Tim Wynn (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, XCOM 2, Warhawk, The Starving Games) is scoring the upcoming sci-fi thriller Freaks. The film is written and directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein and stars Lexy Kolker, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Amanda Crew and Grace Park. The movie revolves around a girl who discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s protective and paranoid control.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Dan Romer Scoring Guy Nattiv’s ‘Skin’
Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Easy) is composing the original music for the upcoming drama Skin. The film is written and directed by Guy Nattiv (The Flood, Strangers) and stars Jamie Bell, Vera Farmiga, Danielle Macdonald, Mike Colter and Bill Camp. The movie tells the true life story of Bryon Widner, a young man raised by skinheads, for whom turning his back on hatred and violence meant undergoing painful and expensive operations to remove the tattoos that signified his terrible past life.
Hildur Gudnadottir to Score Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’ Origin Movie
Hildur Gudnadottir has been hired to score the upcoming Joker origin movie. Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, War Dogs) will direct the film, which is set to star Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, alongside Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Zazie Beetz and Marc Maron. The movie based on the DC Comics character is reportedly set in Gotham City in the early 1980s. No plot details have been announced yet. Phillips has also co-written the screenplay with Scott Silver (The Fighter, 8 Mile) and is producing the project with Emma Tillinger Koskoff (The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence).
Hans Zimmer to Score Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
Hans Zimmer has signed on to score the upcoming superhero sequel Wonder Woman 1984. The film is directed by Patty Jenkins (Monster) who previously helmed last year’s original movie (scored by Rupert Gregson-Williams) and stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal. The movie follows the title character as she comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s, and finds a formidable foe in the form of the Cheetah.
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Live-Action Movie
Harry Gregson-Williams is set to reteam with director Niki Caro on the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Disney’s Mulan. The film stars Liu Yifei in the title role, alongside Jet Li as the emperor of China, as well as Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Gong Li, Yoson An, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Ron Yuan, Tzi Ma, Rosalind Chao, Cheng Pei-Pei, Nelson Lee and Chum Ehelepola. The movie is based on the 1998 animated classic (scored by Jerry Goldsmith) and tells the story of a fearless young woman who masquerades as a man in order to fight Northern Invaders attacking China.
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s ‘Farming’
Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Still Alice, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria) has recently composed the music for the upcoming British drama Farming. The film marks the feature directorial debut of actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and stars Damson Idris, Kate Beckinsale, John Dagleish, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jamie Winstone, Genevieve Nnaji and Zephan Amissah. The movie tells the story of a London-born Nigerian child who voluntarily placed in a white working-class home as part of a 1960s social experiment. Akinnuoye-Agbaje also wrote the screenplay.
Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne Scoring Sam Taylor-Johnson’s ‘A Million Little Pieces’
Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne are scoring the upcoming drama A Million Little Pieces. The film is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey, Nowhere Boy) and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Odessa Young, Dash Mihok, Eugene Byrd, Charles Parnell and David Dastmalchian. The movie is based on James Frey’s 2003 bestselling book and centers on an alcoholic crack addict who finds solace in the company of a past crime lord and a former sex worker, revealing a pathway to renewal and redemption.
Heitor Pereira to Return for ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’
Heitor Pereira is set to return as the composer of the upcoming animated sequel The Angry Birds Movie 2. The film is directed by Thurop Van Orman (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack), co-directed by John Rice and features the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Bill Hader, Danny McBride and Peter Dinklage who will reprise their roles from the 2016 original movie. They are joined by Leslie Jones, Rachel Bloom, Sterling K. Brown, Eugenio Derbez, Zach Woods, Awkwafina, Lil Rel Howery, Dove Cameron, Beck Bennett and Brooklynn Prince.
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Scoring Jonah Hill’s ‘Mid90s’
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have composed the original score for the upcoming coming-of-age comedy drama Mid90s. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Jonah Hill and stars Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Alexa Demie, Katherine Waterston and Olan Prenatt. The movie revolves around a teenage boy who finds his scene when he meets an eclectic group of neighbourhood skateboarders.
Claire M. Singer Scoring Annabel Jankel’s ‘Tell It to the Bees’
Scottish composer/performer Claire M. Singer has made her feature film scoring debut on the upcoming British romantic drama Tell It to the Bees. The film is directed by Annabel Jankel (Super Mario Bros., D.O.A.) and stars Holliday Grainger, Anna Paquin, Emun Elliot, Lauren Lyle and Kate Dickie. The movie is based on the 2009 novel by Fiona Shaw and centers on a a shunned small-town doctor and beekeeper in postwar Britain who befriends a struggling mother and son, helping them discover that love can be found in many forms.