Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are attached to compose the score for an original feature musical based on the book Everything Is Coming Up Profits: The Golden Age Of Industrial Musicals. Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig are attached to develop the project, which has sold to Amblin Partners. Steve Levenson (Masters of Sex, Dear Evan Hansen stage musical) is […]
Posts Tagged ‘Marc Shaiman’
Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman to Compose Score for ‘Everything Is Coming Up Profits’ Musical Adaptation
Posted: December 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Everything Is Coming Up Profits, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
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‘Hairspray LIVE!’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: October 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hairspray, Hairspray LIVE!, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Soundtrack
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the NBC television event Hairspray LIVE!. The album features the songs from the musical written by Marc Shaiman (A Few Good Men, Misery, Sister Act, City Slickers) and Scott Wittman (Smash, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) performed by the show’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally […]
Marc Shaiman Scoring Rob Reiner’s ‘LBJ’
Posted: March 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: LBJ, Marc Shaiman, Rob Reiner
Marc Shaiman has recently recorded his music for the upcoming drama LBJ. The film is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Woody Harrelson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Jeffrey Donovan as John F. Kennedy, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson, Michael Stahl-David as Bobby Kennedy, Richard Jenkins as Richard Russell, Bill Pullman as Ralph […]
Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman to Write Songs and Score for ‘Mary Poppins’ Sequel
Posted: September 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins, Rob Marshall, Scott Wittman
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman are set to compose original songs for a new Mary Poppins feature, which is currently in development at Disney. They will also be writing a new score. Rob Marshall (Chicago, Into the Woods, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) is attached to direct the movie, which is set 20 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 25, 2014)
Posted: July 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Most Wanted Man, And So It Goes, Andreas Weidender, Eric Serra, Fernando Velazquez, Happy Christmas, Herbert Grönemeyer, Hercules, Ironclad: Battle for Blood, Jenny Lewis, Lucy, Magic in the Moonlight, Marc Shaiman, Very Good Girls
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure Hercules directed by Brett Ratner and starring Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan and John Hurt. The film’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Devil). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music […]
Expanded ‘Empire of the Sun’ Soundtrack by John Williams Released
Posted: June 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Empire of the Sun, John Williams, Marc Shaiman, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg, The Addams Family
La-La Land Records has released a remastered and expanded soundtrack release for Steven Spielberg’s 1987 drama Empire of the Sun starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson. The 2-CD set features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Williams. The deluxe re-issue was produced, assembled and mastered by Mike Matessino in cooperation […]
Marc Shaiman Scoring Rob Reiner’s ‘And So It Goes’
Posted: December 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: And So It Goes, Marc Shaiman, Rob Reiner
Marc Shaiman has recently recorded his score for the upcoming comedy drama And So It Goes. The film is directed by Rob Reiner and stars Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton, Sterling Jerins, Frankie Valli, Scott Shepherd and Frances Sternhagen. The movie follows a self-centered real estate agent whose life is turned upside down when his estranged […]
Soundtrack for ‘Smash’ Musical ‘Bombshell’ Announced
Posted: January 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marc Shaiman, NBC, Scott Wittman, Smash, Soundtrack
Columbia Records will release the soundtrack for Bombshell, the musical within NBC’s hit show Smash. The album features 22 original songs that make up the Broadway-caliber cast recording of the musical. The songs composed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on the Bombshell soundtrack span both seasons of Smash. The soundtrack will be released on February 12, 2013 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 28, 2012)
Posted: December 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anne Dudley, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Danny Elfman, Herbert Kretzmer, Les Miserables, Marc Shaiman, Nick Cave, Parental Guidance, Promised Land, Warren Ellis, West of Memphis
Three new movies have opened nationwide earlier this week on Christmas Day: Topping the box office on Christmas Day was the movie musical Les Miserables directed by Tom Hooper and starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, Colm Wilkinson, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. Universal Republic has […]
Comic-Con 2012 Film Music Panel Roundup
Posted: July 10, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Drew: The Man Behind the Poster, iZLER, Marc Shaiman, Michael Penn, Ryan Shore
Following our previous report on the film music-related events at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego, more film composers have been announced to participate in the Behind the Music with CW3PR: Perfect Sound for TV & Film panel. In addition to the previously announced Trevor Morris, Robert Duncan and Danny Jacob, as well as singers […]
