Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has signed on to score the upcoming survival drama Adrift. The film is directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest, 2 Guns, Contraband) and stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. The movie tells the true story of Tami Oldham, who, after being knocked unconscious by the largest hurricane in the history of the Pacific Ocean, awakens to find her fiancé badly injured, their boat in ruins, and no means of communication or navigation. Aaron & Jordan Kandell (Moana) wrote the screenplay and are also producing the project with Kormakur.
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Hauschka to Score ‘Young Astrid’
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has signed on to score the upcoming biographical drama Young Astrid. The film is directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen (A Soap, A Family) and stars Alba August in the title role, alongside Maria Bonnevie, Magnus Krepper, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen and Björn Gustafsson. The movie focuses on an event that occurred when Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren was very young and that came to shape her adult life, writing talent and aspirations. Kim Fupz Aakeson wrote the screenplay.
Hauschka Scoring BBC’s ‘Gunpowder’
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) is composing the original score for the upcoming BBC mini-series Gunpowder. The historical thriller is created by Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies) & Daniel West and stars Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. The 3-parter follows British activist Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial English Catholics as they plan to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in the early 17th century. J. Blakeson (The 5th Wave, The Disappearance of Alice Creed) directed all episodes.
Hauschka to Score Showtime’s & Sky Atlantic’s ‘Melrose’
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) is set to score the upcoming Showtime and Sky Atlantic limited series Melrose. The show is developed by David Nicholls (Far from the Madding Crowd, One Day) and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Anna Madeley and Allison Williams. The 5-parter is based on the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn and centers on the title character’s odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka to Score Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s ‘The Current War’
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka have signed on to score the upcoming historical 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, Matthew Macfayden and Tom Holland. The movie takes place in the late 1880s and revolves around power titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity. Michael Mitnick (The Giver) wrote the screenplay. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch) is producing the project with Basil Iwanyk (Sicario, The Town, John Wick).
Hauschka Scoring ‘AlphaGo’
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) is composing the original music for the upcoming documentary AlphaGo. The film is directed by Greg Kohs (The Great Alone) and follows Google’s DeepMind team as it takes on one of the world’s top Go (Chinese board game) players in a weeklong tournament, pitting man against machine in a competition that reveals as much about the workings of the human mind as it does the future of AI.
Hauschka to Score ‘Hotel Mumbai’
Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) has signed on to score the upcoming thriller Hotel Mumbai. The film is directed by Anthony Maras and stars Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs and Nazanin Boniadi. The movie is based on the 2009 documentary Surviving Mumbai and tells the true story of the 2008 Pakistani terrorist attacks on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India. Maras also co-wrote the screenplay with John Collee (Master and Commander, Happy Feet). Basil Iwanyk (The Town, Sicario, John Wick), Gary Hamilton (The Courier), Mike Gabrawy (A Few Best Men), Andrew Ogilvie and Julie Ryan (Red Dog) are producing the Arclight Film, Thunder Road, Electric Pictures and Cyan Films production.
‘In Dubious Battle’ Soundtrack Announced
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for James Franco’s drama In Dubious Battle. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, The Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 3, 2017. In Dubious Battle based on John Steinbeck’s 1936 novel of the same title stars Franco, Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston, Sam Shepard, Zach Braff and Josh Hutcherson. The movie centers on a labor conflict between migrant apple pickers and the local growers’ association in a California valley.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2017)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the fantasy epic The Great Wall directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Junkai Wang and Zheng Kai. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, Pacific Rim). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details and click here for a video featurette on Djawadi’s music.
Also opening nationwide is the psychological thriller A Cure for Wellness directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs and Mia Goth. Benjamin Wallfisch (Lights Out, Hidden Figures, The Escapist, Desert Dancer) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and visit Film Music Magazine for a recent interview with Wallfisch about his work on the project. Also click here for a video about the scoring process.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 25, 2016)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Moana directed by Ron Clements & John Musker and featuring the voices of Auli’i Cravelho and Dwayne Johnson. The film’s original score is composed by Mark Mancina (Twister, Speed, Tarzan, Brother Bear, Planes). The composer also co-wrote the movie’s original songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) and Opetaia Foa’i. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring score & songs in two different editions. Click here for the full album details. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview and visit YouTube for a video interview with Mancina about his work on the project.
Also opening wide is the romantic thriller Allied directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Simon McBurney, Daniel Betts, Camille Cottin, August Diehl and Matthew Goode. Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as jazz classics by Benny Goodman, Louis Primas & more. Check out our previous article for the full album details and also visit Film.Music.Media for a recent video interview with Silvestri.