Ryan Shore is scoring the animated mini-series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny. The series features 2-3 minute long shorts that explore fresh adventures of pivotal characters from the Star Wars universe, including Rey, Jyn Erso, Sabine Wren, Princess Leia, Ahsoka Tano and others. Felicity Jones, Daisy Ridley, Ashley Eckstein, Lupita Nyong’o are providing the voices of their respective characters in the shorts produced by Lucasfilm. The first short, entitled Sands of Jakku, premiered today on YouTube and is embedded after the jump.
Month: July 2017
‘Lady Jane’ Soundtrack Announced
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1986 romantic drama Lady Jane directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Jane Lapotaire, Patrick Stewart, Sara Kestelman and John Wood. The 2-CD album features the original music from the Paramount Pictures production composed by Stephen Oliver. The composer’s full score, as well as source cues are featured on the first disc, and the content of a planned, but never released soundtrack album is included on the second disc. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to listen to audio samples and to order the limited edition CDs.
Adam Taylor to Score Reed Moran’s ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’
Adam Taylor is set to reteam with director Reed Morano on the upcoming sci-fi drama I Think We’re Alone Now. The movie stars Elle Fanning and Peter Dinklage as survivors in a world where humanity was wiped out in a mysterious incident. Mike Makowsky (Take Me) wrote the screenplay. Fred Berger (La La Land, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) & Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, The Signal) are producing the project for Automatik, alongside Makowsky, Dinklage & David Ginsberg and Fernando Loureiro & Roberto Vasconcellos (Sweet Virginia).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 2, 2017)
Premiering on Wednesday, July 5, is the FX original series Snowfall created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio & Dave Andron and starring Damson Idris, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Carter Hudson and Emily Rios. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Power, The Night Of, CSI: Cyber). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which is set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic in the early 80s Los Angeles and will air every Wednesday night on FX.
Netflix’s ‘Atypical’ to Feature Music by Dan Romer
Dan Romer announced this week on Twitter that he has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original series Atypical. The show is created by Robia Rashid (The Goldbergs) and stars Keir Gilchrist, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Rapaport, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Amy Okuda. The comedy drama revolves around a 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, who takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family. Rashid is also executive producing the project with Mary Rohlich and Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Baywatch, Identity Thief) who directed the first episode.
Anne Chmelewsky Scoring Amma Asante’s ‘Where Hands Touch’
Director Amma Asante revealed on Twitter that composer Anne Chmelewsky is currently recording her score for the upcoming period drama Where Hands Touch. The film is written and directed by Asante and stars Amandla Stenberg, George Mackay and Abbie Cornish. The movie takes place in Germany in 1944 where a 15-year-old girl, daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the color of her skin and falls in love with the son of a prominent SS officer. Charlie Hanson (Cemetery Junction) is producing the project.
Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Detroit’ to Feature Original Song by The Roots
The Roots have recorded the original song It Ain’t Fair for Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming dramatic thriller Detroit. The hip hop group collaborated with singer/songwriter Bilal on the track, which will be featured in the movie and on the official soundtrack album, which will be released by Motown Records later this month. Check back on this page for the full album details. Detroit stars John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever, Jack Reynor, John Krasinski and Anthony Mackie.