Jack White to Score THE LONE RANGER Starring Johnny Depp

Well this is interesting.  Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) is currently in production on his big-budget iteration of The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, but it appears he’s already found the perfect person to compose the score for the film.  Disney announced today that the incredibly talented Jack White will write, produce and perform the score for the Disney pic.  Though at first White may seem like an odd choice, I think his inclusion speaks to the vision Verbinski has for The Lone Ranger.  The director crafted a superbly entertaining Western with last year’s Rango, and I think White is a swell choice to write the music for his Western-leaning take on The Lone Ranger. Apparently White was Verbinski’s idea, and Depp responded enthusiastically to the choice.  Though White has done some fine acting in the past (Cold Mountain, Walk Hard), he’ll be too bu (Read More)

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Jack White Adding Film Scoring to His Resume for ‘The Lone Ranger’

After years with The White Stripes (R.I.P.), collaborative projects like The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, an ex-wife/bandmate that everyone thinks is his sister, and now a new solo album, Jack White&#8216s been a busy man. While he's no stranger to film, he's never composed a film score until now. According to Disney, they've hired the slightly mad musician to score The Lone Ranger, the forthcoming movie from Gore Verbinski. The director has worked most often with Hans Zimmer, but there's no denying that White has incredible musical talent. As for movies, White worked with Alicia Keys on the Quantum of Solace song &#8220Another Way to Die,&#8221 he was featured in It Might Get Loud, and he also appeared on &#8220Rome&#8221 &#8211 the album from Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi which was inspired by Spaghetti Westerns. It'll be an interesting experiment to see how his vision and talent transpose to the screen. &#160

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Johnny Depp 'Created' His Tonto For 'Lone Ranger'

'He's not the servant that he was in the radio series,' producer Jerry Bruckheimer tells MTV News about Depp's character in Disney film. By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Johnny Depp Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/ Getty Images Don't let the title deceive you: "The Lone Ranger" is all about Tonto. Well, perhaps the movie isn't all about Johnny Depp's wildly imagined Native American hero, but he'll certainly be at the forefront of the upcoming Disney blockbuster from director Gore Verbinski. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer told MTV News as much at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, revealing that while "The Lone Ranger" is heavily focused on the masked gunslinger (Armie Hammer), Depp's Tonto will play a pivotal role in relating that story. "It's him telling the story of the Lone Ranger. ... It's his voice," Bruckheimer explained of how Depp's Tonto steps into th (Read More)

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