'Hunger' score boosts composer ire

The American Federation of Artists, angry that Lionsgate is scoring "The Hunger Games" abroad, will picket a Lionsgate shooting location in downtown L.A. on Thursday.AFM leader Ray Hair mentioned Wednesday that "Lionsgate is unfair to professional artistsInch and desires to consider its situation for the public utilizing a picket line within the Structure Theater where "Mad Males," a Lionsgate Tv program, is scheduled to shoot.According to Hair, "The Hunger Games" is "a u . s . states movie, with American stars and American deckie's, getting a soundtrack that's exclusively American." He mentioned efforts to acquire Lionsgate to achieve the film inside the U.S. went nowhere.Composer James Newton Howard looks like it's scoring the film london. Its soundtrack may even include tunes produced by T Bone Burnett with entertainers including Taylor Quick.Lionsgate is not a signatory for the AFM, unlike most major art galleries whose AFM contracts require that films shot inside the U.S. be acquired here. Hair's point is always that Lionsgate has labor deals "with stars, company company directors, authors and film deckie's, while not with professional artists.InchLionsgate music professionals could not be showed up at for comment Wednesday mid-day. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com