Walter Murphy is currently recording his orchestral score for the upcoming live action & CG-animated comedy Ted. The film is directed by Seth MacFarlane and stars Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel McHale. The movie tells the story of a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane) who came to life as the result of a childhood wish and has refused to leave his side ever since. MacFarlane has co-written the screenplay with Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild and is also producing the film with Scott Stuber (Role Models, Safe House), John Jacobs (Blades of Glory) and Jason Clark (Hotel for Dogs). Murphy has been working with MacFarlane over the last couple of years on the animated hit shows American Dad and Family Guy, for which the composer has received four Emmy Award nominations. Ted is scheduled to be released on July 13, 2012 by Universal Pictures. Check out the trailer below and visit the official movie website to learn more about the film.
Walter Murphy Scores Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Ted’
Posted: April 18, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Seth MacFarlane, Ted, Walter Murphy
Correct me if wrong, didn’t Murphy leave and not come back to “American Dad”, in order to continue scoring “Family Guy” and the spin-off series, “The Cleveland Show”?
Joel McNeely took his place on “American Dad” and has done, somewhere over two dozen/three dozen episodes.
Thank goodness it was John Powell doing the score, as an internet search showed a few months ago. But unfortunately, I thought I read Zimmer was “Producing” the score.