Jeff & Mychael Danna: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Brothers Jeff and Mychael Danna are scoring another two major feature films together in the near future. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus reunites them with acclaimed director Terry Gilliam, with whom they worked on Tideland in 2005. Gilliam's new film is another fantasy project, about a theater company that "gives its audience much more than they were expecting". Hugh Ledger, Christopher Plummer and Verne Troyer star in the film which is scheduled to come out in 2009. Jeff and Mychael Danna are also doing the music for the thriller Lakeview Terrace directed by Neil LaBute and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson. Film is set to premiere on September 19 next year.

Rolfe Kent: Seventeen

Rolfe Kent, who is known for his ability to succesfully score quirky comedies such as Sideways and About Schmidt, has been hired to compose the music for Seventeen. This is also a comedy, about a man who suddenly becomes a 17-year-old high school student again, and it stars Zac Efron and Matthew Perry under the direction of Burr Steers who made the award-winning comedy Igby Goes Down in 2002. Offspring Entertainment produces for release in 2009.

David E. Russo: The Hottie and the Nottie

The Hottie and the Nottie, a romantic comedy starring Paris Hilton, Joel David Moore and Christine Lakin, gets an original score by David E. Russo. He's a composer who has worked extensively as an arranger, orchestrator and programmer for Graeme Revell (their projects together include Sin City, Daredevil and The Chronicles of Riddick), as well as writing scores in his own right for films such as Evil Alien Conquerors, Alone With Her and House. The Hottie and the Nottie is produced by Purple Pictures and Summit Entertainment, will be released by Regent next year, and is directed by Tom Putnam whose previous credits include the blaxploitation spin-off Shafted!

Edward Shearmur: Righteous Kill

Millennium Films has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores and Film Music Weekly that Jon Avnet's new film, Righteous Kill, starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, is being scored by Edward Shearmur. The film is a crime thriller about two New York City detectives who hunt a vigilante who might turn out to be one of their own. Jon Avnet used to work exclusively with Thomas Newman, their films together include Fried Green Tomatoes and Red Corner, but in the past few years he has been working with Edward Shearmur, both as a director on the recent action thriller 88 Minutes, and as a producer on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Shearmur's other upcoming films include Passengers, Bill and College Road Trip.

Gustavo Santaolalla: I Come With the Rain

Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel, Brokeback Mountain, The Motorcycle Diaries) is currently working with acclaimed director Anh Hung Tran (Cyclo) on his new film entitled I Come With the Rain. Starring Josh Hartnett, Elias Koteas and Takuya Kimura, this is a French-Spanish crime thriller produced by Morena Films and Canal+ for release next year. This is the Vietnamese director's first feature film in eight years. It tells the story about an American private detective who goes to Hong Kong to search for the missing son of a billionaire. Gustavo Santaolalla is also going to score Brazilian director Walter Salles' new film, On the Road, based on Jack Kerouac's novel.