David Newman: My Life in Ruins

David Newman is doing the original score for Donald Petrie's new comedy, My Life in Ruins, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Nia Vardalos. Newman previously scored Petrie's 2003 comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and his recent filmography is dominated by films in this genre: Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Norbit, Monster-in-Law. My Life in Ruins tells the story about a tour guide working amongst the Grecian ruins.

Alex Wurman: Four Christmases

Alex Wurman is doing the music for comedy Four Christmases, featuring an impressive cast including Reese Witherspoon, Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Robert Duvall, Kristin Chenoweth, Mary Steenburgen and Sissy Spacek. Seth Gordon (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters) directs from a script about a couple who struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day. Also coming up for Alex Wurman is crime drama Real Men Cry, starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet and Mark Ruffalo, and Stephen Polk's indie drama Baggage.

Gabriel Yared: Shanghai

Gabriel Yared will continue his working relationship with Swedish director Mikael Håfström, for whom he scored 1408 last year. His new film is entitled Shanghai, is set during WW2 and revolves around an American who travels to Shanghai following the death of a good friend.
Hossein Amini (The Four Feathers) has written the screenplay and the cast includes John Cusack and Ken Watanabe. The film begins shooting in London next week and is set for a Christmas Day release. The film is being made with funding from The Weinstein Co's $285 million Asian film fund.

Christian Henson: The Secret of Moonacre

British composer Christian Henson (Severance, Chasing Liberty, It's a Boy Girl Thing), is currently finishing work on his score for The Secret of Moonacre, a fantasy family movie based on Elizabeth Goudge's novel. Hungarian filmmaker Gabor Csupo (Bridge to Terabithia) directs and the cast includes Ioan Gruffudd, Tim Curry, Dakota Blue Richards and Natascha McElhone. The score features themes and additional music composed by Hungarian composer Ádám Balázs. The film is set in the 1840's and tells the story about a 13 year old girl who journeys to Moonacre Manor and discovers that she is the last Moon Princess - the beloved story is a classic fantasy adventure filled with magic and mystery. The film is scheduled to premiere on August 8. Christian Henson recently scored the Dutch romantic drama Zomerhitte and is also doing the music for British TV series Lost in Austen, starring Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Riley and Perdita Weeks.

Marco Beltrami: Amusement

Marco Beltrami has scored Amusement, the upcoming horror film directed by John Simpson (Freeze Frame). Beltrami replaced Debbie Wiseman as the composer on the film after she had to withdraw due to conflicting schedules. Amusement is a classic stalker thriller, to be released by Picturehouse Entertainment and New Line Cinema in September. Stars include Jessica Lucas, Katheryn Winnick and Laura Breckenridge. Beltrami has also written the music for The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce and David Morse.