The British electronic music group Hybrid is currently scoring the upcoming thriller Take Down. The film is directed by Jim Gillespie (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Eye See You) and stars Ed Westwick, Jeremy Sumpter, Phoebe Tonkin and Dominic Sherwood. The movie focuses on the wayward sons and daughters of international billionaires, who have been sent by their frustrated parents to a boot camp on a remote island, when they are taken hostage and held for a billion dollar ransom by a group of sophisticated kidnappers. Alexander Ignon (Ransom) has written the screenplay. Sarah Ryan Black (Restoration, 100 Feet) and Ed Elbert (Anna and the King, Martian Child) are producing the Pinewood Pictures production.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker to Score Gavin Hood’s ‘Eye in the Sky’
Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker are reteaming with director Gavin Hood (Ender’s Game, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) on the ucpoming thriller Eye in the Sky. The film stars Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox and Carl Beukes. The movie follows a London-based military intelligence officer who is remotely commanding a top secret drone operation that aims to capture a group of terrorists in Nairobi. Guy Hibbard (Five Minutes of Heaven) has written the screenplay. Actor Colin Firth is producing the project with Ged Doherty and David Lancaster (Nightcrawler, Whiplash).
Philip Glass to Co-Score ‘The Fantastic Four’
Director Josh Trank revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Philip Glass is co-scoring the upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four. The composer will be collaborating with Marco Beltrami who was previously announced to score the film starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey and Tim Blake Nelson. The movie centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways and who must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
T Bone Burnett to Produce ‘Let It Snow’ Soundtrack
T Bone Burnett is set to produce the soundtrack for the upcoming holiday comedy Let It Snow. He will also be serving as the music executive producer of the film, which is directed by Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam, Corrina, Corrina) and stars Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde, Jake Lacy, Alex Borstein and Jon Tenney. The movie follows the exasperated members of an extended family as they attempt to gather for their annual holiday celebration. Steven Rogers (P.S. I Love You) has written the screenplay.
‘Me & Earl and the Dying Girl’ to Feature Music by Brian Eno
Brian Eno has composed the music for the upcoming drama Me & Earl and the Dying Girl. The film is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (American Horror Story, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Glee) and stars Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton and Molly Shannon. The movie through follows a student who is coasting to senior year of high school as anonymously as possible and is forced by his mother to befriend a classmate with leukemia. Jesse Andrews has written the screenplay.
David Holmes Scoring Oliver Hirschbiegel’s ‘Elser (13 Minutes)’
David Holmes is reuniting with Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, The Experiment, The Invasion) on the upcoming German drama Elser (13 Minutes). The film starring Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, David Zimmerschied and Johann von Bülow tells the story of Georg Elser, a German carpenter who had assembled a bomb and plotted an attack on Hitler in November 1939, shortly after the start of World War II. Oliver Schündler & Boris Ausserer of Lucky Bird are producing the project with Fred Breinersdorfer (Sophie School of Delphi. Holmes has previously co-scored Hirschbiegel’s last feature Diana starring Naomi Watts with Keefus Ciancia.
Theodore Shapiro to Score Nancy Meyers’ ‘The Intern’ and Jay Roach’s ‘Trumbo’
Theodore Shapiro has been hired to score the upcoming comedy The Intern. The film is written and directed by Nancy Meyers and stars Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Zack Pearlman, Adam DeVine, Reid Scott, Andrew Rannells, Anders Holm, Nat Wolff, Linda Lavin and Christina Scherer. The movie centers on a 70-year-old widower who discovers that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site. Meyers is also producing the film with Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Captain Phillips) and Suzanne McNeill Farwell.
H. Scott Salinas to Score NBC’s ‘Allegiance’
H. Scott Salinas is composing the music for the upcoming NBC drama Allegiance. The show is created by George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) and stars Hope Davis, Scott Cohen, Gavin Stenhouse, Margarita Levieva, Morgan Spector, Kenneth Choi and Alex Peters. The series follows a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs whose parents and sister are part of a dormant Russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated. Nolfi is also executive producing the Universal Television, Keshet Media and Yes! production with Avi Nir (Homeland, Tyrant), Ron Leshem, Amit Cohen, Giyora Yahalom, Yona Wiesenthal, John Glenn (Hatfield & McCoys, Eagle Eye) and Rashad Raisani.
Christophe Beck to Score ‘Sisters’
Christophe Beck is reteaming with director Jason Moore to score the upcoming comedy Sisters. The film stars Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, John Leguizamo, Dianne Wiest, John Cena and James Brolin. The movie follows two disconnected sisters who are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the house and throw one final party in order to recapture their glory days. Paula Pell (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live) has written the screenplay. Fey is also producing the project with Roach (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents, The Campaign) and John S. Lyons (Boogie Nights, Pieces of April).
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Wim Wenders’ ‘Every Thing Will Be Fine’
Alexandre Desplat is composing the score for the upcoming drama Every Thing Will Be Fine. The film is directed by Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire) and stars James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Robert Naylor. The movie, which was shot in 3D, centers on a writer who accidentally causes the death of a child and follows him through the next twelve years, searching for the footprints of the accident on his life, as well as on the life of the child’s mother. Bjørn-Olaf Johannessen has written the screenplay.