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Dascha Dauenhauer Scoring Guy Nattiv’s ‘The Liberation’

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Composer Dascha Dauenhauer (Berlin Alexanderplatz, Islands, The Swarm, 22 Lanes, Blood Red Sky, A Million Minutes, Bliss, Souls) is reteaming with director Guy Nattiv (Skin) on the upcoming drama The Liberation. The film is co-written (with Noa Berman Herzberg) and directed by Nattiv and stars Carrie Coon, Lily James, Bella Ramsey, Tracy Letts, Odessa Young and Jaime Ray Newman. The movie is inspired by the true story of the director’s grandmother whose humdrum day-to-day life is upended by a mysterious and entrancing young woman offering the promise of escape to something better.

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George Fenton Scoring Trudie Styler’s ‘Up Against It’

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George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Hitch, Ever After: A Cinderella Story, The Lady in the Van) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming British comedy Up Against It. The film is directed by Trudie Styler (Freak Show, The Sweatbox) and stars Antonio Banderas, Forest Whitaker, Úrsula Corberó, Eva Birthistle, Eden Hamilton and Arinzé Kene. The movie follows a a long-divorced and estranged couple who must reunite for an unexpected mission: having another child to save their teenage daughter’s future.

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Arthur Sharpe Scoring Wayne Wang’s ‘Diary of a Mad Old Man’

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Arthur Sharpe (Landscapers, Guilt, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Ghosts, Flowers, Prime Target, Dreamland) has provided the original score for the upcoming drama Diary of a Mad Old Man. The film is directed by Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club, Maid in Manhattan) and stars Gabriel Byrne, Fan Bingbing and Lily Frank. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki and follows an aging widower who gets drawn into an unnervingly intimate relationship with his caregiver daughter-in-law.

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Mondo Boys Scoring Kyle Rankin’s ‘Run Hide Fight: Infidels’

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Mondo Boys (She Dies Tomorrow, The Jinx, Phoenix Forgotten, The Girlfriend Experience, Fatman, Borderland, Silk Road, Red Right Hand) are returning to score the upcoming action thriller Run Hide Fight: Infidels. The film is written and directed by Kyle Rankin (The Roughneck) and stars Jonathan Majors, David Lucas, JC Kilcoyne, Tyler Aser, Savanna Leigh James, James Bingham, Stephen Hailo, Jason Gray-Stanford, Myles Clohessy and Darby Cappillino. The movie follows a group of students, a Delta Force veteran and a security guard who must arm themselves to protect American soil when a group of radical Islamic terrorists hijack a liberal college encampment to enforce Sharia law.

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Marcelo Zarvos Scoring Marissa Chibás’ ‘1972’

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Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Kpop Demon Hunters, Wonder, The Good Shepherd, May December, Emancipation, The Affair, Nonnas, Ray Donovan) has been tapped to score the upcoming Cuban-American drama 1972. The film is written and directed by Marissa Chibás and stars Yul Vazquez, Cheryl Umaña, José Zúñiga, Bryanna Marie Felipe, Sienna Oquendo, Krizia Bajos, Orlando Pinedala, Kelvin Han Yee, Aixa Clemente, Yareli Arizmendi, Adam Peltier, Paige McGhee, Damian Darnell Lewis, Gia Ochsenbein and Gary Guerrier. The movie revolves around a Cuban exile faces the onslaught of a defiant daughter, a rogue hamster, a charismatic and provocative novelist friend, and her worst fears of losing hope and never returning to her homeland at her New Year’s Eve party in 1972.

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Mondo Boys Scoring Joshua Giuliano’s ‘River’

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Mondo Boys (She Dies Tomorrow, Fatman, The Jinx, Phoenix Forgotten, The Girlfriend Experience, Borderland, Red Right Hand, Silk Road) have composed the original score for the upcoming survival slasher River. The film is written and directed by Joshua Giuliano and stars Jessica Rothe, Jane Levy, Dane DiLiegro and Max Mattern. The movie follows three embittered siblings who reunite in their hometown after the death of their father to scatter his ashes at his favorite spot on a remote river, but the trip devolves into a waking nightmare when they realize they’re being stalked by a masked killer who has emerged from the woods.

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Stephen Lukach Scoring Mike P. Nelson’s ‘Beware Boiúna’

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Composer Stephen Lukach (Sneaky Pete, Meet Cute, Homicide, Far Cry 6: Special Operations, Skull and Bones) is reuniting with director Mike P. Nelson (Silent Night, Deadly Night) on the upcoming horror thriller Beware Boiúna. The movie starring Jessica Rothe, Kiana Madeira & Logan Marshall-Green follows a team of doctors on a medical mission that spirals into a fight for survival when the titular colossal ancient predator awakens to reclaim her domain. Tony Giglio (Chaos, Death Race 2) wrote the screenplay with Alan McElroy (Spawn, Wrong Turn).

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Dominic Lewis Scoring Tommy Wirkola’s ‘Violent Night 2’

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Dominic Lewis (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, Peter Rabbit, Karate Kid: Legends, The King’s Man, The Man in the High Castle, Dope Thief, Money Monster, Spirited) is returning to score the upcoming action comedy Violent Night 2. The film is directed by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow) and stars David Harbour, Kristen Bell, Jared Harris, Maxwell Friedman, Joe Pantoliano, Daniela Melchior and Andrew Bachelor. The sequel follows Santa as he finds himself in the heart of a lively mall community in desperate need of his help and has to call in some last-minute reinforcements from the one person no baddie wants to tangle with: Mrs. Claus.

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Adam Egypt Mortimer’s ‘Pathetic Fallacy’ to Feature Original Score by Johnny Jewel and Songs by Kid Cudi

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Johnny Jewel (Bronson, Lost River, Don’t Come Back from the Moon, Holly, Those Who Kill) has been hired to score the upcoming indie supernatural thriller Pathetic Fallacy. The film is directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real, Archenemy) and stars Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Jessica Rothe, Travis Fimmel and Natasha Lyonne. Cudi is also contributing original songs to the movie, which follows a young widower who travels to a new-age mountain town in search of cosmic answers, but instead finds an outlandish murderer and a forest of demonic spirits who offer a horrific bargain: the power to cheat death at a nightmarish cost.

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Kris Bowers Scoring Alyce Tzue’s & John Ripa’s ‘Steps’

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This past week, Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot, Bridgerton, GOAT, Green Book, Spider-Noir, Haunted Mansion, The Color Purple, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Dear White People) has been recording his score for the upcoming Netflix original animated film Steps. The movie is directed by Alyce Tzue & John Ripa (Raya and the Last Dragon) and stars Ali Wong, Amanda Seyfried, Stephanie Hsu, Daniel Radcliffe, Nikki Glaser, Young Mazino, Peter Dinklage and Bette Midler. The animated comedy tells the story of a misunderstood young woman who is blamed for hijacking the Royal Ball with a stolen magic wand and – after accidentally turning her sister into a frog – must team up with Cinderella (and a surprisingly dreamy troll) to save the kingdom.

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