Philip Glass to collaborate on score of new ‘Fantastic Four’ movie

Philip Glass is often called the most famous living composer, in part because he's no stranger to pop-culture collaborations, from the crossover Glassworks album to dozens of movie scores. Still, no one expected the news that Glass, 77, is collaborating with composer Marco Beltrami on the score of the forthcoming film based on Marvel superhero quartet the Fantastic Four.

"I just saw your movie [Chronicle, 2012] and it's very philosophical," director Josh Trank says Glass told him in a phone call Trank described as "one of the coolest calls I’ve ever had in my life because he’s f---ing Philip Glass and he had just watched my movie."

Trank told the movie news blog Collider (via The Guardian) that Glass visited the Fantastic Four set for three days and "had a great time." Glass, Trank said, has been working on the score for over a year, in collaboration with Beltrami—a composer best-known for scoring thrillers and horror films.

A new trailer has just been released for Trank's Fantastic Four movie, which is being described as a "reboot" rather than a sequel to the earlier Fantastic Four films released in 2005 and 2007. The new Fantastic Four is schedule for release on Aug. 7.

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