An interesting little bit of info appeared over at filmick today, about the Man behind the Music behind the Bourne series, John Powell. Apparently, and accorcing to Animation Magazine who had a very insightful interview with the composer, he is to lend his crotchets to the film adaptation of Alan Moore's The Watchmen. This got me all fired up becuase of two reasons. One, is that Powell is an extremely good composer who's work on the Bourne trilogy very successfully married electronic beats with organic orchestral instruments to tailor the mood and atmosphere of the films to such a degree that its practically unparallelled on screen, and two, the appointment of a composer on a movie usually means there's a much more definate chance that the movie is making strides forward in production.
Powell has been steadily on the up for the past few years, earning his name and staking his place among the very best Hollywood composers around. With a list of films such as The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum, Happy Feet and X-Men: The Last Stand under his belt, it would seem he's primed and ready to explode with Watchmen.
I can't wait for the film myself, although I do eye it warily given the lack of involvement from Moore himself and overwhelming possibility that it could very easily turn out to be utter tripe because of that, nonetheless, its easily one of my favourite graphic novels of all time, and Powell nursing the score can only be a good thing in my view.
Lets have it!
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