Matador Records has released the original song Let Me Sell You a Dream from the documentary Musk. The track written by Talking Heads’ David Byrne &. the film’s composer Daniel Pemberton (Project Hail Mary, Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Musk is directed by Alex Gibney and takes a look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live in.
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Peter Nashel Scoring HBO’s ‘The Dark Money Game’
Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, Book Club, Mike, The Night Listener, Bee Season, Alaska Daily) has composed the original score for the new HBO documentary The Dark Money Game. The 2-parter features two films, Ohio Confidential & Wealth of the Wicked, written and directed by Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks) who investigates the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising fifteen years after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizen’s United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns. The movies sare inspired by Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right and features interviews with journalists including Mayer herself, as well as lawmakers, FBI investigators, judges, whistleblowers, and insiders on both sides of the issue.
Will Bates Scoring Alexis Bloom’s ‘The Bibi Files’
Will Bates (Dumb Money, The Magicians, Immaculate, Unbelievable, I Origins, Away, The Path, The Looming Tower, Bliss) is scoring the upcoming documentary The Bibi Files. The film is directed by Alexis Bloom and tells the backstory behind Israeli prime minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial and how it is informing his current actions. The movie features never-before-seen leaked footage and new interviews with key Israeli figures, including Netanyahu’s former spokesman Nir Hefetz,f ormer prime minister Ehud Olmert and former Shin Bet leader Ami Ayalon.
Peter Nashel Scoring HBO’s ‘The Crime of the Century’
Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, The Night Listener, Book Club, Bee Season) has composed the original score for the new HBO documentary The Crime of the Century. The 2-parter is directed by Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and explores the origins, extent, and fallout of the opioid crisis, one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time, with half a million deaths from overdoses this century alone. Gibney is also producing the project with Sarah Dowland and Svetlana Zill.
‘Totally Under Control’ Soundtrack Released
Node Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Totally Under Control. The album features the film’s original music composed by Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, Book Club, The Night Listener, Bee Season) & Brian Deming (Dig Two Graves). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the soundtrack. Totally Under Control is directed by Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan & Suzanne Hillinger and focuses on the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic crisis in the US. The movie features testimony from public health officials and examines how nine months into the coronavirus pandemic has told two completely different stories across China and the U.S.
Peter Nashel Scoring Alex Gibney’s ‘Totally Under Control’
Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Book Club, Marco Polo, The Night Listener, Bee Season) is scoring the upcoming documentary Totally Under Control. The film is directed by Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks), Ophelia Harutyunyan & Suzanne Hillinger and centers on the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic crisis in the US. The movie, which features testimony from public health officials, dates back to this past January when the U.S. and South Korea both discovered their first cases and how nine months later the coronavirus pandemic has told two completely different stories across the two countries.
Will Bates Scoring Michael Tyburski’s ‘The Sound of Silence’
Will Bates (The Looming Tower, The Path, I Origins, The Magicians, Nightflyers) is composing the original score for the upcoming indie drama The Sound of Silence. The film is directed by Michael Tyburski and stars Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Tony Revolori and Austin Pendleton. The movie revolves around a successful “house tuner” in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people’s homes in order to adjust their moods, as he meets a client with a problem he can’t solve.
Will Bates Scoring ‘Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes’
Will Bates (The Path, The Looming Tower, I Origins) has recently scored the upcoming documentary Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Alexis Bloom and charts the rise and fall of the late Republican Party booster and controversial Fox News mogul who went down in flames amid multiple sexual harassment allegations. Bloom is also producing the project with Will Cohen.
‘Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Bates (Another Earth, I Origins, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 17, 2015 and physically on April 7. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Going Clear directed by Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side) is based on the book by Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright and profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, whose most prominent adherents include A-list Hollywood celebrities, shining a light on how the church cultivates true believers, detailing their experiences and what they are willing to do in the name of religion.
‘We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks’ Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. The album features the film’s original music by Fall On Your Sword (Another Earth, Lola Versus). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is helmed by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and details the creation of Julian Assange’s controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released on May 24, 2013 in New York and Los Angeles by Focus World before expanding to more cities on May 31. A release on digital platforms including VOD is set for June 7.