John Ottman
News
Recent Items
- February 3rd, 2011 - John's latest film, Unknown, will be in theaters nationwide on February 18th, 2011. A soundtrack album from Varese Sarabande will be released ahead of it, on February 15th!
- April 22nd, 2010 - John's latest feature film, The Losers, opens in theaters nationwide this Friday, April 24, 2010. A soundtrack album is forthcoming!
- October 13th, 2009 - ScoringSessions.com has exclusive photos and coverage from the Abbey Road scoring sessions for Astro Boy. Be sure to check it out here, and check back later for John's thoughts on the score and some exclusive sound clips!
- October 7th, 2009 - John has just posted his exclusive and in-depth notes on the Valkyrie Experience. Be sure to go check it out!
- August 11th, 2009 - John has just provided his in-depth notes on scoring the recent horror film Orphan. Be sure to check it out!
- July 26th, 2009 - John just returned back from the island of Tenerife in Spain (part of the Canary Islands) where he was a featured guest at the Fimucite 3 film music festival. One of the concerts featured music from Valkyrie, Superman Returns, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and two exclusive cues from Astro Boy!
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Interviews / Articles
- 2008-12-25 - Collider Magazine, "Composer John Ottman Exclusive Video Interview VALKYRIE"
- 2008-12-22 - Film Music Magazine, "On The Score With John Ottman and Bryan Singer"
- 2006-07-18 - Contactmusic.com, "Superman Composer's Theme Tune Dilemma"
- 2006-07-12 - Bay Area Reporter, "Composer John Ottman does Superman"
- 2006-07-08 - Reuters, "Superman Composer Ottman Wears Two Hats"
- 2006-06-30 - Calendar Live, "And now for a few scoring strains"
- 2006-06-30 - ScoreNotes.com, "An Interview with John Ottman"
- 2006-06-27 - IGN Music, "Superman Returns' Musical Odyssey"
- 2006-06-27 - Aint It Cool News, "Interview with John Ottman"
- 2006-06-25 - KGO 810, "Interview with John Ottman (MP3)"
- 2006-06-10 - Filmzene.net, "Interview with John Ottman"
- 2006-05-31 - SoundtrackNet, "Superman Returns First Listen"
- 2006-05-01 - SoundtrackNet, "Superman Returns Scoring Session Photo Essay"
- 2003-05-06 - San Jose Mercury News, "Music in the key of X"
- 2003-05-02 - United Press International, "Doing double duty on 'X2' "
- 2003-04-15 - Zap2It!, "John Ottman - 'X2's' Overachiever"
- 2002-07-15 - Movie Poop Shoot, "Knowing The Score"
- 2001-09-26 - Film Score Monthly, "Lost Issue: The Composer Guy - Conclusion"
- 2001-09-19 - Film Score Monthly, "Lost Issue: The Composer Guy - Part 3"
- 2001-09-12 - Film Score Monthly, "Lost Issue: The Composer Guy - Part 2"
- 2001-09-05 - Film Score Monthly, "Lost Issue: The Composer Guy - Part 1"
- 2001-04-12 - HaddonfieldIllinois.com, "An Interview with John Ottman"
- 2001-02-28 - Film Score Monthly, "John Ottman on Urban Legend: Final Cut"
- 2001-01-05 - Hip Online, "Talking URBAN LEGENDS with director JOHN OTTMAN"
- 2000-09-22 - Movie Zone, "Interview with John Ottman"
- 2000-09-18 - About.com, "John Ottman, The Soul of Urban Legend: The Final Cut"
- 2000-09-15 - Mark Richard Hasan, "The 3 Faces of John Ottman"
- 2000-09-12 - Guyville, "Movie Interview - John Ottman"
- 2000-07-25 - The Epic Sound, "An Interview with John Ottman"; RealAudio Interview
- 2000-07-20 - UrbanLegend.net, "An Interview with John Ottman"
- 2000-05-21 - The Diabolical Dominion, "Interview with John Ottman"
- 2000-03-22 - Premiere Magazine - France, "An Interview with John Ottman"; (in French)
- 1999-06-21 - Daily Variety, "Ottman Adds Helming To Other Duties"; Page 5
- 1999-02-01 - Cinemusic Online, "Composer Spotlight on John Ottman"
- 1999 - Hollywood Reporter, "Cutting Edge Composer"; Page 17
- 1998-10-21 - Daily Variety, "Singer's Backup Musician"; Page A2
- 1998-08-18 - SoundtrackNet, "John Ottman Gives Us The Scoop"
- 1998-05-01 - ScoreLogue, "The Double Life of John Ottman"
- 1998-03-01 - The Motion Pictures Editors Guild Newsletter, "The Synthesis Of Editing And Scoring"; Vol. 19, No. 2
- 1995-10-01 - Film Score Monthly, "Interview with John Ottman"; FSM #62
- 1984-00-00 - San Jose Mercury News, "Necessity Spurred..."
- 1983-08-17 - San Jose Mercury News, "Young filmmakers learn craft by doing"
- 1983-00-00 - San Jose Mercury News, "De Anza filmmakers offer an 'Ultimatum'"