Max Richter has been hired to score the upcoming romantic thriller Paradise Lost. The movie is written and directed by Andrea di Stefano and stars Josh Hutcherson as a young American surfer who takes a trip to Colombia and falls in love with a beautiful local girl. Their romance seems idyllic until he meets her uncle, drug lord Pablo Escobar, played by Benicio Del Toro. Claudia Traisac, Carlos Bardem, Brian Geraghty and Ana Girardot are co-starring. Dimitri Rassam (Upside Down) is producing the Pathe, Chapter 2, Roxbury Pictures and Nexus Factory production.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Alexandre Azaria & Marc Bell Scoring ‘Brick Mansions’
Alexandre Azaria and Marc Bell are composing the music for the upcoming action thriller Brick Mansions. The film is directed by Camille Delamarre and is an English language remake of Pierre Morel’s 2004 film District B13. The movie stars Paul Walker as an undercover cop who is tasked with going into a tenement named Brick Mansions in order to disarm a neutron bomb that is ticking down. RZA, David Belle and Robert Maillet are co-starring. Luc Besson has written the screenplay with Robert Mark Kamen (Taken) and is also producing the EuropaCorp and Relativity Media production with Ryan Kavanaugh & Tucker Tooley (The Fighter, Limitless) and Christophe Lambert.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to Score David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’
Trent Reznor has announced on Twitter that he is reuniting with composer Atticus Ross to score David Fincher’s upcoming thriller Gone Girl. The film is based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn and stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit and Carrie Coon. The movie follows a woman who disappears on the day of her fifth wedding anniversary. Flynn has also written the screenplay and Fincher is producing the project with Pacific Standard’s Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea (Warm Bodies, All Good Things). Reznor and Ross have previously written the music for Fincher’s The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and received an Academy Award for their work on the former project.
Carter Burwell to Score Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’
Carter Burwell is attached to score the upcoming drama Carol. The film is directed by Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, I’m Not There) and is set to star Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. The movie based on the novella by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley) is set in 1950s New York and follows a 20-something clerk working in a department store and dreaming of a better life who falls for an older, married woman. Phyllis Nagy (Mrs. Harris) has adapted Highsmith’s novel for the screen. Elizabeth Karlsen (Byzantium, Made in Dagenheim) and Stephen Woolley (Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game) are producing the project for Number 9 Films and Christine Vacho (Far from Heaven, Boys Don’t Cry) is producing for Killer Films.
Eric Neveux Scoring ‘Two Men in Town’
Eric Neveux has composed the score for the upcoming drama Two Men in Town. The film is directed by Rachid Bouchareb (Days of Glory) and stars Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Ellen Burstyn, Brenda Blethyn and Luis Guzman. The movie is based on a novel by and follows an ex-convict who gets a second chance, but the local law wants to send him back to prison. Bouchareb has written the screenplay with Olivier Lorelle (Days of Glory) and novelist Yasmina Khadra (The Attack). Jean Brehat (Outside the Law, The Attack) is producing the project with Allen Bain. The movie marks the French composer’s second major English language feature project following Bouchareb’s drama Just Like a Woman starring Sienna Miller, which opened in the U.S. last year.
Danny Elfman to Score ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Danny Elfman has been tapped to score the upcoming film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The film is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy) and stars Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Luke Grimes, Eloise Mumford, Jennifer Ehle, Max Martini, Rita Ora and Marcia Gay Harden. The movie based on the bestselling book by E.L. James follows the relationship of 27-year-old billionaire Grey and college student Anastasia Steele. Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks) has adapted the material for the screen. Michael De Luca (Captain Phillips, Moneyball) and Dana Brunetti (The Social Network, 21) are producing the Focus Features and Universal Pictures production.
Christopher Lennertz to Return for ‘Horrible Bosses 2’
Christopher Lennertz is set to score the upcoming comedy sequel Horrible Bosses 2. The film is directed by Sean Anders (Sex Drive) and stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx and Kevin Spacey who reprise their characters from the original film. They are joined by Chris Pine and Christoph Waltz. In the sequel, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. Anders & John Morris (We’re the Millers) have written the screnplay with John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2). Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, X-Men: The Last Stand) is producing the project with Jay Stern (After the Sunset), John Morris, John Rickard and Chris Bender (We’re the Millers, The Butterfly Effect).
‘The Case Against 8’ to Feature Music by Blake Neely
Blake Neely has composed the music for the upcoming documentary The Case Against 8. The film is directed by Ben Cotner & Ryan White (Good Ol’ Freda, Pelada) and centers on the Landmark Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The movie was shot over five years and offers insight into our justice system and the often mysterious process of taking a case to the Supreme Court. Sheila Nevins is executive producing the project. The Case Against 8 is set to premiere later this week at the Sundance Film Festival and will air on HBO later this year.
James Newton Howard Scoring ‘Cut Bank’
James Newton Howard is composing the score for the upcoming thriller Cut Bank. The film is directed by Matt Shakman (Mad Men, Six Feet Under) and stars Liam Hemsworth, John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton, Teresa Palmer, Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt and Michael Stuhlbarg. The movie follows a former-athlete-turned-auto-mechanic who dreams of getting out of Cut Bank, Montana, but his efforts to do so set in motion a deadly series of events that change his life and the character of the town forever. Roberto Patino (Sons of Anarchy) has written the screenplay. Laura Rister (Lovelace), Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, Glory), Dan Cohen (The Spectacular Now) and Mickey Barold (Barry Munday) are producing the Killburn Media production.
Ben Lovett Scoring ‘Don Peyote’
Ben Lovett is the composer of the upcoming indie comedy Don Peyote. The film is written and directed by Dan Fogler and Michael Canzoniero. Fogler also stars in the movie alongside Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel, Kelly Hutchinson and Wallace Shawn. Anne Hathaway and Topher Grace will make a special appearance. The comedy follows an unemployed stoner who encounters a homeless man preaching the end is near and becomes obsessed with doomsday theories and decides to make a documentary on the subject. Stuart Braunstein, Luke Daniels, Thomas Sullivan and Carlos Velasquez (The Lifeguard) are producing the Studio 13 and Tunnel production.