Rachel Portman Scoring Never Let Me Go, Mark Romanek Photographs Ben Stiller
There’s been a few little bits of interestingMark Romanekbusiness hit the web in recent days and I think a quick round up is in order.
Firstly, Mark Salisbury wrote a piece forTime OutonThe Wolfman, giving some clues as to why Romanek left the project and how the picture changed when Joe Johnston came on board. Suffice to say, the article supports my suspicions that had Romanek been supported by the studio, the finished film would have benefited.
More recently, Romanek published a couple of interesting pictures to hisPosterousaccount. You can see them both below the break as well as what we might surmise from them.
In this first picture,Rachel Portmansits watching playback ofNever Let Me Go, Romanek’s upcoming picture. From this it is safe to assume that Portman is scoring the film – and that’s a very good thing indeed.
Portman’s previous scores include the BBC TV series ofOranges Are Not The Only Fruit,Benny & Joon,Ratcatcherand the dramatised version ofGrey Gardens.
Here’s a zoomed-in look at the screen Portman was watching. You can see Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan as Ruth and Kathy. Those who know Kazuo Ishiguro’s original novel will recognise that this scene takes place fairly late in the narrative.
You’ll notice that the image is watermarked RP, for Rachel Portman.
In the second image here we seeBen Stillerin Primrose Hill, London. It seems that Romanek and Stiller are friends,as well as potential collaborators, so there’s no point in reading too much into this picture, but one would hope they at least talked a little aboutThe Voices, Romanek’s upcoming horror film in which Stiller is likely to star.
All of Romanek’s Posterous pictures were taken by the director using his iPhone.
