Jeff Danna is reteaming with Tim Blake Nelson on the upcoming indie drama Anesthesia. The film is written and directed by Nelson and stars Glenn Close, Sam Waterston, Gretchen Mol, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Katie Chang, Michael K. Williams, Gloria Reuben, Jessica Hecht, Mickey Sumner and K. Todd Freeman. The movie follows a group of New Yorkers whose lives intersect after the violent mugging of a popular Columbia University philosophy professor. Nelson is also producing the project with Julie Buck, Josh Hetzler and Christopher Scott. Danna has previously collaborated with the actor-turned-director on the 2009 comedy drama Leaves of Grass starring Edward Norton and on the 2001 drama O starring Julia Stiles & Josh Hartnett.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
‘Let’s Be Cops’ to Feature Music by Christophe Beck & Jake Monaco
Christophe Beck and Jake Monaco have composed the score for the upcoming action comedy Let’s Be Cops. The film is directed by Luke Greenfield (The Girl Next Door, Something Borrowed) and stars Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Johnson, Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D’Arcy and Andy Garcia. The movie follows two struggling pals who dress as police officers for a costume party and get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives. Greenfield has also co-written the screenplay with Nick Thomas and is producing the project with Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Elysium).
Hans Zimmer to Score ‘Batman vs. Superman’
Hans Zimmer revealed in an interview with Digital Spy that he is set to reunite with Zack Snyder on Batman vs. Superman. The composer who scored last year’s Man of Steel for the director confirmed that he will begin working on the film after finishing his score for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. The currently untitled sequel stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane and Laurence Fishburne who will reprise their characters from Man of Steel. They are joined by Ben Affleck who will portray Batman, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth. Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey and Tao Okamoto have also recently been cast. Chris Terrio (Argo) is writing the screenplay based on a story by Snyder & David Goyer.
Alex Heffes to Score Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong Biopic
Alex Heffes has signed on to score Stephen Frears’ upcoming currently untitled biopic about Lance Armstrong. The film stars Ben Foster, Lee Pace, Dustin Hoffman, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet and Jesse Plemons are co-starring. The movie is based on the book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh and chronicles the rise and fall of the pro-cyclist through the 90s and early 2000s. John Hodge (The Beach, Trainspotting) has written the screenplay. Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Atonement, Les Miserables, Frost/Nixon) are producing the Working Title and Studiocanal production with Tracey Seaward (Philomena) and Kate Solomon (United 93).
Asche & Spencer Scoring ‘Fort Bliss’
Asche & Spencer have composed the music for the upcoming indie drama Fort Bliss. The film is written and directed by Claudia Myers (Kettle of Fish) and stars Michelle Monaghan, Ron Livingston, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Freddy Rodriguez. The movie follows a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother who returns home from an extended tour in Afghanistan to face a troubled relationship with her 5-year-old son. John Sullivan, Adam Silver, Brendan McDonald and Myers are producing the Voltage Pictures production. Matt Chesse (World War Z, Quantum of Solace) serves as a co-editor and executive producer.
Rachel Portman to Score ‘Dolphin Tale 2’
Rachel Portman has been tapped to score the upcoming family movie sequel Dolphin Tale 2. The film is written and directed by Charles Martin Smith and stars Harry Connick, Jr., Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Kris Kristofferson, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Austin Stowell. The sequel takes place a couple of years after the first movie and follows the team at Clearwater on a search to find a companion for Winter before they lose her to another aquarium. Broderick Johnson & Andrew A. Kosove (Prisoners, The Blind Side, The Book of Eli) is producing the Alcon Entertainment production with Richard Ingber.
Victor Reyes Scoring ‘The Atticus Institute’
Victor Reyes has recently composed the score for the supernatural thriller The Atticus Institute. The film written and directed by Chris Sparling (ATM) is set in 1976 and revolves around a parapsychology lab which uncovered the supernatural abilities of Judith Winstead, a patient possessed with dark forces. The movie’s cast includes Rya Kihlstedt, Aaron Craven, William Mapother and Laurent Rubin. Peter Safran (The Conjuring, Meet the Spartans, Vampires Suck) is producing the project. Reyes has previously scored the Safran-produced and Sparling-scripted thriller Buried starring Ryan Reynolds.
Kasper Winding Scoring ‘The Salvation’ and Lone Scherfig’s ‘Posh’
Kasper Winding has recently recorded his score for the upcoming western The Salvation at Abbey Road Studios in London. The film is directed by Kristian Levring (Fear Me Not) and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Cantona, Mikael Persbrandt, Douglas Henshall and Michael Raymond-James. The movie is set in 1870s America where a settler kills his family’s murderer and unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. Levring has co-written the screenplay with Anders Thomas Jensen (In a Better World, Brothers). Sisse Graum Jørgensen (The Hunt, A Royal Affair) is producing the project for Zentropa Productions.
Heather McIntosh to Score ‘Z for Zachariah’
Heather McIntosh has signed on to score the upcoming sci-fi thriller Z for Zachariah. The film is directed by Craig Zobel and stars Chris Pine, Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The movie based on the novel by Robert O’Brien of the same title is set in a post-apocalyptic world and follows a young woman who lives on a farm believing she is the last of the human race and whose world is turned upside down when two strangers wander in from the forest. Nissar Modi has written the Black List-honored screenplay. Tobey Maguire & Matthew Plouffe are producing the project for Material Pictures, alongside Skuli Malmquist & Thor Sigurjonsson for Zik Zak Filmworks and Joni Sighvatsson (Brothers, K-19: The Widowmaker) for Palomar Pictures.
Martin Phipps Scoring ‘The Honourable Woman’ and ‘X Plus Y’
Martin Phipps is composing the music for the upcoming mini-series The Honourable Woman. The eight-part drama is created by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line, Up in Town) and stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed her father’s assassination. Stephen Rea, Lindsay Duncan, Janet McTeer, Andrew Buchan, Katherine Parkinson, Lubna Azbal, Tobias Menzies, Igal Naor, Eve Best and Genevieve O’Reilly are co-starring. Blick is also executive producing the Sundance and BBC Worldwide North America production with Greg Brenman (Billy Elliot) and Abi Bach (Small Island).