Dustin O’Halloran and Brian Crosby have composed the music for the pilot of the new Amazon original series I Love Dick. The comedy is written by Sarah Gubbins (Ten Aker Wood), directed by Jill Soloway (Lars and the Real Girl, Afternoon Delight) and stars Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Hahn, Griffin Dunne and Roberta Colindrez. The show based on Chris Kraus’ 1997 novel of the same title is set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas and centers on a struggling married couple and their mutual obsession with an off-putting but charismatic professor.
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Soundtrack for Amazon’s ‘The Stinky & Dirty Show’ to Be Released
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Stinky & Dirty Show. The album features the original songs from the show by folk singer and songwriter Dan Bern. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 2, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Stinky & Dirty Show written and developed by Guy Toubes is based on the books of Jim & Kate McMullan and tells the adventures of best friends and unlikely heroes, Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty the backhoe loader. The series’ voice talent includes Whoopi Goldberg, Jane Lynch, Andy Richter, Joan Cusack and Wallace Shawn.
Joseph Trapanese Scoring Amazon’s ‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson’
Joseph Trapanese has composed the score for the pilot episode of the upcoming Amazon original series Jean-Claude Van Johnson. The show stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as a global martial arts and film sensation who is operating under the simple alias of “Johnson,” the most dangerous undercover private contractor in the world. Kat Foster, Moises Arias and Phylicia Rashad are co-starring. Van Damme is also executive producing the Scott Free production with Peter Atencio (Keanu, Key and Peele), Ridley Scott (Gladiator, The Martian, Alien) and David W. Zucker (The Good Wife, The Man in the High Castle, Mercy Street).
Amazon’s ‘The Tick’ to Feature Music by Chris Bacon
Chris Bacon has composed the music for the pilot of the upcoming Amazon original series The Tick. The show is created by Ben Edlund (Supernatural, Titan A.E.) based on his own comic book series and stars Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Jackie Earle Haley, Valorie Curry, Yara Martinez and Brendan Hine. The superhero comedy follows an underdog accountant with zero powers in a city owned by a global villain who was thought to be dead. Edlund is also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with Barry Josephson (Enchanted, Bones, The Ladykillers) and Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty).
‘Mozart in the Jungle’ Soundtrack Announced
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Mozart in the Jungle. The album features the show’s main title theme Lisztomania arranged by the show’s composer Roger Neill (Beginners, Don’t Think Twice), as well as a selection of the classical pieces used in the series’ first two seasons by Rachmaninoff, Berlioz, Mozart, Mendelssohn & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 12, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Mozart in the Jungle is created by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman & Alex Timbers and stars Gael García Bernal, Lola Kirke Saffron Burrows, Hannah Dunne, Malcolm McDowell and Peters. The Golden Globe-winning show will return for a third season later this year or in 2017.
‘Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street’ Soundtrack EP Released
Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack EP for the Amazon original series Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street. The EP features a covers of What a Wonderful World by the Avett Brothers, Stand By Me by Andrew Bird, Do You Realize?? by Sharon Van Etten and Lean on Me by Conor Oberst. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street is created by David Anaxagoras and stars Sloane Morgan Siegel, Ashley Boettcher and Drew Justice. The show follows Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, as they navigate Normal Street – an ordinary suburb that has a hint of something magical just beneath the surface.
Dominik Scherrer to Score Amazon’s ‘The Collection’
Dominik Scherrer has been tapped to score the Amazon original series The Collection. The show is created Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars) and stars Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Frances de la Tour, Mamie Gummer, Max Deacon, Irène Jacob, Michael Kitchen and James Cosmo. The drama is set after World War II and centers around an illustrious Paris fashion house, emerging from the dark days of the Occupation, now ushering in a new golden age of design and business. Goldstick is also executive producing the Lookout Point and Artis Pictures production with Anne Thomopoulos (Rome, Camelot), Kate Croft, Pascal Breton, Simon Vaughan (War And Peace, Parade’s End), Médéric Albouy and Toma de Matteis.
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Interestings’
Mark Mothersbaugh has scored the pilot for the Amazon Studios series The Interestings. The show is created by Lyn Greene & Richard Levine (Masters of Sex, Nip/Tuck) and stars Lauren Ambrose, David Krumholtz, Jessica Pare, Matt Barr, Gabriel Ebert, Jessica Collins and Corey Cott. The drama is based on Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling novel and follows a group of artistic teenagers who meet at summer camp in 1974 and whose friendships are tested by tragedy, success, failure and secrets over the next few decades. Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Four Weddings and a Funeral) has directed the pilot episode.
Mychael Danna Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Last Tycoon’
Mychael Danna has recently scored the pilot for the Amazon Studios original series The Last Tycoon. The show is written and directed by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games) and stars Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer and Lily Collins. The drama is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last work and follows Hollywood’s Golden Boy, Monroe Stahr as he battles father figure and boss, Pat Brady for the soul of their studio. Ray is also executive producing the TriStar Television production with Ray & Christopher Keyser (Tyrant, Party of Five), Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin & David A. Stern (Rosemary’s Baby).
‘Doctor Thorne’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the ITV mini-series Doctor Thorne. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Still Alice, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria, 47 Ronin). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 17, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Doctor Thorne is written by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) and stars Tom Hollander, Ian McShane, Rebecca Front, Alison Brie, Richard McCabe, Phoebe Nicholls, Gwyneth Keyworth, Stefanie Martini, Kate O’Flynn, Edward Franklin and Harry Richardson. The 3-parter is based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Trollope and revolves around the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt and cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.