ALAN SILVESTRI's "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" (recording session photographic material)

Earlier this year, Alan Silvestri recorded his score for his thirteenth feature film with director Robert Zemeckis, A Christmas Carol. The film came out last month, and scoringsessions.com are excited to bring their readers the exclusive photos from the scoring session, just in time for the holidays.

Check out the article here: http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/204/

Alan Silvestri slated to score ‘The A-Team’

Veteran composer Alan Silvestri has just announced a new major film scoring assignment on his newly opened official web site. According to the site, Silvestri “has been slated” to compose the original score for The A-Team, the feature film version of the 1980s television series.

For more info, check out this link HERE.

The A-Team is an upcoming feature film based on The A-Team television series. Its release is planned for June 11, 2010, and is produced by 20th Century Fox. As of January 28, 2009, director Joe Carnahan is set to direct and Ridley and Tony Scott are set to produce.The plot will involve a shift from Vietnam to the Middle East, and both Jules Daly and series creator Stephen J. Cannell are involved in the project.

According to writer Michael Brandt, the adaptation will be more in vein of Die Hard, The Bourne Identity, and Casino Royale.

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ALAN SILVESTRI's "BACK TO THE FUTURE" coming from Intrada as a 2CD SET

BACK TO THE FUTURE (2 CD SET)

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 116

Date: 1985

Tracks: 39

Time = 89:08

QUOTING FROM INTRADA.COM

Wow! At last! Alan Silvestri's complete orchestral soundtrack for legendary Robert Zemeckis movie, released by Universal, produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd. Spectacular 2-CD set offers every cue Silvestri fashioned for landmark movie, presented from complete multi-track scoring session masters. CD 1 features now-iconic score used in movie. (Songs can be found on MCA label release.) But there's more! Many film fans know movie underwent changes in lead actor & serious tone of initial production. Find out now how Silvestri made changes as well! CD 2 presents early sessions featuring entire score Silvestri recorded before re-scoring with now-familiar one. Early version features darker, more serious tone in music than final version. Cool alternate scoring highlight: powerful trombone chords for initial version of Marty arriving in "Peabody Barn". Another powerful highlight: lengthy, intense action music for "George To The Rescue". Highlighting both discs, of course: early and final versions of complete "Clocktower" sequence, a genuine cinema-scoring milestone. Authoritative notes by Michael Matessino on background of production, scoring details, session dates plus great color stills complete package. Both early version and familiar "famous" version of score offer non-stop excitement! Alan Silvestri conducts. Note: While this is a limited release, we don't want anyone to miss out on this important album. For that reason, we are electing not to specify a quantity, but our Agreement allows us to exceed the usual 3000 limit. There should be more than enough to go around!

Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

01. Logo 0:20

02. DeLorean Reveal 0:46

03. Einstein Disintegrated 1:22

04. ’85 Twin Pines Mall 4:43

05. Peabody Barn; Marty Ditches DeLorean 3:09

06. ’55 Town Square 1:18

07. Lorraine’s Bedroom 0:47

08. Retrieve DeLorean 1:15

09. 1.21 Jigowatts 1:37

10. The Picture 1:09

11. Picture Fades 0:17

12. Skateboard Chase 1:39

13. Marty’s Letter 1:20

14. George To The Rescue – Pt. 1 0:50

15. Marvin Be-Bop 2:25

16. George To The Rescue – Pt. 2 2:34

17. Tension; The Kiss 1:33

18. Goodnight Marty 1:31

19. It’s Been Educational; Clocktower 10:30

20. Helicopter 0:19

21. ’85 Lone Pine Mall 3:46

22. 4 x 4 0:40

23. Doc Returns 1:14

24. Back To The Future (End Credits) 3:16

CD 1 Total Time 49:24

The Creation Of A Classic... Alternate Early Sessions

01. DeLorean Reveal 0:40

02. Einstein Disintegrated 1:25

03. Peabody Barn 2:17

04. Marty Ditches DeLorean 1:56

05. ’55 Town Square #1 (Trumpet Open) 1:35

06. ’55 Town Square #2 (Trumpet Mute) 1:35

07. Retrieve DeLorean 1:16

08. 1.21 Jigowatts 1:36

09. The Picture 1:08

10. Skateboard Chase 1:40

11. George To The Rescue 4:13

12. Tension; The Kiss 1:42

13. Clocktower 11:02

14. ’85 Lone Pine Mall 3:50

15. Doc Returns 1:19

Alternate Scoring Session Time = 37:41

Bonus Tracks

Unused Source Cue From The Scoring Sessions

16. Ling Ting Ring 2:01

CD 2 Total Time = 39:44

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ALAN SILVESTRI's "G.I.JOE" [cd-sound clips]

When one of the renaming greats of film music, like Alan Silvestri in this case, releases a new score on CD, it's big news on its own.

Here are the details for the latest assignments, G.I.Joe: The rise of the Cobra, an upcoming live action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise, to be released on August 7, 2009.

The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay. G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's Barrandov Studios.

Set ten years in the future, the film is an origin story, showing the rise of the Cobra Organization. Stephen Sommers said, "For people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense. And to people who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from." The film focuses on Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord's (Marlon Wayans) induction into the G.I. Joe Team, providing the audience's point-of-view. Locations include the Arctic, Paris, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Australia and the Sahara. The G.I. Joe Team is based in the Pit, while it was indicated Cobra Island will appear.

Quoting from colosseum.de, the releasing label (VareseSarabande.com) said the following about the music:

Alan Silvestri, who is the modern master of scoring action blockbusters like Predator, The Mummy Returns and Night At The Museum, not to mention the Back To The Future trilogy, composes the apocalyptic score.

Click here to read more and listen to SOUND CLIPS from the score.

ALAN SILVESTRI's CD for "G.I.JOE" gets tracklisting info out

1. Clan McCullen (3:07)
2. MARS Industries (1:42)
3. Delivering The Warheads (7:24)
4. General Hawk (1:36)
5. It Had To Be NATO’s Fault! (1:40)
6. King Cobra (2:58)
7. What Happened To Her? (1:16)
8. I Promise (2:07)
9. The Pit Battle (7:24)
10. They Intend To Use Them (1:06)
11. Snake Eyes (2:23)
12. I Have A Target In Mind (2:23)
13. The JOEs Mobilize (8:24)
14. Northern Route (6:10)
15. Who Are You? (3:36)
16. Deploy The Sharcs (7:32)
17. Final Battle (:54)
18. Just About Close Enough (3:57)
19. The Rise Of Cobra (1:52)
20. I’m Not Giving Up On You (1:49)
21. End Credits (2:21)

Further info on the release, quoted from colosseum.de

G.I. Joe is a highly trained, classified Special Operations Unit composed of men and women from around the globe. Officially, these warriors don't even exist. Few know the truth — that G.I. Joe fights a secret war, as the first and last line of defense against forces that seek to plunge our world into chaos. Wherever there's trouble, G.I. Joe is there! Director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapts the beloved Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with this Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the evil forces of the organization known as COBRA. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Hawk and Duke Hauser, respectively, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marlon Wayans leading the rest of the cast, including Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, and Asian film star Lee Byung-hu. Alan Silvestri, who is the modern master of scoring action blockbusters like Predator, The Mummy Returns and Night At The Museum, not to mention the Back To The Future trilogy, composes the apocalyptic score.

ALAN SILVESTRI - night at the museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [CD] [sound clips]

Quoting from colosseum.de:

Composer Alan Silvestri (Back To The Future, Forrest Gump, The Mummy Returns), who has breathed musical life into a Delorean, a Mummy, a mouse named Stuart Little, and a volleyball named Wilson, strikes up a band that includes the entire menagerie of the Smithsonian!!

info about the movie:

It's a new "Night" and "Museum" for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history — including Amy Adams as famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, Hank Azaria as villainous Egyptian pharaoh Kahmunrah, Christopher Guest as Russian tyrant Ivan the Terrible and Alain Chabat as Napoleon. Owen Wilson is back as cowboy Jedediah, and Robin Williams again rides into history as Teddy Roosevelt. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker's lounge chair. No major film has ever shot inside the Smithsonian in Washington ..... until Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

Click here to listen to SOUND CLIPS from the original link.

John Debney: Hannah Montana - The Movie

Upcomingfilmscores.blogspot.com reports that the american composer John Debney is the new composer who'll provide the musical accompaniment to Disney's Hannah Montana: the movie, replacing Alan Silvestri who was previously attached to the film's scoring duties.

The movie which is based on the popular tv-series is directed by Peter Chelsom and is about the story of Hannah Montana, the popular singer. Miley (Miley Cyrus) is becoming overwhelmed with Hannah's popularity. Robbie Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) manages to persuade Miley to travel to her hometown, Crowley Corners, Tennessee, to reflect about the things that really matter in her life.

To find out more about the shift of the composers and the movie itself, visit the original source link HERE.