Dan Jones has been hired to compose the music for the upcoming BBC mini-series The Miniaturist. The period thriller is directed by Guillem Morales (Julia’s Eyes) and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Alex Hassell, Paapa Essiedu, Hayley Squires and Emily Berrington. The 3-parter is based on Jessie Burton’s best-selling novel of the same title and follows a woman who moves to live with her new husband in 17th Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems. Kate Sinclair is executive producing the project for The Forge, alongside Elizabeth Kilgarriff (Poldark, Call the Midwife) for the BBC and Rebecca Eaton (Sherlock, Downton Abbey) for PBS’ Masterpiece. The Miniaturist will air in the UK on BBC and in the U.S. on PBS. No word yet on a premiere date for the series.
Jones (Shadow of the Vampire, Lady Macbeth, Max) has also recently scored the period drama On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan. The movie just premiere earlier this month at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in the UK in early 2018. No word yet on a domestic distribution deal.
