Duncan Thum & David Bertok have received their first Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) category for their score for Netflix’s Chef’s Table: Legends episode José Andrés at today’s second night of the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score last month.
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Soundtrack Album for ‘Chef’s Table: Legends’ Episode ‘José Andrés’ Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Chef’s Table: Legends episode José Andrés. The album features the Emmy Award-nominated original score from the episode composed by Duncan Thum (Brittany Runs a Marathon, Chef’s Table, The Iron Orchard, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Dealt) & David Bertok (Peace by Chocolate, The Wedding Invitation, For the Love of George, Botero). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon and any other major digital music services. José Andrés is directed by Clay Jeter and centers on the maximalist chef who revolutionized Spanish cuisine in the United States and elevated his love of cooking into his life’s greatest work.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 29, 2022)
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the action thriller Memory directed by Martin Campbell and starring Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Taj Atwal, Ray Fearon, Harold Torres and Ray Stevenson. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Parkes (aka Photek) (How to Get Away with Murder, Station 19, The Protege, Gang Related, Life in a Year, Mosul). Music.Film Recordings/Lakeshore Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the Open Road Films/Briarcliff Entertainment release.
Opening in limited release is the Finnish horror drama Hatching (Pahanhautoja) directed by Hanna Bergholm and starring Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä and Jani Volanen. Stein Berge Svendsen (The Crossing, Happy, Happy) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follow a 12-year girl who is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family, who finds a strange egg. premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released in the U.S. by IFC Midnight.
‘Peace by Chocolate’ Soundtrack Album Details
Everlight Entertainment will release a soundtrack album for the Canadian drama Peace by Chocolate. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Bertok (For the Love of George, The Wedding Invitation, Botero). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Peace by Chocolate is co-written and directed by Jonathan Keijser and stars Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar, Mark Camacho, Yara Sabri and Kathryn Kirkpatrick. The movie tells the story of a young Syrian refugee who struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life and is caught between following his dream to become a doctor and preserving his family’s chocolate-making legacy.
‘For the Love of George’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the romantic comedy For the Love of George. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Unsung Lilly, Lisa Brigantino, Steve Fawcett, Alex Louise, James Bowers and Dominique Pruitt. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by David Bertok (The Wedding Invitation). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. For the Love of George is directed by Maria Burton and stars Nadia Jordan, Tate Donovan, Rex Lee, Shaun Sipos, Kristen Johnston and Rosanna Arquette. The movie follows a jilted British woman who comes to Los Angeles, after discovering her husband is cheating on her, with the fantasy of meeting her ultimate dream man — George Clooney.