Philippe Rombi (Swimming Pool, War of the Buttons, Potiche, Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, In the House, Children of the Resistance, Angel) has composed the original music for the upcoming French drama Women on Trial (L’Affaire Marie-Claire). The film is written and directed by Lauriane Escaffre & Yvo Muller (Maria Into Life) and stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Saül Benchetrit, Cecile de France, Michele Chevalier and Gregory Gadebois. The movie centers on the 1972 landmark trial of 16-year-old Marie-Claire Chevalier who was prosecuted for having an illegal abortion with the help of her mother and two other defendants that paved the way for France to later decriminalize the procedure.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Atli Örvarsson Scoring Thea Sharrock’s ‘Ladies First’
Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Edge of Seventeen, Rams, Defending Jacob, The Eagle) has composed the original score for the new Netflix original film Ladies First. The movie is directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You, Wicked Little Letters) and stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Emily Mortimer, Charles Dance, Fiona Shaw, Weruche Opia, Tom Davis, Kathryn Hunter and Kadiff Kirwan. The comedy follows an arrogant but charismatic ladies’ man who finds his life of money, power and casual flings upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.
Kelsey Lu Scoring Arie & Chuko Esiri’s ‘Clarissa’
Singer/songwriter, cellist and composer Kelsey Lu (Earth Mama, Daughters) has written the original score for the upcoming drama Clarissa. The film is directed by Arie & Chuko Esiri and stars Sophie Okonedo, Ayo Edebiri, David Oyelowo, Toheeb Jimoh, India Amarteifio and Fortune Nwafor. The movie is based on Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Mrs. Dalloway and follows a society woman as she prepares to host a party at her home in Lagos, Nigeria, where she unexpectedly encounters once-intimate friends from her youth.
Christopher Spelman Scoring James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’
Christopher Spelman has recently composed the score for the upcoming drama Paper Tiger. The film is written and directed by James Gray (Ad Astra, Little Odessa) and stars Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller. The movie follows two brothers pursuing the American Dream who have to navigate their way through the dangerous world of the Russian mafia when they become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true.
James Newton Howard Scoring M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Remain’
James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive, Maleficent, Michael Clayton) has confirmed during a concert appearance last night at the 2026 Krakow Film Music Festival that he has recently recorded his score for the upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Remain. The film is written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor, Ashley Walters and Julie Hagerty. The movie based on Nicholas Sparks’ & Shyamalan’s 2025 novel of the same title follows an architect suffering from depression after losing his beloved sister who could see spirits and heads to Cape Cod to design a summer home for his best friend, when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Jessica Jones Scoring Netflix Documentary ‘The Crash’
Jessica Jones (The Tinder Swindler, One Day, Unfamiliar, American Nightmare , Fifteen-Love, Our Universe) has provided the original score for the new Netflix original true crime documentary The Crash. The film is directed by Gareth Johnson (The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman, The Body Next Door) and centers on the titular 2022 crash involving a teen slamming her car into a building in Strongsville, Ohio, killing her boyfriend and his friend. The movie explores the volatile relationship at the center, examining the shifting narratives of that fateful night to explore where a fatal mistake ends and cold-blooded murder begins.
Marie Kreutzer’s ‘Gentle Monster’ to Feature Music by Camille
Singer/songwriter and composer Camille (aka Camille Dalmais) (Emilia Pérez) is reteaming with director Marie Kreutzer on the new Austrian/German/French drama Gentle Monster. The film is written and directed by Kreutzer and stars Léa Seydoux, Laurence Rupp, Catherine Deneuve and Jella Haase. The movie follows a renowned concert pianist who decides to move her family to the countryside outside Munich to settle into a calmer life, but is forced to confront the unthinkable when the police arrive at their door one morning and begin questioning her husband.
Dan Romer Scoring Leah Nelson’s ‘Tangles’
Dan Romer (Luca, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Lilo & Stitch, Station Eleven, Beasts of No Nation, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Maniac, Superman & Lois,Superman & Lois,The Good Doctor) has recently scored the upcoming animated feature Tangles. The film is directed by Leah Nelson and features the voices of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston, Seth Rogen, Beanie Feldstein, Samira Wiley, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, Pamela Adlon, Bowen Yang and Fern Grandin. The movie tells the story of a woman who leaves her exciting life as an activist and artist in 1990s San Francisco to return to her eccentric family in the conservative small town she recently fledwhen Alzheimer’s begins to erode her mother’s vibrant personality.
Mychael Danna to Score Ang Lee’s ‘Gold Mountain’
Mychael Danna (Moneyball, Girl, Interrupted, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine, The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family, Onward) has signed on to score the upcoming period drama Gold Mountain. The film is directed by Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and stars Chedi Chang, Sophia Xu, Yao, Zine Tseng and Owen Teague. The movie based on C. Pam Zhang’s novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold is set during the dying embers of the American Gold Rush and follows two newly orphaned Chinese immigrant children as they traverse a hostile California frontier to bury their father and free themselves from their past.
Zbigniew Preisner Scoring Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’
Zbigniew Preisner (When a Man Loves a Woman, Three Colors, The Secret Garden, The Queen of Spain, Between Strangers, Dekalog) has composed the original music for the new French/Belgian/Italian drama Parallel Tales (Histoires Parallèles). The film is directed by Asghar Farhadi (A Hero, The Salesman) and stars Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Catherine Deneuve. The movie revolves around an author who is seeking inspiration for her new novel by secretly spying on her neighbors across the street, but when she hires a young man to help with everyday chores, her observations bring unexpected consequences to her and her neighbors’ lives.