Theodore Shapiro (The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Bombshell, Spy, Ghostbusters) has been tapped to score the upcoming biographical drama The Eyes of Tammy Faye. The film is directed by Michael Showalter (The Big Sick, Hello, My Name Is Doris) and stars Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Sam Jaeger, Vincent D’Onofrio, Gabriel Olds, Mark Wystrach, Chandler Hand, Fredric Lehne and Jay Hugule. The movie is based on the 2000 documentary of the same title by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato and tells the story of the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker e and her husband, Jim Bakker, who rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance and prosperity.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ocean’s 8, Birds of Prey, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) is currently recording his score for the upcoming drama The Trial of the Chicago 7. The film is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) and stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Frank Langella, Michael Keaton and Mark Rylance. The movie tells the story of the Chicago 7, a group of activists who were charged by the federal government with conspiracy, inciting to riot and other charges stemming from anti-Vietnam War protests that broke out during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Zbigniew Preisner Scoring Fernando Trueba’s ‘Forgotten We’ll Be’
Zbigniew Preisner (Three Colors, The Secret Garden, When a Man Loves a Woman, At Play in the Fields of the Lord) has composed the original score for the upcoming Columbian drama Forgotten We’ll Be (El olvido que seremos). The film is directed by Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque, Chico & Rita) and stars Javier Cámara, Daniela Abad, Aida Morales, Patricia Tamayo and Juan Pablo Urrego. The movie is based on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s novel of the same title and tells the true story of his father, Colombian human rights activist Héctor Abad Gómez, a man torn between the love of his family and his political fight set in the violence-riddled Colombia of recent decades.
Antony Partos Scoring Jeremy Sims’ ‘Rams’ Remake
Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, The Rover, 99 Homes, I Am Mother, Adore) has composed the original music for the Australian comedy drama Rams. The film is directed by Jeremy Sims (Last Cab to Darwin) and stars Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson, Asher Keddie, and Hayley McElhinney . The movie is based Grímur Hákonarson’s 2015 Icelandic feature of the same title (scored by Atli Orvarsson) and tells the story of a decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers which comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
Raffertie Scoring Andrew Baird’s ‘Zone 414’
Raffertie (aka Benjamin Stefanski) (White Dragon) has been tapped to score the upcoming British sci-fi thriller Zone 414. The film is directed by Andrew Baird and stars Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz and Travis Fimmel. The movie is set in the near future in a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots and follows a private investigator who has been hired by the colony’s creator to bring his missing daughter home and teams up with a highly advanced and self-aware A.I., to help track her down. Bryan Edward Hill (The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 Satra) wrote the screenplay.
Austin Wintory Scoring Alex Ranarivelo’s ‘Mickey Kelley’
Austin Wintory (Journey, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, Captain Abu Raed, Erica, A Little Help) is scoring the upcoming drama Mickey Kelley. The film is directed by Alex Ranarivelo (American Wrestler: The Wizard, Bennett’s War, Running Wild) and stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Katrina Bowden and Dennis Quaid, as well as MMA fighters Renzo Gracie, Edson Barboza and Mickey Gall. The movie is set in 1990 and tells the story of the title character, one of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned MMA tournament, where his dreams of providing for his family come to a halt with a split-second decision.
Leo Birenberg Scoring Disney+ Movie ‘Secret Society of Second-Born Royals’
Leo Birenberg (Cobra Kai, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, Son of Zorn, Red Penguins, Impractical Jokers: The Movie) has composed the original music for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Secret Society of Second-Born Royals. The film is directed by Anna Mastro (Walter) and stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Niles Fitch, Isabella Blake Thomas, Olivia Deeble, Noah Lomax, Faly Rakotohavana, Ashley Liao, Greg Bryk, Elodie Yung and Skylar Astin. The movie follows a teenage royal rebel second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria as she discovers she has super-human abilities and is invited to join a secret society of similar extraordinary second-born royals charged with keeping the world safe.
Mateo Messina Scoring Netflix’s ‘Desperados’
Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, Barely Lethal, Tall Girl, The Wrong Missy) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original film Desperados. The movie is directed by LP and stars Nasim Pedrad, Anna Camp, Sarah Burns, Robbie Amell and Heather Graham. The comedy revolves around a panicked young woman and her two best friends as they fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. Ellen Rapoport wrote the screenplay. Mason Novick (500 Days of Summer, Tully) is producing the project for MXN Entertainment, alongside John Finemore (Buffaloed, ARQ) for Lost City.
Bruno Coulais Scoring Henry Selick’s ‘Wendell & Wild’
Composer Bruno Coulais (The Chorus, The Crimson Rivers, Winged Migration) is reteaming with director Henry Selick on the upcoming animated feature Wendell & Wild. The film follows two scheming demon brothers – Wendell (voiced by Jordan Peele) and Wild (voiced by Keegan-Michael Key) – who are forced to face-off against their arch-enemy in order to earn their way out of hell. Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) also co-wrote the screenplay with Peele (Get Out, Us) and Clay McLeod Chapman based on an original story by Selick. They are also producing the Monkeypaw production with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein (The Maze Runner, Stargirl, Life of Crime) for The Gotham Group.
Christopher Drake Scoring Neil Marshall’s ‘The Reckoning’
Christopher Drake (Tusk, Yoga Hosers, Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Year One) has composed the original score for the upcoming period horror thriller The Reckoning. The film is directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent, Centurion, Hellboy) and stars Charlotte Kirk, Joe Anderson, Steven Waddington, Sean Pertwee, Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden, Ian Whyte, Leon Ockenden, Emma Campbell-Jones, Callum Goulden, Suzanne Magowan, Indianna Ryan, Mark Ryan, Oliver Trevena and Sarah Lambie. The movie is set in 1665 against the backdrop of the Great Plague and the subsequent witch hunts in England and follows a woman who grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death.