I couldn't find an official announcement on whether he's the composer for the film, so it's subject to change here. But it's an interesting choice. The plot:
Brad Pitt starring in the movie about an astronaut searching for his father (Tommy Lee Jones) who mysteriously disappeared while searching for life on Neptune.
EDIT: Thomas Newman's name removed from the title.
It seems like Max Richter is doing this and not Newman
Have you been offered any big Hollywood blockbusters in that respect?
Richter: "I don’t know if it’s multiplex or not, but I am I’m doing a film called “Ad Astra,” which is a really good. It’s a sci-fi for people who like “2001” and “Solaris,” which, which is me! It’s a movie that’s very beautiful and offers tremendous opportunities for music. It’s also very emotional film that’s full of big ideas and it’s fun."
Well, he tried sci fi with PASSENGERS (WALL-E not included, since it's animation), and "fresh" isn't the word I would use to describe it, even if it was OK for what it was. I think Richter is a far more inspired choice here.
Well, he tried sci fi with PASSENGERS (WALL-E not included, since it's animation), and "fresh" isn't the word I would use to describe it, even if it was OK for what it was. I think Richter is a far more inspired choice here.
This was more a reference to the poster who said that THIS was the science fiction film I’ve been waiting for, if I wanted a unique score from Newman this time.
Given that Spotify tells me the composer I listened to on that platform the most this year was Max Richter, him getting another choice assignment is fine by me!
Well, he tried sci fi with PASSENGERS (WALL-E not included, since it's animation)
Why not include "WALL•E"? How is a score animated?
And "Passengers" was a specific movie. How exactly does that suggest what Newman would do for all sci-fi movies? I mean, "Planet of the Apes," "Outland," and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" are all sci-fi movies, from the same composer, and I wouldn't exactly say he took the same approach to each!
Why not include "WALL•E"? How is a score animated?
I was talking about the genre, not the score. While WALL-E is sci fi in one sense of the word, it's not really the main focus of the film. As reflected in the score.
And "Passengers" was a specific movie. How exactly does that suggest what Newman would do for all sci-fi movies?
It doesn't, of course. But we were talking about giving Newman a chance to show his chops in a (live-action) science fiction film, and at least it gave us a glimpse of what he could do with such material in PASSENGERS. I'm sure that for a different science fiction film, he could do something else. Just as Richter can do something other than the horror/sci fi thing he did for LAST DAYS ON MARS with this project. I just feel Richter has a wider range of tricks up his sleeve than Newman, who almost always sounds like Newman no matter what he does (for better or worse).
