It’s Official, Pharrell To Score ‘Despicable Me’
Update: January 7th
It was announced today that three-time Grammy Award winner and internationally renowned singer, songwriter, producer and designer Pharrell Williams will write original music for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming 3-D CGI feature Despicable Me. This marks the first time The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. artist will compose music for a film. He is joined in the feature’s composition duties by Oscar® winner Hans Zimmer and Heitor Pereira. Despicable Me, which stars the vocal talents of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews, arrives in theaters on July 9, 2010. In addition to the title track for Despicable Me, which debuted with the feature’s teaser trailer, Williams has already begun to write the film’s orchestral score as well as several other songs to be incorporated into the score.
Chris Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Robots, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!) is producing Despicable Me through his new company – Illumination Entertainment, which has a longterm partnership with Universal to deliver live-action and animated all-audience films for the Universal slate. About his involvement in the project, Pharrell Williams said: “I love cartoons and animation, and I’ve never seen such incredible 3-D CGI. To score Despicable Me along with Hans and Heitor and write original songs for the film is a dream come true.” “Pharrell is one of the most important contemporary songwriters, Hans is one of the truly great film composers and Heitor is the next generation of Hans’ protégés. This is an extraordinary teaming of talent,” said Meledandri. “With every note they write, our film is being enriched.” Thanks to Jane Kim
About Despicable Me
In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me. Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world’s (second) greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.
Despicable Me (2009) (July 9th)
Genre: 3-D CGI Feature
Cast: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews
Directed by: Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin
Written by: Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio
Produced by: Chris Meledandri, John Cohen, Janet Healy
Executive Producer: Nina Rappaport-Rowan
Update: December 22nd
Despicable Me (Trailer 3)
D.A. confirmed this Saturday that they’ve been working recently with Hans Zimmer & The Neptunes for the upcoming Score/OST of ‘Despicable Me’. ‘I went out to L.A. this past weekend to work with Pharrell on a soundtrack he’s overseeing for an awesome new animated film, Despicable Me. Here’s a shot from the studio.I also got to check-out Hans Zimmer’s studio, which is unreal.’
Update: December 17
Okai, so we’ve read this week on twitter that Chester French & Kenna were all meeting up together in the studio with The Neptunes to discuss/work on some upcoming stuff, which I think is the ‘Despicable Me’ Project because they’ve been with Hans Zimmer again, who is working on the ‘Despicable Me’ Score together with The Neptunes, so it seems like Star Trak & Co. gonna have 3-4 Neptunes Tracks on the ‘Despicable Me’ OST which is coming out due next year in July 9th and maybe it will get a release on Interscope/Star Trak. ‘Just left the studio w Pharrell and the gang. Rhea is really nice!’ ‘in studio with Chase Chad, N.E.R.D. and Sk8P… getting something done…’
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Screenwriter: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Starring: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement, Julie Andrews
Genre: Animation, Comedy
The Despicable Me Project
- Pharrell – Go A Lil’ Harder
- Pharrell – Despicable Me
That tune right there from the Trailer 2 sounds like a NERD Tune
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Update: November 8th
Here is the second trailer of ‘Despicable Me‘ with more music.
Despicable Me (Trailer 2)
Update: July 15th
Pharrell worked with Hans ZImmer on the 2010 computer-animated 3-D feature film “Despicable Me” OST from Universal Pictures which is due July 9th 2010. You can get the Full tune Here.
Despicable Me (Trailer 1)
found the whole track to that song!!…………. http://www.zshare.net/audio/626998403fc024f7/
yeah we found it too
u should check out the forum there are plenty stuff to download
ok cool, will do!!! thnx
PAT PIFF “DESPICABLE ME” (PIFF REMIX) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV34Xz8a7S0
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Totally awesome animation from Universal pictures. Just finished watching the trailer @ http://trailers-watch.com/ and it’s just hilarious
. Worlds greatest villain gets owned.