Film Music Reporter

Mexico City-based DJ, electronic music producer and composer Camilo Lara has provided the original score to the upcoming Amazon original movie A Million Miles Away. The film is directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella (The Good Girls, Northern Skies Over Empty Space) and stars Michael Peña, Rosa Salazar, Bobby Soto, Veronica Falcón, Sarayu Blue, Julio César Cedillo, Garret Dillahunt and Eric Johnson. The biographical drama is based on NASA flight engineer José Hernández’s book Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut by and chronicles his journey from a devoted family of proud migrant farm workers from a rural village in Mexico, to the fields of the San Joaquin Valley, to more than 200 miles above the Earth in the International Space Station. Abella also co-wrote the screenplay with Bettina Gilois (McFarland, USA, Glory Road) and Hernán Jiménez (Elsewhere, The Return). Mark Ciardi (Miracle, The Rookie) and Campbell McInnes (Chappaquidick) are producing the Amazon Studios production. Lara’s previous scoring credits include Season 2 of the Netflix series Gentified, two episodes of the Apple TV+ docuseries Home, as well as several Mexican productions. He also served as a music consultant (and collaborated with Michael Giacchino & Germaine Franco) on Pixar’s Coco. A Million Miles Away will be released in select theaters on September 8, 2023 before premiering on September 15 on Prime Video.