'The Passion of the Gavilans' from John Debney

The new bet for next year 2006 cannot be more deceiving when talking about cinematographic adaptations. Desperate by the low economic benefits obtained in 2005, in Hollywood they plan to stand for "if you cannot overcome them, join to them". Incapable to offer a novel product, the new vein in the Mecca of the Cinema is in famous South American "culebrones". The intriguing plot, the wide cast of starring characters and the torrid scenes that can appear sporadically seem to compensate the null originality of the arguments. The public therefore indicate it.

And the starting shot is the movie adaptation of "Pasion de Gavilanes", under the suggestive title of "The Passion of the Gavilans". A soap opera that devastates throughout the world and that has surprised the heart of many spectators. And, as it could not less be, they have not been repaired in expenses at the time of having the most suitable actors for the occasion. "The Passion of the Gavilans" will be starred in the silver screen version by the famous sextet starring "Friends". Is this not brilliant?

The producers thus hope to recover the American ticket office, fusing in a perfect one the sensual and suggestive intrigues of the South American soap opera with the comic "feeling" generated by the stars of the successful television series, which are excited of being able to return to work together, after its conclusion.

In rigorous exclusive and novelty, we offer to you in addition the name of the composer assigned for so amazing project, John Debney. In its own words, "I only had to show them my work for 'The Passion (of the Christ)' so that they were convinced that I was their man, and that I would know perfectly to catch the plot of the history. For me, this one is a really apassioning project, of course."

Not still confirmed sources assure that the singer Madonna could participate in the project, with a new and updated revision of his famous song "Who?s that girl", now retitled "Who?s that man", obviously. Remain alert for coming news.

INNOCENT!!! Of course, it was only a joke (as you may know, in Spain, December 28th is "The Innocent Day", in the same way as the "April's Fool"). Merry Christmas!!

Golden Globes Nominees

And here we have the Nominees for the 2005 Golden Globes, awarded yearly by the foreign press at Hollywood, and, as all of we know, with a few hints of what can be the coming Academy Awards.

The nominees for the best original movie score:

-Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla)
-The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Harry Gregson-Williams)
-King Kong (James Newton Howard)
-Memoirs of a Geisha (John Williams)
-Syriana (Alexandre Desplat)

And the best original song:

-"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" (Brokeback Mountain)
-"Christmas in Love" (Christmas in Love)
-"Wunderkind" (The Chronicles of Narnia)
-"There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" (The Producers)
-"Travelin' Thru" (Transamerica)

Grammy Nominees announced

It's award season! We have just known the winners in the last LAFCA edition, and the nominees for the Golden Globes are about to be published. And now, here are the Grammys.

In the most interesting cathegories, that is, the movie-related, these are the nominees:

Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:
The Aviator (Howard Shore)
The Incredibles (Michael Giacchino)
Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
Ray (Craig Armstrong)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith (John Williams)

Song Written for Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media:
"Believe" from The Polar Express (Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri)
"Cold Wind" from Six Feet Under: Volume 2 Everything Ends (The Arcade Fire)
"Million Voices" from Hotel Rwanda (Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra and Wyclef Jean)
"Square One" from Elizabethtown (Tom Petty)
"Wonka's Welcome Song" from Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (John August and Danny Elfman)

Instrumental Composition:
"Anakin's Betrayal" (John Williams, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith)
"The Ferry Scene" (John Williams, War of the Worlds)
"The Incredits" (Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles)
"Into The Light" (Billy Childs, Lyric)
"Journey Home" (Maria Schneider, Journey Home)

Note for the absent-minded: The last two tracks are not from a soundtrack.

More information? Click here,

http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/48Awards.aspx

Thanks also to Musicfromthemovies.

And the LAFCA winner is... Joe Hisaishi

The winners of the 31st edition of Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA) have been announced, and the award for the Best Music Score went to Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura, for their work in "Howl's Moving Castle". The runner-up was, curiously, another oriental composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto for "Tony Takitani".

The awards ceremony will be held at Park Hyatt Hotel, in LA, the next December, 17th.

Extended information, and the complete list of all winners in all the cathegories, can be found in the following link,

http://www.lafca.net/Home/News/2005_lafca_awards_winners.html

John Powell goes mutant

There are still 6 months left before the release of the new X-Men movie, with "X3: The Last Stand" as working title, and, apart of the first teaser trailer available in Apple website,

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/x3/

last rumours say that composer John Powell will be now the one scoring this movie, instead of Lalo Schifrin, who was the one credited according to previous gossips.

So, the fans lose again a new collaboration between the Argentinian composer and director Brett Ratner, who, as you may remember, also discarded Schifrin for the scoring of "Red Dragon", in favor of Danny Elfman.

Let us see then what happens, if no new replacement is announced, with Powell's score. Will it enlarge the rich musical universe of the saga? Will it be at the level of the previous soundtracks, scored by late Michael Kamen and John Ottman, in this order? Wait and see...