isn't She Great?
Angelo Badalamenti A Story of a Bad Boy (co-composed with Chris Hajian), Arlington Road.
Lesley Barber History of Luminous Motion (Good Machine), Mansfield Park (Miramax).
Nathan Barr Hair Shirt (Neve Campbell).
Tyler Bates Denial.
Christophe Beck Thick as Thieves (Alec Baldwin), Coming Soon (Mia Farrow), Guinevere (Miramax, Gina Gershon).
Marco Beltrami The Florentine, Deep Water (d. Ole Borneadal).
David Benoit Perfect Game (Edward Asner).
Elmer Bernstein The Wild Wild West (Will Smith, d. Barry Sonnenfeld), Angel Face: The Story of Dorothy Dandridge (d. Martha Coolidge, HBO), Bringing Out the Dead (d. Martin Scorsese), Chinese Coffee (d. Al Pacino, replacing Howard Shore).
Peter Bernstein Susan's Plan.
Edward Bilous Minor Details, Mixing Mia, Naked Man.
Wendy Blackstone Life Beyond Earth (PBS documentary).
Chris Boardman Bruno (d. Shirley MacLaine).
Simon Boswell Dad Savage, Alien Love Triangle, Warzone (d. Tim Roth), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Debtors (Michael Caine, Randy Quaid).
Christopher Brady Castle in the Sky (Disney animated), Hal's Birthday.
John Brion Magnolia (d. Paul Thomas Anderson).
Michael Brook Getting to Know You.
Bruce Broughton Jeremiah (cable biblical epic, theme by Morricone).
Carter Burwell Mystery Alaska (Disney), The Corruptor (Chow Yun Fat, Mark Wahlberg), General's Daughter (John Travolta, d. Simon West), Being John Malkovich (d. Spike Jonze).
Wendy Carlos Woundings.
Teddy Castellucci Big Daddy (Adam Sandler).
Stanley Clarke Marciano.
Alf Clausen Gabriella.
George S. Clinton Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Astronaut's Wife (Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron).
Elia Cmiral Stigmata.
Serge Colbert Red Tide (Casper Van Dien).
Bill Conti Inferno (Jean-Claude Van Damme).
Stewart Copeland Made Men (independent), Simpatico (Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte).
Billy Corgan Stigmata (demonic possession, with Elia Cmiral).
John Corigliano The Red Violin (Samuel L. Jackson).
Burkhard Dallwitz Supernova (d. Walter Hill, sci-fi, MGM).
Mychael Danna Ride with the Devil (Ang Lee, Civil War film, Jewel), The Confession (Alec Baldwin, courtroom drama), Felicia's Journey (d. Atom Egoyan).
Mason Daring 50 Violins (Wes Craven), A Walk on the Moon.
Don Davis Matrix (d. The Wachowski Bros.).
Loran Alan Davis The Last Prediction (independent), Retribution (d. Richard Van Vleet).
John Debney My Favorite Martian, Dick, Elmo in Grouchland, Inspector Gadget, Lost and Found (comedy).
Joe Delia Time Served.
Alexandre Desplat Restons Groupes.
Pino Donaggio Up in the Villa (Kristin Scott-Thomas).
Patrick Doyle East and West (d. Regis Wargnier).
Anne Dudley Pushing Tin (d. Mike Newell).
John Du Prez Labor Pains.
The Dust Bros. Fight Club (d. David Fincher).
Randy Edelman Ed TV (d. Ron Howard).
Danny Elfman Instinct (Anthony Hopkins), Hoof Beat (Black Stallion-type movie), Legend of Sleepy Hollow (d. Tim Burton), Anywhere but Here (d. Wayne Wang).
Evan Evans Table for One (Rebecca De Mornay), Tripfall (Eric Roberts, John Ritter).
Shayne Fair & Larry Herbstritt Tequila Bodyshot.
Christopher Farrell Foreign Correspondence (Wil Wheaton).
George Fenton Ghostbusters III, Bedazzled, Anna and the King (Jodie Foster, Fox).
Frank Fitzpatrick Lani Loa (Zoetrope).
Stephen Flaherty Bartok the Magnificent (Anastasia video sequel).
Robert Folk Inconvenienced.
David Michael Frank To Serve and Protect.
John Frizzell The White River Kid (Antonio Banderas).
Michael Gibbs Gregory's Girl 2.
Richard Gibbs Book of Stars, Muppets in Space.
Elliot Goldenthal Titus (Shakespeare, d. Julie Taymor).
Jerry Goldsmith The 13th Warrior, The Mummy, The Hollow Man (d. Paul Verhoeven), The Haunting of Hill House (d. Jan De Bont).
Joel Goldsmith Reasonable Doubt (d. Randall Kleiser, Melanie Griffith), Shiloh 2.
Mark Governor Blindness (d. Anna Chi).
Paul Grabowsky Noah's Ark (Jon Voight, miniseries).
Stephen Graziano Herman, U.S.A.
Harry Gregson-Williams Earl Watt (Pate Bros.).
Rupert Gregson-Williams Virtual Sexuality.
Andrew Gross Be the Man (MGM, Super Dave movie), Unglued (Linda Hamilton, quirky independent film).
Larry Groupé Sleeping with the Lion, Deterrence (Timothy Hutton, d. Rod Lurie), Kimberly (Molly Ringwald, d. Frederich Golchan), Four Second Delay.
Dave Grusin Random Hearts (Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, d. Sydney Pollack).
Richard Hartley All the Little Animals (U.K. independent), Peter's Meteor, Rogue Trader, Mad About Mambo.
Richard Harvey Captain Jack (Bob Hoskins).
Chris Hajian Lowlife (d. Mario Van Peebles), Story of a Bad Boy.
Todd Hayen The Crown, The Last Flight.
John Hills Abilene.
Lee Holdridge Family Plan (Leslie Nielsen), No Other Country.
James Newton Howard Snow Falling on Cedars (d. Scott Hicks), Mumford (d. Lawrence Kasdan).
Richard Horowitz Three Seasons (Harvey Keitel).
Steven Hufsteter Mascara (Phaedra Ent.).
David Hughes & John Murphy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Bachelor (romantic comedy, Chris O'Donnell, Renee Zellweger).
Søren Hyldgaard The One and Only (romantic comedy).
Mark Isham Where the Money Is, Imposter (Miramax, d. Gary Fleder).
Alaric Jans The Winslow Boy (David Mamet).
Maurice Jarre A Taste of Sunshine (Ralph Fiennes).
Adrian Johnston The Debt Collector, The Darkest Light, The Last Yellow, Old New Ball Blue, Snarl Up.
Trevor Jones Frederic Wilde (d. Richard Loncraine), Titanic Town (d. Roger Michel), Rescue Me (Elizabeth Shue), Notting Hill (Hugh Grant), Animal Farm (d. John Stephenson).
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Aimee and the Jaguar (Germany, d. Max Faerberboeck), Lost Souls.
Michael Kamen Iron Giant (Warner Bros.).
Laura Karpman Dash and Lilly (d. Kathy Bates).
Brian Keane New York (Ric Burns, epic documentary), The Babe Ruth Story (HBO).
Rolfe Kent Election, Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Anthony Edwards), Oxygen.
William Kidd The King and I (Morgan Creek, animated).
Kevin Kiner Wing Commander (sci-fi, themes by David Arnold).
Brian Langsbard First of May (independent), Frozen (Trimark).
Russ Landau One Hell of a Guy, Nowhere Lane.
Chris Lennertz Lured Innocence (Dennis Hopper, Talia Shire), Pride of the Amazon (animated musical).
Michael A. Levine The End of the Road (d. Keith Thomson), The Lady with the Torch (Glenn Close, d. David Heeley).
Christopher Libertino Spin the Bottle (d. Andrew Michael Pascal).
Daniel Licht Splendor (d. Gregg Araki), Execution of Justice (Showtime).
Frank London On the Run, Sancta Mortale, The First Seven Years.
Mader Too Tired to Die, Row Your Boat, Claudine's Return, Morgan's Ferry (Kelly McGillis).
Mark Mancina Tarzan: The Animated Movie (Disney, songs by Phil Collins).
Hummie Mann Good Night, Joseph Parker (Paul Sorvino), A Thing of Beauty.
David Mansfield The Gospel of Wonders (Mexico, d. Arturo Ripstein), Tumbleweeds (independent).
Mark Mothersbaugh Dairy Queens (New Line).
Anthony Marinelli God Said Ha! (Julia Sweeney), Physical Graffiti, The Runner.
Jeff Marsh Burning Down the House, Wind River (Karen Allen).
Phil Marshall Rupert's Land, Gotta Dance, Kiss Toledo Goodbye.
Brice Martin Indian Ways (d. Tom Hobbs), Chaos (d. Chris Johnston).
Cliff Martinez Wicked (d. Michael Steinberg), The Limey (d. Steven Soberbergh, Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda).
Richard Marvin U-571 (Matthew McConaughey, d. Jonathan Mostow, Universal).
Dennis McCarthy Letters from a Killer (d. David Carson).
John McCarthy Boy Meets Girl.
Mark McKenzie Durango (Hallmark Hall of Fame).
Gigi Meroni The Good Life (Stallone, Hopper), The Others, The Last Big Attractions.
Cynthia Millar Brown's Requiem.
Randy Miller Ground Control.
Sheldon Mirowitz Say You'll Be Mine (Justine Bateman), Autumn Heart (Ally Sheedy), Outside Providence (Alec Baldwin).
Charlie Mole An Ideal Husband (Minnie Driver).
Fred Mollin The Fall.
Andrea Morricone Liberty Heights.
Ennio Morricone The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean (Giuseppe Tornatore), The Phantom of the Opera (Dario Argento).
Tom Morse Michael Angel, The Big Brass Ring.
Deborah Mollison Simon Magus (Samuel Goldwyn).
Mark Mothersbaugh Drop Dead Gorgeous (Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, New Line).
Jennie Muskett B Monkey.
Roger Neill Big Man on Campus.
Ira Newborn Pittsburgh (Universal), Love Stinks (PolyGram).
David Newman Broke Down Palace, Never Been Kissed (Drew Barrymore), Bofinger's Big Thing (d. Frank Oz).
Randy Newman Toy Story 2.
Thomas Newman The Green Mile (Tom Hanks, d. Frank Darabont).
Lennie Niehaus True Crime (Clint Eastwood).
Michael Nyman Ravenous (co-composed with Damon Albarn).
John Ottman Goodbye Lover, Lake Placid, Gossip.
Van Dyke Parks My Dog Skip, Trade Off.
Shawn Patterson The Angry Man.
Jean-Claude Petit Messieurs les enfants, Sarabo, Sucre Amer.
Nicholas Pike Delivered.
Robbie Pittelman A Killing, The Dry Season (independent).
Michael Richard Plowman Laser Hawk (Mark Hamill, Canada), The Wild McLeans (western), Tom Swift (3D animated, Dana Carvey), Noroc (France).
Steve Porcaro A Murder of Crows (Cuba Gooding, Jr.).
Rachel Portman The Other Sister (Disney), Untitled 20th Century Fox Irish Project, Cider House Rules.
John Powell Endurance (documentary), Fresh Horses (DreamWorks).
Zbigniew Preisner Dreaming of Joseph Lees.
Trevor Rabin Whispers (Disney), The Deep Blue Sea (d. Renny Harlin).
Robert O. Ragland Lima: Breaking the Silence (Menahem Golan).
Alan Reeves To Walk with Lions.
Graeme Revell Hairy Bird, Three to Tango, Idle Hands, Pitch Black (PolyGram), Untitled Michael Mann Film (Al Pacino).
David Reynolds Jaybreaker (Sony), Warlock (sequel), George B, Love Happens.
Stan Ridgway Melting Pot (d. Tom Musca, Cliff Robertson), Error in Judgment (d. Scott Levy), Desperate but Not Serious (d. Bill Fishman), Spent (d. Gil Cates Jr., Rain Phoenix), Speedway Junkie (Darryl Hannah).
David Robbins The Cradle Will Rock (d. Tim Robbins).
J. Peter Robinson Waterproof (Lightmotive), Detroit Rock City (Kiss movie).
William Ross Life (Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence).
Gaili Schoen Déjà Vu (independent).
John Scott Shergar, The Long Road Home, Married 2 Malcolm (U.K. comedy).
Marc Shaiman The South Park Movie, The Out of Towners, Kingdom of the Sun (Disney animated), Story of Us (d. Rob Reiner).
Theodore Shapiro Six Ways to Sunday (Debbie Harry, Isaac Hayes), The Prince of Central Park (Kathleen Turner, Harvey Keitel).
Shark East of A (d. Ami Goldstein, David Alan Grier), The Curve (d. Dan Rosen), Me & Will (Patric Dempsey, Seymour Cassel).
James Shearman The Misadventures of Margaret.
Edward Shearmur Cruel Intentions.
Howard Shore XistenZ (d. David Cronenberg), Chinese Coffee (d. Al Pacino).
Lawrence Shragge Frontline (Showtime).
Rick Silanskas Hoover (Ernest Borgnine).
Alan Silvestri Stuart Little (animated/live-action combination).
Marty Simon Captured.
Michael Skloff Cherry Pink (d. Jason Alexander).
Mike Slamer & Rich McHugh Shark in a Bottle.
Michael Small Elements (Rob Morrow).
B.C. Smith The Mod Squad (MGM).
Neil Smolar The Silent Cradle, Treasure Island, A Question of Privilege.
Curt Sobel Cool Dry Place.
Darren Solomon Lesser Prophets (John Turturro).
Scott Spock Free Enterprise (William Shatner, d. Robert Meyer Burnett).
David A. Stewart Cookie's Fortune (d. Robert Altman).
Michael Tavera Girl, Excellent Cadavers (HBO), One Special Delivery (Penny Marshall), American Tail IV (direct to video).
Mark Thomas The Big Tease.
Joel Timothy Waiting for the Giants.
Colin Towns Vig.
John Trivers, Elizabeth Myers Norma Jean, Jack and Me.
Ernest Troost One Man's Hero (Tom Berenger), The Island of Skog (animated), Miss Nelson Is Back (animated), No Greater Love.
Brian Tyler Final Justice, A Night in Grover's Mill, The Forbidden City (d. Lance Mungia), Simon Sez (action).
Chris Tyng Bumblebee Flies Away.
Steve Tyrell Twenty Dates.
Michael Wandmacher Chan's Twin Dragons (Dimension), Operation Condor 2.
Don Was American Road (IMAX).
Mark Watters Doug's First Movie Ever (animated).
Wendy & Lisa Foolish.
Michael Whalen Romantic Moritz, Kimberly (romantic comedy).
Alan Williams Angels in the Attic, Cocos: Island of the Sharks (IMAX), Princess and the Pea (animated feature, score and songs with lyrics by David Pomeranz).
David Williams The Day October Died, Wishmaster 2.
John Williams Star Wars: Episode One-The Phantom Menace (d. George Lucas).
Debbie Wiseman Tom's Midnight Garden.
Peter Wolf Widows (German, animated).
Gabriel Yared The Talented Mr. Ripley (Matt Damon, d. Anthony Minghella).
Christopher Young Judas Priest (Emma Thompson), Entrapment (Sean Connery), Killing Mrs. Tingle, In Too Deep (Miramax).
Hans Zimmer Gladiator (d. Ridley Scott, Roman movie), The Road to El Dorado (DreamWorks, animated).
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