Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Station Eleven, Maniac, Beasts of No Nation, Superman & Lois) has composed the original music for the upcoming coming-of-age comedy drama Mustache. The film is written and directed by Imran J. Khan and stars Atharva Verma, Rizwan Manji, Alicia Silverstone, Meesha Shafi, Hasan Minhaj and Ayana Manji. The movie is set in mid-90s in Northern California and revolves around a 13-year-old boy who hatches a plan to return to his old Islamic private school after his parents make him go to public school.Christina Won, Jessica Sittig, Christopher Storer (The Bear, Eighth Grade) and Tyson Bidner are producing the project. Romer has previously co-scored all episodes of the Storer- & Bidner-produced Hulu series Ramy. Mustache will premiere this month at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival.
As previously reported, Romer’s recent feature projects also include Jake Johnson’s directorial debut Self Reliance.
