CRAIG ARMSTRONG no longer on "CLASH OF THE TITANS", Ramin Djawadi replaces him.

Great.

Craig Armstrong is no longer working on providing an original score for Clash of the Titians. Ramin Djawad along with Neil Davidge are now on scoring duties.

Original source: http://www.craigarmstrongonline.com/news_2010.htm

Elfman’s score back in ‘The Wolfman’

After being rejected and replaced with Paul Haslinger (!) Elfman's previously rejected score gets back on the picture. Certainly a not very proud situation for anyone to be in, especially if your name starts with P and your surname with an H. Oh well.

Here's what Mikael Carlsson writes about it:

"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, and it appears that Paul Haslinger, the replacement composer is not working on the film."

http://moviescoremagazine.com/2010/01/elfmans-score-back-in-the-wolfman/

The industry rejects DANNY ELFMAN's symphonic score for "WOLFMAN"

It seems that - despite the fact that for the time being it's still presented as a "schedule conflict" event, Elfman's "by all accounts traditional, grandly gothic effort a la Kilar’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula." [as presented in the original article which i am linking to below] sounded too old-fashioned to someone's ears.

So, they decided that the movie would benefit more from what's possibly going to turn around as a cliched, dark and moody electronic-driven score with some guitars here and there, a la usual Paul Haslinger. That, in the best of cases or otherwise - plain noise.

Read the unsetting news' piece over at cinemusic.net, by clicking HERE.

HOWARD SHORE replaces John Corigliano on "THE EDGE OF DARKNESS"

Sadly, John Corigliano’s film outcome is - although brilliant, very limited as he’s primarily a concert / chamber / orchestral music composer who’s rarely dealt with our beloved medium. However, when the opportunity to score Martin Campbell’s new movie – The Edge of Darkness presented itself, the whole community was rejoiced. Rarely does one hear scores gifted with the graces of – say, The Red Violin (Corigliano’s famous Oscar-winning musical work for the same-titled movie) and the announcement of another film assignment for the composer after all these years brought excitement and anticipation in the entire community.

However, (and I quote from moviescoremagazine.com), John Corigliano’s score for the upcoming Mel Gibson thriller Edge of Darkness, directed by Martin Campbell, will be replaced by a new score by Howard Shore. The switch of composers was first indicated when the theatrical poster for the film appeared online this week, showing a credit block that makes no mention of Corigliano but lists Howard Shore under the “music by” tag. Warner Bros. has confirmed to MovieScore Magazine that Howard Shore is replacing the score but did not comment on the reasons behind the replacement. The film is produced by GK Films and Warner Bros. is distributing with a release date set to January 29.

Movie details from wikipedia:

Edge of Darkness is an upcoming film adaptation of Edge of Darkness, a 1985 BBC television series. The film stars Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, and is directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Michael Wearing, who also directed and produced the series respectively. Edge of Darkness follows a detective (Mel Gibson) investigating the murder of his activist daughter (Bojana Novakovic), uncovering political conspiracies and cover-ups in the process.

As homicide detective Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) investigates the death of his activist daughter (Bojana Novakovic), he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

For more, stay tuned and read into the original link (found HERE) for the whole article.