Oscar-winning composer Trent Reznor in talks to score Star Wars VII

Trent Reznor, the Academy-Award winning composer behind David Fincher's 2010 film The Social Network, is in final talks to score the highly-anticipated Star Wars Episode 7.

Speaking to Deadline, director JJ Abrams expressed that he has been "considering" Reznor for a long time and says he is a big fan of his scores in Social Network, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Nine Inch Nails.

"I have always wanted to bring the kind of atmosphere and ambiance that Reznor has provided into his works into the Star Wars universe. I feel that this is a perfect marriage of the material," Abrams added.

Abrams added that while he was also considering John Williams and his frequent collaborator Michael Giacchino to score the film, he ultimately decided that it is now time for Star Wars to have a new postmodern musical identity. "John Williams proved to be a popular choice among fans and Giacchino has been good at channeling Williams but I just think it is for the best to give Star Wars a new treatment in terms of the music," Abrams added.

Deadline reports that it is only a matter of days before the official announcement comes in as Reznor and the Disney are now sorting out the scheduling conflicts between Reznor's availability to score the film and the upcoming Nine Inch Nails World Tour.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross shared the Oscar for Best Original Score in the The Social Network beating out veteran film composers Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, John Powell and A.R. Rahman  in 2010.

Ramin Djawadi to score "Ang Panday 3"

Ramin Djawadi, best known for composing score for blockbusters such as Iron Man, Clash of Titans and TV series Game of Thrones has recently teamed up with Filipino actor/director and Philippine senator Ramon Revilla Jr to score the upcoming fantasy film Ang Panday 3. Revilla said that collaboration is the first of its kind in a Filipino mainstream movie in no less than a huge blockbuster film. He hopes that Filipino directors will soon follow this trend. When asked why Revilla chose to hire Djawadi, Revilla said "When doing Panday 2, we're actually using temp music from Clash of the Titans and now instead of just copying the creature design of that movie, we tried to import the composer itself". Other Hollywood composers that the Panday 3 production team has considered were Tyler Bates ("300", "Watchmen"), James Newton Howard ("The Hunger Games") and Alan Silvestri ("Captain America").


Djawadi said he was honored to work with Revilla and that he hopes that Panday 3 will delight the audience with its state-of-the-art special effects. He said that he will try to incorporate unique Filipino sounds when making the score to help sell the story. In 2010, Taiwan-born composer Albert Chang scored the movie "Rosario" from Filipino actor/director Albert Martinez.

Ang Panday 3 is the third film in the Panday series and has always been one of the top grossers of the year in the Philippines. Panday 3 will be released on December 2012 as part of the annual Metro Manila Film Festival.