Film Music Reporter

Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers, Little Ellen, Wildflower) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film The Noel Diary. The movie is directed by Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride, Baby Boom, I Love Trouble) and stars Justin Hartley, Bonnie Bedelia and James Remar. The drama based on Richard Paul Evans’ novel of the same name follows a bestselling author who returns home at Christmas to settle his late mother’s estate and finds a diary that holds secrets to the past. Shyer also co-wrote the screenplay with Rebecca Connor and David Golden. Johnson Production Group’s Timothy O. Johnson is producing the project with Margret Huddleston & Stephanie Slack (Dangerous Lies, Love, Guaranteed). The Noel Diary is expected to premiere in late 2022 on Netflix.