Walt Disney Records has released the first two songs from the new Disney+ animated shorts series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. Available now to stream/download is Donald’s Conga Song written by the show’s composer Christopher Willis (The Death of Stalin, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Veep, The Lion Guard) & Mike Bell and performed […]
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First Songs from ‘The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse’ Released
Posted: November 18, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Willis, Disney Plus, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 15, 2020)
Posted: November 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Ari Lazar, Alex Geringas, Amazon, Animaniacs, Christopher Willis, Crazy Not Insane, Disney Plus, HBO, HBO Max, Hulu, I Hate Suzie, James Everingham, Johnny Llyod, Julie Bernstein, Lorne Balfe, Mica Levi, Nathan Coen, Netflix, No Man's Land, Peacock, Run, Rutger Hoedemaekers, Showtime, Small Axe, Steven Bernstein, The Princess Switch: Switched Again, The Reagans, The Real Right Stuff, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse., Torin Borrowdale, TrollsTopia, Will Bates
Premiering tonight is the Showtime docu-series The Reagans directed and executive produced by Matt Tyrnauer about the rise and reign of America’s ultimate power couple, Ronald & Nancy Reagan. The show’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, The Crown, Home, Bad Boys for Life) […]
Christopher Willis Scoring Disney+ Series ‘The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse’
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Willis, Disney Plus, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse.
Disney+ announced today that Christopher Willis is returning to compose the music for the streamer’s upcoming animated shorts series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. The show is produced by Disney Television Animation with Paul Rudish (Dexter’s Laboratory, Sym-Bionic Titan) serving as executive producer and supervising director. The series follows Mickey and his best pals […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2020)
Posted: August 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Kawczynski, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Christopher Willis, Fatima, Jack Halama, Mark Isham, Mark Snow, Paolo Buonvino, Rogue, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Scott Shields, The Eight Hundred, The New Mutants, The Personal History of David Copperfield'
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller The New Mutants directed by Josh Boone and starring Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt and Henry Zaga. The film’s original music is composed by (The X-Files, Millennium, La Femme Nikita, Crazy in Alabama, Smallville). Hollywood Records […]
‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Armando Iannucci, Christopher Willis, score, Soundtrack, The Personal History of David Copperfield'
MVKA will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy drama The Personal History of David Copperfield. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Willis (The Death of Stalin, Veep, The Lion Guard, Mickey Mouse). The soundtrack will be released on January 17, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. […]
Christopher Willis to Score Alexander Kronemer’s ‘Lamya’s Poem’
Posted: December 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexander Kronemer, Christopher Willis, Lamya’s Poem
Christopher Willis (The Death of Stalin, Veep, Mickey Mouse, The Lion Guard) has signed on to score the upcoming animated feature Lamya’s Poem. The film is written and directed by Alexander Kronemer (Bilal: A New Breed of Hero) and features the voice talent of Mena Massoud, Millie Davis and Faran Tahir. The movie tells the […]
Michael Giacchino Wins Annie Award for ‘Incredibles 2’
Posted: February 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Christopher Willis, Disney Mickey Mouse, Incredibles 2, Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino was honored in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the music from Pixar’s hit movie Incredibles 2. Giacchino accepted his award in person at tonight’s 46th Annie Awards at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The other contenders in the category were Danny Elfman & Tyler the Creator for Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, […]
Christopher Willis to Reteam with Armando Iannucci on ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’
Posted: June 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Armando Iannucci, Christopher Willis, The Personal History of David Copperfield'
Christopher Willis is set to reunite with director Armando Iannucci on the upcoming The Personal History of David Copperfield. The film stars Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie, Benedict Wong, Paul Whitehouse, Daisy May Cooper, Aneurin Barnard, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh and Rosalind Eleazar. The movie based on Charles Dicken’s […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 9, 2018)
Posted: March 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Wrinkle in Time, Adrian Johnston, Bent, Carlo Virzi, Christophe Beck, Christopher Willis, Erik Friedlander, Gringo, Lorne Balfe, Ramin Djawadi, Sune Martin, The Death of Stalin, The Hurricane Heist, The Leisure Seeker, The Outsider, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Thoroughbreds, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is Disney’s fantasy drama A Wrinkle in Time directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid, Mindy Kaling, Guru Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peňa, Levi Miller, Zach Galifianakis and Chris Pine. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Pacific […]
The Music of ‘Coco’ Honored at 45th Annie Awards
Posted: February 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Christopher Willis, Coco, Disney Mickey Mouse, Germaine Franco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Michael Giacchino, Robert Lopez
Composers Michael Giacchino, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco and co-director and lyricist Adrian Molina were honored in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the music from Pixar’s hit movie Coco. Giacchino, Franco and Molina accepted their award in person at tonight’s 45th Annie Awards at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The other contenders in the category […]