Film Music Reporter

Patrick Neil Doyle has recently scored the new family drama A Gift from Bob. The film is directed by Charles Martin Smith (Dolphin Tale, A Dog’s Way Home) and stars Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Phaldut Sharma, Nina Wadia, Tim Plester, Pepter Lunkuse, Celyn Jones and Anna Wilson-Jones. The movie is the sequel to 2016’s A Street Cat Named Bob (scored by David Hirschfelder) and follows James Bowen as he looks back at the last Christmas he and Bob spent scraping a living on the streets and how Bob helped him through one of his toughest times. Garry Jenkins wrote the screenplay based on Bowen’s books. Stephen Jarvis & Tracy Jarvis (Anna and the Apocalypse), Martin Metz (Mandy), Adrian Politowski, Adrian Politowski (The Mustang) and Adam Rolston are producing the project. Doyle’s previous scoring credits include the features The Legend of Longwood & Kepler’s Dream and the BBC mini-series The Moonstone. He also provided additional music and lyrics for his father Patrick Doyle’s scores for Brave, La Ligne Droite and Sleuth. A Gift from Bob will be released in the UK this coming Friday, November 6 on VOD. No word yet on a domestic release.