Jeff has completed the score for the Brightlight Pictures film "Autumn in the Vineyard", directed by Scott Smith, starring Rachel Leigh Cook ("Perception", "She's All That") and Brendan Penney ("Motive", "Chesapeake Shores"), and based on the novel by Marina Adair. The movie premieres October 8th on Hallmark.
"When Frankie and Nate both have a claim to ownership of Sorrento Farm, they are forced to divide the vineyard right down the middle and work the fields alongside each other to bring in the harvest leading up to the Best Wine competition at the annual Autumn Harvest Festival -- only this rivalry won't be settled in the fields."
Jeff has written the score for the film "Summer of Dreams", which premiered August 27th on Hallmark. The movie stars Debbie Gibson, Robert Gant and Pascale Hutton, was directed by Mike Rohl, and was produced by Debbie Gibson, Kim Arnott & Shelley Hack.
"Fading pop star Debbie Taylor is on the verge of losing everything – including her freedom – when she runs away to suburban Ohio where she finds her way into teaching music to a talented group of misfit kids. As she lays low and taps into the kids’ talents in an attempt to become relevant again, she begins to realize that fame isn’t everything."
Jeff and Dave have recently completed work on the romantic comedy "Summer Love", directed by frequent collaborator Lynne Stopkewich, and starring Rachel Leigh Cook (She's All That, Perception), Travis Milne (Rookie Blue) and Lucas Bryant (Haven). The film premieres August 20th on Hallmark.
"Maya Sulliway is a struggling single mom who's studying to become an accountant. When her young daughter goes off to sleepaway camp, Maya accepts a summer internship at Kizzmit, a tech company known for developing a popular social app, in order to receive college credit. There, the thirtysomething Maya feels out of place among the company's hip millennial interns and feels even more intimidated when she meets Colin Fitzgerald, Kizzmit's strait-laced CFO, who has a reputation for being a highly demanding boss."
Jeff has completed the score for the next chapter of the Hannah Swensen series. Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe premiers Sunday, June 19th on Hallmark, in Canada, June 30th on Bravo. The film once again stars Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven and Gabriel Hogan, and is directed by Kristoffer Tabori.
"With her brother-in-law, Deputy Bill Todd, running against gruff lawman Sheriff Grant in a heated sheriff election, an expecting sister ready to deliver, and a scary encounter with a car thief on her mind - Hannah feels her life has reached its boiling point. But things continue to heat up when she discovers the body of Sheriff Grant - bludgeoned while holding one of her homemade fudge cupcakes - and Bill becomes the prime suspect."
Jeff has finished scoring the Crown Media/Unity Pictures film "Love By Chance", starring Beau Garrett (Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, Tron: Legacy), Benjamin Ayers (Saving Hope), and Brenda Strong (Desperate Housewives), which premieres April 16th on the Hallmark Channel. The movie is directed by Gary Harvey, and produced by Stephen Harmaty and Ron French, executive produced by Michael G. Larkin.
Claire, an ambitious pastry chef, is busy running her new restaurant, but her meddling mom is preoccupied with her lack of love life. Without her knowledge, Claire’s mother finds her the perfect man, but when Claire finds out it wasn’t fate that brought them together, it could ruin the relationship.