Film and TV Score
The Neighbor in the Window
US TV Movie
Directed by Menhaj Huda
Produced by Nancy Bennett
Scored by The Angel
The Neighbor In The Window, inspired by the book, “False Victim”, by Kathie Truitt, is a “ripped from the headlines” story about stalking. This is the fourth project that composer The Angel and director Menhaj Huda have worked on together. Currently airing on Lifetime, it stars Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Jenn Lyon.
Born To Lead: The Sal Aunese Story
US Documentary
Directed by Lara Slife
Produced by George Antonopoulos
Scored and Co-Produced by The Angel
Born To Lead is the tragic, but inspirational story of a stellar athlete and our first Samoan college football quarterback, Sal Aunese.
Tales of Masked Men
US Documentary
Directed by Carlos Ávila
Produced by Carlos Ávila & Thomas Calderón
Scored by The Angel
“Tales of Masked Men” is about the colorful and fascinating world of lucha libre (Mexican wrestling)
Demons Never Die
UK Feature Film
Executive produced by Idris Elba (The Wire/Luther)
Written and directed by Arjun Rose
When a young girl takes her own life, Archie and the other Suicide Kids decide to follow her lead and form a pact. But as the group begin to die one by one, Archie realizes that they have all become the target of a masked killer and that his commitment to death has become a terrifying fight for survival and a battle to protect the girl he loves.
Everywhere And Nowhere
UK Feature Film
Written and directed by Menhaj Huda
Scored by The Angel
This is the third project that The Angel and Huda have worked on together
Set in London, it is a coming of age drama about friends torn apart by choices relating to their cultural identity. Ash (James Floyd pic), has to navigate between his strict family life and his personal freedom to pursue his passion for music as a DJ.
HawthoRNe
US TV Series
Television Network: TNT
Currently playing: Showtime
Second season scored by The Angel, hired by showrunner Glen Mazzara
Executive produced by and starring Jada Pinkett Smith
As a single mother and the Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, Christina Hawthorne makes care-taking her life’s work.
Bedrooms
US Independent Feature Film
Directed by Youssef Delara, Victor Teran and Michael D. Olmos
Scored by The Angel
“Bedrooms” is airing on various Showtime channels, following a festival run at the Bel Air Film Festival, the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (DFFLA) the East coast premiere in NYC at ACEFEST where it won Best Feature and the world premiere at the LA Latino Film Festival, where it won an Honorable Mention For Best Directing for the film’s three directors; Youssef Delara, Victor Teran and Michael D. Olmos. Bedrooms is about the walls we create in our relationships despite the underlying, often strong connections that bind us. The thematic, more traditional score that The Angel has created for this film threads the four distinct stories together and underlines the overall emotional connection.
Gaia
US Independent Feature Film
Directed by Jason Lehel
Scored by The Angel
Director Jason Lehel created an extremely moving, disturbing yet ultimately uplifting US independent feature…. Heading out into the desert with one lead actress, no script, but a strong vision, Jason accomplished the impossible. The powerful story and the director’s organic approach to filmmaking drew Angel to this project where she embraced the opportunity to create an organic semi-acoustic score with a unique palette.
“WEST 10 LDN”
UK TV drama pilot
Television Network: BBC3
Directed by Menhaj Huda
Scored by The Angel
From “KiDULTHOOD” director Menhaj Huda, is a slice of life on the Greenside Estate. The show is based on “Society Within” written by Courttia Newland. BBC Three Video Hub
Racing for Time
US TV movie
Television Network: Lifetime
Directed by Emmy Award winning director and actor Charles S. Dutton,
With Yaya Da Costa and Elizabeth Pena
Scored by The Angel
Based on the true story of a prison guard, played by Charles “Roc” Dutton, who forms a track team from a group of female prisoners in an attempt to teach them teamwork, discipline and self-esteem.
KiDULTHOOD
UK feature film
Directed by Menhaj Huda
Scored by The Angel
This controversial film set in West London was directed by BIFA Award winning director, Menhaj Huda. “Powerful, disturbing and moving, “KiDULTHOOD” takes you deep into London’s unseen underbelly and delivers a gritty, hard-hitting reflection of what life is really like for 21st century teenagers.” Score album available through iTunes. View trailer.
Standoff
US TV drama series (Fox)
Television Network: FOX
Created by Craig Silverstein
Scored by The Angel
The Angel was hired by the show’s creator, Craig Silverstein, to give the score “it’s own voice”. Angel created an evocative and contemporary palette to support the weekly series about a team of FBI hostage negotiators, starring Ron Livingston and RoseMarie DeWitt.
The Heart Of The Game
US Documentary
Directed by Ward Serrill
Scored by The Angel
Score album available through iTunes.
US Feature Documentary with narration by Ludacris. The Heart of The Game also includes the end title song by The Angel featuring Mystic, “Believe It.” Director Ward Serrill followed the Roosevelt Roughriders high school girls’ basketball team for six seasons capturing the drama and exhilaration of youth and the inspiration of a passionate coach whose lessons of self-esteem, confidence and compassion go far beyond the court.
Let’s Get Frank
US Featured Documentary
Directed by Bart Everly
Scored by The Angel
This film details the work of Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), one of the top ranking members on the House Judiciary Commitee during the Clinton Impeachment hearings. It’s the story of one of America’s most well loved and outspoken politicians. It is also an unprecedented and surprisingly candid look at sexuality and politics at the end of the 20th Century.
FOTO-NOVELAS 2: “Junkyard Saints”
US Short Film
Television Network: PBS
Directed by Carlos Avila for the Independent Lens series
Scored by The Angel
This film is inspired by the hugely popular Mexican and Latin pulp novel tradition, FOTO-NOVELAS weaving everyday reality with otherworldly surrealism.
Boiler Room
US Feature Film
New Line Cinema
Directed by Ben Younger
Scored by The Angel
The score album is available on New Line Records.
This film about a group of young, would-be stock brokers, scamming the unsuspecting public, quickly became a classic. Director, Ben Younger had a unique and bold vision for the score. He hired Angel to make sure that the score would interweave seamlessly and credibly amongst the hip hop source music that defined the world of his characters. The film stars Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt, Vin Diesel, Jamie Kennedy, Scott Caan and Ben Affleck.
Gridlock’d
US Feature Film
Polygram
Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall
Additional score by The Angel
This 1997 film starred Tupac, Tim Roth and Thandie Newton. The Angel contributed score and her remix for Blue Note Records of Donald Byrd’s “Kofi” to the film.
‘Til There Was You
US Feature Film
Lakeshore
Directed by Scott Winant
Additional score by The Angel
This film starring Dylan McDermott, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Sarah Jesica Parker was Angel’s entree into the world of film scoring. She was hired to score scenes in “The Awful Truth” restaurant.