Film Music Reporter

Dan Jones has recently composed the score for the upcoming new film adaptation of Lady Macbeth. The film is directed by William Oldroyd and stars Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie and Christopher Fairbank. The movie is set in 19th Century England and follows a young woman who is trapped in a marriage of convenience whose passionate affair unleashes a maelstrom of murder and mayhem on a country estate. Alice Birch has written the screenplay based on Nikolai Leskov’s novel and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly is producing the project. Jones’ previous feature scoring credits include Shadow of a Vampire and 2002’s Max. Lady Macbeth will have its world premiere next month at the Toronto Film Festival.