Jon Burlingame Composer James Newton Howard is no stranger to action films. He’s done dozens of them, from “The Fugitive” and “King Kong” to “The Hunger Games” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”But it’s probably safe to say he’d never faced a challenge quite like Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” opening July 30.
With Dwayne Johnson as the skipper of an Amazon riverboat and Emily Blunt as the spunky heroine, it’s a nonstop mix of period adventure, comedy, mysticism, far-flung locales and even a hint of romance, all of which demanded a huge musical backdrop that took more than a year to complete.“A lot of this score is ‘all hell breaking loose’ orchestrally,” Howard tells Variety. “It’s hard to do, but that, to me, is the most exciting.
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