British composer John Powell has written the scores to all of Doug Liman’s films so far, including “The Bourne Identity” and set the thrilling musical tone for the entire ‘Bourne’ series (and several Paul Greengrass films), so it’s no real surprise he’s also done the music for Liman’s upcoming political drama, “Fair Game.”
The film retells the true story of undercover CIA Agent, Valerie Plame Wilson (played by Naomi Watts), who was outed by the White House in 2003 in an effort to discredit her journalist husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), who had written a piece in the NY Times saying the Bush Administration had manipulated intelligence about the W.M.D. to justify the invasion of Iraq (read our review from Cannes).
Satya Bhabha, Sam Shepard, Ty Burrell, Noah Emmerich and character actors Michael Kelly and Bruce McGill co-star and the film arrives in theaters November 5, in a limited release bow.
The soundtrack arrives a little early. October 26 digitally and November 2 physically via Lakeshore Records. Tracklist below.
“Fair Game” (Original Motion Picture Score) John Powell
01. Kuala Lumpur
02. The White House
03. Gathering Intel
04. Joe’s Report
05. Bruises
06. Smaky
07. Sixteen Words
08. Run Up To War
09. Change the Story
10. Uncomfortable Love
11. Breaking Point
12. Ready To Fight
13. Testify
Can't wait to hear the score (not excited about the film, however).
Powell usually brings something interesting to the party when he's scoring an adult action/drama.
Powell used to bring something interesting. He's become very generic lately.
Generic? And what about How To Train Your Dragon? It's his best score since Horton Hears A Who.