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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 8, 2022)

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Premiering tomorrow, May 9, is the Hulu limited event series Candy created by Robin Veith and starring Jessica Biel, Timothy Simons, Pablo Schreiber, Melanie Lynskey and Raúl Esparza. The show’s original music is composed by Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, American Horror Stories, Rebel Hearts, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, To Dust, The Devil Has a Name). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the true crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

Premiering on Wednesday, May 11, is the Netflix original documentary Our Father directed by Lucie Jourdan and produced by Jason Blum. Gregory Tripi (Ma, Manhunt: Unabomber, Warning, Rememory, Dark Places, The Fix) has composed the film’s original music. The Blumhouse production, which tells the story of a woman who – after an at-home DNA test reveals she has multiple half-siblings – discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor, will be available to stream on Netflix.

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Elvin Ross Scoring Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum’s Disney+ Movie ‘Sneakerella’

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Elvin Ross (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Honey: Rise Up and Dance, Madea Goes to Jail. Boo! A Madea Halloween) has composed the original score for the upcoming Disney+ original movie Sneakerella. The film is directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (Ramona & Beezus, Aquamarine) and stars Chosen Jacobs, Lexi Underwood, Devyn Nekoda, John Salley, Bryan Terrell, Kolton Stewart, Hayward Leach, Juan Chioran, Robyn Alomar and Yvonne Senat Jones. The comedy follows an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock boy in the shoe store that once belonged to his late mother, when he meets and falls in love with the fiercely independent daughter of a legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon.

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‘Honey: Rise Up and Dance’ Soundtrack Details

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Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the dance movie Honey: Rise Up and Dance. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Chris Brown, Future, Omarion, Stefflon Don, Troy Reign, Ni Emory & others. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Elvin Ross (Boo! A Madea Halloween, Diary of a Mad Black Woman). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 30, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Honey: Rise Up and Dance is directed by Bille Woodruff and stars Teyana Taylor, Sierra McClain and Bryshere Y. Gray. The movie follows an aspiring street dancer who decides to try-out for the same dance crew as her formally trained sister in order to compete for a college scholarship.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 21, 2016)

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Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

jack-reacher-never-go-backOpening in most theaters is the action thriller Jack Reacher: Never Go Back directed by Edward Zwick and starring Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany and Robert Knepper. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6, Captain Phillips). Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details. Also click here for a recent video interview with Jackman about his work on the project.

ouija-2Also opening wide is the horror thriller Ouija: Origin of Evil directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Doug Jones, Parker Mack, Sam Anderson, Kate Siegel, Annalise Basso and Lulu Wilson. The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Life of Crime, Hush, Detachment, The Bye Bye Man) have composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and click here for a video featurette about the composers’ work on the movie.

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Elvin Ross to Score Tyler Perry’s ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’

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a-madea-halloweenElvin Ross is reuniting with Tyler Perry on the upcoming comedy Boo! A Madea Halloween. The film is written and directed by Perry who also stars in the film, alongside Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Lexy Panterra, Yousef Erakat, Andre Hall, Brock O’Hurn and Bella Thorne. The movie follows Madea as she winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens. Perry is also producing the project with Ozzie Areu (A Madea Christmas, Peeples).

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