A big congratulations goes out to Core composers who were nominated today for the Canadian Screen Awards. In the Feature Film category, MICHELLE OSIS received the nod for Achievement in Music for "Bloodthirsty". In Television, TOM THIRD was nominated for his score for the series "Coroner" and DARREN FUNG was nominated for the documentary "A Bee's Diary".
Created by Little Marvin, and executive-produced by Lena Waithe, Them: Covenant is the 'much anticipated, 50's-set first season horror anthology produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television.
Them stars Deborah Ayorinde and Ashley Thomas as Lucky andenry Emory, the Black parents of two daughters who move their family from rural North Carolina to the then-all white Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton. Scored by Core composer MARK KORVEN, Season 1 of Them costars Melody Hurd, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Alison Pill. The show premieres on Amazon Prime Video April 9.
Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production, distribution and post-production company, has acquired North American rights to crime-thriller Heavy, starring Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Daniel Zovatto (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels)
The feature centres on a couple living it up in the high-end drug scene of New York City. The TVOD release is due to rollout from February 9, 2021. Directed by Jouri Smit and based on a screenplay by Seth Miller, the romantic crime-thriller was scored by Core composer JAMES MARK STEWART.
Starring Keanu Reaves and featuring original music by Core composer KONRAD OLDMONEY, Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story from CD PROJEKT RED. Coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and Google Stadia on December 10th, 2020, the game will also be playable on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles.
Core Music Agency is elated to have multi award-winning film composer and Canadian music icon JESSE ZUBOT join its roster. His latest film MONKEY BEACH (co-scored with composer Russell Wallace), was directed and produced by Loretta Todd. The film recently swept the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, and has been a top-grossing Canadian film at the box office since Oct. 23. It was also the opening night Gala film at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).
Jesse has two Canadian Screen Award nominations, one for his score to TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR and the other for HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (co-composed with Dan Mangan). He also recently won a SOCAN award for his score to the highly acclaimed film INDIAN HORSE.