Tag: To the Stars

Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 24, 2020)

Opening in the U.S. in select drive-in theaters and on VOD today is the western True History of the Kelly Gang directed by Justin Kurzel and starring George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe, Thomasin McKenzie, Sean Keenan, Orlando Schwerdt, Earl Cave, Marlon Williams and Louis Hewison. The film’s original music is composed by Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, Macbeth, The Babadook, The Mustang, The Snowtown Murders). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year when the movie opened in Australia. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released stateside by IFC Films.

Also opening on VOD is the historical drama Robert the Bruce directed by Richard Gray and starring Angus Macfadyen (who is reprising his role from Mel Gibson’s Braveheart), Jared Harris, Anna Hutchinson, Patrick Fugit, Emma Kenney, Zach McGowan, Daniel Portman, Talitha Eliana Bateman and Mhairi Calvey. Mel Elias (Blush) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by Screen Media Films.

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Heather McIntosh Scoring Martha Stephens’ ‘To the Stars’

Heather McIntosh (Compliance, Z for Zachariah, One Dollar, 6 Balloons) is scoring the upcoming drama To the Stars. The film is directed by Martha Stephens (Land Ho!) and stars Kara Hayward, Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro, Shea Whigham, Malin Akerman and Tony Hale. The movie centers on a withdrawn farmer’s daughter who forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma. Shannon Bradley-Colleary wrote the screenplay. Kristin Mann (Poor Boy), Laura D. Smith (I’ll See You in My Dreams) and Erik Rommesmo (It Follows, The Hero) are producing the project. 

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