Film Music Reporter

J Mascis has composed the score for the upcoming romantic drama Sunlight Jr.. The film is written and directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby) and stars Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus and Tess Harper. The movie follows a convenience store clerk and her paraplegic boyfriend who are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty and ignorance. Andera Roa (Drinking Buddies) is producing the project for Freight Yard Films, Charlie Corwin (The Squid and the Whale) is producing for Original Media and Ariel Elia is producing for Empyrean Pictures. Mascis is best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the underground rock band Dinosaur Jr. whose music has been used in numerous films, including Reality Bites, Young Adult and Grace of my Heart. He has previously scored a number of lower profile features. Sunlight Jr. is set to premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival.