Rob Lord (Troop Zero, I Am Duran, Slipstream) has composed the original score for the new comedy Buddy Games: Spring Awakening. The film is directed by Josh Duhamel and stars Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dillon, Duhamel himself, James Roday Rodriguez, Nick Swardson, Lochlyn Munro, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jensen Ackles. The sequel to 2020’s Buddy Games (scored by Alex Wurman) follows the gang as they set out to honor a lost friend, only to find themselves in the middle of Spring Break.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 20, 2020)
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the Chinese action adventure Vanguard co-written and directed by Stanley Tong and starring Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Miya Muqi, Lun Ai, Ruohan Xu and Zhengting Zhu. The film’s original music is composed by Nathan Wang (She’s All That, The Game Plan, Playing with Fire, You Again, Chinese Zodiac). No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which centers on a covert security company that is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world’s deadliest mercenary organization, opened in Chinese theaters earlier this year and is being distributed in the U.S. by Gravitas Ventures.
Also opening in theaters nationwide is the drama The Last Vermeer directed by Dan Friedkin and starring Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, August Diehl, Roland Møller, Olivia Grant, Adrian Scarborough and Andrew Havill. Johan Söderqvist (Let the Right One In, Kon-Tiki, The Bridge, Things We Lost in the Fire, After the Wedding) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the TriStar Pictures release.
Alex Wurman Scoring Epix’s ‘Perpetual Grace, LTD’
Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) is scoring the upcoming Epix original series Perpetual Grace, LTD. The show created by Steve Conrad (Wonder, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) & Bruce Terris (Patriot) and stars Ben Kingsley, Jimmi Simpson, Jackie Weaver, Luis Guzman, Damon Herriman, Chris Conrad, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O’Quinn and Hana Mae Lee. The drama centers on a mysterious young grifter who sets his eyes on a paster who uses his religious influence to dupe hundreds of innocent people out of their life savings.