Bryce Dessner of the rock band The National has been tapped to score the upcoming comedy Irresistible. The film is written and directed by Jon Stewart and stars Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, Mackenzie Davis, CJ Wilson and Will Sasso. The movie follows a Democrat political consultant who helps a retired ex-Marine colonel run for mayor in a small Wisconsin town. Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner (12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, The Big Short) are producing the Plan B Entertainment production with Stewart and Lila Yacoub (Eighth Grade, Frances Ha).
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‘Rosewater’ Soundtrack Details
Howe Records will release a soundtrack album for Jon Stewart’s drama Rosewater. The album features the film’s original music composed by Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Aviator, The Silence of the Lambs). Also included are tracks by Leonard Cohen, as well as Persian musicians Mahdyar Aghajani and 25 Band. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on December 9 and can be pre-ordered here. Check out audio samples after the jump. Rosewater marks Stewart’s screenwriting and directing debut and stars Gael García Bernal. The movie is based on the New York Times best-selling memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival by BBC journalist Maziar Bahari and tells the story of Bahari’s imprisonment in Tehran in 2009 and his interrogation at the hands of a man he knew only as Rosewater.
Howard Shore Scoring Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater’
Howard Shore has composed the music for the upcoming drama Rosewater. The film marks the directorial debut of The Daily Show host Jon Stewart and stars Gael Garcia Bernal, leading an international cast. The movie is based on the memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival and tells the true story of Canadian-Iranian BBC journalist Maziar Bahari who spent four months in an Iranian prison being blindly interrogated by a man who smelled of rosewater. Stewart has also written the screenplay and is also producing the OddLot Entertainment production with Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, Moneyball, The Social Network) and Gigi Pritzker (Drive, Ender’s Game).