Paul Englishby: An Education

An Education, a BBC drama written by Nick Hornby and directed by acclaimed Danish director Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners), gets an original score by Paul Englishby. He recently scored Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and worked as a music advisor on another Nick Hornby film, About a Boy. An Education takes place in London in the 1960s and tells the story about a teenage girl and her acquiantance with a a playboy nearly twice her age. Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Olivia Williams star in the film, which just began filming.

Hans Zimmer & John Powell: Kung Fu Panda

Dreamworks Animation confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores today that the upcoming Kung Fu Panda gets an original score co-written by Hans Zimmer and John Powell. This marks the first collaboration in eight years between the highly prolific composers, who worked together on Dreamworks' The Road to El Dorado and the action thriller Chill Factor in 1999. Kung Fu Panda is directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson and features the voices of Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu and Angelina Jolie. The film, which tells the story about a lazy panda who is forced to turn into an action hero, is scheduled to premiere on June 6.

Erik Godal: Spring Break '83

High school comedy Spring Break '83, starring Joe Pantoliano, Aviva, Lee Majors, Ricky Ullman, Jamie Kennedy, Robert Davi and Morgan Fairchild, gets an original score by Erik Godal, a composer who is busy with many diverse independent film projects. Besides this film, Godal is also going to score action movie Deep Gold as well as two features entitled Holodomer and Hardland. He recently scored the drama The Gift for director Elena Krausz, comedy Ready or Not for Sean Doyle and Irreversi, a thriller by Michael Gleissner who is also directing the upcoming Deep Gold mentioned earlier. Spring Break '83 is produced by Big Sky Motion Pictures and helmed by Scott Spiegel, whose credits include producing the two Hostel horror films and writing the screenplay for Evil Dead II with Sam Raimi.

Mychael Danna: The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife, New Line Cinema's romantic time travel drama starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, will get an original score by Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine, 8mm, Capote), the studio confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores today. The film is directed by Robert Schwentke, who previously worked with James Horner on Flightplan. The story is based on Audrey Niffenegger's novel about a librarian who has a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel. New Line produces together with Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment. The film is scheduled to premiere in November.

Brian Tyler: Dragonball

20th Century Fox has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that Brian Tyler has been hired to score the studio's upcoming sci-fi action spectacle, Dragonball, for release in April, 2009. James Wong, who previously worked almost exclusively with the late Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Willard, Black Christmas), is directing and has adapted the screenplay from Akira Toriyama's comic about a young boy who sets out to gather all seven Dragon Balls to save the world from an evil despot. Justin Chatwin stars as the boy, Goku, and he is supported by a cast including Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Yun-Fat Chow and Jamie Chung. Brian Tyler recently scored Fox's Aliens vs Predator - Requiem, and his other recent action credits include Rambo, War and Bangkok Dangerous.

John Powell: Green Zone

Working Title Films has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that John Powell, as expected, is doing the original score for Green Zone, the new film by The Bourne Ultimatum and United 93 director Paul Greengrass. The film has also been known as Imperial Life in the Emerald City, which is the title of the book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran it is inspired by. It's a thriller, scripted by Brian Helgeland, about two CIA agents and a reporter who are on the trail of certain weapons of mass destruction. Matt Damon, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Jason Isaacs and Greg Kinnear star in the film which will be distributed by Universal. John Powell's other recent projects include the animated Horton Hears a Who, the war drama Stop Loss and Disney's upcoming Bolt.

Stephen Barton: The Six Wives of Henry Lefay

Stephen Barton, who is best known for his acclaimed Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont score, has been hired to score The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, a drama comedy starring Tim Allen, Jenna Elfman, Andie MacDowll and Lindsay Sloane. The project is helmed by Howard Michael Gould and this is his first feature film as a director, his previous credits as a screenwriter includes Mr. 3000. Most of the time, Stephen Barton is busy writing additional music for Harry Gregson-Williams, latest films include Shrek the Third, Flushed Away and the upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. 25 year old Barton, who is repped by Gorfaine-Schwartz, also worked with Sir Anthony Hopkins, arranging his score for his feature film Slipstream last year.

Gast Waltzing: JCVD

Luxemburg's finest film composer, Gast Waltzing (George and the Dragon), has composed the original score for the upcoming Jean-Claude Van Damme feature, JCVD, an action comedy produced by Luxemburg-based company Samsa Film. Mabrouk El Mechri, who helmed the French comedy Virgil in 2005, directs. The film will be released on June 4. Waltzing is also providing the score for Les Dents de la nuit, a Belgian comedy starring Tchéky Karyo, directed by Stephen Cafiero and Vincent Lobelle.

Nathan Barr: Broken Lizard's The Slammin' Salmon

Nathan Barr continues his working relationship with Broken Lizard, for whom he previously scored Club Dread and Beerfest. He is going to score Broken Lizard's The Slammin' Salmon, a comedy starring Michael Clarke Duncan, Cobie Smulders and Lance Henriksen. The film is directed by Kevin Heffernan, one of the Broken Lizard members who is making his helming debut with this film. The story is about a contest at a Miami restaurant where waiters compete to earn the most money in one night. Nathan Barr's recent scores include two horror films, Shutter and Tortured. He is also doing the music for the HBO series True Blood, starring Anna Paquin.