Last month, it was announced that Carter Burwell was composing the score for his first superhero film, Thor: The Dark World. Carter is a veteran to film scores; including work on True Grit, Fargo, Where the Wild Things Are, and No Country for Old Men. Many had assumed that Patrick Doyle, the composer for the first Thor film, would return, but that didn't happen.
So what's going on? Well, a few days ago some members of Film Score Monthly noticed that Carter Burwell had removed Thor: The Dark World imagery and information from his website. Soon after, Ford A. Thaxton stepped in with a rather shocking bit of info:
"FYI, I checked with a REALLY WELL INFORMED SOURCE and it was confirmed. Carter is off the film. It also appears so is the director who seems to have been asked to take a long vacation until AFTER the film opens. I've head one replacement name being mentioned which would be a very interesting replacement and is a VERY TALENTED composer as well. We'll see if he gets the gig." - Ford A. Thaxton
Normally a member's comment on a message board doesn't carry much weight, but after digging around Mr. Thaxton has quite the reputation for posting info that ends up being spot on. Of course, that doesn't mean that the info above is right, and I would treat it as merely a rumor.
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