Hustle

Description

After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down-on-his-luck basketball scout (Adam Sandler) decides to bring the phenom to the States without his team’s approval. Against the odds, they have one last shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA. Dan Deacon is a Baltimore-based artist and performer, known for his five innovative electronic studio albums, his live performances in contemporary and classical settings, and his extensive work in film scores. Deacon has created compositions at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and has collaborated with artists and institutions such as the Kronos Quartet, Sō Percussion, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic, and Justin Peck with the New York City Ballet. Deacon has also toured internationally with popular artists such as Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Future Islands, and The Flaming Lips. His albums Spiderman of the Rings and Bromst were both named Best New Music by Pitchfork, and his album Gliss Riffer received 4-star reviews from outlets such as AllMusic and The Guardian. His most recent studio album is Mystic Familiar, released in 2020. Deacon’s original scores for film and television include Twixt (Francis Ford Coppola, 2011), Rat Film (Theo Anthony, 2016), Time Trial (Finlay Pretsell, 2017), Well Groomed (Rebecca Stern, 2019), Strawberry Mansion (Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley, 2021), the PBS documentary series Philly D.A. (2021) and All Light, Everywhere (Theo Anthony, 2021). Deacon also scored Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension, which won Best Documentary Film at Tribeca 2021 and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 Academy Awards; Deacon’s work on the film won Best Score at the 2022 Cinema Eye Honors. In 2022, Deacon’s latest film score, Hustle, the Netflix Adam Sandler film, directed by Jeremiah Zagar, is available for vinyl pre-order in collaboration with Diggers Factory.