Hans Zimmer and Mark Mancina to Write August Rush Theme

The music-driven drama August Rush, starring Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Keri Russell (The Upside of Anger, Golden Globe winner for Felicity), Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (Match Point, Golden Globe winner for Elvis), with Terrence Howard (Crash, Oscar nominee for Hustle & Flow) and Academy Award winner Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting), has commenced production in New York for Warner Bros. Pictures. The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner Bros. Pictures.

The film’s main theme will be created by award-winning composers Hans Zimmer (Oscar winner for The Lion King) and Mark Mancina (The Lion King, Brother Bear), and the score will be composed by Mancina. Legendary music producer Phil Ramone will produce three of the nearly three dozen music tracks in the film.

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Mancina’s involvement with August Rush was mentioned back in December’s ScoreMakers profile for Steve Erdody, who will be providing many of the cello solos for the film.