rhapsody and as he turns to discover his parents, he smiles knowing that he has been right all along. Cast Freddie Highmore as Evan Taylor / "August Rush" Keri Russell as Lyla Novacek, Evan's mother Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Louis Connelly, Evan's father Robin Williams as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace Terrence Howard as Counselor Richard Jeffries Alex O'Loughlin as Marshall Connelly, Louis' older brother and Evan's paternal uncle William Sadler as Thomas Novacek, Lyla's father and Evan's maternal grandfather Marian Seldes as Dean Alice MacNeil Jamia Simone Nash as Hope Mykelti Williamson as Reverend James Leon Thomas III as Arthur Bonnie McKee as Lizzy Timothy Mitchum as Joey Becki Newton as Jennifer Aaron Staton as Nick Ronald Guttman as The Professor Michael Drayer as Mannix Tablo as Clarinet player (uncredited cameo) Koo Hye-sun as Girl on couch (cameo) Music "Moondance"Written by Van Morrison, Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers "This Time"Written by Chris Trapper, Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers "Bari Improv"Written by Mark Mancina and Kaki King, Performed by Kaki King "Ritual Dance"Written by Michael Hedges, Performed by Kaki King "Raise It Up"Written by Impact Repertory Theatre, Performed by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory TheatreNominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song "Dueling Guitars"Written by Heitor Pereira, Performed by Heitor Pereira and Doug Smith "Someday"Written by J. Stephens, Performed by John Legend "King of the Earth"Written and Performed by John Ondrasik "God Bless the Child"Written by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday, Performed by Chris Botti and Paula Cole "La Bamba"Performed by Leon Thomas III "August's Rhapsody" Written by Mark Mancina The final number with Lyla and Louis begins with Lyla playing the Adagio-Moderato from Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor. Except for "Dueling Guitars", all of August's guitar pieces were played by American guitarist-composer Kaki King. King's hands are used in close-ups for August Rush. Composer Mark Mancina spent over a year and a half composing the score of August Rush. "The heart of the story is how we respond and connect through music. It's about this young boy who believes that he's going to find his parents through his music. That's what drives him." The final theme of the movie was composed first. "That way I could take bits and pieces of the ending piece and relate it to the things that are happening in (August's) life. All of the themes are pieces of the puzzle, so