Freeform has renewed supernatural drama series Motherland: Fort Salem for a third and final season. Created and written by Eliot Laurence, Motherland: Fort Salem stars Taylor Hickson, Jessica Sutton, Ashley Nicole Williams, Amalia Holm, Demetria McKinney, and Lyne Renée. The drama is set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution nearly 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country.
Brandon and Marco Beltrami have finished scoring Fear Street 1978, part 2 of Netflix’s horror trilogy, Fear Street at Abbey Road studios in London. Based on the popular R.L. Stein anthology series, Fear Street 1978 is directed by Leigh Janiak and stars, Gillian Jacobs and Sadie Sink. The score is greatly inspired by the late/great Jerry Goldsmith and his Oscar winning score for The Omen. The full score soundtrack is available for purchase on all platforms including Amazon music.
Chaos Walking, directed by Doug Liman and starting Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland, is now in theaters and will hit VOD on April 2nd. The soundtrack, a co-score between frequent collaborators Brandon and Marco Beltrami will be released the same day. Chaos Walking follows a dystopian future where there are no women and all living creatures can hear each other’s thoughts in a stream of images, words, and sounds called Noise. Marco and Brandon’s score blends electronic sci-fi elements with gritty western themes and orchestra to convey this dark future.
The Way I See It, the new documentary about White House photographer Pete Souza, directed by, Dawn Porter, just won the Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for Best Score, which was written by Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts and Buck Sanders.
Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse is an upcoming action thriller directed by Stefano Sollima based on the 1993 Tom Clancy novel. The film stars Michael B. Jordan as Navy SEAL John Clark who goes on a path to avenge his wife’s murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy. Brandon composed Additional Music alongside Jónsi, from the Icelandic Post-Rock band, Sigur Rós.
Blackbox is a psychological thriller directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr and produced by Blumhouse and Amazon Studios. The film stars Mamoudou Athie and Phylicia Rashad and features a haunting score by Brandon. After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, Nolan Wright undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is. The film is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
A Quiet Place Part II, the sequel to the 2018 smash hit, is currently slated be released in April 2021. Once again the film was written and directed by John Krasinski and stars Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy. Brandon composed Additional Music alongside Marco Beltrami.
Earlier this year, Brandon finished scoring Chaos Walking with co-composer, Marco Beltrami. Chaos Walking is an upcoming American science fiction film based on Patrick Ness’s 2008 novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, the first part of the Chaos Walking trilogy. It is directed by Doug Liman and written by Patrick Ness and Christopher Ford. The film stars Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Kurt Sutter, Nick Jonas, Cynthia Erivo and David Oyelowo.
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Way I See It, Brandon’s latest documentary co-composed alongside, Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders is now in theaters and streaming on all VOD platforms. Directed by Dawn Porter, this documentary follows former Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza’s journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President. The Original Motion Picture soundtrack is now available on Amazon
Brandon – along with co-composer Marco Beltrami won the award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special category!
