Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrians are composing the music for the upcoming documentary Kailash. The film is directed by Derek Doneen and tells the story of how Kailash Satyarthi built a global movement to rescue children from slavery. Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for ‘Superman’, An Inconvenient Truth, He Named Me Malala) and Sarah Anthony (The Defiant Ones) are producing the project. Kailash will premiere next month at the Sundance Film Festival.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Steve London to Score Robert Budreau’s ‘Stockholm’
Steve London is reuniting with director Robert Budreau on the upcoming thriller Stockholm. The film is written and directed by Budreau and stars Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong and Christopher Heyerdahl. The movie tells the true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm, during which the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities. The director is also producing the project with Nicholas Tabarrok (Defendor, The Art of the Steal) and Jonathan Bronfman (The Void, Edge of Winter).
Danny Mulhern Scoring ‘What They Had’
Danny Mulhern has recently recorded his score for the upcoming drama What They Had. The film is written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko and stars Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, Taissa Farmiga and Josh Lucas. The movie follows a woman who returns home to Chicago at her brother’s urging to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. Keith Kjarval (A Single Shot, Rudderless), Bill Holderman (A Walk in the Woods, The Company You Keep), Albert Berger (Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain), Ron Yerxa (Nebraska, Election, Little Children), Alex Saks & Andrew Duncan (The Florida Project) and Tyler Jackson are producing the project.
Elliott Wheeler Scoring Michael Sucsy’s ‘Every Day’
Elliott Wheeler is scoring the upcoming romantic drama Every Day. The film is directed by Michael Sucsy (The Vow, Grey Gardens) and stars Angourie Rice, Maria Bello, Debby Ryan, Jacob Batalon, Justice Smith, Owen Teague, Lucas Jade Zumann and Colin Ford. The movie is based on David Levithan’s bestselling YA novel and revolves around a shy teenage girl who falls in love with an entity named A, who inhabits a new body of another teenage boy each day. Jesse Andrews (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) wrote the screenplay.
Adrian Johnston Scoring Johannes Roberts’ ‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’
Adrian Johnston is composing the music for the upcoming horror thriller The Strangers: Prey at Night. The film is directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Other Side of the Door) and stars Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison and Lewis Pullman. The movie is inspired by the 2008 feature The Strangers and follows a family that is staying in a secluded mobile home park for the night and is visited by three masked psychopaths. Bryan Bertino who helmed the original movie & Ben Ketai (The Forest, StartUp) wrote the screenplay.
Steven Price Scoring Claire McCarthy’s ‘Ophelia’
Academy Award-winning composer Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Fury) has recently composed the music for the upcoming drama Ophelia. The film is directed by Claire McCarthy (The Waiting City) and stars Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Tom Felton and Devon Terrell. The movie based on Lisa Klein’s 2006 book of the same name is a new take on the Hamlet story and and focuses on Ophelia, the daughter of Claudius’ chief advisor who falls for Hamlet. Semi Chellas (Mad Men) wrote the screenplay.
Dickon Hinchliffe to Score Idris Elba’s ‘Yardie’
Dickon Hinchliffe has been tapped to score the upcoming British drama Yardie. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Idris Elba and stars Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd and Everaldo Cleary. The movie is based on the cult novel by Victor Headley and follows a young Jamaican named “D” who arrives in London in the early 1980s and unexpectedly discovers the man who assassinated his revered brother in Jamaica a decade earlier. Brock Norman Brock (Bronson) and Martin Stellman (For Queen & Country) wrote the screenplay.
Christian Jacob Scoring Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15:17 to Paris’
Christian Jacob has composed the music for the upcoming drama The 15:17 to Paris. The film is directed by Clint Eastwood and stars Anthony Sadler, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, who all play themselves, as well as Jenna Fischer, Judy Greer, Ray Corasani, PJ Byrne, Tony Hale, Thomas Lennon, Paul-Mikél Williams and Bryce Gheisar. The movie tells the true story of three American soldiers who discover a terrorist plot on a Paris-bound train. Dorothy Blyskal wrote the screenplay based on the book by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone & Jeffrey E. Stern.
David Lang Scoring Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife’
David Lang has recently composed the music for the upcoming drama Wildlife. The film marks the directorial debut of actor Paul Dano and stars Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp and Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Richard Ford is set in 1960 Montana and revolves around a boy who witnesses his parent’s marriage falling apart after his mom finds another man. Dano also co-wrote the screenplay with Zoe Kazan. Gyllenhaal is also producing the project with Andrew Duncan & Alex Saks (The Florida Project), Oren Moverman (The Messenger, Rampart), Ann Ruark (The Beaver) and Riva Marker (Beasts of No Nation, Hello, My Name Is Doris).
Junkie XL to Score Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi action movie Alita: Battle Angel. The film is directed by Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico) and stars Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson. The movie is based on the graphic novel series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro and follows a young woman who sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world. James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar) co-wrote the screenplay with Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Terminator Genisys) and Rodriguez. He is also producing the project with Jon Landau.