BUDDY – MICHAEL YEZERSKI
Michael Yezerski composed the original score for Buddy, the new horror comedy from writer-director Casper Kelly, starring Cristin Milioti, Keegan-Michael Key, Topher Grace, Michael Shannon, and Patton Oswalt. The film premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival before its theatrical release from Roadside Attractions and Saban Films on August 28, 2026.
A surreal and unsettling twist on the nostalgia of 1990s children’s television, Buddy follows a group of children inside the colorful world of It’s Buddy!, where a cheerful orange unicorn’s seemingly innocent lessons take a dark turn when one child refuses to play along. The film blends horror, comedy, puppetry, animation, and body horror to transform the familiar conventions of children’s entertainment into something decidedly sinister.
Yezerski’s score plays a central role in shaping the film’s bizarre and unnerving atmosphere, bringing an original cinematic voice to its collision of playful nostalgia, dark humor, and horror. His music helps give the colorful world of Buddy its unsettling edge, heightening the film’s surreal shifts between whimsy and terror.
Directed by Casper Kelly, known for the viral Adult Swim short Too Many Cooks, Buddy puts a twisted spin on the familiar world of children’s television, creating a visually distinctive horror-comedy that turns childhood nostalgia into something strange, funny, and frightening.