Thurston Moore (of the rock band Sonic Youth) has composed the original score for the new HBO limited series Irma Vep. The show is created, written and directed by Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) based on his 1996 feature of the same title and stars Alicia Vikander, Vincent Macaigne, Jeanne Balibar, Devon Ross, Lars Eidinger, Vincent Lacoste, Nora Hamzawi, Adria Arjona, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Sturridge, Byron Bowers, Fala Chen, Hippolyte Girardot, Alex Descas and Antoine Reinartz. Pierre-Marie Dru (Annette, I Lost My Body) serves as the music supervisor of the 8-part drama, which follows an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup who comes to France to star in a remake of a French silent film classic and struggles as the distinctions between herself and the character she plays begin to blur and merge.
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Eduardo Cruz Scoring Olivier Assayas’ ‘Wasp Network’
Eduardo Cruz has composed the original score for the upcoming political thriller Wasp Network. The film is written and directed by Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper) and stars the composer’s sister Penélope Cruz, alongside Edgar Ramírez, Gael García Bernal, Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas and Leonardo Sbaraglia. The movie follows the increasingly complex lives of Cuban dissidents during the country’s 1990s post-Soviet Union economic collapse. Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name, The Witch) & Lourenco Sant’Anna (The Lighthouse) are producing the project for RT Features, alongside Charles Gillibert (Mustang, Certified Copy) for CG Cinéma.