Archive for the ‘Film Scoring Assignments’ Category

Bear McCreary has signed on to score the upcoming horror thriller The Boy. The film is directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside, Stay Alive) and stars Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. The movie follows a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family’s 8-year-old […]

Craig Armstrong has been tapped to score the upcoming drama Me Before You. The film is directed by Thea Sharrock (The Hollow Crown: Henry V) and stars Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Brendan Coyle, Matthew Lewis, Samantha Spiro, Vanessa Kirby, Jenna Coleman, Charles Dance, Stephen Peacock and Ben Lloyd-Hughes. The movie is based on the novel […]

Michael Giacchino is currently composing the music for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Zootopia. The film is directed by Byron Howard (Tangled, Bolt) & Rich Moore (Wreck-It-Ralph) and features the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate and Tommy Chong. The movie is set in a civilization led by animals devoid of human interference, complete with habitat neighborhoods like ritzy […]

Alexis & Sam to Score ‘Equity’

Posted: October 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Alexis & Sam have signed on to score the upcoming wall street drama Equity. The film is directed by Meera Menon and stars Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Carrie Preston, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner. The movie centers on a female investment banker who is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption, forcing her […]

Nathaniel Mechaly Scoring ‘Shut In’

Posted: October 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Nathaniel Mechaly is composing the music for the upcoming psychological thriller Shut In. The film is directed by Farren Blackburn (Hammer of the Gods) and stars Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, Charlie Heaton, David Cubitt and Jacob Tremblay. The movie follows a widowed child psychologist who lives in isolation in rural New England and must find a way to rescue a young boy caught […]

John Moreland to Score ‘Boomtown’

Posted: October 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Star Fly LLC announced today that John Moreland is set to compose the music for the upcoming drama Boomtown. The film is directed by Sabyn Mayfield and stars Tyler Riggs, Boyd Holbrook, Rachel Brosnahan and Jocelin Donahue. The movie is set in Williston, North Dakota, home of the modern day Gold Rush and follows a man who leaves his family […]

Singer/songwriter has been tapped to score the upcoming boxing drama Bleed for This. The film is written and directed by Ben Younger (Boiler Room, Prime) and stars Miles Teller as boxer Vinny Pazienza and Aaron Eckhart as his trainer Kevin Rooney. Katey Sagal, Amanda Clayton and Ciaran Hinds are co-starring.  The movie tells the story of the world champion fighter and his […]

Terence Blanchard is currently recording his score for Spike Lee’s upcoming drama Chi-Raq. The movie stars Teyohonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, La La Anthony, John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Lennix and Steve Harris. The film has been described as a modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek […]

Danny Elfman revealed in an interview with L.A. Weekly that he is working on David O. Russell’s upcoming drama Joy. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini and Elisabeth Röhm. The movie tells the true story of a struggling Long Island single mom who […]

Harry Escott Scoring ‘Damascus Cover’

Posted: October 26, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Harry Escott has recently recorded his music for the upcoming British spy thriller Damascus Cover. The film is directed by Daniel Zelik Berk and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, John Hurt, Igal Naor, Jurgen Prochnow and Navid Negahban. The movie is based on Howard Kaplan’s best-selling 1977 novel and follows a spy who navigates the precarious terrain […]