Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Ozark, Fear the Walking Dead) are scoring the upcoming horror thriller Countdown. The film is written and directed by Justin Dec and stars Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold, P.J. Byrne and Peter Facinelli. The movie follows a young nurse who downloads an app that claims to predict exactly when a person is going to die and tells her she only has three days to live.
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Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score HBO’s ‘The Outsider’
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Ozark, Fear the Walking Dead, American Gods) have been tapped to score the upcoming HBO limited series The Outsider. The show is developed by Richard Price (The Night Of, Ransom) based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of the same title and stars Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Jason Bateman, Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Paddy Considine, Julianne Nicholson, Yul Vázquez, Jeremy Bobb and Marc Menchaca.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 25, 2019)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series On Becoming a God in Central Florida created by Robert Funke & Matt Lutsky and starring Kirsten Dunst, Theodore Pellerin, Ted Levine, Mel Rodriguez, Beth Ditto and Julie Benz. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, American Gods, Enemy). Check out our previous article and the official show website to learn more about the comedy, which was originally set to premiere on YouTube Premium, and will air every Sunday night on Showtime.
Premiering on Friday, August 30 is the Netflix original series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jason Isaacs, Mark Hamill, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Donna Kimball, Caitriona Balfe, Alicia Vikander, Andy Samberg and Helena Bonham Carter. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs, Ocean’s 8) and Samuel Sim(Awake, The Halcyon, Home Fires) have composed the show’s original music. Music.Film Recordings will release two soundtrack albums featuring the composers’ score. Click here for more information.
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s ‘The Current War’
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene) have composed a new score for the drama The Current War. The film is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfayden and Tom Holland. The movie is set in the late 1880s and centers on power titans Thomas Edison’s and George Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 2, 2019)
Premiering tonight is the new AMC original series NOS4A2 developed by Jami O’Brien based on Joe Hill’s novel and starring Ashleigh Cummings, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Virginia Kull, Jahkara Smith and Zachary Quinto. The show’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Enemy, The Gift, Ozark, Fear the Walking Dead, Martha Marcy May Marlene). Check out our previous article to learn more about the supernatural horror series.
Also premiering tonight is the Epix original series Perpetual Grace, LTD created by Steve Conrad & Bruce Terris and starring Ben Kingsley, Jimmi Simpson, Jackie Weaver, Luis Guzman, Damon Herriman, Chris Conrad, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O’Quinn and Hana Mae Lee. Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights, Hollywood Homicide) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information.
‘American Gods’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Starz original series American Gods. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, Fear the Walking Dead, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene). The soundtrack is already available digitally overseas and will be released in U.S. stores on April 12. Visit Amazon to download the album and listen to audio samples. American Gods is based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and starring Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Crispin Glover, Orlando Jones, Dean Winters, Devery Jacobs, Sakina Jaffrey and Kahyun Kim.
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score YouTube Premium’s ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, Enemy) have been tapped to score the upcoming YouTube Premium series On Becoming a God in Central Florida. The show is created by Robert Funke & Matt Lutsky and and stars Kirsten Dunst, Theodore Pellerin, Ted Levine, Mel Rodriguez, Beth Ditto and Julie Benz. The comedy is set near Orlando in the early 1990s and tells the story of a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 29, 2019)
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the live-action adaptation of Disney’s Dumbo directed by Tim Burton and starring Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Roshan Seth, Deobia Oparei, Joseph Gatt and Sharon Rooney. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as two covers of the song Baby Mine, including an end credits version by Arcade Fire. Click here for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the comedy The Beach Bum written and directed by Harmony Korine and starring Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Stefania Lavie Owen, Zac Efron, Martin Lawrence and Jimmy Buffett. John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, Elf) has composed the film’s original score. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring selections of the composer’s score, as well as songs by Jimmy Buffet, Gordon Lightfoot, Stephen Bishop & others. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 10, 2019)
Premiering tonight is the second season of the Starz original series American Gods based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and starring Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Crispin Glover, Orlando Jones, Dean Winters, Devery Jacobs, Sakina Jaffrey and Kahyun Kim. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene) are the new composers of the show. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on Starz.
Also premiering tonight is the HBO docu-series The Case Against Adnan Syed directed by Amy Berg about the 1999 murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. The show’s original music is composed by Dhani Harrison & Paul Hicks (Beautiful Creatures, Learning to Drive, The Divide, Outsiders). Check out our previous article for more information about the 4-part series.
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score AMC’s ‘NOS4A2’
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Enemy, The Gift, Martha Marcy May Marlene) have been hired to score the upcoming AMC original series NOS4A2. The show is developed by Jami O’Brien based on Joe Hill’s bestselling novel of the same name and stars Ashleigh Cummings, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Virginia Kull, Jahkara Smith and Zachary Quinto. The supernatural horror drama tells the story of a seductive immortal who feeds off the souls of children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland – an icy, twisted Christmas village of his imagination where every day is Christmas Day and unhappiness is against the law.