James L. Venable is currently scoring the upcoming horror spoof sequel Scary Movie 5. The comedy is directed by Malcolm Lee (Undercover Brother, The Best Man) and stars Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Erica Ash, J.P. Manoux, Molly Shannon, Terry Crews, Heather Locklear, Charlie Sheen, Lindsey Lohan and Chris Elliott. David Zucker (Airplane, the Naked Gun) has co-written the screenplay with Pat Proft (Police Academy) and is also producing the Dimension Films production with Phil Dornfeld. Venable has previously scored the last two parts in the Scary Movie series and followed David Kitay has composed the score for the original movie and Marco Beltrami who scored the first sequel.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Dirk Brossé Scoring Roland Joffé’s ‘Singularity’
Dirk Brossé is composing the score for the upcoming romantic adventure Singularity. The film is directed by Roland Joffé (The Mission, The Killing Fields) and stars Josh Hartnett, Tamsin Egerton, Bipasha Basu and Abhay Deol. The movie follows a marine archaeologist who is left brain dead after a dangerous dive to save his wife while exploring an 18th century merchant ship wreckage. Joffé has also written the screenplay based on a story by Ajey Jhankar. Paul Breuls & Catherine Vandeleene (The Devil’s Double) are producing the Corsan production with Guy J. Louthan (The Bounty Hunter) and Dale G. Bradley.
Alex Heffes to Score ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’
Alex Heffes has been hired to score the upcoming biographical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The film is directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) and stars Idris Elba in the title role as the South African civil rights leader and Naomie Harris as Nelson Mandela’s wife, Winnie. Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Zolani Mkiva, Jamie Bartlett, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Deon Lotz and Terry Pheto are co-starring. William Nicholson (Gladiator, Les Miserables) has written the screenplay based on Mandela’s autobiography. The movie is produced by Anant Singh (Pulse) who started communicating with Mandela about making a film based on his life while he was still in prison and acquired the film rights to Mandela’s book at the time of its publication in 1996. Heffes has previously collaborated with Chadwick on his previous feature The First Grader.
Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser Scoring Roland Emmerich’s ‘White House Down’
Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser are currently composing the score for the upcoming action thriller White House Down. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Stargate) and stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Richard Jenkins, Joey King and Rachelle Lefevre. The movie follows a Secret Service agent who is tasked with rescuing the president from a paramilitary group that has taken over the White House. James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, Zodiac) has written the screenplay. Kloser also serves as producer on the film alongside Emmerich, Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer & Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island) and Larry Franco (Batman Begins, Hulk).
Michael Giacchino to Score ‘Jupiter Ascending’
Michael Giacchino is set to reunite with Lana and Andy Wachowski on their upcoming sci-fi action tentpole Jupiter Ascending. The film stars Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Tuppence Middleton and Sean Bean. The movie is set in a time where humans are at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder and are watched by higher forms of life and follows a woman who has been targeted for assassination by the Queen of the Universe. The Wachowskis are writing, producing and directing the Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures production, which is set to shoot this spring. Giacchino has previously collaborated with the Wachowskis on the 2008 feature Speed Racer.
Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau to Score ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’
Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau have signed on to score and write songs for the upcoming comedy sequel Anchorman: The Legend Continues. The film is directed by Adam McKay and stars Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, David Koechner and Paul Rudd who reprise their characters from the original movie. They are joined by new cast members Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Dylan Baker and Meagan Good. Judd Apatow returns as a producer of the Gary Sanchez and Apatow Productions project. Feltenstein & Nau have previously scored Casa De Mi Padre and Bachelorette for Ferrell’s production company. Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins) scored the original 2004 film. Anchorman: The Legend Continues is set to be released on December 20, 2013 by Paramount Pictures.
‘Little Boy’ to Feature Music by Stephan Altman and Mark Foster
Stephan Altman and Mark Foster have composed the score for the upcoming drama Little Boy. The film is directed by Alejandro Monteverde and stars Jakob Salvati, Kevin James, Emily Watson, Michael Rappaport, David Henrie, Tom Wilkinson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Sean Astin, Ben Chaplin and Ted Levine. The movie follows an eight-year-old boy who tries bring his father back from World War II. Monteverde has written the screenplay with Pepe Portillo and Leo Severino is producing the Metanoia Films production with Eduardo Verastegui who also stars in the movie.
Andrew Lockington to Score ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’
Andrew Lockington has been tapped to score the upcoming fantasy adventure sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. The film is directed by Thor Freudenthal (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Hotel for Dogs) and stars Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Jake Abel, Leven Rambin, Stanley Tucci, Sean Bean, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Head, Missi Pyle, Yvette Nicole Brown and Mary Birdsong. The movie follows Percy Jackson and his friends head into the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece. Karen Rosenfelt (Twilight series), Chris Columbus & Mark Radcliffe (Harry Potter series) and Michael Barnathan (The Help, Night at the Museum) are producing the Fox 2000 Pictures production. Composer Christophe Beck scored the 2010 original film directed by Columbus.
Patrick Cassidy Scoring John Michael McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’
Patrick Cassidy is currently recording his score for the Calvary. The film is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and stars Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly, David Wilmo, Chris O’Dowd, Domhnall Gleeson and Aidan Gillen. The movie follows a priest who is being tormented by his community and is told in the confessional that somebody is going to kill him within a week. The Reprisal Films production is produced by Chris Clark (Johnny English Reborn), Flora Fernandez-Marengo (The Guard) and Elizabeth Eves. The film marks McDonagh’s second directorial effort following 2011’s Brendan Gleeson-starring The Guard, which featured a score by Calexico. Cassidy is best known for composing the piece Vide Cor Meum for Ridley Scott’s Hannibal, which was also used in the director’s Kingdom of Heaven.
‘Mindless Behavior: All Around the World’ to Feature Music by Ryan Shore
Ryan Shore has composed the score for the concert documentary Mindless Behavior: All Around the World. The film is directed by Steven Goldfried and centers on the hit teen R&B/hip-hop boy band Mindless Behavior. The movie follows the band’s members Roc Royal, Ray Ray, Princeton and Prodigy as they travel across the US on their first major headlining tour. Brian Robbins (Varsity Blues, Smallville), Joe Davola and Walter M. Millsap III are producing the project. The Grammy-nominated composer, whose previous credits include such films as Prime, Harvard Man, Numb and the recent video game Spy Hunter, has written a multi-styled score ranging from hip hop, R&B and pop music, to orchestra, guitar and solo piano based emotional scoring for Mindless Behavior: All Around the World. The documentary will be released in AMC Theaters nationwide on March 15, 2013.