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Klaus Badelt Dives Into POSEIDON

By Randall Larson November 03, 2005

The Poseidon
© Warner Bros.

Wolfgang Petersen's POSEIDON, a remake of 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (so ably scored by John Williams), will get music by German composer Klaus Badelt, according to the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency. The Warner Bros. film stars Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum and Jacina Barrett and will be released on 12 May next year.

Director Wolfgang Petersen has a certain history when it comes to the choice and dismissal of composers for his films. The rejection of Gabriel Yared's score for TROY, replaced by James Horner, was one of the most controversial in recent years. Before that, Petersen threw out Randy Newman's adrenaline-pumping score for AIR FORCE ONE in favor of a more patriotic Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack. Let's see how things turn out on POSEIDON, which has a reported $140 million budget.

Klaus Badelt has recently scored the Asian epic THE PROMISE for director Chen Kaige. He is also attached to Kurt Wimmer's ULTRAVIOLET, but is no longer involved in CURIOUS GEORGE.

-via www.musicfromthemovies.com