WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy An American Pickle. The album features the film’s original music written by Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Lost, Ratatouille, Jurassic World, Doctor Strange, The Incredibles) who has provided the original themes and Nami Melumad (Absentia) who has composed the original score. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 7 and will be available to stream/download here. An American Pickle is directed by Brandon Trost and stars Seth Rogen, Maya Erskine, Jorma Taccone and Sarah Snook. The movie is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella and tells the story of a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1920 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 2, 2020)
Premiering tomorrow, August 3, is the Quibi original series The Fugitive created by Nick Santora based on the 1993 feature of the same title and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Boyd Holbrook, Natalie Martinez, Brian Geraghty, Genesis Rodriguez, Tiya Sircar and Keilani Arellanes. The show’s original music is composed by Tony Morales (Elena of Avalor, Scorpion, Bloodline, The Bag Man, An Actor Prepares, In Your Eyes). Check out our previous news article for more information about the thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Quibi.
Also premiering tomorrow is the Netflix docu-series Immigration Nation directed by Shaul Schwarz & Christina Clusiau and executive produced by Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill & Christian Thompson about the processes, pitfalls and pain of immigration in America. Jeremy Turner (Five Came Back, Come As You Are, Trophy, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez) has composed the show’s original music. Click here to learn more about the 6-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Michael Giacchino & Nami Melumad to Score Brandon Trost’s ‘An American Pickle’
Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Lost, Jurassic World, The Incredibles, Ratatouille) is teaming up with Nami Melumad (Absentia) to score the upcoming comedy An American Pickle. The film marks the feature solo directorial debut of cinematographer Brandon Trost and stars Seth Rogen, Maya Erskine and Sarah Snook. The movie revolves around an immigrant worker at a pickle factory who is accidentally preserved for a century and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. Simon Rich (Man Seeking Woman, Miracle Workers) wrote the screenplay. Rogen is also producing the Point Grey production with Evan Goldberg (This Is the End, The Interview) and James Weaver (Neighbors, The Disaster Artist).