Nathan Whitehead (Keanu, Days Gone, The Veil, Stephanie, Chicago Party Aunt, The Remaining) has provided the original score for the upcoming horror thriller The Home. The film is directed by James DeMonaco and stars Pete Davidson, John Glover and Bruce Altman. The movie follows a rebellious 20-something who is sentenced to community service at a quiet retirement home, where he uncovers a chilling secret that puts both the residents’ lives and his own in grave danger.
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‘This Is the Night’ Soundtrack Released
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age drama This Is the Night. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nathan Whitehead (The Purge, (The Purge, Days Gone, Keanu, The Veil, Stephanie, Chicago Party Aunt, The Remaining). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. This Is the Night is written and directed by James DeMonaco and stars Naomi Watts, Frank Grillo, Lucius Hoyos, Jonah Hauer-King, River Alexander, Chase Vacnin and Bobby Cannavale. The Blumhouse production is set in 1982, as all of Staten Island anticipates the opening of the blockbuster film, Rocky III, and a teen, his friends, and family are inspired to face down their challenges like their on-screen hero.
Tyler Bates to Score USA’s ‘The Purge’ TV Series
Tyler Bates has been tapped to score the upcoming USA original series The Purge. The show is created by James DeMonaco based on his hit movie franchise and stars Gabriel Chavarria, Lili Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Jessica Garza, Amanda Warren, Colin Woodell, Hannah Emily Anderson and William Baldwin. The drama revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal and follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city.
Nathan Whitehead to Return for ‘The Purge 3’
Nathan Whitehead is set score the upcoming horror thriller The Purge 3. The film is written and directed by James DeMonaco who previously helmed the first two installments in the series and stars Frank Grillo, Betty Gabriel, Edwin Hodge, Kyle Secor, Joseph Julian Soria, Liza Colón-Zayas, Mykelti Williamson and Elizabeth Mitchell. No plot details have been revealed yet. Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Gift is producing the project with Sebastien Lemercier (White Bird in a Blizzard), alongside Michael Bay & Andrew Form (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last Ship) and Brad Fuller for their Platinum Dunes production company.
Nathan Whitehead to Score ‘Vigilandia’
Nathan Whitehead is scoring the upcoming sci-fi thriller Vigilandia. The film written and directed by James DeMonaco (screenwriter of The Negotiator and Assault on Precint 13) stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Edwin Hodge and Rhys Wakefield. The movie takes place in a future where a new regime, called “New Founding Fathers of America”, seek to control an epidemic of violence and crime with an experiment called “The Cure”. The thriller is produced by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street) for Platinum Dunes Productions and Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, Insidious) for Blumhouse Productions. Whitehead has previously worked with composer Steve Jablonsky who has scored most of the films produced by Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company on various projects, inluding Universal’s Your Highness and Battleship, as well as ABC’s Desperate Housewives. The project marks the composer’s first major studio scoring assignment. Vigilandia is currently in post-production and is expected to be released in 2013 by Universal Pictures.