Composer Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Bombshell, Severance, Destroyer, Marley & Me) is reteaming with director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat) on the upcoming Netflix original film The School for Good and Evil. The movie is based on Soman Chainani’s best-selling YA fantasy series and stars Sophia Anne Caruso, Sofia Wylie, Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Michelle Yeoh, Laurence Fishburne, Kit Young, Rachel Bloom, Peter Serafinowicz, Mark Heap and Patti LuPone. The fantasy adventure follows two best friends as they navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains – and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Camille Scoring Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Corsage’
French singer/songwriter Camille (aka Camille Dalmais) has composed the original music for the upcoming historical drama Corsage. The film is written and directed by Marie Kreutzer (The Ground Beneath My Feet) and stars Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun and Manuel Rubey. The movie centers on the short period in 19th-century Empress Elisabeth of Austria’s life around Christmas 1877 as she turns 40 and starts to question what her future holds as her renowned beauty starts to fade.
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Saela Davis’ & Anna Rose Holmer’s ‘God’s Creatures’
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Gift, The Outsider, Boy Erased, The Staircase, Enemy, Fear the Walking Dead, Outer Range) have recently scored the upcoming psychological drama God’s Creatures. The film is directed by Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer and stars Emily Watson, Paul Mescal and Aisling Franciosi. The movie is set in an Irish windswept fishing village and revolves around a mother who is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong.
Charlie Clouser Scoring Marcus Dunstan’s ‘Unhuman’
Composer Charlie Clouser (Saw, Resident Evil: Extinction, Numbers, Spiral, Death Sentence, Dead Silence) is reteaming with director Marcus Dunstan (The Collector) on the upcoming Epix original film Unhuman. The movie starring Brianne Tju, Benjamin Wadsworth, Uriah Shelton, Ali Gallo and Peter Giles follows seven misfit students who must band together against a growing gang of unhuman savages and take down the murderous zombie-creatures. Dunstan also co-wrote the screenplay with Patrick Melton (Beast, Piranha 3DD).
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Mathieu Vadepied’s ‘Father & Soldier’
Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, The Queen) has composed the original music for the upcoming World War I drama Father & Soldier (Tirailleurs). The film is directed by Mathieu Vadepied (Learn by Heart) and stars Omar Sy, Alassane Diong and Jonas Bloquet. The Franco-Senegalese production tells the story of Bakary Diallo, a father who enlists in the French army to join his 17-year-old son who has been forcibly recruited. Vadepied co-wrote the screenplay with Olivier Demangel (Atlantics).
Christopher Stracey & Mato Wayuhi Scoring Riley Keough’s & Gina Gammell’s ‘War Pony’
Christopher Stracey (Maid) & hip-hop artist Mato Wayuhi (Reservation Dogs) have teamed up to score the upcoming drama War Pony. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Riley Keough and Gina Gammell (Manodrome) and stars Jojo Bapteise Whiting and LaDainian Crazy Thunder. The movie is based on real events and tells the interlocking stories of two Lakota boys growing up on Pine Ridge Reservation in the U.S.
Christopher Spelman Scoring James Gray’s ‘Armageddon Time’
Composer Christopher Spelman is reuniting with director James Gray on the upcoming coming-of-age drama Armageddon Time. The film is written and directed by Gray (Ad Astra, Little Odessa) and stars Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Andrew Polk and Tovah Feldshuh. The movie is inspired by Gray’s life in a pre-Reagan America in Queens, New York and tells a story of the strength of family and the generational pursuit of happiness.
Terence Blanchard Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Father of the Bride’ Reboot
Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Harriet, Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami…) has composed the original score for the upcoming HBO Max original movie Father of the Bride. The film is directed by Gaz Alazraki (We Are the Nobles) and stars Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, Adria Arjona, Isabela Merced, Diego Boneta and Chloe Fineman. The romantic comedy revolves around a father as he is coming to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American clan.
Michael Lira Scoring Matthew Reilly’s Netflix Film ‘Interceptor’
Michael Lira (The Hunter, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Growing Up Smith, Nekrotronic, Black Water: Abyss) has recently scored the upcoming Australian Netflix original film Interceptor. The movie is directed by Matthew Reilly and stars Elsa Pataky, Luke Bracey, Aaron Glenane, Mayen Mehta, Belinda Jombwe, Rhys Muldoon, Marcus Johnson, Colin Friels and Zoe Carides. The action thriller follows an army captain who must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of.
Ian Hultquist and Drum & Lace Scoring Karen Maine’s Hulu Film ‘Rosaline’
This week, Ian Hultquist and Drum & Lace (Dickinson, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Dickinson, Night Teeth, Good Girls) have been recording their score for the upcoming romantic comedy Rosaline. The film is directed by Karen Maine and stars Kaitlyn Dever, Kyle Allen, Isabela Merced, Minnie Driver, Christopher McDonald and Bradley Whitford. The movie is based on Rebecca Serle’s 2010 novel When You Were Mine. The movie is being described as a comedic retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, told from the perspective of Juliet’s cousin, Rosaline, who happens to be Romeo’s ex. Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (The Fault in Our Stars, (500) Days of Summer) wrote the screenplay.