Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, A Monster Calls, Crimson Peak, Hercules, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Devil) has composed the original music for the upcoming animated feature Buffalo Kids. The film is directed by Juan Jesús Galocha & Pedro Solís and stars (in its English language version) Alisha Weir, Stephen Graham, Gemma Arterton and Sean Bean. The movie based on the short Cuerda (Strings) is set in 1886 America and tells the story of two Irish siblings who arrive on an ocean liner to New York City where their uncle was meant to pick them up, when they decide to stow away on the Transcontinental Railroad in the hopes of making it to California to find him.Jordi Gasull (Tad: The Lost Explorer, Capture the Flag) co-wrote the screenplay Solís and is producing the project for 4 Cats Pictures. Velazquez has previously collaborated with Galocha on last year’s animated movie Mummies. Buffalo Kids is set to open in Spanish theaters on August 14. No word yet on a domestic release.
Velazquez’s other recent feature projects include David Schurmann’s My Penguin Friend, which is set to open in U.S. theaters on August 16.
