Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, Spotlight) has recently scored the upcoming drama The Catcher Was a Spy. The film is directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and stars Paul Rudd, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Daniels, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen and Hiroyuki Sanada. The movie is based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s NYT bestselling book and tells the true story of Moe Berg, the professional baseball player-turned-top secret spy for the O.S.S who helped the U.S. win the race against Germany to build the atomic bomb.
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Heitor Pereira Scoring Ben Lewin’s ‘Please Stand By’
Heitor Pereira is scoring the upcoming drama Please Stand By. The film is directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions) and stars Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette and Alice Eve. The movie follows a brilliant young woman with autism who escapes her care home and embarks on a road trip of a lifetime: to enter her script into a Hollywood competition. Michael Golamco (Grimm) has written the screenplay. Daniel Dubiecki (Up in the Air, Jennifer’s Body) and Lara Alameddine (Money Monster) are producing the project for The Allegiance Theater.
Marco Beltrami to Score ‘The Surrogate’
Marco Beltrami has been hired to score the upcoming indie drama The Surrogate. The film is written and directed by Ben Lewin (Georgia, Paperback Romance) and stars John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Rhea Perlman and Moon Bloodgood. The movie centers on poet and journalist Mark O’Brien, a paraplegic polio victim who decides to explore his sexuality and hires a sex surrogate and soon develops a relationship that changes both of their lives. Stephen Nemeth (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dogtown and Z-Boys) and Judi Levine are producing the project.