Marcelo Zarvos (Wonder, The Affair, The Good Shepherd, Ray Donovan, Enough Said) has been hired to score the upcoming drama A Journal for Jordan. The film is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams and Jalon Christian. The movie tells the true story of Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq who begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Virgil Williams (Mudbound) wrote the screenplay based on the book by Dana Canedy.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Lele Marchitelli Scoring Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Hand of God’
Composer Lele Marchitelli is reuniting with director Paolo Sorrentino on the upcoming Italian Netflix original film The Hand of God (È stata la mano di Dio). The movie is written and directed by Sorrentino (Youth, Il Divo, This Must Be The Place) and stars Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Luisa Ranieri, Marlon Joubert, Renato Carpentieri, Betti Pedrazzi, Massimiliano Gallo, Biagio Manna and Ciro Capano. The dram tells the story of a boy in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s. Sorrentino is also producing the project with Lorenzo Mieli (My Brilliant Friend, We Are Who We Are).
Michael Abels Scoring David Yarovesky’s ‘Nightbooks’
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, Allen v. Farrow, See You Yesterday) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film Nightbooks. The movie is directed by David Yarovesky (Brightburn, The Hive) and stars Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett and Krysten Ritter. The movie based on the horror-fantasy children’s book of the same title by J.A. White revolves around a boy obsessed with scary stories who is trapped by an evil witch in her magical apartment and must tell a scary story every night to stay alive. Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis (Five Feet Apart, The Curse of La Llorona) wrote the screenplay.
Will Bates Scoring Michael Mohan’s ‘The Voyeurs’
Will Bates (Unbelievable, I Origins, The Magicians, The Path, The Looming Tower, Another Earth, Away) has recently scored the new Amazon original movie The Voyeurs. The film is written and directed by Michael Mohan (Everything Sucks!, Save the Date) and stars Sydney Sweeney, Justice Smith, Ben Hardy and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. The thriller follows a young couple who find themselves becoming interested in the sex life of their neighbors across the street and whose innocent curiosity turns into an unhealthy obsession, after they discover that one neighbor is cheating.
Brian D’Oliveira Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’
Brian D’Oliveira (Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil VII: Biohazard,Gentefied) has composed the original score for the new Netflix anime film The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. The movie is directed by Kwang Il Han and stars Theo James, Lara Pulver, Graham McTavish and Mary McDonnell. The Studio Mir production tells the origin story of Vesemir as he raises from poverty to become a witcher and must face the demons of his past. Beau DeMayo wrote the screenplay based on the The Witcher book series by Andrzej Sapkowski.
Gabriel Yared to Score Pietro Marcello’s ‘Scarlet’ (L’envol’)
Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, Judy, 1408) is attached to scorethe upcoming French/Italian drama Scarlet (L’envol). The film is directed by Pietro Marcello (Martin Eden, Lost and Beautiful) and stars Juliette Jouan, Raphaël Thierry, Louis Garrel, Noémie Lvovsky, Ernst Umhauer, François Négret and Yolande Moreau. The movie is set in Northern Normandy between the two world wars and follows the journey of a young woman who was raised by her father, a widowed war veteran, and strives to find her own path in life.
Michael Abels to Compose Music Stephen Williams’ ‘Chevalier’
Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, See You Yesterday, Allen v Farrow, Fake Famous) is set to compose original music for the upcoming biographical drama Chevalier. The film is directed by Stephen Williams (Watchmen) and stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. in title role, alongside Lucy Boynton as Marie Antoinette, Samara Weaving and Minnie Driver. The movie tells the true story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner who rose to heights in the 18th century French society as both a violinist and composer, and champion fencer, only to face a downfall after a love affair with Marie Antoinette.
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Scoring Andrew Dominik’s ‘Blonde’
Warren Ellis has confirmed in a recent interview with The Guardian that he has reteamed with Nick Cave to score the upcoming Netflix original film Blonde. The movie is written and directed by Andrew Dominik (Killing Them Softly, Chopper) and stars Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Garret Dillahunt, Scoot McNairy, Lucy DeVito, Michael Masini, Lily Fisher, Evan Williams, Xavier Samuel, Caspar Phillipson, Toby Huss, Sara Paxton, David Warshofksy and Spencer Garrett. The drama based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Joyce Carol Oates is described as a fictional portrait of Marilyn Monroe and centers on the model, actress, and singer during the ’50s and ’60s, told through the modern lens of celebrity culture.
Electric Youth to Score Carly Stone’s ‘North of Normal’
Synth-pop duo Electric Youth has signed to score the upcoming drama North of Normal. The film is directed by Carly Stone (The New Romantic) and stars Sarah Gadon, Robert Carlyle, James D’Arcy, Amanda Fix, Benedict Samuel and Janet Porter. The movie is based on the best-selling memoir of the same title written by Cea Sunrise Person and revolves around a teenage girl raised in the wilderness who moves to the city hoping for a normal life with her anything but normal mother. Alexandra Weir wrote the screenplay.
Gene Back to Score Alejandro Monteverde’s ‘Cabrini’ Biopic
Gene Back (Cowboys, Holler) has been hired to score the upcoming (currently untitled) biographical drama about Francesca Cabrini. The film is directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Little Boy, Sound of Freedom) and stars Christiana Dell’Anna, Montserrat Espadalé, Romana Maggiora Vergano, David Morse, Patch Darragh, John Lithgow, Jeremy Bobb, Andrew Polk, Giampiero Judica and Rolando Villazó. The movie tells the story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 19th Century who started with nothing and created the largest multinational charitable empire the world had ever known. Rod Barr wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself and Monteverde.