COMPLETED PROJECT – February 10, 2025

“HOSTILE TAKEOVER”- Indie Feature Film – ACTION/COMEDY/THRILLER

Starring:  Michael Jai White (Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Spawn, Arrow), Dawn Olivieri (Yellowstone, 1883, House Of Lies, Seal Team)

Music Supervisor: Mason Cooper 

Status: Post-Production

SYNOPSIS:

Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces groups of fellow assassins (friends), after the boss of his crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings. Friendships, Love, Responsibilities – sure takes some odd twists when life is misunderstood – what could go wrong… right?

MUSIC STYLE NEEDS: 

*NOTES: 

1. The ‘comedy’ is often broadened through the use of cliché/stereotypical music that matches the ethnicities/cultures/lifestyles of the groups of Pete’s assassin friends, playing and choreographed within the world of over-the-top stunts and fights…

2. See below for music styles, but enjoy lyrical elements too – literal sometimes okay re fighting, disagreeing, escaping, conflict, divisiveness, misunderstanding)…

3. Film is current, but has a New York 1930s’40’ cliché noir cool vibe…

• HT SPOT A – “Mexican Rock/HipHop meets Spaghetti Westerns” – ala artists Spindrift, Federale, Dinamo, Roselit Bone, Crazy Lazy, Bandido, The Dead Tongues (Spanish or Spanglish language… or English with obvious Latin music sonics/styles)

• HT SPOT B – “Japanese Trap/Club meets Fashion Hiphop/J-Pop) – get creative – Japanese lyric or Japanese/English combo - ala “Kamikaze” (Jin Dogg), “Friends” (Bad Hop/Vingo), “Hikari” (Nxrd/Svrric), “2020 feat. Equal (DJ Royow/SOCKS), Wakon, Seiho, Tofubeats, DJ Genki, “Wavebody” (JP The Wavy), LEX/LANA

• HT SPOT C – “Sexy Smooth – ala “Let’s Take A Walk” (Raphael Saadiq), “Say Yes” (Floetry), “Feels Good” (Rahssan Patterson), “Slow Motion” (Trey Songz)

• HT SPOT D – “POP ART” – think Trashy-Glam-Alt EuroPop - EDM

• HT SPOT E – “Russian Rock” – ala Aria, Black Obelisk, Sunburst, PycR/Russya, The Last Passenger…. Or any hardcore Russian/Eastern European Industrial Rock or fun/funny rock/club music – prefer Russian or Eastern European language but open to English if music sonics obvious. 

• HT SPOT F – “Quirky/Funny” – ala “No More Hot Dogs” (Hasil Adkins), “La Vie Cajun” (Feloche), “Sixteen” (The Heavy), “Kanemo” (Orchestre Les Mangelepa) 

• HT SPOT G – “Cool Singer Songwriter Vinyl Vibes” – ala “Down ON The Bottom” (The New Basement Tapes), “You Should’ve Seen The Other Guy” (Nathaniel Rateliff), “Elephant” (Tame Impala), “Heartbroken, In Disrepair” (Dan Auerbach) 

• HT SPOT H – “Blues Rock” – ala “Beelzebub” (Black Pistol Fire), “It Serves You Right To Suffer” (John Lee Hooker/The Avener), “Champagne And Reefer” (The Devil Makes Three), “Turn Me Loose” (The Record Company) 

PITCH NOTES

• Email Subject Line: List Project and Spot (i.e., HT Spot …or… Hostile Spot B, etc...) in your subject line.

• Format: MP3’s via email preferred (if using links to your ftp, Disco, WeTransfer etc, provide links that won’t expire!).

• Licensing %: State what % of Sync Rights and/or % of Master Rights you control/license on each of your pitches.

• Budgets: Fees/negotiable (low tier indie film range) + cue sheet royalties + credits