Maury Yeston composes three new songs for Nine

Tony-winning composer Maury Yeston, who scored the original Broadway production of Nine, has written three new songs for the upcoming Rob Marshall film adaptation of the musical, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, and Penelope Cruz. Marshall says there will be no dubbing, as all of the actors can "carry a tune" and have been taking singing lessons.

The new songs are:

• Take It All, to be performed by Cotillard, Cruz, and Kidman

• Simple, a duet between Cruz and Kidman

• Cinema Italiano, a "big dance arrangement" penned for a Vogue journalist, who Kate Hudson is reportedly playing

The film, which Marshall sees as a "celebration of beautiful, strong, independent women," will begin rehearsals this August. Set in the mid-60s, the musical is about a filmmaker, Guido (Day-Lewis), and the women who shape his life. Approaching his fortieth birthday, Guido suffers a midlife crisis, which lands him a string of romantic entanglements. Cotillard plays his wife, Luisa; Cruz plays his mistress, Carla; Kidman plays a British actress, Claudia, who achieves international fame through working with Guido; Loren plays Guido's mother. I can only assume that Dench plays Lilliane.

The film is set for a December 2009 release.