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06/02/10: In the most recent interview for ScoreNotes.com Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders not only discussed their recent projects but also mentioned a new one: THE SUNSET LIMITED based on a novel by Cormack McCarthy (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), which is currently in the post-production. Tommy Lee Jones is directing this TV movie, which will air on HBO later this year. No release date has been announced so far.

02/02/10: Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders were nominated in Best original score cathegory for an Oscar for their score for THE HURT LOCKER, which was released by Lakeshore Records just a few weeks ago. Except the original soundtrack album now available through most of the stores (and featuring approx 31 minutes of original score), there is also For your consideration album available as a pressed CD and featuring complete score (nearly 55 minutes of music). Except Oscar nominations Marco Beltrami was also nominated in two cathegories by IFMCA (International Film Music Critics Association): the cathegories Marco Beltrami is nominated in are Best original score for a horror/thriller (IN THE ELECTRIC MIST) and Best original score for a fantasy/science fiction film (KNOWING). The winners will be announced on February 26th.

07/10/09: HAPPY 43RD BIRTHDAY TO MARCO BELTRAMI.

07/10/09: According to most recent news, there are two new projects coming during next two years. The first is US remake of french crime thriller 13 Tzameti, which is being held by the director of original version that won Grand Jury Prize at Sundance film festival in 2006. The film should be released in 2010 but no release date has been specified so far. The other movie is also a remake of 1973 TV horror DON'T BE AFFRAID OF THE DARK, which is produced by Guillermo del Toro who also co-wrote the script (with Matthew Robbins). The film is currently being shot in Australia and it is directed by newcomer Troy Nixey. The cast includes Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes. The film is expected to be released in 2011. In the meantime REPOSSESSION MAMBO (now re-titled as REPO MEN) will hit theatres on April 2nd, 2010.

09/06/09: Marco Beltrami´s score for IN THE ELECTRIC MIST was released today by Varese Sarabande as one of the two albums in their new line of releases, which will include scores by Varese Sarabande´s regular composers that were written for films with limited distribution in the US. These albums will be available as limited CD editions and also on iTunes. US version of IN THE ELECTRIC MIST features even more music than the previous EU release available as iTunes exclusive. The CD is now available through various online retailers and more info is included here. The other score, which launched this series is John Debney´s score for based-on-true-events drama The Stoning of Soraya M. Both albums are limited to 1000 copies only.

label: Varese Sarabande
catalogue nr: VSD-4202
release: 9th June, 2009
shipping: 15th July, 2009



1. In The Electric Mist (2:57)
2. Score Vs. Airboat (:56)
3. Post Coital Investigating (1:49)
4. Baby Feet’s Limo (1:22)
5. The Confederate Dead (3:30)
6. Fishing With Dave (1:03)
7. Adonis Brown (1:09)
8. Out With The N Word (2:34)
9. Kelly’s Service (1:52)
10. Shipwrecked (2:31)
11. Dina Kills Again (2:38)
12. Past Meets Present (2:50)
13. Maybe Babyfeet (1:16)
14. Knife Planting (1:32)
15. Dave Robicheaux (2:48)
16. La Terre Tremblante (written by Marco Beltrami and Dirk Powell) (4:17)

Total Time: 35:04

15/04/09: Marco Beltrami's score for Bertrand Tavernier's thriller IN THE ELECTRIC MIST was finally released this week as download only release available eg through british Amazon, where you can also check samples from all the cues included. Except the original score, the album also features three songs including the one used during the End Credits (check out in the audio section of this website), which was co-composed by Marco Beltrami. Tracklist and more information available below. On Cinezik you can read the interview with Bertrand Tavernier about his working experience with Marco Beltrami on IN THE ELECTRIC MIST (available in french only here), there is also a scoring sessions coverage about REPOSSESSION MAMBO available on here and Marco Beltrami is currently working on his new score for upcoming Wes Craven's new movie 25/8.

label: Playtime
catalogue nr: download only
release: 13th April, 2009

1. In the Electric Mist (2:58)
2. Shipwrecked (2:35)
3. The Confederate Dead (3:30)
4. Old Stack O'Lee Blues (4:16)
5. Dave in Action (3:28)
6. Out with N Word (2:55)
7. Frankie and Johnny (4:07)
8. A Portrait of Dave (2:49)
9. The Confederate Dead End (2:39)
10. The Wrapper (2:52)
11. Dave to the Cabin (3:19)
12. La Terre Tremblante (Dirk Powell) (4:17)

Total Time: 39:45

19/03/09 : Exclusive samples from KNOWING are now online. Check audio section.

03/03/09 : You can already pre-order upcoming release of Marco Beltrami´s score for KNOWING on Varese Sarabande´s website . The CD includes approximately 65 minutes of score. The shipping starts on March 17th. Marco Beltrami will be signing "Knowing" album on Sat, March 28th at 2 pm at Dark Delicacies. For more information, visit www.darkdel.com.

label: Varese Sarabande
catalogue nr: 302 066 956 2
release: 17th March, 2009

1. Main Titles (2:11)
2. Door Jam (3:10)
3. EMT (2:19)
4. John and Caleb (1:59)
5. New York (4:12)
6. Aftermath (1:46)
7. Not a Kid Anymore (1:56)
8. Moose on the Loose (2:20)
9. Stalking the Waylands (1:24)
10. Numerology (3:06)
11. It’s the Sun (2:44)
12. John Spills (3:26)
13. Trailer Music (3:21)
14. 33 (3:29)
15. Loudmouth (2:43)
16. Revelations (3:29)
17. Thataway! (2:06)
18. Shock and Aww (4:00)
19. Caleb Leaves (7:09)
20. Roll Over Beethoven (4:15)
21. New World Round (2:59)
22. Who Wants an Apple? (1:35)

Total Duration: 65:39

19/02/09 : Varese Sarabande will release KNOWING score on March 17. The album is currently being prepared and shoud feature almost complete score as recorded in early January in Australia. This week, Marco Beltrami is recording his new score for the upcoming sci-fi REPOSSESSION MAMBO at The Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox. The film is directed by Miguel Sapochnik (The Dreamer) and the cast includes Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga and Liev Schreiber. The release date isn´t set yet but it might be expected during this summer.

14/01/09: New "dark, brooding orchestral score" for Alex Proyas´ upcoming KNOWING was recorded last week in Sydney. The film should be released at the end of March and soundtrack album is hopefully planned. In the meantime you can check newly added samples from last 3 projects: MESRINE, MAX PAYNE and exclusive samples from IN THE ELECTRIC MIST. The film is already floating around on the DVD, which should be officially released during March. There are no news regarding the film´s theatrical run in the United States but is should be released in selected countries all over Europe around the same time. There are also no news regarding possible soundtrack release of IN THE ELECTRIC MIST and according to co-composer Buck Sanders the film features only about 30-35 minutes of original music.

16/11/08: Two very interesting news. Only about one month after MAX PAYNE score was released by LaLaLand Records, the complete score is available as a bootleg. You can find the tracklist in the discography and the sound clips are coming during the next few weeks. At the same time you can already pre-order the following CD featuring Marco Beltrami's music on US Amazon- MESRINE album consists of pieces selected from both french ganster movies following notorious gangster Mesrine. Both scores were recorded in Paris in August and about 75% of the music was composed by Marcus Trumpp with the rest provided by Marco Beltrami and Dana Niu. The CD is released this Monday in France (EMI Records) and US Amazon should start shipping the orders only one day later. The first samples from the score are available on French Amazon .

1. L'Instinct De Mort
2. Jacques Mesrine
3. Sale Boulot
4. La Mort Du Pere
5. Le Départ
6. Broussard
7. Kidnapping De Deslauriers
8. En Attendant La Rançon
9. En Planque
10. Humeur Noire
11. Jacques Et Janou
12. Plans D'Evasion
13. L'Armée
14. Aveuglé
15. Un Plan Diabolique
16. Le Livre
17. Evasion
18. Le Casino De Deauville
19. Fusillade Dans La Prison
20. L'Interview
21. Dallier
22. Nos Jours Sont Comptés
23. 2 Novembre 1979
24. Porte De Clignancourt
25. Le Prix A Payer

composed by Marcus Trumpp
additional music by Marco Beltrami and Dana Niu

21/10/08: MAX PAYNE soundtrack is now available on LaLaLand Records - to order the cd click on the image. The first copies are signed by Marco Beltrami and co-composer Buck Sanders.

Max Attacks 3:53

Investigation 3:29

Payneful Piano 2:16

Colvin Quivers 3:33

Dethlab 2:32

Storming The Office 1:53

No Respects For You 2:37

Lupino Spreads His Wings 1:50

Max Returns Home 2:03

Factoring Max 1:47

Window Payne 3:32

Dark Heaven 2:47

Vote for Dennis 2:05

BB’s Maxim 2:46

Max Marches On 2:23

Heaven To The Max 1:46

Topless Fanfare 3:10

Total Time: 44:22

19/10/08: MAX PAYNE soundtrack will be released this Tuesday by LaLaLand records. First 100 copies should be signed by the composer. Currently it hasn't been confirmed if Buck Sanders (who co-composed the score) will be also signing it. The music is described as Very carpenteresque in some cues and one downright beautiful cue straight out of the funeral scene from Hellboy. No adaptation of music from the videgame is included. Awesome score though. Approximately one month later selections from two MESRINE movies will be released on CD in France. 75% of the score included in both films was composed by Marcus Trumpp with the rest provided by Dana Niu and Marco Beltrami. The score was recorded in August in France and you can already pre-order the CD here. A brief sample from the score is available on the films' official website. Marco Beltrami is currently working on Alex Proyas' upcoming KNOWING. The trailer of the film is located here.

07/10/08: HAPPY 42TH BIRTHDAY TO MARCO BELTRAMI!

15/09/08: MAX PAYNE soundtrack will be released by La La Land Records on 18th November (the CD should be available through the website of recording company during October). You can already preorder the CD at Amazon, but it's likely this first 100 copies ordered through LaLaLand's website will be ordered by the composer. THE HURT LOCKER was first shown at Venice film festival two weeks ago and should be released in the mid November all over EU(/world?). So far there are no news about more upcoming releases and following projects.

10/07/08 : MAX PAYNE trailer is now available and you can watch it here. Marco and Buck are currently developing ideas for this score to meet director John Moore soon again. So far no release dates of any of the projects completed have been set yet.

27/06/08 : Exclusive THE INVISIBLE samples are now online.

26/05/08: Peter Hackman's (aka drivingmissdaisy) video from Varese Bash is available here in resolution high (210 MB) - low (65,5 MB). In the meantime two Marco Beltrami's promos are now sold out. You can still order Deep Water promo on ScreenArchives while The Faculty is available through ebay only now.

19/05/08: Two new upcoming projects were confirmed today by Upcoming Film Scores. This fall Marco Beltrami will re-unite with the director John Moore for the third time, scoring his upcoming crime thriller MAX PAYNE starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Beau Bridges. The film will be released on October 17th. Next year Marco will be scoring long-awaited new project of Alex Proyas KNOWING about a school teacher (Nicholas Cage) who opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold. Release dates of KNOWING hasn't been set up yet and the film is currently in production in Australia.

13/05/08: FOXnew coverage on recent Varese Sarabande celebration is available here.

11/05/08: First photos from Varese's signining action yesterday are now available. For more photos you can visit Dan Goldwasser's ScoringSessions website or gallery of TJ Themes. You can watch a brief video report from shooting of IN THE ELECTRIC MIST here and AMUSEMENT trailer is available on YouTube here. According to most recent news release date of AMUSEMENT was moved from originally announced early September to unspecified date in November.

10/05/08: Both THE HURT LOCKER and AMUSEMENT are already finished as well as IN THE ELECTRIC MIST. In fact, the working schedule this year started with AMUSEMENT which was already finished a few months ago and was followed by IN THE ELECTRIC MIST (Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders co-composed the score together over a year long period) and THE HURT LOCKER which were both recorded approx 2 weeks ago. And as always there is something new in the pipeline and they are currently working on a sci-fi REPOSSESSION MAMBO, which is set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed. The film was directed by Miguel Sapochnik (The Dreamer) based on the script by Eric Garcia adapted from his own novel. It includes rather promising casts of Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber and Alice Braga. The film will be released by Universal Pictures. No release date has been set yet.

01/05/08: From Mikael Carlsson's Upcoming Film Scores blog: "Marco Beltrami has scored AMUSEMENT, the upcoming horror film directed by John Simpson (Freeze Frame). Beltrami replaced Debbie Wiseman as the composer on the film after she had to withdraw due to conflicting schedules. AMUSEMENT is a classic stalker thriller, to be released by Picturehouse Entertainment and New Line Cinema in September. Stars include Jessica Lucas, Katheryn Winnick and Laura Breckenridge. Beltrami has also written the music for THE HURT LOCKER, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce and David Morse."

28/04/08: THE INVISIBLE bootleg finally appears. Total time is 68:05 and the bootleg features 37 tracks. So far there is nothing in sight so if anyone of you already has this score, please, let me know and I am almost sure we will make a deal. Tracklist added to the discography and the cover (made by Luis M. Rojas) is available on his site .

18/04/08: New Iraque war drama THE HURT LOCKER, directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days), based on her own story adapted by Mark Boal, is currently being scored by Marco Beltrami. David Morse, Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce star in the film, which tells the story of an elite Army bomb squad unit that must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war and come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. The film is produced by First Light Production and Kinsgate Films and is currently in post-production. No release date was announced yet. You can view higher resolution poster here .

18/04/08: Marco Beltrami will participate in upcoming Varese Sarabande's birthday celebration which will include signing of the Varese Sarabande CDs by composers Christophe Beck, Mychael Danna, John Debney, Michael Giacchino, Mark Isham, Brian Tyler and Christopher Young plus artist Matthew Joseph Peak. This even will took place on May 10 at 2:00 at Dark Delicacies, 4213 W. Burbank Blvd. More information is available on Varese's website. Bootleg LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD is finally available. The 2CD set runs for 102:54. For more information, visit discography.

26/02/08: You can download video from Academy Awards here, also 3:10 to Yuma scoring feature described above can be download here. Thanks a lot to Meridius for sharing both videos. Soundtrack.net published brief report from Society of Composers and Lyricists reception this Saturday that featured all nominated composers. Read the report here.

21/02/08: Tracklist of THE EYE added to the discography. Also added exclusive samples to Audio section.

1. The Eye Main Titles (1:34)
2. Bruja (1:54)
3. Rain (2:42)
4. Not my Eyes (3:06)
5. To See Again (1:33)
6. Apartment on Fire (1:37)
7. Taking Mrs. Hillman (2:12)
8. Road to Mexico (2:03)
9. He is Dead (2:55)
10. Bedridden (3:20)
11. Report Card (1:53)
12. Who is She? (1:57)
13. Mirror, Mirror (3:02)
14. Mrs. Martinez (4:11)
15. Walkthrough (1:42)
16. Retribution (3:02)
17. The Drive Home (1:49)
18. Roadblock (4:45)
19. The Concert (1:54)

Label: Lions Gate Records
iTunes exclusive (-), 2008

20/02/08: On the webpage of 3:10 TO YUMA was added video where Marco Beltrami and James Mangold discuss the score. Except demonstration of creating special effect for the score you can also see a few bits of scenes with their isolated score track. The video is available here. Also THE EYE score is finally available on iTunes although it was expected to be there a few weeks ago. So far there is no confirmation of CD release yet. More information on the iTunes release of THE EYE score including tracklist and samples will be added soon.

01/02/08: You can listen to numerous clips from Marco Beltrami's THE EYE on the music site of the film here. According to Daniel Schweiger, there will be also CD release of the score available (probably next month). You can download the suite compiled by Moontrekker here. Samples comming soon as well as more info abou the release. You can buy the score on iTunes here

31/01/08: New interview with Marco Beltrami is now available for download on Film Music Magazine website. In the interview, conducted by Daniel Schweiger, the composer talks not only about his most recent scores such as 3:10 TO YUMA, THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA or THE OMEN, but also mentiones some interesting details about his upcoming IN THE ELECTRIC MIST and THE EYE, which opens in US theatres tomorrow. The other discussed topics are Marco Beltrami's relationship with Jerry Goldsmith, hanging out with Ennio Morricone, his first Oscar nomination for Yuma, etc. More samples from THE EYE coming soon as well as some more very interesting updates. Stay tuned ;-)

22/01/08: AMPAAS revealed their Oscar nominations for last year with Marco Beltrami suprisingly nominated for 3:10 TO YUMA. The ceremony will took place on February 24th. Also nominated are: Dario Marianelli (ATONEMENT), Alberto Iglesias (THE KITE RUNNER), James Newton Howard (MICHAEL CLAYTON) and Michael Giacchino (RATATOUILLE).

22/01/08: New interview with Marco Beltrami was published yesterday on SoundtrackNet. The main part of the interview focuses on 3:10 TO YUMA score and curent state of the industry but also mentiones several others recent scores including THE OMEN, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD etc. Interesting part of the interview is also the answer to question about upcoming projects "There are two possibilities, but nothing else is cut in stone right now. I had an interview for a film today, so we'll see how that goes..." You can read the whole interview here . THE EYE score release still seems like an iTunes exclusive only although there is no definite confirmation yet (but no CD preorder either).

14/01/08: According to the second THE EYE poster, the "score soundtrack will be available on Lionsgate Records." There is no info yet whether there will be iTunes release only or the CD will also be available.

13/01/08: You can download the first sample from THE EYE score here. The sample comes from Lionsgatefilms website, which will release the film on February 1st. So far there are no news regarding possible release of the score - on CD or on iTunes. The official website can be found here.

16/12/07: Score for the new horror film THE EYE has already been recorded in Bratislava with standard orchestra. The total amount of music recorded is about 65 minutes and the film is currently in the dubbing stage. In the meantime, Marco is currently working on IN THE ELECTRIC MIST and there are some new possible assignment for 2008 after the Mist score is finished that have yet to be revealed. You can watch two THE EYE trailers here and here.

14/12/07: Recent 2DVD edition of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD released in R1 also features a 7minute-long documentary about the scores called Symphonic Book. Here is a brief selection of Marco Beltrami's comments available in the interview: “I think the biggest challenge for me in this project is the fact that it was the fourth in a [series], and that there was a musical identity associated with the past three scores. In terms of a motif for the John McClane character, that’s already been established from the previous movies and that’s something I used throughout the movie.“Michael Kamen scored the last three Die Hard movies and I was very conscious of that when we were doing this. This was definitely a Die Hard movie and … I thought there should be a connection between the first three and what I was doing, and yet also I have my own style. What we ended up doing was using some motives for the Bruce Willis character, McClane, and introducing that into the score as well as some stylistic things that were used in the first three. I’m always looking for ways to add something new and different to scores, so we had just a percussion session. I didn’t want to solely rely on synthetic electronic elements, but et I wanted to take acoustic sounds and manipulate them in an electronic way. We recorded the percussionists playing groove type stuff on all sorts of instruments from little small shakers to large metallic drums and all kinds of things. Then we took that and brought it back to my studio and cut it up and processed the stuff through the computer and created loops out of it that we used as a basis for some of the rhythmic elements in the score." Marco Beltrami was also nominated as Best Composer award of The Broadcast Film Critic Association for his 3:10 TO YUMA score.

BEST COMPOSER
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted

19/11/07: Following info appeared today on Mikael Carlsson's UpcomingFilmScores blog: "Marco Beltrami has been hired to compose the original score for THE EYE, replacing composer Angelo Badalamenti who was the first composer onboard (he left the project for personal reasons). Beltrami, who has an impressive horror filmography (the Scream trilogy, Resident Evil, Hellboy and many more), is working for the first time with French directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud, who impressed audiences with their genre film Them last year. The film is a remake of the award-winning 2002 Hong Kong film directed by the Pang Brothers., and tells the story about a woman who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world. Jessica Alba stars in the new version, which is scheduled to premiere on February 1, 2008. Beltrami's involvement in The Eye has been confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores / Film Music Weekly by Capital Arts Entertainment." You can view the poster in higher resolution here . There is also a cover for upcoming 3:1O TO YUMA CD.

15/11/07: Long awaited CD release of 3:10 TO YUMA will finally see light of the day on December 18th. You can already pre-order the CD on Screen Archives. Marco Beltrami is still waiting for his copy of IN THE ELECTRIC MIST to start working on the film, his future approach to his score he described in an interview for Film score monthly online (issue 31): "It's much more of an art film. I don't know if you know the story but the murders are sort of the setting. It's more a character piece or study than a genre film. It's really quite good. I saw some of it two weeks ago and I'm really excited about it. The interesting thing is that it all takes place in rural Louisiana and it has heavy Cajun influence. I'm not gonna trying to write Cajun source music, but more take Cajun ideas and itegrate them in the score. It's gonna be a fun project and a good challenge." Release of the film was moved from originally expected early December to March 26, 2008.

07/10/07: Happy 39th birthday to Marco Beltrami!

15/09/07: Official website now offers the chance to listen to more 3:10 TO YUMA samples (Bible Study and previously unreleased cue Coach Crash) and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (Copter Chase, Out of Bullets, The F-15). All samples also features their PDF full orchestral scores. UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION bootleg is now available with total time 92:51 and 42 tracks. There is also a second version available that also features bonus fan-compiled suite from the material included on the regular release. Tracklist of UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION bootleg added to the discography and audio section now features more samples from 3:10 TO YUMA.

31/08/07: According to the latest news, no CD for 3:10 TO YUMA is currently planned and its existence depends on success of the film in the theatres. On the film's official website you can listen to some tracks of the score or you can download it here in the following tracklist. In the meantime, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders started working on their new project, thriller IN THE ELECTRIC MIST starring Tommy Lee Jones, this week. Also some of the first reviews of 3:10 TO YUMA are available with some comments on the score. Eg Ain't it cool review: "From the very first note played during the opening title of 3:10 TO YUMA you know you are in for an honest to god, real life western. No modern bells and whistles, no post-modern twist or catch, but a real western that is proud to be one and goes for it all the way. ...... No review of this film, no heaping of praise, is complete without mentioning Marco Beltrami’s score. I’ve honestly never really been a big fan of his music. I think my favorite scores he’s done were on SCREAM and HELLBOY, but most of the time I don’t really dig on his music, but damn. He knocked it out of the park here. It’s not comically western, but it’s so western through and through. It could be over the top if it wasn’t so damn good."

01. Main Title 02. Ben stakes the Stage / Dan's burden 03. Man of his word 04. Bisbygliando 05. Barn burn 06. Chinatown 07. Indian Grounds 08. Chinese Democracy 09. One for the Road / Storm Clouds 10. Trial by Fire 11. Flight of the Princess 12. Ben there done that 13. Gang Arrives 14. Ben Arrested 15. It's time 16. Hotel 17. One man left 18. William escapes 19. Bible Study 20. Who let the cows out? 21. The 3:10 To Yuma

08/08/07: Release of 3:10 TO YUMA was moved from originally announced early October to 7th September. At this moment there are no news regarding CD release of the score altough an iTunes release (Lionsgate records) was confirmed. Only Betrand Tavernier's IN THE ELECTRIC MIST is now included on Marco Beltrami's upcoming scoring schedule and according to IMDB the film should be released on December 10th. Some different sources on the other hand claim that the film is in fact set for September 2008 release. Alex Proyas is currently signed to direct DRACULA YERO ZERO, which combines legends surrounding Dracula myth with real history of the man who inspired him, Vlad III aka Vlad the Impailer. So far the film is in pre-production and might be released in 2009. So far no composer was announced yet altough Marco Beltrami's participation in this project is highly likely. Also Len Wiseman is preparing his third untitled UNDERWORLD movie.

03/07/07: CAPTIVITY official website started and you can visit it here. Release of the film was moved again on 13th July 2007. You can read a brief interview with Marco about his LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD score here.

20/06/07: Stream audio suite from VIKAREN added to audio section. Also few more THE INVISIBLE samples are now online - still ripped from poor quality screener. All cues include SFX or dialogues altough The Undead, Pleasures of an invisible guy (both parts) are dialogue-free.

20/06/07: On MovieZone website you can download the first version of 3:10 TO YUMA trailer in various resolutions or use the direct link here (mov, 2:28, 48,6 MB). Official website of danish sci-fi VIKAREN (THE SUBSTITUTE), directed by Ole Bornedala, also offers a few clips from the score. When you click on "download" the music starts to play. The score for the film was composed by Marcus Trumpp, Dana Niu and Bill Boston with Marco Beltrami providing additional music, producing the score and conducting the orchestra during scoring sessions, which took place in Copenhagen in mid-July last year. There are no news regarding release of the score on CD. VIKAREN was released in Denmark on June 15th and there are no release dates set up for the rest of the world yet.

17/06/07: Unlike Michael Kamen who based his previous Die Hard scores on various classical pieces (Beethoven, Sibelius, Wagner), the only "classical piece" reffered to in LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD score is "America the Beautiful". For more details see following info from Buck Sanders who also revealed some details regarding 3:10 TO YUMA score: "America the Beautiful was recorded for a source cue. We weren't involved with that too much. It only appears once in the film. There are no classical piece references in the score. Unless you call Kamen's original score classical. There are a lot of references to that. The director wasn't interested in doing anything with classical pieces and was very keen on Marco trying to provide the feel of the original Die Hard movies. A tribute to the original film in a way. There is about an hour of music for Yuma. There is a lot of sound manipulations, guitars, a piano, a small string group and solo trumpet. We do not reference the 50's Yuma Dunning score at all. It is very much a different film. We never even spoke about the original film with the director. Treated it like it's own thing."

15/06/07: RED EYE and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD samples are now online.

15/06/07: Here you can watch two scenes from LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD. Both scenes (10 minutes total) are underscored. Video is unfortunatelly available as stream only. IN THE ELECTRIC MIST following in Marco's scoring schedule is currently being shot in Louisiana with Tommy Lee Jones playing the lead character Dave Robicheaux. John Goodman, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Sarsgaard and Ned Beatty co-star in the film which is directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Release date is set for December 10th, 2007. Check again soon for RED EYE and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD samples.

13/06/07: Here is the first scoring session report by John Mansell who visited 3:10 TO YUMA sessions in London's Abbey Road Studios and also provided the photos. The text was originally included on FSM's discussion board: "Session that I went to was on monday 11th june at abbey road london. the orchestra was a small string ensemble, with trumpet and also guitar, but other music had been recorded in LA, the movie looks great full of action, and the score i personaly think is very good, I know a few people were curious about the approach that Mr Beltrami would take, i will try and describe it as best I can, in the first part of the session the cues were mainly down beat sort of suspence filled cues, but after the break it livened up a hell of a lot, one cue in particular stood out for me there is a stage coach robbery/attack sequence, the score is driving and savage sounding, a almost fuzzy sounding guitar stood out and also the use of a solo trumpet was very effective, there was also some amazing guitar player from the British soloist Mitch, this cue as many of the others had a sort of a hook to it, you know guys it is probably the track on the album that will be played the most, it builds and builds its just the best,dare I say it had a slight spaghetti western sound to it in places, but no overly Morricone, more of a sound that we associate with the genre as a whole, but the composer added more by the use of dramatic and driving strings, there are also so less robust/action cues and a particulary melodic and heart rending theme which plays over the death of one of the characters, I found this composition quite mesmerizing, let me say here and now, anyone who has ever said that Mr beltrami has never written a theme, well take another listen to his scores, Hellboy, the faculty, etc etc and oh yeah dont forget the SCREAM trilogy. because they contain some great material, and when you hear 3 10 to yuma you will be blown away, The composer and his team Buck and John were realy friendly and welcoming. and the musicians were excellent, I enjoyed the session and felt privelaged to attend."

09/06/07: GDT is currently shooting HELLBOY: THE GOLDEN ARMY in Hungary and confirmed he is decided to work with Danny Elfman on the film: "Danny Elfman IS going to score HELLBOY II and I feel privileged. I have worked with Marco Beltrami many times and will work with him soon enough but I believe we will have a beautiful score with Elfman, whom I admire greatly (in fact the "Title sequence" music cue had the "Ta-de-dum-ta-de-dum" rythm by explicit request by me in an atempt to make it kind of Elfmanesque) and with whom I share a dark view of the world."
To have some good news as well, RED EYE score bootleg is now circulation in the world and includes 30 tracks with total time 71:59 (so far there are two more versions available - one including End Credits suite as the bonus cue, the second includes 4 more cues of additional music composed by Kevin Manthei). Tracklist of the first version was added to the discography. On Youtube you can now watch three scenes from Marco Beltrami's first score DEATH MATCH here, here and here. All clips include well hearable music which is, in fact, based entirelly on electronics (possibly due to budget restrictions). The score has never been available in any form.

05/06/07: Tracklist of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD is available on Varese Sarabande's website. Updated discography section. Marco is currently recording first portions of 3:10 TO YUMA score in Los Angeles with subsequent session scheduled for next week in London's Abbey Road Studios.

Label:Varese Sarabande
Catalogue nr : VSD 6824
Release Date: 26/6/2007

Total Time: 63:19
01. Out of Bullets (1:08)
02. Shootout (3:41)
03. Leaving the Apartment (2:08)
04. Dead Hackers (1:31)
05. Traffic Jam (4:13)
06. It’s a Fire Sale (2:57)
07. The Break-In (2:28)
08. Farrell to D.C. (4:36)
09. Copter Chase (4:41)
10. Blackout (2:03)
11. Illegal Broadcast (3:48)
12. Hurry Up! (1:23)
13. The Power Plant (2:01)
14. Landing (2:28)
15. Cold Cuts (2:00)
16. Yippee Ki Yay (4:43)
17. Break a Neck (2:47)
18. Farrell is In (4:22)
19. The F-35 (4:13)
20. Aftermath (3:12)
21. Live Free or Die Hard (2:56)

31/05/07: Cover of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD appeared today on Colosseum Records website. Tracklist is not yet available.

30/05/07: The scoring sessions for the upcoming western 3:10 TO YUMA will start next week in London. You can check a brief clip from THE INVISIBLE score (ripped from the film in very poor quality and with all the dialogues and SFX - so spoiler allert) here. The clip consists from the opening cue (different version than is available through Marco's myspace page) and finale scene where the main theme is developed within 7 minutes and IMO is one of the most beautiful and touching cues Marco have written so far. More clips should be coming soon through the official website.

30/04/07: Varese Sarabande will release Marco Beltrami's original score CD for LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD on June 26th. Colosseum Records (European distributor of Varese) will release the CD one day earlier with catalogue number CVS 6824.2. Here is info from Varese's website: "Live Free or Die Hard is the ultimate summer action ride. In a season overflowing with CGI Fantasy, Live Free or Die Hard gets real — with real action, real humor and a relatable everyman hero: John McClane. On the July 4th holiday, an attack on the vulnerable United States computor infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every modern angle — but he never figured on an old-school “analog” fly in the “digital” ointment. Bruce Willis is John McClane. No mask. No cape. No problem. With three previous films, Die Hard is one of the most successful action franchises of all time. The great Michael Kamen scored each of the other Die Hard films though Kamen’s untimely passing in 2003 meant that a new composer would need to assume the podium for the latest score. Marco Beltrami has done an outstanding job of both scoring the new film as well as paying tribute to Kamen’s memory. Live Free or Die Hard is one of the major “event” films and scores of the summer. The 20th Century Fox film opens nationwide on June 27. Live Free or Die Hard is set to be the blockbuster film of the July 4th holiday weekend."

30/04/07: According to the news confirmed by two different sources very close to Marco Beltrami, he won't be scoring upcoming HELLBOY: THE GOLDEN ARMY. According to so far known news, Danny Elfman might be approached by Guillermo del Toro regarding this film. There was no deal signed yet and no composer announced by Universal who will release the film in August 2008.

25/04/07: Greenspan Artist Management has announced that Marco Beltrami has signed to score the remake of the 1957 western 3:10 TO YUMA, starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. The film is directed by James Mangold and will be released by Lions Gate later this year (October 7th). Marco is currently finishing on the music for the fourth Die Hard film staring Bruce Willis, LIFE FREE OR DIE HARD, scheduled to premiere on June 27. Paying tribute to the scores Michael Kamen wrote for the first three films, Beltrami uses Kamen's four-note signature suspense motif, but the score will also have electronic elements in addition to the orchestral music. - Source: Film Music Weekly.

11/04/07: Altough soundtrack album THE INVISIBLE was originally announced as a combination of songs and score, it features only songs of various artist without any piece of Marco's original score. So far there are no news if the score album will ever be released either as a CD or as download only. In the meantime Marco is finishing his score for DIE HARD 4.0 and you can download the latest trailer (fantastic one) here in resolution middle (18,6 MB) or high (30 MB).

01/03/07: According to Film Music Weekly issued on February 26, soundtrack from THE INVISIBLE will be released by Hollywood Records on April 10. It is not known yet how much score will be included on this edition and how many various artists will be included on the disc, which is described only as "Marco Beltrami/Various". Finally appeared THE OMEN complete score bootleg with length 120:16 with many alternated version and unused tracks. See sections Discography or Covers for more details. You can check bigger versions of CAPTIVITY posters by clicking on the their icons. Also Mal's new cover for CAPTIVITY clips from the oficial website added to the cover section. You can check unoficial CAPTIVITY trailer here.

17/02/07: Marco currently starts working on LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, Buck Sanders confirms today. Check Marco Beltrami's my space page with the first sample from upcoming THE INVISIBLE.

17/02/07: Guillermo Del Toro won BAFTA award in category Best foreign language film and Pan's Labyrinth is nominated for 6 Academy Awards for Best original screenplay, Foreign Language film, Best Cinematography and Best original score among others. Meanwhile, Del Toro is preparing for shooting of HELLBOY: THE GOLDEN ARMY that should start in sping in Hungary. You can check two short interviews with Del Toro with brief mentions of HB2 here and here. The next upcoming Del Toro's projects are AT THE MOUNTAIN OF MADNESS (you can read the first review of the script, co-written by Matthew Robbins, here) and TARZAN: "It’s a done deal that we’re developing the screenplay and I really want to work with John Collee, and I loved Master and Commander; I read them and I never felt they could be made into a 20-part BBC miniseries. I’m always obsessed by nurture verses nature – it’s how this guy learns to become an ape at first, and then how this ape learns to be a man in the second place, and then he becomes what he needs to become and that is Tarzan. I think that’s a process I’m interested in whether the character’s name is Hellboy or Tarzan - it’s how you learn who you are in the process of choosing." Regarding the actual Marco news, you can download international teaser trailer for LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD here in resolution small (2,86 MB) or large (18,5 MB). THE INVISIBLE originally set for theater release on January 26th was re-schedulled for April 27th release. CAPTIVITY is set for a limited US release on May 18th. No word about a wider release yet. More news hopefully coming soon...