Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Gardener, The Kite Runner, Parallel Mothers, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Volver, The Skin I Live In) is set to compose the music for the upcoming western Strange Way of Life (Extraña forma de vida). The short directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Ethan Hawke & Pedro Pascal will be shot in English and centers on a man riding on a horse across a desert to Bitter Creek, where he has traveled to visit a Sheriff, with whom he worked together as hired gunmen 25 years earlier. Agustín Almodóvar is producing the project.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Steven Price Scoring Sally El Hosaini’s ‘The Swimmers’
Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Suicide Squad, Last Night in Soho, Over the Moon, Fury, The Aeronauts) has composed the original score for the upcoming biographical drama The Swimmers. The film is directed by Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil) and stars Manal & Nathalie Issa, Ali Suliman, Matthias Schweighöfer, Elmi Rashid Elmi, Ahmed Malek, Kinda Alloush and James Krishna Floyd. The movie tells the story of the journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Jeff Cardoni Scoring John Hamburg’s Netflix Film ‘Me Time’
Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Ghosts, The Kominsky Method, Just Friends, Heels, CSI: Miami, Turner & Hooch) has recently been scoring the upcoming Netflix original film Me Time. The movie is written and directed by John Hamburg (I Love You, Man, Along Came Polly) and stars Kevin Hart, Mark Wahlberg, Regina Hall, Jimmy O. Yang and Luis Gerardo Méndez. The comedy follows a stay-at-home dad who enjoys his first me-time in years when his family is away by reconnecting with an old friend for a wild weekend that may upend his life.
Dara Taylor Scoring Jessica M. Thompson’s ‘The Invitation’
Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers, Wildflower) is scoring the upcoming horror thriller The Invitation. The film is directed by Jessica M. Thompson (The Light of the Moon) and stars Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Hugh Skinner, Sean Pertwee, Courtney Taylor, Alana Boden and Stephanie Corneliussen. The movie is inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and tells the story of a young woman who takes a DNA test after the death of her mother and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had.
Anna Drubich Scoring Zach Cregger’s ‘Barbarian’
Anna Drubich (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3 – 1966, Werewolves Within) has composed the original music for the upcoming horror thriller Barbarian. The film is written and directed by Zach Cregger (The Civil War on Drugs) and stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Richard Brake, Matthew Patrick Davis, Kurt Braunohler and Jaymes Butler. The movie follows young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview who books a rental home, when she discovers that the house is double booked upon her arrival, and a strange man is already staying there.
Matthew Margeson Scoring Will Speck’s & Josh Gordon’s ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’
Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Rocketman, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Eddie the Eagle, Pam & Tommy) is composing the underscore for the upcoming musical comedy Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. The film is directed by Will Speck & Josh Gordon (Blades of Glory, Office Christmas Party) and stars Javier Bardem, Constance Wu, Winslow Fegley, Scoot McNairy, Brett Gelman, as well as Shawn Mendes as the voices of the title character. The movie is based on Bernard Waber’s bestselling children’s book of the same title and follows a boy who discovers a a singing crocodile who loves baths, caviar and great music-living in the attic of his new home and must team up with his eccentric owner to protect his new friend
Nima Fakhrara Scoring John Hyams’ ‘Sick’
Composer Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Becky, The Girl in the Photographs, The Pyramid, Detroit: Become Human) is reuniting with director John Hyams (Black Summer, Universal Soldier: Regeneration) on the upcoming thriller Sick. The film starring Gideon Adlon, Jane Adams, Marc Menchaca, Dylan Sprayberry & Charla Bocchicchio takes place when the country locks down due to the pandemic and follows a college student and her best friend who decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone – or so they think. Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawson’s Creek, I Know What You Did Last Summer) co-wrote the screenplay with Katelyn Crabb based on a story by himself.
Michael Abels Scoring Andrew Dosunmu’s Netflix Film ‘Beauty’
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, Allen v. Farrow, Nightbooks, See You Yesterday) has recently scored the new Netflix original film Beauty. The movie is directed by Andrew Dosunmu (Mother of George, Where Is Kyra?) and stars Gracie Marie Bradley, Aleyse Shannon, Niecy Nash, Giancarlo Esposito, Kyle Bary, Micheal Ward, Sharon Stone and Sarah Stavrou. The drama follows a young singer on the brink of a promising career who finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures and her love for her girlfriend.
Mike Tuccillo Scoring Michael Lewen’s Netflix Film ‘Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between’
Mike Tuccillo (Ramy, Love Life, Homeroom, Shot in the Dark) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between. The movie is directed by Michael Lewen and stars Talia Ryder, Jordan Fisher, Ayo Edebiri, Nico Hiraga and Jennifer Robertson. The coming-of-age romantic comedy is based on Jennifer E. Smith’s bestselling novel of the same title and follows a couple who make a pact to break up before college and spend their last evening as a couple on one final epic date.
Nathan Barr & Lisbeth Scott Scoring Gary Dauberman’s ‘Salem’s Lot’
Nathan Barr (True Blood, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever, Hollywood) & Lisbeth Scott (All My Life, Caroline & Jackie, American Son) have teamed up to score the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s best-selling novel Salem’s Lot. The movie is written and directed by Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home, It, The Nun) and stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Pilou Asbæk, Bill Camp, Alfre Woodard, Spencer Treat Clark, Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti, Cade Woodward and John Benjamin Hickey. The horror film follows an author who returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a vampire.