Universal Music Group’s Calderstone Productions & Lenono Music will release a soundtrack for the animated short War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko co-written (with Sean Ono Lennon) and directed by Dave Mullins. The 3-track single features the Sean Ono Lennon-produced Ultimate Mixes of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s iconic holiday song Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Yoko Ono’s Listen, The Snow Is Falling mixed and engineered by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon, as well as the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, 1917, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, Road to Perdition, Bridge of Spies). The soundtrack will be released digitally and as a 12” Zoetrope picture disc on December 5. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital version.
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Thomas Newman Scoring Dave Mullins’ ‘War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko’
Thomas Newman (American Beauty, 1917, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Elemental, Skyfall) has composed the original score for the new animated short War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko. The film directed by Pixar animator Dave Mullins (who previously helmed the Pixar short Lou) is inspired by John Lennon’s & Yoko Ono’s song Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and centers on a chess game played across enemy lines with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon.
Pixar’s ‘Lou’ to Feature Music by Christophe Beck
Christophe Beck has composed the music for Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming animated short Lou. The film marks the directorial debut of Dave Mullins who worked as an animator on projects including Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up and Cars 2. The movie revolves around a lost-and-found box and the unseen monster within. Dana Murray is producing the short and Pete Docter (Up, Inside Out) & John Lasseter (Toy Story) serve as executive producers. The project marks Beck’s first project for Pixar.