John Paesano has been hired to score the pilot for NBC’s untitled Rand Ravich Project. The conspiracy thriller created by Ravich (writer/director of The Astronaut’s Wife, creator of Life) stars Dermot Mulroney, Gillian Anderson, Rachael Taylor, Lance Gross, Halston Sage, Max Martini and Joshua Erenberg. The show follows an unlikely puppeteer who will bring everyone from CEOs to the president of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear. Phillip Noyce (Salt, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games) is directing the pilot episode. Ravich has written the script for the pilot and is executive producing the project with Far Shariat (Life). NBC is expected to announce in May if the pilot will be picked up to series.
Paesano has recently finished work on the first season of the animated series Dragons: Riders of Berk based on Dreamworks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. The composer was honored with his first Annie Award earlier this year for his score for the show.
