M. Night Fans » Score http://www.mnightfans.com M. Night Shyamalan Movie News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:37:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Last Airbender Soundtrack Score by James Newton Howard: June 29 http://www.mnightfans.com/the-last-airbender-soundtrack-score-by-james-newton-howard-june-29/ http://www.mnightfans.com/the-last-airbender-soundtrack-score-by-james-newton-howard-june-29/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 23:58:01 +0000 Specter http://www.mnightfans.com/?p=1518 James Newton Howard’s score for The Last Airbender will be in stores on June 29th.  I have not listened to the clips from the score yet, that are available online, because I’d rather wait for the movie to hear the music.  I have all of JNH’s Shyamalan movie soundtracks and love each one of them (except for The Happening).  I’m definitely looking forward to hearing the music in this film.

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/the-last-airbender-soundtrack-score-by-james-newton-howard-june-29/feed/ 3 Howard wins IFMCA Award for his score to The Happening http://www.mnightfans.com/howard-wins-ifmca-award-for-his-score-to-the-happening/ http://www.mnightfans.com/howard-wins-ifmca-award-for-his-score-to-the-happening/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:06:09 +0000 Dr Malcolm Crowe On February 19th composer James Newton Howard won the IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film for his score to M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening. Congrats James!

See the full list of winners @ FilmMusicCritics.org

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/howard-wins-ifmca-award-for-his-score-to-the-happening/feed/ 0 Score to ‘The Happening’ Nominated for 2 IFMCA Awards http://www.mnightfans.com/score-to-the-happening-nominated-for-2-ifmca-awards/ http://www.mnightfans.com/score-to-the-happening-nominated-for-2-ifmca-awards/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:40:34 +0000 Dr Malcolm Crowe James Newton Howard’s score to The Happening has been nominated for 2 IFMCA awards, including Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film and Film Music Composition of the Year. James was nominated for 4 more IFMCA awards this year for his scores to The Dark Knight and Defiance, as well as a nomination for Film Composer of the Year.  James won 3 IFMCA awards in 2006 for Lady in the Water.

The International Film Music Critics will announce the 2008 winners on February 18, 2009.

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/score-to-the-happening-nominated-for-2-ifmca-awards/feed/ 0 James Newton Howard to Compose for The Last Airbender http://www.mnightfans.com/james-newton-howard-to-compose-for-the-last-airbender/ http://www.mnightfans.com/james-newton-howard-to-compose-for-the-last-airbender/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:41:15 +0000 Specter The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency has added The Last Airbender to James Newton Howard’s filmography. This is M. Night Shyamalan’s new film, which is expected to premiere in the summer of 2010.

It is the seventh feature film collaboration between Howard and Shyamalan, previous projects include The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable and this year’s The Happening.

-via Upcoming Film Scores

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/james-newton-howard-to-compose-for-the-last-airbender/feed/ 3 The Happening Original Motion Picture Soundtrack News http://www.mnightfans.com/the-happening-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-news/ http://www.mnightfans.com/the-happening-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-news/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:40:56 +0000 Dr Malcolm Crowe Varese Sarabande announced that they will be releasing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for The Happening on June 3, 2008.

Returning to the collaboration that spawned his acclaimed scores for such films as The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village (Academy Award® nominee) and Lady In The Water, composer James Newton Howard reaches another career milestone with this major new opus.

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/the-happening-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-news/feed/ 2 James Newton Howard records The Happening score http://www.mnightfans.com/james-newton-howard-records-the-happening-score/ http://www.mnightfans.com/james-newton-howard-records-the-happening-score/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:49:40 +0000 Dr Malcolm Crowe Oscar-nominated composer James Newton Howard was recently at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, CA to record his score to the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan thriller The Happening. This marks the sixth time the two creative talents have collaborated.

[View pictures and more @ ScoringSessions.com]

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/james-newton-howard-records-the-happening-score/feed/ 6 The Happening Score Recording Soon http://www.mnightfans.com/the-happening-score-recording-soon/ http://www.mnightfans.com/the-happening-score-recording-soon/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:37:42 +0000 Dr Malcolm Crowe In a recent interview, Donald Foster mentioned that recording for James Newton Howard’s score to Shyamalan’s triller The Happening will start in the next two weeks. Who is this Donald Foster you say? Well, Foster is a professional clarinet player who has performed on scores like: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, I Am Legend and Indiana Jones and the Kindgom of the Crystal Skull. Recording should start sometime during the 3rd week of March, with recording sessions lasting anywhere from 5 to 10 days. Stay tuned for updates.

[Read the interview @ The Press-Enterprise]

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[View "The Golden Compass" Trailer Here"]

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/lady-in-the-water-score-used-in-the-golden-compass-trailer/feed/ 6 ‘Lady in the Water’ Score Wins 3 IFMCA Awards! http://www.mnightfans.com/lady-in-the-water-score-wins-3-ifmca-awards/ http://www.mnightfans.com/lady-in-the-water-score-wins-3-ifmca-awards/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:39:21 +0000 Dr Malcolm Crowe The members of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) have announced the winners of the 3rd Annual IFMCA Awards, honoring achievements in film and television music in 2006.

Leading the pack with the most wins is James Newton Howard, for his score to M. Night Shyamalan’s “Lady in the Water” which picked up three awards including Best Film Score of the Year, Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film and Individual Cue of the Year for “The Great Eatlon.”

Although the actual movie was not a critical favorite, Mr. Howard has continually done superlative work for Mr. Shyamalan, having scored his last four films. “Lady in the Water” is available on CD from Decca Records.

Here is the complete list of winners:

FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
* Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)

FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
* Alexandre Desplat

BEST NEW COMPOSER OF 2006
* Brett Rosenberg (Half Light)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM
* The Black Dahlia (Mark Isham)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM
* The Holiday (Hans Zimmer)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FILM
* Happy Feet (John Powell)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/THRILLER FILM
* The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM
* Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION
* Planet Earth (George Fenton)

BEST SINGLE CUE OF 2006
* “The Great Eatlon” from Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)

FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
* Intrada (Douglass Fake, producer)

From: FilmMusicCritics.org

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]]> http://www.mnightfans.com/lady-in-the-water-score-wins-3-ifmca-awards/feed/ 5 Lady in the Water Score Reviews: You Must Buy It! http://www.mnightfans.com/lady-in-the-water-score-reviews-you-must-buy-it/ http://www.mnightfans.com/lady-in-the-water-score-reviews-you-must-buy-it/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:23:12 +0000 Specter Lady in the Water’s Score by James Newton Howard has been getting incredible reviews all over the place.  I’ll be adding mine to the numbers in the next few days or so, but just for now, here’s a roundup of reviews from around the net.

Filmtracks: It may not draw much attention to itself at the outset,but by the end of your first listen to Lady in the Water, you’ll be hooked. This is a relatively rare occurrence in an age in which most scores of this complexity require two or three listening experiences to lure you in. Not here. Howard’s score has everything you’ve ever wanted to hear from an intelligent fantasy score and has, in the process of bring the Blue World to life, become the best score of 2006 through the year’s first half. There are several reasons why Lady in the Water is so enticing, and one of them is a direct reflection of the difference between the horror-influenced films of Shyamalan’s past and the romantic fable at the heart of this project. Howard’s score here is lush and harmonic in a dominant minor key, thematically rich and compelling for nearly every minute of its length. It’s the first Shyamalan score that is truly hopeful at its core while still built upon the deeply textured and mysterious foundation that defines these Howard works.

[Read the rest at Filmtracks]

Amazon.com: For his fifth collaboration – and following the Oscar-nominated score for THE VILLAGE – with director M. Night Shyamalan, James Newton Howard has delivered rather good work. Considering the supernatural tone of the movie, some of the composer touches are predictable (a glockenspiel offering eerie punctuations, a huge choir suggestively going “oooh” and “aaah”), but he also demonstrates a sure sense of melody. Listen, for instance, to the various threads making up “Prologue.” Despite the size of the orchestra at his disposal, Newton Howard always opts for subtle touches rather than wham-bam scary-movie effects. The most stereotypically actiony cue is “The Great Eatlon,” but it’s done as well as can be: it remains ominously restrained for quite a while, until the choir comes in to deliver an elegiac passage and the track switches to grandiose pomp. Tacked at the end of the CD are four Bob Dylan covers, including a gothic take on “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by A Whisper in the Noise, and Silvertide’s rocking “It Ain’t Me Babe” and “Maggie’s Farm.”

[Read the rest at amazon.com]

SoundtrackNet: Although there is a bit of music missing from the score, it doesn’t feel too short. By sequencing the album out of film order, it plays nicely as a listening experience. If there was any major complaint about it, it might seem that there is some repetition in some of the material – but it’s all so enjoyable that you really wouldn’t notice. Throughout all 42-minutes of score, you can definitely feel the quality and care that Howard has put into the work. He did what all composers strive to do: not just support the film, but actually elevate it. … Howard’s score is … a must-have for any film music fan.

[Read the rest at SoundtrackNet]

The Capitol Times: James Newton Howard’s collaborations with Shyamalan go back to THE SIXTH SENSE, and he was Oscar-nominated for 2004’s THE VILLAGE. Howard’s compositions work largely because they avoid the usual bangs and zings of scary films for something more subdued and evocative. LADY IN THE WATER … seems to be more of a fantasy than a thriller, and that’s reflected in the music,which has a pervasive feeling of mystery rather than fear.

The opening “Prologue”eloquently weaves several themes together, beginning from almost total silence, to create a grand beginning, and the rest of the instrumental music is similarly subdued. It’s only during the finale, “The Great Eatlon,” that the soundtrack soars into sweeping, choir-driven grandeur that seems a little out of step with the rest of the album.

From The Capitol Times (Madison, WI)

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