Tag: Bear McCreary

Disney+’s ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ TV Series to Feature Music by Bear McCreary

Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,  The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane) has recently been composing music for the upcoming Disney+ original series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The Emmy Award-winning composer and members of his Sparks & Shadows team have been recording the show’s score in recent months. The fantasy adventure is based on Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series by Rick Riordan and stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri. The series tells the story of the titular 12-year-old modern demigod who’s just coming to terms with his newfound divine powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt.

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First Tracks from ‘Outlander’ Season 7 Soundtrack Released

Sony Classical has released three tracks from the soundtrack for the seventh season of the Starz original series Outlander. The 3-track EP features the new version of the opening titles theme The Skye Boat Song (performed by Sinéad O’Connor), as well as the score track Our History Is Now written by the show’s composer Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead) and the Scottish traditional song Tha Mi Sgith’n Fhogar Seo’ performed by Griogair Labhruidh. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all three tracks below.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 11, 2023)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie The Last Voyage of Demeter directed by André Øvredal and starring Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Jon Jon Briones, Liam Cunningham, Javier Botet and David Dastmalchian. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Outlander, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.

Opening in around 800 theaters is the sci-fi comedy drama Jules directed by Marc Turtletaub and starring Ben Kingsley, Jane Curtin, Zoe Winters, Harriet Sansom Harris, Anna George, Cody Kostro and Donald Paul. Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard, Patrick Melrose) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Sonoma Film Festival and is being distributed by Bleecker Street.

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‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Soundtrack Album Details

The details of the soundtrack album for the supernatural horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter have been announced. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, August 11 by Sony Classical and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The composer’s main theme is already available to stream/download now. The Last Voyage of the Demeter is directed by André Øvredal and stars Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, Jon Jon Briones, David Dastmalchian, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Javier Botet and Stefan Kapicic.

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First Track from Bear McCreary’s ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Score Released

Sony Classical has released the first track from the soundtrack for the supernatural horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the title track written by the film’s composer Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album is expected to be released next Friday, August 11. Check back on this page for the full album details.

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Details for ‘Foundation’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Revealed

Sparks & Shadows will release a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Foundation. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead, Outlander, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Battlestar Galactica) who has provided the themes and his Sparks & Shadows team (including Omer Ben-Zvi, Etienne Monsaingeon & Kelsey Woods). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Lakeshore Records has previously released a soundtrack featuring McCreary’s score from Season 1 back in 2021.

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Bear McCreary Scoring André Øvredal’s ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, 10 Cloverfield Lane) has composed the original music for the upcoming supernatural horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. The film is directed by André Øvredal (Scary Stories We Tell in the Dark, The Autopsy of Jane Doe) and stars Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Jon Jon Briones, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Stefan Kapicic and Javier Botet. The DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment production is based on a single chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula and tells the story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo – fifty unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2023)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Bill Murray. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Free Guy, WandaVision, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hawkeye). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the noir thriller Marlowe directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Diane Kruger, Danny Huston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Cumming, Colm Meaney and Ian Hart. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Analyze That, No Sudden Move, Haywire) has composed the film’s original score. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song by Jon Batiste last week. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Open Road Films release.

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Soundtrack Album Details

Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film We Have a Ghost. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 17 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. We Have a Ghost is written and directed by Christopher Landon and stars David Harbour, Anthony Mackie, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Jennifer Coolidge, Tig Notaro, Erica Ash, Isabella Russo, Faith Ford, Niles Fitch and Steve Coulter.

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Bear McCreary Scoring Christopher Landon’s ‘We Have a Ghost’

Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film We Have a Ghost. The movie is directed by Christopher Landon and stars David Harbour, Anthony Mackie, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge, Erica Ash, Faith Ford, Isabella Russo, Niles Fitch and Steve Coulter. The supernatural adventure comedy follows a family who finds a ghost with a murky past haunting in their new house and becomes the targets of a shadowy government agency.

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