Tyler Bates is composing the music for the upcoming horror thriller The Sacrament. The film is written and directed by Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) and stars Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz and Gene Jones. The movie follows two Vice media correspondents as they set out to document their friend’s search to find his missing sister. Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) is producing the Worldview Entertainment and Arcade Pictures production with Jacob Jaffke (Sleepwalk with Me), Peter Phok (Stake Land), Christopher Woodrow & Molly Conners (The Immigrant, Blood Ties). Bates has previously scored Worldview’s Killer Joe directed by William Friedkin. The Sacrament is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month as part of Midnight Madness. No word yet on a domestic distribution deal.
As previously reported, Bates is also scoring AMC’s new series Low Winter Sun starring Mark Strong. His upcoming projects also include 7500 and Not Safe for Work.
