Apple TV+ has announced a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original series Central Park. The album features the original songs from the show composed by the project’s principal songwriters Kate Anderson, Elyssa Samsel & Brent Knopf. Other songs included are Weirdos Make Great Superheroes (featured in episode 2) written by Sara Bareilles, I’m in a Perfect Relationship (episode 8) written by Meghan Trainor, New York Doesn’t Like Your Face (episode 10) written by Fiona Apple, as well as contributions by Cyndi Lauper, Alan Menken, Darren Criss and Anthony Hamilton. The songs from the first two episodes are now available to stream on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Songs for the following episodes will be released weekly with the full soundtrack album coming out on July 24, 2020. Central Park is created by Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad & Nora Smith and stars Gad, alongside Kristen Bell, Daveed Diggs, Tituss Burgess, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr. and Stanley Tucci.
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Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel Team Up with Josh Gad for Rip Van Winkle Musical
THR is reporting that songwriters Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel are teaming up with Josh Gad on a movie musical based on the American folk tale of Rip Van Winkle. Cynthia Erivo is attached to star in the film, which is based on the short story written by Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) about a villager who falls asleep only to wake up decades later and missing the American Revolution. Amanda Idoko is writing the screenplay based on an idea by Gad who is also producing the project with Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie, It) and Jonathan Eirich (Aladdin).
‘Olaf’s Frozen Adventure’ Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated short Olaf’s Frozen Adventure. The album features the original songs from the short written by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson and performed by the films’s voice cast, including Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff who reprise their characters from the Frozen feature film. Also included is a suite from the film’s original score composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Trolls, The Muppets, The Peanuts Movie) and Jeff Morrow. The soundtrack will be released on November 3, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Olaf’s Frozen Adventure directed by Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton will be released in theaters on November 22, 2017 in front of Pixar’s Coco.