Marco Beltrami (Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, Scream, A Quiet Place, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker, Ford v Ferrari, Hellboy) & Miles Hankins (Nine Perfect Strangers, Long Shot, The Night Before) have teamed up to score the upcoming thriller No Exit. The film is directed by Damien Power (Killing Ground) and stars Havana Rose Liu, Danny Ramirez, David Rysdahl, Mila Harris and Dennis Haysbert. The movie centers on a young woman en route to a family emergency who is stranded by a blizzard and forced to find shelter at a highway rest area with a group of strangers, when she stumbles across an abducted girl in a van in the parking lot.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Toby Chu Scoring Netflix’s ‘Fistful of Vengeance’
Toby Chu (Bao, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, Covert Affairs, Found, Unforgettable, Centaurworld, Henchmen) has composed the original score for the new Netflix original film Fistful of Vengeance. The movie based on the streamer’s 2019 series Wu Assassins is directed by Roel Reiné (The Admiral, Redbad, Death Race 2) and stars Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, Lawrence Kao, Pearl Thusi, Jason Tobin, Francesca Ploypailin Corney, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam, Simon Kook and JuJu Chan Szeto. The supernatural martial arts action thriller follows super-powered assassin Kai Jin and his friends as they track a killer from San Francisco’s Chinatown to Thailand to avenge the death of a loved one.
Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring Disneynature’s ‘Polar Bear’
Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, The Last Duel, Kingdom of Heaven, Mulan, Man on Fire, The Equalizer) has recently scored the upcoming Disneynature documentary Polar Bear. The film is directed by Alastair Fothergill (Planet Earth, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet) & Jeff Wilson (The Mating Game) and narrated by Catherine Keener. The movie tells the story of a new mother whose memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today.
Mateo Messina to Return for Netflix’s ‘Tall Girl 2’
Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, The Wrong Missy, Butter, Desperados, Superstore, Barely Lethal) is returning as the composer of the upcoming Netflix original film Tall Girl 2. The movie is directed by Emily Ting (Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, Go Back to China) and stars Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter, Anjelika Washington, Luke Eisner, Clara Wilsey, Rico Paris, Jan Luis Castellanos, Johanna Liauw, Steve Zahn and Angela Kinsey. The romantic comedy follows Jodi as she lands the lead in the school musical, until the pressure sends her confidence – and her relationship – into a tailspin.
Philip White Scoring ‘Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming’
Composer Philip White (Jexi, Alex & Me, The Loud House Movie) is reteaming with Tyler Perry on the upcoming Netflix original film A Madea Homecoming. The movie is written and directed by Perry and stars himself in the title role, as well as Tamela Mann as Cora, David Mann as Mr. Brown and Cassi Davis Patton as Aunt Bam. Brendan O’Carroll makes a guest appearance as Agnes Brown. The 12th installment in the Madea series centers around Madea’s great-grandson’s college graduation that hits a halt as hidden secrets and family drama threaten to destroy the happy homecoming.
David Schwartz Scoring Amy Poehler’s Amazon Documentary ‘Lucy and Desi’
David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Northern Exposure, The Good Place, Veep, Lady Dynamite, Standing Up, Falling Down) has composed the original music for the upcoming documentary Lucy and Desi. The film is directed by Amy Poehler and centers on the remarkable personal and professional partnership between comedian Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz (also explored in Aaron Sorkin’s narrative feature Being the Ricardos). Poehler is also producing Imagine Documentarties production with Michael Rosenberg, Justin Wilkes (Mars, Julia), Nigel Sinclair (End of Watch, The Way Bakc) and Jeanne Elfant Festa & Mark Monroe (Pavarotti, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart).
Nathan Halpern Scoring John Patton Ford’s ‘Emily the Criminal’
Nathan Halpern (The Rider, Swallow, One Percent More Humid, Minding the Gap, In the Same Breath, Rich Hill) ) has composed the original score for the upcoming thriller Emily the Criminal. The film is written and directed by John Patton Ford and stars Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Megalyn Echikunwoke and Gina Gershon. The movie follows a young woman saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record who gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles.
Mark Kilian Scoring John Pogue’s ‘Eraser: Reborn’
Composer Mark Kilian (Tsotsi, Pitch Perfect, Eye in the Sky, Traitor, Rendition, The Ward, Official Secrets) is reuniting with director John Pogue (The Quiet Ones) on the upcoming action thriller Eraser: Reborn. The film is a reboot of Chuck Russell’s 1996 feature Eraser (scored by Alan Silvestri) and stars Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai, McKinley Belcher III and Eddie Ramos. The movie follows a U.S. Marshal who specializes in engineering the fake deaths of witnesses that need to leave no trace of their existence. Michael Weiss (Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Butterfly Effect 2) wrote the screenplay.
Este Haim & Chris Stracey Scoring Cooper Raiff’s ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
Este Haim (of HAIM) & Chris Stracey have made their feature film scoring debut on the upcoming comedy drama Cha Cha Real Smooth. The film is written and directed by Cooper Raiff (Shithouse) and stars Dakota Johnson, Raiff himself, Vanessa Burghardt, Evan Assante, Brad Garrett and Leslie Mann. The movie revolves around a young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host and strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter.
Gary Lionelli Scoring Rory Kennedy’s Netflix Documentary ‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’
Gary Lionelli (O.J.: Made in America, Luck, Chasing the Moon, The Newspaperman, Nuclear Family) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing. The film is directed by Rory Kennedy (Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton, Ethel) and centers on the investigation into the crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 after two Boeing 737 MAX jets crash less than five months apart in 2018/2019. The movie features interviews with the families of the victims, aviation experts and former Boeing employees who reveal what went wrong at the company.