Composer Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Becky, The Girl in the Photographs, The Pyramid, Detroit: Become Human) is reuniting with director John Hyams (Black Summer, Universal Soldier: Regeneration) on the upcoming thriller Sick. The film starring Gideon Adlon, Jane Adams, Marc Menchaca, Dylan Sprayberry & Charla Bocchicchio takes place when the country locks down due to the pandemic and follows a college student and her best friend who decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone – or so they think. Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawson’s Creek, I Know What You Did Last Summer) co-wrote the screenplay with Katelyn Crabb based on a story by himself.
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‘The Devil Below’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Project SmyL will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Devil Below. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Becky, Alone, The Girl in the Photographs, The Pyramid, Detroit: Become Human). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon or any other major digital music services. The Devil Below is directed by Bradley Parker and stars Adan Canto, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Chinaza Uche, Jesse Latourette, Jonathan Sadowski and Will Patton. The movie revolves around a group of four amateur adventurers who pay a visit to Shookum Hills, a town in the remote Appalachian Mountains, which was abandoned decades ago due to a mysterious coal mine fire.
‘Untitled Horror Movie (UHM)’ Soundtrack Album Details
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for Nick Simon’s Untitled Horror Movie (UHM). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nima Fakhrara (Becky, The Signal, Alone, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs, Detroit: Become Human). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 18, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A vinyl edition is also in the works. Untitled Horror Movie (UHM) is co-written and directed by Simon and stars Claire Holt, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Luke Baines (who also co-wrote the screenplay), Katherine McNamara, Darren Barnet and Tim Granaderos. The movie follows a group of Hollywood actors who learn that their TV show is on the brink of cancellation and – in order to save their careers – decide to shoot their own horror movie, only to unintentionally summoning a spirit with an affinity for violence.
‘The Night’ Soundtrack Released
Project SmyL has released a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller The Night. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, Becky, Alone, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs, Detroit: Become Human). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio clips. The Night is co-written and directed by Kourosh Ahari and stars Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Jafarian and Leah Oganyan. The movie follows a couple who becomes trapped in a hotel with their demons – real and imagined – until they can confront the secrets in their marriage.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 29, 2021)
Opening in theaters nationwide and also premiering on HBO Max today is the psychological thriller The Little Things directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Natalie Morales, Chris Bauer, Terry Kinney, Joris Jarsky, Isabel Arraiza and Michael Hyatt. The film’s original music is composed by Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, 1917, Skyfall, Finding Nemo, Wall-E). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Opening in around 300 theaters is the drama Supernova written and directed by Harry Macqueen and starring Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Sarah Woodward and James Dreyfus. Keaton Henson (Something Better to Come, Young Men) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the singer/songwriter’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Bleecker Street release.
Soundtrack Album for John Hyams’ ‘Alone’ to Be Released
Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, The Pyramid, Becky, The Girl in the Photographs, Detroit: Become Human) will release a soundtrack album for John Hyams’ thriller Alone. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, October 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and all other major digital music stores. Alone is directed by Hyams, written by Mattias Olsson and stars Jules Wilcox, Marc Menchaca and Anthony Heald. The movie is set in the Pacific Northwest wilderness and follows a recently widowed woman who, fleeing the city in a desperate attempt to cope, is kidnapped and locked away in a mysterious man’s cabin.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 18, 2020)
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the political thriller Infidel written and directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and starring Jim Caveziel, Claudia Karvan, Hal Ozsan, Stelio Savante and Aly Kassem. The album features the film’s original music composed by Natalie Holt (The Honourable Woman, Journey’s End, Knightfall, Press, Beecham House, Deadwater Fell). No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which revolves around an American journalist/blogger who is kidnapped while attending a conference in the Middle East and is put on trial for trumped-up charges of espionage, is being released by Cloudburst Entertainment.
Already playing in around 400 theaters since this past Wednesday is the thriller The Secrets We Keep co-written and directed by Yuval Adler and starring Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Chris Messina and Amy Seimetz. John Paesano (The Maze Runner, Daredevil, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, The Star, My All American, When the Game Stands Tall) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Bleecker Street.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 7, 2020)
Opening on VOD today in the U.S. is the new film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel The Secret Garden directed by Marc Munden and starring Colin Firth, Julie Walters and Dixie Egerickx. The film’s original music is composed by Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Darkest Hours, V for Vendetta, Anna Karenina). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. Check out our previous article and visit the official movie website for more information about the STX Entertainment release, which follows a young orphan girl who, after being sent to live with her uncle, discovers a magical garden on the grounds of his estate.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD is the thriller The Tax Collector written and directed by David Ayer and starring Bobby Soto, Cinthya Carmona, George Lopez and Shia LaBeouf. Michael Yezerski (Blindspotting, Mr. Inbetween, Feel the Beat, The Devil’s Candy) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which centers on two “tax collectors” for a crime lord who are collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs’ illicit dealings, and is being released by RLJE Films.
Nima Fakhrara Scoring Christian Sesma’s ‘Paydirt’
Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs, Detroit: Become Human) has composed the original music for the upcoming action thriller Paydirt. The film is written and directed by Christian Sesma (Vigilante Diaries, The Night Crew) and stars Luke Goss, Val Kilmer, Mike Hatton, Mercedes Kilmer, Paul Sloan, Mirtha Michelle, V. Bozeman, Murielle Telio and Nick Vallelonga. The movie follows a parolee who teams up with his old crew determined to find a buried bag of cash stolen a decade ago from a DEA bust gone bad, while being tracked by a retired Sheriff.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 5, 2020)
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the drama Shirley directed by Josephine Decker and starring Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young and Logan Lerman. The film’s original music is composed by Tamar-kali (Mudbound, The Assistant, Come Sunday, The Last Thing He Wanted, John Lewis: Good Trouble). Milan 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 Neon release.
Also opening in select theaters and on VOD is the action thriller Becky directed by Jonathan Milott and starring Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Amanda Brugel and Robert Maillet. Nima Fakhrara (The Signal, The Pyramid, Detroit: Become Human, The Girl in the Photographs) has composed the film’s original music. Varese Sarabande and Music.Film Recordings will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score next Friday, June 12 (pushed back from its original June 5 release date). Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Quiver Distribution release.