Andrew Sherman is the composer of the new Fox animated comedy Bless the Harts. He is composing the original score and also wrote the theme for the show created by Emily Spivey (Up All Night, Wine Country) and starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz. The series follows a Southern family that is always broke, and forever struggling to make ends meet. Spivey is also executive producing the FOX Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television production with Wiig, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The LEGO Movie), Seth Cohen (Son of Zorn) and Andy Bobrow (The Last Man on Earth).
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Soundtrack for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Marooned’ to Be Released
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack EP for the new DreamWorks Animation short Marooned. The track EP features the film’s original music composed by Amie Doherty (Undone, Battle at Big Rock, Here and Now). The soundtrack will be released this Friday, September 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Marooned is directed by Andrew Erekson, produced by Jeff Hermann and tells the story of a robot named C-0R13 who – stranded on an abandoned lunar outpost – longs to return to Earth and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
Christopher Lennertz & Philip White Scoring ‘Jexi’
Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, The Boys, Sausage Party) & Philip White (Nobody’s Fool, Boo 2! A Madea Halloween) have composed the original score for the upcoming comedy Jexi. The film is written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (21 & Over, screenwriters of The Hangover) and stars Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Pena, Justin Hartley and Rose Byrne as the voice of Jexi. The movie follows a man whose new cellphone turns into a technological nightmare when the artificial intelligence program becomes obsessed with him.
‘The Fool’ (‘Le dindon’) Soundtrack Released
Pathé Production has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy The Fool (Le dindon). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Ludovic Bource (The Artist, OSS 117: Lost in Rio & Cairo & Nest of Spies, Clear History, On the Other Side of the Tracks). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Fool is directed by Jalil Lespert and stars Dany Boon, Guillaume Gallienne, Alice Pol, Ahmed Sylla, Laure Calamy and Camille Lellouche. The movie follows a married man who tries to seduce the wife of his good friend, unaware that she has plans of her own to punish her cheating husband.
Original Song ‘Memorized’ from NBC’s ‘This Is Us’ Released
Hollywood Records has released the original song Memorized from the Season 4 premiere of the NBC drama This Is Us. The track is co-written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Khosla and Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith and performed by Blake Stadnik. The song, which is featured in the ending sequence of the episode Strangers, is now available to stream and download as a digital single on Amazon Music. Listen to the full track after the jump. The fourth season of This Is Us created by Dan Fogelman and starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz premiered last night and will air every Tuesday night on NBC.
Aaron Zigman to Score Chris & Nick Riedell’s ‘A Nice Girl Like You’
Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, John Q, The Proposal, Sex and the City: The Movie, Bridge to Terabithia) has been hired to score the upcoming romantic comedy A Nice Girl Like You. The film is directed by Chris & Nick Riedell (Camp Takota) and stars Lucy Hale, Jackie Cruz, Leonidas Gulaptis, Skye P. Marshall, Stephen Friedrich, Adhir Kalyan and Mindy Cohn. The movie follows a violinist who is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend and – in an effort to prove him wrong – creates a rather wild to-do list.
First Songs from ‘Empire’ Season 6 Released
Hollywood Records has released the first songs from the sixth season of the Fox hit drama Empire. Available now are the songs featured in the season premiere (What Is Love), including Do It Right performed by Serayah, Yazz, Mario & Katlyn Simone, Heaven performed by Kiandra Richardson, What The DJ Spins (Hakeem version) written and produced by Terrence Howard & performed by Yazz and Too Good performed by Diamond White. The 4-track EP is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music. Over the next couple of months, the label will release two songs each week ahead of every episode.
‘Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser’ Soundtrack Details
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the Swiss drama Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (Bruno Manser – Die Stimme des Regenwaldes). The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient, Cold Mountain, 1408, Judy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 1, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser is directed by Niklaus Hilber and stars Sven Schelke as Swiss explorer and environmentalist Bruno Manser who disappeared without trace in 2000.
The Newton Brothers Scoring Nicolas Pesce’s ‘The Grudge’ Reboot
The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Oculus, Detachment) have taken over scoring duties on the upcoming supernatural thriller reboot of The Grudge. The film is written and directed by Nicolas Pesce (Piercing) and stars Andrea Riseborough, John Cho, Demián Bichir, Jacki Weaver, Betty Gilpin and Lin Shaye. The movie based on the 2002 Japanese feature Ju-on: The Grudge and the 2004 U.S. remake (scored by Christopher Young) revolves around a house that is haunted by a vengeful ghost that curses those who enter it…with a violent death.
‘Child’s Play 2’ Soundtrack to Be Released
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1990 horror sequel Child’s Play 2 directed by John Lafia and starring Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter and Christine Elise. The album features the film’s original music composed by Graeme Revell (The Crow, Tomb Raider, Dead Calm, Daredevil, The Siege, Pitch Black). Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Memoirs of an Invisible Man) conducted and orchestrated the score. The CD, which is limited to 3,000 copies, marks the sixth title in the Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection. The soundtrack will be available to order at 12:00 PST on the label’s official website.