Marco Beltrami revealed in a recent interview with Next Best Picture that he is currently scoring the upcoming biographical drama Ford v. Ferrari. The film is directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Girl, Interrupted, Cop Land) and stars Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Tracy Letts, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Paul Sparks and Jack McMullen. The movie follows an eccentric, determined team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby and his British driver, Ken Miles, who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Iacocca with the mission of building a new automobile with the potential to defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans World Championship in France.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Alberto Iglesias Scoring Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Pain & Glory’ (‘Dolor y gloria’)
Alberto Iglesias is reteaming with Pedro Almadovar on the upcoming Spanish drama Pain & Glory (Dolor y gloria). The film is written and directed by Almodovar and stars Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandía, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, César Vicente and Asier Flores. Penélope Cruz is also making an appearance. The movie revolves around a film director as he looks back on the choices he’s made in life as his past catches up with him to upend the present. Agustin Almodovar (Wild Tales) is producing the project.
Ceiri Torjussen to Score Mike Gan’s ‘Burn’
Ceiri Torjussen has signed on to score the upcoming thriller Burn. The film is written and directed by Mike Gan and stars Josh Hutcherson, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Suki Waterhouse, Harry Shum Jr. and Shiloh Fernandez. The movie follows a lonely, unstable gas station attendant who constantly feels overshadowed by her more outgoing co-worker. When the gas station they work at is held at gunpoint, she comes up with a way to make a connection with the robber.
Lesley Barber to Score Semi Chellas’ ‘American Woman’
Lesley Barber (Manchester by the Sea, You Can Count On Me, Mansfield Park) has been tapped to score the upcoming drama American Woman. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Semi Chellas (Ophelia, Mad Men) and stars Hong Chau, Sarah Gadon, John Gallagher Jr., Lola Kirke and Ellen Burstyn. The movie tells the story of the women who cared for kidnapped newspaper heiress-turned-fugitive Patty Hearst.
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Veronika Franz’s & Severin Fiala’s ‘The Lodge’
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans are scoring the upcoming psychological thriller The Lodge. The film is directed by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy) and stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage and Daniel Keough. The movie centers on a young woman and her reticent new stepchildren who find themselves isolated in the family’s remote winter cabin, locked away to dredge up the mysteries of her dark past and the losses that seem to haunt them all.
Jeff Grace Scoring Jim Mickle’s ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’
Jeff Grace is reuniting with director Jim Mickle on the upcoming Netflix original movie In the Shadow of the Moon. The film starring Boyd Holbrook, Michael C. Hall, Cleopatra Coleman and Bokeem Woodbine follows a Chicago detective who leads the hunt for an elusive serial killer whose crimes are timed to the lunar cycle. Gregory Weidman & Geoff Tock wrote the screenplay. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Midnight Special) & Rian Cahill are producing the sci-fi thriller for Automatik, alongside Ben Pugh (Welcome to the Punch, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) for 42, and Linda Moran (Transamerica) & Mickle for Nightshade.
Andrew Hewitt Scoring Dan Berk’s & Robert Olsen’s ‘Villains’
Andrew Hewitt is composing the original music for the upcoming thriller Villains. The film is directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen (The Stakelander, Body) and stars Bill Skarsgard, Maika Monroe, Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Donovan. The movie follows two amateur criminals who, after breaking into a suburban home, stumble upon a dark secret and two sadistic homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out. Tim & Trevor White (Ingrid Goes West, LBJ) and Allan Mandelbaum (Welcome Home) are producing the project for Star Thrower Entertainment, alongside Garrick Dion (Prospect, Parallel) for the Realm.
Matthew Margeson to Score Tanya Wexler’s ‘Buffaloed’
Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Eddie the Eagle) has been tapped to score the upcoming indie comedy drama Buffaloed. The film is directed by Tanya Wexler (Hysteria, Finding North) and stars Zoey Deutch, Jermaine Fowler, Judy Greer and Jai Courtney. The movie follows a hustler who decides to become a debt collector and wages war with the “kingpin” of debt collecting in Buffalo. Brian Sacca wrote the screenplay and is also producing the project with Mason Novick (500 Days of Summer, Bad Words) & Finemore (Crawlspace) for Lost City and Jeffrey Katz & Michael Bannor MacGregor for Bold Crayon.
Will Bates Scoring John Swab’s ‘Run with the Hunted’
Will Bates (The Looming Tower, The Path, I Origins, Nightflyers,The Magicians) is scoring the upcoming indie drama Run with the Hunted. The film is written and directed by John Swab and stars Ron Perlman, Michael Pitt, William Forsythe, Mark Boone Jr., Brad Carter, Dree Hemingway, Slaine, Brad Carter, Kylie Rogers, Sam Quartin and Gore Abrams. The movie follows a young boy who commits a noble murder to save his best friend and is forced to run away from his hometown and leave her behind.
Atli Orvarsson to Reteam with Grimur Hakonarson on ‘The County’
Atli Orvarsson is reteaming with director Grímur Hákonarson on the upcoming Icelandic comedy drama The County. The film is written and directed by Hákonarson and stars Arndis Hronn Egilsdottir and Sigurdur Sigurjonsson. The movie centers on a middle-aged dairy farmer who decides to start a new life on her own terms after her husband dies and rises up against corruption and injustice in her community. Grimar Jonsson (Under the Tree) is producing the project. Orvarsson has previously collaborated with the director on the 2016 feature Rams.