Canadian composer Andrew Lockington has been hired to score his second film for director Eric Brevig, following their Journey to the Center of the Earth adventure. Their new film together is Yogi Bear, a live-action/CG hybrid feature based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Shot on location in New Zealand, the film will feature Dan Aykroyd (Yogi Bear), Justin Timberlake and Anna Faris. Warner Bros. is going to release the film in …

Hans Zimmer has been tapped to score another film for veteran director James L. Brooks, tentatively titled How Do You Know? Brooks and Zimmer worked before on three films, including As Good As It Gets – and joining the two from that 1997 success is actor Jack Nicholson, who has tops the cast together with Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson. The story is about a professional softball player …

EXCLUSIVE. Howard Shore is on board to compose the original score for the third film in the Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Temple Hill Entertainment today confirmed to MovieScore Magazine that the Lord of the Rings composer is going to write the music for the film, following in the footsteps of Carter Burwell (who scored the first film in 2008) and Alexandre Desplat (who wrote the music for the second, …

Following the latest twist in what has to be one of the most unusual chain of events in the film music business lately, Joe Johnston’s upcoming horror film The Wolfman will now feature original music by Danny Elfman, who was the original composer on the film but had his score for the film rejected in November. Universal Pictures has confirmed to MovieScore Magazine that Elfman’s music is back in the picture, …

Steve Jablonsky, the composer of the scores for the two Transformers movies, has been hired to score the upcoming fantasy comedy Your Highness, Universal Pictures confirmed to MovieScore Magazine today. The film is directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) and this is the first time he is working with Steve Jablonsky (Pineapple was scored by Graeme Revell). The film stars Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Portman and James Franco, and tells …

Up and coming composer Ryan Shore, whose acclaimed scores include Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, Shadows and Headspace, is going to write his second score for Jack Brooks director Jon Knautz. Their new project is entitled The Shrine and it’s a horror film about a group of journalists who investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice. Shore plans on doing a big orchestral score with choir and subtle electronic textures …

Knight and Day, the upcoming action comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, will be scored by John Powell (best known for other action films such as the Bourne trilogy, X-Men: The Last Stand and Hancock). The film is directed by James Mangold, a director who has a habit of changing composers from project to project (before Powell, he has worked with Howard Shore on Cop Land, Alan Silvestri on …

Warner Bros. Pictures recently released the official trailer for the upcoming Kevin Smith comedy Cop Out (previously known as A Couple of Dicks), confirming that Harold Faltermeyer is doing the music for the film. According to previous reports on the internet, Smith had approached the composer of Beverly Hills Cop to score his comedy, which stars Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as two cops, and according to the credits in …

Composer Tyler Bates has confirmed to MovieScore Magazine that he is doing the original score for Super, the upcoming action comedy written and directed by James Gunn. Bates scored his previous film, Slither, as well as the acclaimed 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead which was written by Gunn. Super stars Liv Tyler, Ellen Page and Kevin Bacon in a story about an everyday guy (Rainn Wilson) who transforms …

Composer George Fenton reunites with director Andy Tennant to score his sixth film for the director, The Bounty Hunter. Just like their previous film, Fool’s Gold, The Bounty Hunter is a romantic action comedy. The new story is about a bounty hunter (Gerard Butler) who learns that his next target is his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston). The film is produced by Madhouse Entertainment for release by Columbia Pictures on March 19 …