David Hirschfelder (Shine, Elizabeth, Australia, The Railway Man, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, Sanctum) has composed the original music for the upcoming Australian sci-fi thriller Ascendant. The film is directed by Anthony Furlong and stars Charlotte Best, Jonny Pasvolsky, Alex Menglet, Susan Prior, Justin Stewart Cotta and Tahlia Sturzaker. The movie centers on a woman who gets kidnapped and held hostage in a high-speed elevator in a 120-floor building in Shanghai, where she begins to realize she has incredible powers within, kept secret to protect her and her family.