Back in September, Moon director Duncan Jones made his biggest fans explode with Internet joy when he announced in a tweet that Clint Mansell, the composer behind Moon‘s British Independent Film Award nominated score, would be joining him on his next project, the sci-fi thriller, Source Code.
Well, it appears the Internet’s joyful explosion was premature. In a recent interview with Badass Digest, Jones broke the news that, due to scheduling conflicts, Mansell is no longer attached to the project.
Scoring has since been completed with Chris Bacon, whose composing credits include Alpha and Omega and the documentary, Waking Sleeping Beauty. Some will be disappointed to miss out on another Jones/Mansell collaboration. Others point out that Source Code could be a good opportunity for Bacon to write his own amazing score.
The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Captain Coulter Stevens, a soldier participating in an experimental government program that is investigating a train bombing. To prevent future bombings, Stevens consciousness is sent into the body of a passenger on the train to relive the last eight minutes of the man’s life until he can determine who is responsible. It’s slated to hit theaters in the U.S. on April 1st, 2011. If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, see it here.
What did you think of the Moon score? Would you rather have more of the same for Source Code, or is change good?