Multi-instrumentalist, artist, music producer and composer Yuli has made her feature scoring debut on the upcoming Netflix original film Don’t Say Good Luck. The movie is directed by Julia Hart (I’m Your Woman, Stargirl) and stars Sunny Sandler, Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Steve Buscemi, Bebe Neuwirth, Jack Champion, Stephanie Beatriz, Jon Lovitz, Scarlett Estevez and Emma McNulty. Nick Baxter serves as the executive music producer of the coming-of-age dramedy, which follows a teenager who is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical, until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the stage.
Category: Film Scoring Assignments
Este Haim & Christopher Stracey Scoring Will Gluck’s ‘One Night Only’
Este Haim (of HAIM) (Maid, Voicemails for Isabelle, Do Revenge, Tow, You’re So Not Invited to My Bar Mitzvah) & Christopher Stracey (Cha Cha Real Smooth, Manodrome, Fingernails, Suncoast) have teamed up to score the upcoming romantic comedy One Night Only. The film is directed by Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit, Easy A) and stars Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, Ziwe, King Princess, Molly Ringwald, Ben Marshall and Levar Burton. The movie follows two love-starved strangers who crash into each other in an ever-so-slightly fictionalized New York City on the one night of the year when single people are allowed to have sex.
Cristobal Tapia de Veer Scoring Michael Dowse’s ‘The Stunt Driver’
Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus, Smile, Utopia, Babygirl, The Third Day, Lord of the Flies, The Girl with All the Gifts, National Treasure) has composed the original score for the upcoming Canadian comedy The Stunt Driver. The film is written and directed by Michael Dowse (Stuber, What If) and stars Jay Baruchel, Laurence Leboeuf, Ben Foster, Dan Bakkedahl and Ed Helms. The movie is set in the mid-70s and recounts the true underdog story of Ken Carter, the Canadian world champion stunt driver who battles personal demons and public doubt to attempt what everyone considers impossible – a mile-long jump across the St. Lawrence river in a rocket car.
Toby Genkel’s ‘High in the Clouds’ to Feature Themes by Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney has composed the themes for the upcoming animated feature High in the Clouds. The Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter who was previously announced to contribute original songs to the film is also receiving credit for providing the themes to the score (presumably based on his songs) according to producer Nicolas Atlan who shared images from last week’s scoring sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London on social media. Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Star Trek, The Incredibles, The Batman, Ratatouille, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Jurassic World) has composed the score for the movie directed by Toby Genkel (The Amazing Maurice, Two by Two: Overboard!) and starring Himesh Patel, Celine Dion, Hannah Waddingham, McCartney himself, Lionel Richie, Ringo Starr, Idris Elba, Clémence Poésy, Jimmy Fallon, Pom Klementieff and Alain Chabat. The animated musical tells the story of a teenage squirrel who embarks on an extraordinary journey to set music free after he accidentally sparked a revolution against the bossy diva-owl who has banned all music from his town.
Thomas Newman Scoring John Madden’s ‘Onwards and Sideways’
Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, Road to Perdition, 1917, Wall-E, The Horse Whisperer, Meet Joe Black, Elemental, Bridge of Spies) has provided the original score for the upcoming British drama Onwards and Sideways. The film is directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Quills) and stars Rhys Ifans, Laura Linney, Monica Dolan and Rory Kinnear. The movie explores the relationship between the deputy head of a primary school and composer and single mother of two daughters who are confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Anthony McCarten’s ‘The Price of Peace’
Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Mulan, Gladiator II, The Meg, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run) is attached to score the upcoming period political thriller The Price of Peace. The film is directed by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour) and stars Guy Pearce as Harry S. Truman, Jared Harris as Winston Churchill, Merab Ninidze as Joseph Stalin, Mia Threapleton as Mary Churchill and Danny Huston as General Groves. The movie explores the pivotal 1945 Potsdam Conference where the fate of post-war Germany, Europe and the world was decided.
Tom Hodge Scoring Kevin Macdonald’s ‘The Runner’
Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Ipcress File, Cleaner, Name Me Lawand, Je Suis Karl) has composed the original music for the British psychological thriller The Runner. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void) and stars Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot and Alfred Enoch. The movie follows a high-powered lawyer at the top of London’s legal world who finds out that her son be been taken during her routine morning run and is forced to sprint through the city and obey a series of sinister commands to bring him back.
The Octopus Project Scoring David & Nathan Zellner’s ‘Alpha Gang’
The experimental band The Octopus Project is reteaming with directors David & Nathan Zellner on the upcoming sci-fi comedy Alpha Gang. The film is written by David Zellner and stars Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, Dave Bautista, Lily-Rose Depp, Léa Seydoux, Adria Arjona, Riley Keough, Doona Bae and Kelvin Harrison Jr. The movie follows the titular group of humanoid aliens who disguise themselves as 1950s bikers to invade Earth, but their conquest plan derails when they experience human emotions, complicating their mission.
Terence Blanchard Scoring Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘Children of Blood and Bone’
Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, 25th Hour, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Red Tails) has been hired to score the upcoming fantasy adventure Children of Blood and Bone. The film is co-written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard, Beyond the Lights) and stars Thuso Mbedu, Tosin Cole, Amandla Stenberg, Cynthia Erivo, Damson Idris, Lashana Lynch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Regina King, Idris Elba and Viola Davis. The movie based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Tomi Adeyemi is set in an African fantasy kingdom and tells the story of a young woman who goes on a quest to reclaim the magic that was violently stolen from her people..
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’
Composer Daniel Pemberton (Project Hail Mary, Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Masters of the Universe, The Bad Guys, Materialists, Birds of Prey) is reuniting with director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later…) on the upcoming biographical drama Ink. The film is based on the play of the same title by James Graham (Dear England, Sherwood) and stars Jack O’Connell as The Sun editor Larry Lamb, Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and Claire Foy as Jules Davies. The movie tells the story of a group of visionaries and misfits who had an idea for a new kind of news – one that would give people what they want and would change the face of the world we live in today.