Dickon Hinchliffe (Leave No Trace, Winter’s Bone, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Peaky Blinders, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Lost Daughter. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ed Harris and Dagmara Domińczyk. The movie is based on the 2006 novel of the same title by Elena Ferrante and revolves around a woman whose beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Keegan DeWitt Scoring Edoardo Vitaletti’s ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’
Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, A Teacher, Divorce, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Sorry for Your Loss, The Hero) has recently scored the upcoming period horror thriller The Last Thing Mary Saw. The film is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti and stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Rory Culkin, Judith Roberts an Stefanie Scott. The movie revolves around a young woman who is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Isen Robbins & Aimee Schoof (Tesla, Experimenter) are producing the project for Intrinsic Value Films, alongside Harrison Allen & Madeleine Schumacher for Arachnid Films, as well as Stephen Tedeschi (Blue Caprice).
Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro to Score Netflix’s ‘Army of the Dead’ Prequel ‘Army of Thieves’
Director Matthias Schweighöfer has announced that Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, The Lion King) and Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The Rhythm Section) will score the upcoming Netflix original film Army of Thieves. The prequel to Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead (scored by Tom Holkenborg) stars Schweighöfer himself, Nathalie Emmanuel, Guz Khan, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Jonathan Cohen, Noemie Nakai and Peter Simonischek. The movie follows a small-town bank teller who gets drawn into the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious woman recruits him to join a crew of Interpol’s most wanted criminals, attempting to heist a sequence of legendary, impossible-to-crack safes across Europe.
Rupert Gregson-Williams to Return for James Wan’s ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Crown, Over the Hedge, The Legend of Tarzan, Smallfoot) has confirmed on the latest episode of Score: The Podcast that he will be returning to score the upcoming superhero sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. The film is directed by James Wan (The Conjuring, Furious 7, Insidious) and will star Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dolph Lundgren and Temuera Morrison. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (The Conjuring 2, Orphan, Wrath of the Titans) wrote the screenplay.
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Guillaume Canet’s ‘Lui’
Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla) has composed the original music for the upcoming French drama Lui. The film is written and directed by Guillaume Canet (Tell No One, Little White Lies) and stars Canet himself, alongside Mathieu Kassovitz, Laetitia Casta, Virginie Efira and Nathalie Baye. The movie centers on a composer at a crossroads who isolates himself at a house in Brittany, where he receives visits from many of the important people in his life, including his wife, his parents, his best friend and his mistress. Alain Attal (My King, Populaire) is producing the project for Trésor Films.
The Newton Brothers Scoring Jesse Harris’ ‘Borrego’
The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, The Forever Purge, Life of Crime, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) have recently been recording their score for the upcoming survival thriller Borrego. The film is written and directed by Jesse Harris and stars Lucy Hale, Nicholas Gonzalez, Leynar Gómez, Olivia Trujillo and Jorge A. Jimenez. The movie revolves around a young botanist who relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species and ends up fighting for her survival after being kidnapped by an inexperienced drug mule when his plane crashes in the desert. Harris is also producing the project with Damiano Tucci (The Hurricane Heist), Tiziano Tucci, Greg Lauritano, Nancy Cartwright & Monica Gil-Rodriguez (In Search of Fellini).
Cliff Martinez Scoring Steven Soderbergh’s ‘KIMI’
Composer Cliff Martinez (Drive, Game Night, The Neon Demon, The Lincoln Lawyer, Arbitrage) is reuniting with director Steven Soderbergh on the upcoming thriller KIMI. The film ‘s cast includes Zoë Kravitz, Byron Bowers, Jaime Camil, Jacob Vargas, Erika Christensen and Derek DelGaudio. No plot details have been announced yet. David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Premium Rush, Secret Window) wrote the screenplay and is also producing the New Line Cinema production with Michael Polaire (Mulholland Dr., Behind The Candelabra).
Lorne Balfe Scoring Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance’
Composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, The LEGO Batman Movie, The Crown) is reteaming with director Michael Bay (The Rock, Transformers, Armageddon) on the upcoming action thriller Ambulance. The film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza Gonzalez, Garret Dillahunt, A Martinez, Keir O’Donnell, Moses Ingram, Wale Folarin, Cedric Sanders, Jackson White, Colin Woodell & Olivia Stambouliah is based on the Danish feature Ambulancen and follows a pair of thieves who hijack an ambulance to use as a getaway vehicle. Chris Fedak (Chuck, Prodigal Son) wrote the screenplay.
Colin Stetson Scoring David Blue Garcia’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Sequel
Colin Stetson (Hereditary, The First, Color Out of Space, Barkskins) has composed the original score for the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel. The horror film is directed by David Blue Garcia (Tejano) and stars Elsie Fisher, Sarah Yarkin, Jacob Latimore, Moe Dunford, Alice Krige. Mark Burnham, Nell Hudson, Olwen Fouéré, Jessica Allain, Sam Douglas, William Hope and Jolyon Coy. No plot details have been announced yet. Chris Thomas Devlin wrote the screenplay.
Mark Orton to Score Netflix’s ‘Love Hard’
Mark Orton (Nebraska, The Good Girl, The Last Shift, People Places Things) has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original film Love Hard. The movie is directed by Hernán Jiménez and stars Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Darren Barnet. Harry Shum Jr., Mikaela Hoover, James Saito and Heather McMahan. The romantic comedy revolves around an LA girl, unlucky in love, who falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she’s been catfished. Danny Mackey and Rebecca Ewing wrote the screenplay. McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) and Mary Viola (The DUFF, I Feel Pretty) are producing the project for their Wonderland Sound and Vision production company.