Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, The Lost City, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie & The Dino Movie, Slumberland, Loney Planet, Family Switch, Stargirl) has recently composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film Bad Day. The movie is directed by Jake Szymanski (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Package) and stars Cameron Diaz, Danielle Brooks, Rhenzy Feliz, Ed O’Neill, Mark Duplass, John Higgins, Jessica Belkin, Rob Corddry, Ben Schwartz and Ayden Mayeri. The action comedy follows a single mom on one of the worst and wildest days of her life as she fights to keep one little promise to her daughter.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Marcelo Zarvos Scoring David O. Russell’s ‘Madden’
Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Kpop Demon Hunters, May December, Wonder, The Good Shepherd, The Affair, Nonnas, Emancipation, Ray Donovan) has recently scored the upcoming biographical drama Madden. The film is directed by David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) and stars Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, Kathryn Hahn, John Mulaney, Sienna Miller and Shane Gillis. The movie chronicles John Madden’s journey alongside best friend and true original Al Davis, from a Super Bowl-winning partnership with the Raiders, to becoming football’s most recognizable voice, to building the worldwide Madden NFL video game.
Fernando Velázquez Scoring Oriol Paulo’s ‘Proxies’
Fernando Velázquez (The Impossible, A Monster Calls, Crimson Peak, The Orphanage, Hercules, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Deep Water, Devil) has composed the original music for the upcoming Spanish Netflix original film Proxies (En nombre de otro). The movie is directed by Oriol Paulo and stars Eduard Fernández, Mario Casas, Blanca Suárez, Nicolás Francella, Alexandra Jiménez, lanca Parés, Marta Bayarri, Javier Beltrán and Ana Wagener. The thriller tells the story of a man who walks into a police station with a confession, but soon reveals a larger scheme that sets off a twisted game connected to an impossible murder.
Carter Burwell Scoring Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’
Composer Carter Burwell (Carol, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight, The Blind Side, Being John Malkovich, The Banshees of Inisherin, Anomalisa, In Bruges, Three Kings) is reteaming with director Joel Coen on the upcoming feature Jack of Spades. The film starring Patsy Ferran, Josh O’Connor, Damian Lewis and Lesley Manville takes place in the “atmospheric Scottish Highlands” and is being described as a “sinister gothic mystery filled with intrigue and betrayal.” Coen also co-wrote the screenplay with Eleanor Catton (Emma, The Luminaries), Ethan Coen and Conor McPherson (Artemis Fowl, Saltwater) based on Frances Frederica Montrésor’s 1901 novel The Alien: A Story of Middle Age.
Tom Howe Scoring Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s ‘Looney Tunes’ Short ‘Daffy Season’
Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Dog Man, Early Man, Knuckles, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Reminders of Him. Daisy Jones & the Six, Parenthood, Book Club: The New Chapter) has composed the original score for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s new short Daffy Season. The Looney Tunes short film is directed by Todd Wilderman & Hamish Grieve (Rumble) and follows the title character as he gets ready for Duck Season, but Elmer is too immersed in his new obsession – soccer – to come hunting. Slowly the world around Daffy turns into a zombie-esque nightmare as the Tunes become obsessed with the sport.
Rachel Portman Scoring Cathryn Michon’s ‘A Dog’s Perfect Christmas’
Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Emma, The Manchurian Candidate, Never Let Me Go, The Duchess, The Vow, One Day) has provided the original score for the new Netflix original film A Dog’s Perfect Christmas. The movie is directed by Cathryn Michon (Cook Off!, Muffin Top: A Love Story) and stars Dennis Quaid, Milo Ventimiglia, Brooke Lena Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Jennifer Tilly, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Ethan Ioomis, Cathryn Michon, Marissa Jaret Winoku, as well as Thomas Haden Church as the voice of the dog. The family drama is based on W. Bruce Cameron’s novel of the same title and tells the story of a family in crisis where a teenager, her grandfather and his trusty basset hound struggle to keep the household together at Christmas.
Steven Price Scoring McG’s ‘Way of the Warrior Kid’
Steven Price (Gravity, Coyote vs. Acme, Last Night in Soho, Our Planet, Fury, Baby Driver, Suicide Squad, The Running Man, The Aeronauts, Over the Moon, My Policeman, Heads of State) has composed the original music for the upcoming family adventure Way of the Warrior Kid. The film is directed by McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) and stars Chris Pratt, Jude Hill, Linda Cardellini, Levi McConaughey, Ava Torres, Darien Sills-Evans, Parker Young and Carl McDowell. The movie based on the bestselling novel by former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink follows a bullied middle schooler whose life changes when his injured Navy SEAL uncle moves in for the summer and uses military-inspired training to teach him true courage.
Federico Jusid & Lorenzo Perelmuter Scoring Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s ‘Collision Course’
Federico Jusid (The English, The Night Manager, A Gentleman in Moscow, Star City, The Secret in Their Eyes, A Thousand Blows, The Penguin Lessons, The Head ) has teamed up with Lorenzo Perelmuter (Malecón, Aliades) to score the new Spanish Netflix original film Collision Course (Colisión). The movie is directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Seventeen, Band Together) and stars Laia Costa, Karra Elejalde, Luis Zahera, Álvaro Cervantes, Tamar Novas and Lluís Homar. The thriller in the midst of the economic crisis, when a group of robbers break into a bank in Madrid, triggering a chain of unpredictable events.
Tyler Bates Scoring Ti West’s ‘Ebenezer’
Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, John Wick, 300, Atomic Blonde, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead) has recently scored the upcoming fantasy thriller Ebenezer. The film is directed by Ti West (House of the Devil, In a Valley of Violence) and stars Johnny Depp in the title role of Ebenezer Scrooge, alongside Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Arthur Conti, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ellie Bamber, Charlie Murphy, Tramell Tillman and Ian McKellen. No plot details have been announced yet for the movie, which is based on Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. Nathaniel Halpern (Tales from the Loop) wrote the screenplay.
Anne Nikitin to Score Baldvin Z’s ‘Dark Ocean’
Anne Nikitin (The Dropout, American Animals, Hijack, I.S.S., Mrs. Wilson,Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, Dangerous Liaisons, One Day, Fate: The Winx Saga, Lost Girls) is attached to score the upcoming drama Dark Ocean. The film is directed by Baldvin Z (Black Sands, Life in a Fishbowl) and stars Adam DiMarco, director Baltasar Kormákur and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson. The movie follows a 28-year-old Canadian-born Icelander who joins a North Atlantic fishing trawler for his first long voyage at sea in order to provide for his girlfriend who is expecting their first child, but life aboard the vessel is far harsher than he anticipated.