Wall-E is Coming

A few days ago the theatrical trailer for Disney/Pixar's next animated feature was released. In June 2008, we will get to meet Wall-E. Turns out "the last machine on earth...is not alone."

Maybe I'm getting my upcoming flix mixed. Anyway, the trailer features some beautiful visuals, so I recommend you download it in as high res as your computer will go. (really ticks me off that Disney is Blu-Ray only, so now high def Wall-E...or Ratatouille...or Incredibles for me.) The trailer features interesting use of Michael Kamen's wonderful samba theme from BRAZIL. I would have never paired these together, but it works pretty well.

Since Wall-E is written and directed by ANDREW STANTON (A Bugs Life, Finding Nemo), would seem a good be that THOMAS NEWMAN ends up doing this one (so says the IMDB anyway).

For now...enjoy the trailer!

Open Range by Michael Kamen

Home on the Range
Review by Christopher Coleman

"It's probably one of the things that strikes you the most in a Western - the music. Whether it's "The Big Country" or "The Magnificent Seven" ... the great westerns have that great music. It immediately launches you...places you." Kevin Costner.


For a film that almost didn't see the light of a movie projector, OPEN RANGE, was one of the finest films of 2003...and one of the finest westerns I've ever seen. For all of his critics, Kevin Costner, as a director, does hit one out of the park every once in a while. Featured in Costner's 2003 tale of a rag-tag-group of freegrazers and their struggles against the powers-that-be in a nearby town, is composer Michael Kamen's engaging score. Filled with grand themes, intimate instrumentation, and his own signature sounds, OPEN RANGE is one of composer Michael Kamen's most memorable works.

Read the full review here