Jamison Hollister is the composer of the new Showtime limited series The Good Lord Bird. The show is based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same title by James McBride and stars Ethan Hawke, Ellar Coltrane, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp, Nick Eversman, Jack Alcott and Mo Brings Plenty, as well as guest stars Daveed Diggs, David Morse, Steve Zahn, Maya Hawke, Wyatt Russell and Orlando Jones. The 7-part drama is told from the point of view of a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of controversial abolitionist John Brown’s motley family of soldiers during Bleeding Kansas and eventually finds himself participating in the famous 1859 raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry.
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Soundtrack Album for Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Announced
Light in the Attic Records has announced a soundtrack album for the biographical drama Blaze. The album features new recordings of classic Blaze Foley compositions, as well as the Foley-inspired song Drunken Angel (Lucinda Williams) performed by Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the the Riff Raff and the original composition Blaze & Sybil’s Lullaby performed by Ben Dickey & Alia Shawkat. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and on vinyl on September 21, 2018. Blaze is directed by Ethan Hawke and stars Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Josh Hamilton and Charlie Sexton. The movie tells the story of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.
‘Seymour: An Introduction’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for Ethan Hawke’s documentary Seymour: An Introduction. The album features original performances and compositions by the film’s subject Seymour Bernstein. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 14, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can als listen to audio clips. Seymour: An Introduction centers on Bernstein, a virtuoso pianist, veteran New Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert career to teach music, as he tells the story from his life and eye-opening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art, creativity, and the search for fulfillment.