Upcoming Score: New Moon
Oh, great! I promised myself I wouldn’t join the Twilight vampire craze. Everyone I know, it seems, is getting sucked in to this fantasy world, yet another billion dollar outlet of the ‘Tween’ market. A market full of low quality cheap entertainment. Okay, okay, I’m a bit harsh. I’m sure the books are good, and the film is entertaining, but still, I won’t cave in and read the darn vampire book. It’s just not me.
But now it sounds like I’m going to have to at least see the films. The upcoming sequel “New Moon” will feature a score from one of my favorite composers, Alexandre Desplat, which I find extremely exciting. This will be Desplat’s second time working with director, Chris Weitz. Desplat provided the score to Weitz’ previous film, The Golden Compass. I’m a big fan of Desplat’s work. He has provided beautiful scores to numerous film including, The Queen, Syriana, The Painted Veil, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (my favorite of his works). Desplat’s wonderful lyrical sounds seems to be an odd choice for the highly anticipated film, but I can’t wait to see what he comes up with. Who knows? Maybe Desplat’s orchestra will be the perfect compliment to a pale-faced, huge foreheaded teenager.
