Film Music Reporter

Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, Book Club, Mike, The Night Listener,  Bee Season, Alaska Daily) has composed the original score for the new HBO documentary The Dark Money Game. The 2-parter features two films, Ohio Confidential & Wealth of the Wicked, written and directed by Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks) who investigates the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising fifteen years after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizen’s United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns. The movies sare inspired by Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right and features interviews with journalists including Mayer herself, as well as lawmakers, FBI investigators, judges, whistleblowers, and insiders on both sides of the issue. Gibney is also producing the project with Trevor Davidoski (Before the Flood) and John Jordan. Mayer, Richard Perello (Super Troopers, Beerfest), Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller & Sara Rodriguez (The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, Ren Faire) are executive producing. Nashel has previously collaborated with Gibney on the feature Totally Under Control and HBO’s docuseries The Crime of the Century. The Dark Money Game will premiere tomorrow & Wednesday, April 15 & 16 on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.