Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Black Rabbit, The Gift, Enemy, Speak No Evil, Boy Erased, Fear the Walking Dead, The Staircase, The White Tiger) have provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Heartland. The movie is written and directed by Shana Feste (Country Strong, Endless Love) and stars Jessica Chastain, Garrett Hedlund, Carter Faith, John Hawkes, Paul Sparks, Ross Lynch, Norbert Leo Butz, Hill Harper and Wynn Everett. The thriller follows follows a former country megastar who comes out of seclusion to investigate the disappearance of her missing niece, a rising country musician, and must grapple with her own past and Nashville’s seedy underbelly. Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping (Hidden Figures, War for the Planet of the Apes) are producing the project with Randall Poster (who also serves as the music supervisor, alongside Meghan Currier) and Jason Owen (Monarch). As previously reported, Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie and has already released a first track. Heartland will premiere on November 13 exclusively on Netflix.
Bensi’s & Jurriaans other recent projects include Apple TV’s The Savant. which will premiere in early 2027. They also continue to score Paramount+’s Tulsa King, which will return for its fourthh season this Friday, October 16, as well as AMC’s The Audacity, Apple TV’s Presumed Innocent and Netflix’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (with Chase Deso).
