David Hirschfelder: Australia

20th Century Fox has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that David Hirschfelder is the composer who is writing the original score for Baz Luhrmann's eaglery awaited epic Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Luhrmann previously worked with Hirschfelder on his breakthrough picture Strictly Ballroom, but his two subsequent feature films have been scored by Craig Armstrong. Anton Monsted, who worked on both Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet, as well as the Hirschfelder-scored Aquamarine, serves as the film's executive music supervisor. Trackdown's Simon Leadley is the music editor. Film is scheduled to premiere on November 14.