Category: Film Scoring Assignments

Matt Pusti Scoring Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’

Matt Pusti (aka Makeup and Vanity Set) (The Girlfriend Experience, A Good Woman Is Hard to Find) has been tapped to score the upcoming action/horror thriller Onslaught. The film is directed by Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong) and stars Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Drew Starkey, Alex Pereira, Michael Biehn and Rebecca Hall. The movie follows a mother living in a trailer park as she uses her survival skills to protect her family from a terrifying escaped military threat, while a team of mercenaries attempts to contain it.

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Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Avi Belkin’s ‘Odyssey’

Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Speak No Evil, The Gift, The Outsider, Black Rabbit, Enemy, Boy Erased, The Staircase,Smoke, The White Tiger) have composed the original music for the upcoming documentary Odyssey. The film is directed by Avi Belkin (Mike Wallace Is Here, No One Saw a Thing) and captures America’s greatest adventures in space: from the rise of NASA to the gripping rescue mission of Apollo 13, told entirely through over 2,500 hours of rare archival material including much never before available to the public. Belkin is also producing the Fifth Season, Playtone & Delirio Films production with Christopher Leggett (Honey Boy, The Short Game) and Rafael Marmor (Will & Harper, Ask Dr. Ruth).

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Volker Bertelmann to Score DC Studios’ ‘Clayface’

Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front,  Dune: Prophecy, Adrift, Lion, The Day of the Jackal, A House of Dynamite, The Amateur, One Life) has been hired to score DC Studios’ upcoming horror thriller Clayface. The film is directed by James Watkins (Speak No Evil, The Woman in Black) and stars Tom Rhys Harries in the title role of the Gotham City villain, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Eddie Marsan, Max Minghella, Nancy Carroll and Joshua James. The movie unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster.

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Ari Balouzian Scoring Lance Oppenheim’s ‘Primetime’

Ari Balouzian (Atropia, The Giant, They Call Us Monsters) is scoring the upcoming psychological crime thriller Primetime. The film marks the narrative feature directorial debut of documentarian Lance Oppenheim and stars Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Matthew Maher, Skyler Gisondo and Bokeem Woodbine. The movie is se in 2006 and follows To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen as he sets out to make television history. Ajon Singh wrote the screenplay.

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Philip White Scoring Jon Lucas’ & Scott Moore’s ‘Spa Weekend’

Composer Philip White (Nobody’s Fool, A Madea Homecoming/Family Funeral, The Winchesters, Alex & Me, The Loud House Movie) is reuniting with writers/directors Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (Bad Moms, 21 & Over) on the upcoming comedy Spa Weekend. The film is written and directed by Lucas & Moore and stars Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris. The movie follows four lifelong friends who realize that they have forgotten how to take care of themselves and each other and escape to a luxury spa retreat for what turns out to be an unforgettable weekend dedicated to fun, laughter, and a lot of really bad decisions.

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Larry Groupé Scoring Rod Lurie’s ‘Lucky Strike’

Composer Larry Groupé is reteaming with director Rod Lurie on the upcoming World War II action thriller Lucky Strike. The film is co-written (with Marc Frydman) and directed by Lurie and stars Scott Eastwood, Colin Hanks, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Taylor John Smith. The movie inspired by true events tells the story of one soldier trapped behind enemy lines during the last major German offensive during World War II who – armed only with his Motorola SCR-300 radio – must use his wits and spy craft to thwart the advancing Nazi Panzer army and find his way back home.

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Dan Deacon Scoring Matt Spicer ‘Little Brother’

Dan Deacon ( Task, Venom: The Last Dance, Hustle, The Changeling, Ascension, Twixt, Rez Ball, Strawberry Mansion, Wedding Season) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Little Brother. The movie is directed by Matt Spicer (Ingrid Goes West) and stars John Cena, Eric André, Michelle Monaghan, Sherry Cola, Christopher Meloni, Ego Nwodim, Ben Ahlers, Bryce Gheisar, Caleb Hearon and Pilot Bunch. The comedy follows a tightly wound realtor and family man whose picture-perfect life gets an extreme makeover when his chaotic little brother suddenly reappears.

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Mateo Messina to Score Casey Twenter’s ‘The Swimming Lesson’

Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, Tall Girl, Superstore, Butter, The Wrong Missy, Desperados, Barely Lethal) is attached to score the upcoming indie dramedy The Swimming Lesson. The film is directed by Casey Twenter and will star Heidi Gardner and William H. Macy. The movie revolves around a single mother who leaves behind her complicated life in Los Angeles to return to her childhood home, where she winds up embroiled in a custody battle over her autistic son who is obsessed with the ocean but terrified of swimming.

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Este Haim & Amanda Yamate Scoring Leah McKendrick’s ‘Voicemails for Isabelle’

Este Haim (of HAIM) (Maid, Anyone But You, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Suncoast, Tow) & Amanda Yamate (Trap House, Every Body) have teamed up to score the upcoming Netflix original film Voicemails for Isabelle. The movie is written and directed by Leah McKendrick (Scrambled) and stars Zoey Deutch, Nick Robinson, Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage, Ciara Bravo, Harry Shum Jr., Megan Danso, McKendrick herself, Toby Sandeman and Spencer Lord. The romantic comedy revolves around a young woman whose hilariously confessional voicemails to her late sister are unknowingly redirected to a stranger, who begins to fall in love from afar.

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Anna Drubich to Score Josh Monkarsh’s ‘Jacob and the Wolf’

Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Forbidden Fruits, Werewolves Within, Time Cut, Sting) is set to score the upcoming comedic thriller Jacob and the Wolf. The film is written and directed by Josh Monkarsh (As We Know It) and stars Sam Lerner, Camille Hyde, Nikola Djuricko, Richard Kind, Bronson Pinchot, Oliver Cooper, Louis Lombardi, Pete Gardner,Timothy Hornor and Chris Webster. The movie follows a young couple who inherit a seemingly ideal home, but soon learn of its Nazi-affiliated dark past, leading to deadly consequences as their beliefs are questioned.

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