How Composer Daniel Pemberton Created 3 Scores for Steve Jobs

We spoke to Steve Jobs composer Daniel Pemberton, whose previous work includes Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E, about the joys of working with a director, Danny Boyle, who’s prepared to take risks, and the challenge of complementing screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s fast-paced dialogue.

What were your original impressions of the script when you were approached about the scoring?

The first thing that happened was I had a meeting with Danny- which got moved around a lot because of the hoo-ha that was going on behind the scenes.

Fall Read/Watch List: Read These Books, Then See Their Film Adaptations

This year, we’ve been treated to a variety of great cinematic adaptations. From Paper Towns this summer (read our interview with the screenwriters here), to more recent films like The Martian and Black Mass, Hollywood, once again, has been looking to the page for cinematic inspiration. Many of the films this fall are no different with at least ten more book adaptations hitting the big screen in 2015.

NYFF: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet & More Talk Steve Jobs

Last Saturday we attended the New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) powerful panel discussion on and screening of Steve Job in anticipation of the film’s wide release on October 23. Earlier today, as part of our coverage of the Festival, we focused on the insights of screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, director Danny Boyle and author Walter Isaacson.

Today we are turning to the actors – their thoughts in their words.

Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin & Walter Isaacson Talk Steve Jobs at NYFF

This past weekend we attended a panel discussion of Steve Jobs at the 53rd New York Film Festival (NYFF). Steve Jobs, like The Social Network (about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg), is a masterfully crafted story of one of the most influential men of the last fifty years. The film, directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle, written by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin (who also wrote the The 

Here’s How They Created the Ingenious Structure of Steve Jobs

One of the difficulties of making a film about historical figures or events can be deciding how to remain faithful to the subject but still tell a good story. Real life doesn’t always follow a neat narrative arc. In fact it almost never does. Danny Boyle’s latest film Steve Jobs is an interesting example of a way to approach that predicament.

One way the film avoids the dangers of becoming a plodding account of history is that it’s only loosely based on real events: “We’re deeply indebted to Walter Isaacson’s [biography of Jobs] and the depth of his research,

Now That’s a Software Update: The New Steve Jobs Trailer Dazzles

It's Michael Fassbender day in the film world, apparently, as not one but two juicy new trailers came out for projects he's starring in. First, we got a glimpse of Fassbender as General Macbeth, coming upon the three witches in Justin Kurzel’s gritty Macbeth adaptation. And next came this new trailer for his turn as Steve Jobs, which opens with Fassbender's voiceover (a credible approximation of Jobs' higher voice than the actor's own) asking,

New Steve Jobs Trailer Focuses on Icon’s Family Issues

“The two most significant events in the 20th century, the allies win the war, and this,” says Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) in the the latest Steve Jobs trailer, the ‘this’ no doubt referring to the release of one of his beloved products. This opening line becomes an emblem for the focus of the latest trailer, which is about Jobs’ relentless pursuit of perfection in his business life while his personal life,

Michael Fassbender Channels Steve Jobs to Startling Effect

A great opening monologue, a great beat beneath it, and images of the legions of Apple fans (and worshippers) starts yet another fantastic new trailer released this week. In this new trailer for director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs, Apple’s tech genius Steve Wozniak, played by Seth Rogen, asks his mercurial, infuriating mastermind of a partner, Steve Jobs (Fassbender), the question we have all wondered about Jobs – “What do you do?”