Upcoming Movies and their Composers: Updated 9/99

Compiled by Lukas Kendall

Mark Adler The Apartment Complex, Sterling Chase.

Eric Allaman Breakfast with Einstein, Lumanarias, The Last Act.

Ryeland Allison Saturn.

John Altman Legionnaire (Jean-Claude Van Damme), Town and Country (Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, d. Peter Chelsom), Vendetta (HBO, d. Nicholas Meyer), RKO 281 (HBO, John Malkovich, James Cromwell).

Craig Armstrong The Bone Collector (d. Philip Noyce), Plunkett and Macleane.

David Arnold The World Is Not Enough (new James Bond movie, co-writing title song with Garbage), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (BBC TV series, theme only).

Luis Bacalov Woman on Top.

Burt Bacharach Isn’t She Great?

Angelo Badalamenti A Story of a Bad Boy (co-composed with Chris Hajian), Holy Smoke, Straight Story (d. David Lynch), Forever Mine, The Beach (d. Danny Boyle, Leonardo Di Caprio).

Rick Baitz Life Afterlife (HBO feature documentary).

Lesley Barber History of Luminous Motion (Good Machine), Mansfield Park (Miramax).

Nathan Barr Hair Shirt (Neve Campbell), Hangman’s Daughter.

Steve Bartek Another Goofy Movie (Disney).

Tyler Bates Denial.

Christophe Beck Thick as Thieves (Alec Baldwin), Coming Soon (Mia Farrow), Guinevere (Miramax, Gina Gershon), Dog Park (New Line, Luke Wilson, Natasha Henstridge)

Marco Beltrami Deep Water, Minus Man, Scream 3, The Crow 3.

David Benoit Perfect Game (Edward Asner).

Elmer Bernstein Angel Face: The Story of Dorothy Dandridge (d. Martha Coolidge, HBO), Bringing Out the Dead (d. Martin Scorsese), Chinese Coffee (d. Al Pacino).

Peter Bernstein Susan’s Plan.

Edward Bilous Minor Details, Mixing Mia, Naked Man.

Howard Blake My Life So Far (Miramax).

Chris Boardman Bruno (d. Shirley MacLaine).

Simon Boswell Dad Savage, Alien Love Triangle, Warzone (d. Tim Roth), The Debtors (Michael Caine, Randy Quaid).

Christopher Brady Castle in the Sky (Disney animated), Hal’s Birthday, The Legacy (IMAX).

John Brion Magnolia (d. Paul Thomas Anderson).

Michael Brook Getting to Know You, Buddy Boy.

Bruce Broughton Jeremiah (cable biblical epic, theme by Morricone).

Paul Buckmaster Mean Street.

Carter Burwell Mystery Alaska (Disney), Being John Malkovich (d. Spike Jonze), Three Kings (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg), Hi Fidelity (Disney).

Wendy Carlos Woundings.

Gary Chang Locked in Silence (Showtime).

Stanley Clarke Marciano, The Best Man.

George S. Clinton Astronaut’s Wife (Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron).

Elia Cmiral Stigmata (demonic possession), Six Pack (French).

Serge Colbert Red Tide (Casper Van Dien).

Michel Colombier Dark Summer, Pros and Cons, Foolproof.

Eric Colvin Lifesize (Disney).

Bill Conti Inferno (Jean-Claude Van Damme), The Thomas Crown Affair (Pierce Brosnan, remake).

Stewart Copeland Made Men (independent), Simpatico (Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte).

Billy Corgan Stigmata (supplementing Elia Cmiral’s score).

Jeff Danna Boondock Saints, O (modern-day telling of Othello).

Mychael Danna Ride with the Devil (Ang Lee, Civil War film, Jewel), The Confession (Alec Baldwin, courtroom drama), Felicia’s Journey (d. Atom Egoyan), Girl Interrupted (Winona Ryder).

Mason Daring 50 Violins (Wes Craven).

Don Davis Universal Soldier 2 (Jean-Claude Van Damme, Goldberg).

Loran Alan Davis The Last Prediction (independent).

John Debney Dick, Elmo in Grouchland (Seasame Street movie), Inspector Gadget, End of Days, Komodo.

Joe Delia Time Served, Ricky 6, Fever.

Alexandre Desplat Restons Groupes.

David DiIorio Lethal Premonition, Cheerleaders Must Die.

Pino Donaggio Up in the Villa (Kristin Scott-Thomas).

Patrick Doyle East and West (d. Regis Wargnier), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Kenneth Branagh, musical comedy).

Anne Dudley The Bacchae, Monkey Bone.

The Dust Bros. The Fight Club (d. David Fincher).

Randy Edelman The Gelfin, Passion of Mind.

Danny Elfman Sleepy Hollow (d. Tim Burton), Anywhere but Here (d. Wayne Wang).

Evan Evans Table for One (Rebecca De Mornay), Tripfall (Eric Roberts, John Ritter), Newsbreak (Michael Rooker, Judge Reinhold).

Shayne Fair & Larry Herbstritt Tequila Bodyshot.

George Fenton Anna and the King (Jodie Foster, Fox), Chicago: The Musical (Charlize Theron, d. Nick Hytner).

David Findlay Dead Silent (Rob Lowe).

Irwin Fisch Aftershock (CBS miniseries, Tom Skerrit).

Frank Fitzpatrick Lani Loa (Zoetrope).

Stephen Flaherty Bartok the Magnificent (Anastasia video sequel).

Robert Folk Inconvenienced.

John Frizzell The White River Kid (Antonio Banderas), Teaching Mrs. Tingle.

Craig Stuart Garfinkle Gabriella (replacing Alf Clausen).

Michael Gibbs Gregory’s Girl 2.

Richard Gibbs Book of Stars.

Philip Glass Dracula (new score for the 1931 Bela Lugosi film).

Elliot Goldenthal Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare, d. Julie Taymor).

Jerry Goldsmith The 13th Warrior, The Hollow Man (d. Paul Verhoeven), Reindeer Games (d. John Frankenheimer, Miramax).

Joel Goldsmith Diamonds (Miramax).

Joseph Julian Gonzalez Price of Glory.

Joel Goodman Cherry (romantic comedy, Shalom Harlow).

Mark Governor Blindness (d. Anna Chi).

Stephen Graziano Herman, U.S.A.

Dave Williams Supernova.

Harry Gregson-Williams Earl Watt (Pate Bros.), Lighted Up.

Rupert Gregson-Williams Virtual Sexuality.

Andrew Gross Be the Man (MGM, Super Dave movie), Unglued (Linda Hamilton, quirky independent film).

Guy Gross That’s the Way I Like It (disco movie).

Larry Groupé Sleeping with the Lion, Deterrence (Timothy Hutton, d. Rod Lurie), Four Second Delay, Peter York, Contenders (dir. Rod Lurie), Early Bird Special.

Dave Grusin Random Hearts (Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, d. Sydney Pollack).

Che Guevara Whiteboys.

Richard Hartley All the Little Animals (U.K. independent), Peter’s Meteor, Rogue Trader, Mad About Mambo, Victory.

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.

Peter Himmelman A Slipping-Down Life (Guy Pearce, Lili Taylor).

Lee Holdridge Family Plan (Leslie Nielsen), No Other Country.

James Horner The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey).

James Newton Howard Snow Falling on Cedars (d. Scott Hicks), Mumford (d. Lawrence Kasdan), Dinosaurs (Disney animated), Runaway Bride.

Steven Hufsteter Mascara (Phaedra Ent.).

David Hughes & John Murphy The Bachelor (romantic comedy, Chris O’Donnell, Renee Zellweger).

Terry Michael Huud Children of the Corn 666 (Nancy Allen, Stacy Keach).

Søren Hyldgaard The One and Only (romantic comedy).

Pat Irwin But I’m a Cheerleader.

Mark Isham Where the Money Is, Imposter (Miramax, d. Gary Fleder), Jello Shots (New Line), Rules of Engagement.

Maurice Jarre A Taste of Sunshine (Ralph Fiennes).

Adrian Johnston The Debt Collector, The Darkest Light, The Last Yellow, Old New Borrowed Blue.

Trevor Jones Frederic Wilde (d. Richard Loncraine), Animal Farm (d. John Stephenson).

Benoit Jutras Journey of Man (IMAX).

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Aimee and the Jaguar (Germany, d. Max Faerberboeck), Lost Souls, The Third Miracle.

Michael Kamen Iron Giant (Warner Bros.).

Laura Karpman Annihilation of Fish.

Brian Keane New York (Ric Burns, epic documentary), The Babe Ruth Story (HBO).

Greg Kendall Next to You (Melissa Joan Hart).

Rolfe Kent Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Anthony Edwards), Oxygen.

Wojciech Kilar The Ninth Gate (Johnny Depp, d. Roman Polanski).

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).

Daniel Lanois All the Pretty Horses.

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.

Martyn Love The Venus Factory (Australia).

Evan Lurie Joe Gould’s Secret.

Mader Too Tired to Die, Row Your Boat, Claudine’s Return, Morgan’s Ferry (Kelly McGillis), Steal This Movie.

Hummie Mann Good Night, Joseph Parker (Paul Sorvino), A Thing of Beauty, After the Rain, P.T. Barnum (A&E miniseries).

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

Lee Marchitelli Iris Blonde (Miramax).

Anthony Marinelli The Runner, Slow Burn (Minnie Driver, James Spader), Fifteen Minutes (Robert De Niro, Ed Burns).

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).

John Massari Emma, 1947.

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

John McCarthy Boy Meets Girl.

Stuart McDonald Diaries of Darkness.

Mark McKenzie Dragonheart 2 (direct to video).

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

Cynthia Millar Brown’s Requiem.

Randy Miller Picture of Priority (independent), Family Tree (Warner Bros.), Pirates of the Plain (Tim Curry).

Sheldon Mirowitz Say You’ll Be Mine (Justine Bateman), Autumn Heart (Ally Sheedy), Outside Providence (Alec Baldwin).

Fred Mollin The Fall.

Deborah Mollison East Is East (British), Simon Magus (Samuel Goldwyn).

Andrea Morricone Liberty Heights.

Ennio Morricone The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean (d. Giuseppe Tornatore), The Phantom of the Opera (d. Dario Argento), Resident Evil (d. George Romero).

Tom Morse Michael Angel, The Big Brass Ring.

Mark Mothersbaugh Camouflage.

Jennie Muskett B Monkey.

Roger Neill Big Man on Campus.

Ira Newborn Pittsburgh (Universal).

David Newman Broke Down Palace, Flintstones 2: Viva Rock Vegas.

Randy Newman Toy Story 2.

Thomas Newman The Green Mile (Tom Hanks, d. Frank Darabont), Man on the Moon (Jim Carrey).

John Ottman Lake Placid, The X-Men (d. Bryan Singer, also editing consultant), Urband Legend 2 (also directing).

Van Dyke Parks My Dog Skip, Trade Off.

Shawn Patterson Herd, Tales from the Goose Lady, Magic Trixie.

Jean-Claude Petit Messieurs les enfants, Sarabo, Sucre Amer.

Nicholas Pike Delivered, Return to Me.

Nicola Piovani Hoof Beats (replacing Danny Elfman).

Robbie Pittelman A Killing, The Dry Season (independent).

Michael Richard Plowman The Hot Karl.

Basil Poledouris Kimberly (romantic comedy), For the Love of the Game (Kevin Costner baseball movie, d. Sam Raimi), Mickey Blue Eyes (Hugh Grant).

Steve Porcaro A Murder of Crows (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), Wayward Son (Harry Connick, Jr.).

Rachel Portman Untitled 20th Century Fox Irish Project (comedy, from producer of Full Monty), Cider House Rules.

John Powell Fresh Horses (DreamWorks).

Zbigniew Preisner Dreaming of Joseph Lees.

Jonathan Price Sammyville (Chase Masterson), Rustin’s Glory (indie drama), Vampire Night (horror/action).

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 Three to Tango, Pitch Black (PolyGram), The Insider (Al Pacino, d. Michael Mann), Gossip, Titan A.E. (aka Planet Ice, Fox animated).

David Reynolds 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).

Gaili Schoen Déjà Vu (independent).

David Schwartz The Little Assassin.

John Scott Shergar, The Long Road Home, Married 2 Malcolm (U.K. comedy).

Ilona Sekacz Salomon and Gaenor.

Eric Serra Joan of Arc (d. Luc Besson).

Patrick Seymour Simian Line (William Hurt).

Marc Shaiman Kingdom of the Sun (Disney animated), Story of Us (d. Rob Reiner), Jackie's Back (Lifetime Network).

Theodore Shapiro The Prince of Central Park (Kathleen Turner, Harvey Keitel).

Shark East of A (d. Ami Goldstein, David Alan Grier), Dead Man’s Curve (d. Dan Rosen), Me & Will (Patric Dempsey, Seymour Cassel).

James Shearman The Misadventures of Margaret.

Ed Shearmur Blue Streak, The Very Thought of You.

Howard Shore Dogma (d. Kevin Smith).

Lawrence Shragge Frontline (Showtime).

Rick Silanskas Hoover (Ernest Borgnine).

Alan Silvestri Stuart Little (CG/live-action combination), What Lies Beneath (Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, d. Robert Zemeckis), Cast Away (Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, d. Zemeckis), Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (IMAX documentary).

Marty Simon Captured.

Michael Skloff Cherry Pink (d. Jason Alexander).

Mike Slamer & Rich McHugh Shark in a Bottle.

Michael Small Elements (Rob Morrow).

BC Smith Mercy (Peta Wilson).

Neil Smolar The Silent Cradle, Treasure Island, A Question of Privilege, Deadly Arrangement.

Mark Snow Crazy in Alabama (d. Antonio Banderas).

Darren Solomon Lesser Prophets (John Turturro).

William Stromberg Other Voices (dark comedy).

Michael Tavera 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).

Brian Tyler Final Justice, A Night in Grover’s Mill, The Forbidden City (d. Lance Mungia), Simon Sez (action).

Chris Tyng Bumblebee Flies Away.

Joseph Vitarelli Excellent Cadavers (HBO).

Shirley Walker Flight 180 (New Line), Mystery Men (replacing half of Stephen Warbeck's score).

Michael Wandmacher Supercop 2 (Michelle Yeoh), Farewell, My Love.

Stephen Warbeck Mystery Men (superhero comedy).

Don Was American Road (IMAX).

Wendy & Lisa Foolish.

Michael Whalen Labor Pains (replacing John DuPrez), Sacrifice.

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), Who Gets the House (romantic comedy), Silk Hope (Farrah Fawcett).

David Williams The Day October Died, Wishmaster 2.

John Williams Angela’s Ashes (Robert Carlyle, d. Alan Parker, coming of age tale set in Ireland based on the novel by Frank McCourt), Minority Report (d. Steven Spielberg), Bicentennial Man (d. Chris Columbus).

Debbie Wiseman Tom’s Midnight Garden, The Lighthouse.

Gabriel Yared The Talented Mr. Ripley (Matt Damon, d. Anthony Minghella).

Christopher Young In Too Deep (Miramax).

Hans Zimmer Gladiator (d. Ridley Scott, Roman movie), The Road to El Dorado (DreamWorks, animated), Mission: Impossible 2 (d. John Woo).

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 310-253-9595, or e-mail GotaGig@filmscoremonthly.com.