Collider.com are reporting that Michael Abels has been chosen to compose the score for The Acolyte, the highly anticipated Star Wars series from Leslye Headland, best known for his work alongside Jordan Peele in his three feature films Get Out, Us and Nope.
Abels also composed the opera Omar, about the life of Omar ibn Said, based on his autobiography A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar ibn Said, written in 1831, mostly in Arabic. For his work on Omar, Abels—alongside composer and librettist Rhiannon Giddens—was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2023. Abels’ score for Us received countless end-of-year nominations at numerous awards ceremonies, while it was named “Score of the Decade” by The Wrap.
As soon as we get confirmation one way or another, we’ll be sure to let you know.
