Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot, GOAT, Bridgerton, Green Book, Secret Invasion, King Richard, Haunted Mansion, The Color Purple, Spider-Noir, Dear White People, Space Jam: A New Legacy) has recently been scoring Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Hexed. The film is directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn (Wish) & Jason Hand (Moana 2), co-directed by Josie Trinidad and features the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Rashida Jones, Tracie Ullman, Jodie Foster, Walton Goggins and Stephen Fry. The movie follows tells the story a teenage oddball and her Type A mom, who discovers her weirdness is actually hidden magic, transporting them to a world where magic can run free.
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‘Spartans: A True Story’ (‘Espartanos’) Soundtrack Album Released
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Argentinian Disney+/Hulu documentary series Spartans: A True Story (Espartanos: Una historia real). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Juan Ignacio Espinosa, Joaquín Sanchez & Patricio Andres Browne. Also included are four songs by Oscar Ariel Dominguez. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to a track from the score below. Spartans: A True Story is directed by Sebastián Pivotto and tells the true story of “Coco” Oderigo, an upper-class lawyer and former rugby player who decides to train a group of prisoners and ends up founding the Spartans, the first prison rugby team.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 12, 2023)
Making its linear debut tonight is the Showtime original series The Curse created by Benny Safdie & Nathan Fielder and starring Emma Stone, Fielder and Safdie. The show’s original music is composed John Medeski and executive produced by Daniel Lopatin (Uncut Gems, Good Time). Milan Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the score this coming Friday, November 17. Check out our soundtrack announcment for the full album details, to listen to a first track and to learn more about the project. The comedy premiered this past Friday on Paramount+ with Showtime and will air every Sunday night on Showtime.
Also premiering today is the MGM+ original series Beacon 23 created by Zak Penn based on Hugh Howey’s best-selling book and starring Lean Headey and Stephan James. William Marriott has composed the show’s original score. Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Westworld, Iron Man, House of the Dragon, Eternals) has contributed the theme and also serves as the project’s music producer. Check out our previous news article for more information about the sci-fi thriller, which will be available to stream on MGM+.
Chosen Jacob’s Original Song ‘Kicks’ from Disney+’s ‘Sneakerella’ Released
Walt Disney Records has released the original song Kicks from the Disney+ original movie Sneakerella. The track written by Antonina Armato, Tim James, Thomas Armato Sturges & IN-Q (aka Adam Schmalholz) and performed by lead actor Chosen Jacobs is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. A full soundtrack album for the film will be released on May 13. Check back on this page for the full album details. Sneakerella is directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum and also stars Lexi Underwood, Devyn Nekoda, Bryan Terrell, John Salley, Kolton Stewart, Juan Chioran, Hayward Leach, Robyn Alomar and Yvonne Senat Jones.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 5, 2021)
Premiering tomorrow, December 6, is HBO limited series Landscapers created by Ed Sinclair and starring Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O’ Flynn, Samuel Anderson, Dipo Ola, David Hayman, Felicity Montagu and Daniel Rigby. The show’s original music is composed by Arthur Sharpe (The Electrical Life of Arthur Wain, Flowers, Guilt, The Darkest Universe, Ghosts). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part drama, which is making its U.S. debut on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Also premiering tomorrow is the HBO original documentary The Forever Prisoner directed and produced by Alex Gibney about Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA’s program of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques who was later identified as torture by those outside the agency. Will Bates (Unbelievable, Away, The Magicians, The Path, I Origins, The Looming Tower, Another Earth) who previously scored numerous documentaries by Gibney (including Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks & Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine) has composed the film’s original music. The movie will premiere on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Gabriel Mann Scoring Disney+’s ‘Better Nate Than Ever’
Composer Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Rectify, Rosewood) is reteaming with writer/producer Tim Federle on the upcoming Disney+ original movie Better Nate Than Ever. The film is written and directed by Federle and stars Rueby Wood, Norbert Leo Butz, Lisa Kudrow, Aria Brooks, Michelle Federer and Joshua Bassett. The comedy drama is based on Federle’s book of the same title and follows a 13-year-old Pittsburgher who sneaks off to a major musical audition in the Big Apple with his best friend after not being cast in their school play.
‘Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made’ Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Golden Globe nominee Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Legally Blonde, Election, About Schmidt, Wedding Crashers, Stan & Ollie). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 7 and will be available to stream/download here. Timmy Failure is co-written and directed by Tom McCarthy and stars Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Wallace Shaw, Craig Robinson and Kyle Bornheimer. The movie is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Stephan Patsis and follows the title character who, along with his 1,500-pound polar bear partner Total, operates Total Failure Inc., a Portland detective agency.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 2, 2020)
Premiering tomorrow, February 3 is the Spectrum Originals series Manhunt: Deadly Games created by Andrew Sodroski and starring Cameron Britton, Jack Huston, Gethin Anthony, Carla Gugino, Arliss Howard, Kelly Jenrette and Judith Light. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian) and Stephanie Economou (Step Up: High Water). Check out our previous article to learn more about the series.
Also premiering tomorrow is the HBO docu-series McMillions directed by James Lee Hernandez & Brian Lazarte and executive produced by Mark Wahlberg. Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, Krypton, Stargirl, The Angel) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-parter, which centers on the con that allowed one man to rig the results of McDonald’s popular Monopoly game for an entire decade, will air every Monday night on HBO. Visit the official show website for more information.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 26, 2020)
Premiering on Thursday, January 30, is the Netflix limited series The Stranger created by Harlan Coben and starring Richard Armitage, Siobhan Finneran, Jennifer Saunders, Hannah John-Kamen, Anthony Head and Stephen Rea. The show’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden Kingdom, Papillon, The Gifted). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama. The full series will be available to stream on Thursday exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Friday, January 31, is the new Pixar Animation Studios short Lamp Life directed by Valerie LaPointe and featuring the voices of Christina Hendricks, Annie Potts and Jim Hanks. Jake Monaco (Let’s Be Cops, Dumplin’, Forky Asks a Question, Keeping Up with the Joneses) has composed the film’s original music. The short, which explores what exactly happened to Bo Peep between her separation from Woody to the events in Toy Story 4, will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Christophe Beck to Score Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘WandaVision’
Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has revealed in a recent interview with SESAC that he will be scoring Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ original series WandaVision. The show is developed by Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle) based on the Marvel Comics characters Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch and Vision and stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kat Dennings and Randall Park who are reprising their roles from the Marvel feature films.