Composer Daniel Hart is reteaming with director David Lowery on the upcoming Disney+ animated short An Almost Christmas Story. The film is directed by Lowery and features the voices of Cary Christopher, Estella Madrigal, Jim Gaffigan, Alex Ross Perry, Mamoudou Athie, Gianna Joseph, Phil Rosenthal, Natasha Lyonne, as well as John C. Reilly as “The Folk Singer” who performs four songs in the short, two of which are original songs. The short follows a curious young owl who unexpectedly finds himself stuck in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza and befriends a lost young girl while attempting to escape the bustling city.
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‘Agatha All Along’ Dave Audé Remix Released
Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released the first track from the soundtrack for Marvel Television’s new Disney+ limited series Agatha All Along. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is a remix of the song Agatha All Along (originally written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez for 2021’s WandaVision) by Dave Audé. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the track, which is also embedded after the jump. Agatha All Along is developed by Jac Schaeffer and stars Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Ali Ahn, Sasheer Zamata, Maria Dizzia, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Paul Adelstein, Debra Jo Rupp, Okwui Okpokwasili, Patti LuPone and Aubrey Plaza.
‘Music by John Williams’ Documentary to Debut at AFI Fest Before Premiering on Disney+
AFI announced today that the documentary Music by John Williams will open the 38th AFI Fest in Hollywood on October 23, 2024.The film directed by Laurent Bouzereau chronicles the prolific life and career of the legendary Academy Award-winning composer. The movie features interviews with directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Chris Columbus, J.J. Abrams,, James Mangold, Lawrence Kasdan, producers Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall, composers Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Thomas Newman, musicians Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Branford Marsalis, among others.
‘Selenkay’ Soundtrack Album Released
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Argentinian Disney+ original series Selenkay. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Damián Mahler (Aruna’s Magic). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s credits track after the jump. Selenkay is directed by Martín Sabban, Joaquín Cambre & Eduardo Pinto and stars Gina Mastronicola, Manuel Ramos, Julián Mateo Caballero, María Zubiri, Luisina Arito and Alejandro Paker. The coming-of-age fantasy drama follows a 16-year old teenager who is constantly traveling due to her parents’ work and looking for stability who moves to a small town in the mountains, where a strange water-bound power threatens the normal teenage life she’s worked so hard to achieve.
First Track from ‘LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’ Score Released
Walt Disney Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ animated special LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is To New Adventures (Sig’s Theme) composed by Michael Kramer (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales, The Ghost and Molly McGee). Also listen to the full track after the jump. LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is directed by Chris Buckley, written by Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit and stars Gaten Matarazzo, Tony Revolori, Bobby Moynihan, Michael Cusack, Marsai Martin, Ahmed Best and Mark Hamill.
The Newton Brothers Scoring Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘Daredevil: Born Again’
The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge) are currently scoring Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ original series Daredevil: Born Again. The show based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name stars Charlie Cox as Daredevil/Matt Murdoc, Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, Jon Bernthal as The Punisher, as well as Deborah Ann Woll, Michael Gandolfini, Margarita Levieva, Genneya Walton, Elden Henson and Wilson Bethel. Dario Scardapane (The Punisher, Memory) serves as the project’s showrunner and Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead (Synchronic, The Endless) are the lead directors.
‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ – Volume 2 (Episodes 5-8) Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the second soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ Star Wars original series The Acolyte have been revealed. The album features the original music from the final four episodes (Episodes 5-8) of the show’s first season composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Bad Education, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, See You Yesterday, Breaking). Also included is the original end credits song Power of Two co-written (with D’Mile & Abels) and performed by Victoria Monet (previously released as a digital single). The Vol. 2 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 19 by Walt Disney Records (visit Amazon or any other major digital music servicesto stream/download). Also available on the same day will be a 94-track album featuring the content of both volumes (click here to stream/download). The Volume 1 soundtrack featuring Abels’ score from Episodes 1-4 has previously been released last month.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 7, 2024)
Premiering on Wednesday, July 10, is the Apple TV+ original series Sunny developed by Katie Robbins based on Colin O’Sullivan’s book The Dark Manual an starring Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura. The show’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man and the Gun, Interview with the Vampire, A Ghost Story, Peter Pan & Wendy, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints). Check out our previous news article for more information about the mystery comedy drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the HBO original documentary Quad Gods directed by Jess Jacklin, produced by Johnny Fego & Jacklin and executive produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Gary Gunn (A Thousand and One) has composed the film’s original music. The movie, which follows the lives of three New Yorkers with quadriplegia that meet in a neuro-rehabilitation lab where they create the world’s first fully quadriplegic e-sports team, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will air on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Original Song ‘Red’ from Disney+’s ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released the second track and first original song from the Disney+ original movie Descendants: The Rise of Red. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Red written by Antonina Armato, Thomas Armato Sturges, IN-Q (aka Adam Schmalholz) & Tim James and performed by Kylie Cantrall & Alex Boniello. Also check out the official music video after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album will be released on June 12. Descendants: The Rise of Red is directed by Jennifer Phang and also stars Rita Ora, Malia Baker, Brandy, Dara Reneé, Ruby Rose Turner, Joshua Colley, Morgan Dudley, Peder Lindell, Jeremy Swift, Grace Narducci, McClain, Paolo Montalban, Leonardo Nam and Melanie Paxson.
‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ – Volume 1 (Episodes 1-4) Soundtrack Album Details
Walt Disney Records will release the first soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte. The album features the original music from the first four episodes of the show composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Bad Education, The Burial, See You Yesterday, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 21. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream the album and also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released Victoria Monét’s original song Power of Two (co-written by Abels) last week. A second album featuring the composer’s score from Episodes 4-8 will be coming out on July 19. The Acolyte is created by Leslye Headland and stars Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Dafne Keen, Manny Jacinto, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo and Carrie-Anne Moss.