Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Wheel of Time) has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Species. The film is directed by Justin Chadwick (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Other Boleyn Girl) and stars Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Hopkins, Mia McKenna-Bruce and Tom Hollander. The movie follows recently widowed Emma Darwin who – following the death of famed naturalist Charles Darwin – finds herself locked in a battle with her son and a pushy publisher over her husband’s autobiography.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Tyler Bates Scoring Stephen Kay’s ‘Answr’
Composer Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, John Wick, 300, Atomic Blonde, Watchmen, X, Dawn of the Dead) is reuniting with director Stephen Kay (Boogeyman, Yellowstone) on the upcoming psychological thriller Answr. The film is written and directed by Kay and stars Moises Arias, Rain Spencer, Piper Perabo, Lilli Kay, José María Yazpik, Siddiq Saunderson and Simon Rex. The movie follows a grieving young man who retreats to a remote weather station in search of solitude, until he begins testing an experimental AI chatbot that offers empathy and affirmation.
Christopher Lennertz Scoring Tim Story’s ’72 Hours’
Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Lost in Space, Sausage Party, Agent Carter, Back in Action, Identity Thief, Baywatch, Supernatural) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film 72 Hours. The movie is directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Barbershop) and stars Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, Kevin Dunn, Zach Cherry, as well as Teyana Taylor and Andy Garcia. The comedy follows a 40-year-old exec who joins a crew of 20-somethings on a wild three-day bachelor party to save his career after he’s mistakenly added to their group text.
Edmund Butt to Score Jarek Marszewski’s ‘Iron Ribbon’
Edmund Butt (Life on Mars, Bancroft, The Miracle Club, Origin, Dalíland, Intergalactic, Finding Alice, Ashes to Ashes, Mistress) is set to score the upcoming British drama Iron Ribbon. The film is directed by Jarek Marszewski (Bikini Blue) and stars Sarah Gadon, Tom Hughes,Robert Kazinsky, Tamer Hassan and Lee Knight. The movie is set against the backdrop of Jazz Age Paris and is based on the true story of Polish actress Stanisława “Stasia” Umińska who was accused of killing her lover, artist Jan Zyznowski, and whose 1920s Paris trial became a landmark crime-of-passion case.
Ben Lovett Scoring Mark Heyman’s ‘Pendulum’
Ben Lovett (The Night House, Hellraiser, The Ritual, The Signal, The Wind, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, The Old Ways) has provided the original score for the upcoming horror thriller Pendulum. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Mark Heyman (Black Swan, Strange Angels) and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, Norman Reedus and Jacki Weaver. The movie follows a married couple as they journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the possibility of healing after a traumatic event, and must determine if the group’s spiritual practices offer genuine healing or mask a terrifying truth that threatens to consume them both.
Keefus Ciancia to Score Heidi James’ ‘Quads & The Kicker’
Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, Eric, London Spy, The Radleys, Great Expectations, Made for Love, The Fall, Diana, The Motel Life) has been hired to score the upcoming neo-noir thriller Quads & The Kicker. The film is written and directed by Heidi James and stars Kelly Marie Tran, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Ashley Reyes and Jamie Neumann. Molly Venter of Goodnight Moonshine is contributing original songs to the movie, which is inspired by the Off-Broadway play Never The Same Rhyme Twice by Andy Rooster Bloch. The thriller is set within the shadowy world of female poker grifters and follows a once-loyal sisterhood as shifting alliances – and a triple-con – fracture the bond that once held them together.
Michael Abels Scoring Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’
Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Sirens, Star Wars: The Acolyte, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, See You Yesterday, Breaking) is scoring the upcoming South Korean sci-fi/action thriller Hope. The film is directed by Na Hong-jin (The Wailing, The Yellow Sea) and stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton. The movie follows a local police chief who is alerted when a tiger has appeared in the town’s hills. What begins as a local emergency soon spirals into a terrifying mystery that forces the town’s residents to confront the unknown.
Joseph Bishara Scoring Michael Gallagher’s ‘The Leader’
Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Annabelle, The Curse of La Llorona, Malignant, Dark Skies, The Unholy, Tarot) has recently scored the upcoming true crime drama The Leader. The film is written and directed by Michael Gallagher (The Thinning, Funny Story) and stars Vera Farmiga, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parsons, Grace Caroline Currey and Simon Rex. The movie chronicles the true story of Heaven’s Gate, the cult that convinced dozens to abandon their lives and await evacuation from planet Earth.
Mark Orton Scoring Jim Rash’s ‘Miss You, Love You’
Mark Orton (The Holdovers, Nebraska, My Old Lady, The Good Girl, On Swift Horses, 12 Mighty Orphans, Love Hard) has composed the original music for the upcoming HBO original film Miss You, Love You. The movie is written and directed by Jim Rash (The Way, Way Back, Downhill) and stars Allison Janney, Andrew Rannells, Bonnie Hunt, Suzy Nakamura, Oscar Nuñez and Lisa Schurga. The drama follows a blunt, grieving widow who is forced to plan her husband’s funeral with a total stranger: her estranged son’s assistant.
Chris Roe Scoring David Drake’s ‘The Long Haul’
Chris Roe (Blue Jean, The Lady, After Love, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, Trigger Point, Lancaster, Wolf) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama The Long Haul. The film is written and directed by David Drake and stars Margo Martindale, Cole Sprouse, Stephen Root, Jefferson White, Yalitza Aparicio and Wes Studi. The movie follows a long-haul trucker facing the potential parole of her daughter’s murderer who has to contend with her past, present and future.