Sony Music Latin & RCA Records have released the original end credits song Love Is Not Hard to Find from Sony Pictures Animation’s feature Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The track co-written (with Morien van der Tang (aka Morgan Avenue), Faried Arween Jhauw, Glen Faria & Jheynner Argot) and performed by Dominican-Italian singer/songwriter Yendry is now available to stream/download as a digital single on all major digital platforms, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric video after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album featuring Mark Mothersbaugh’s original score from the movie has also been released today.
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‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’ Soundtrack Album Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Mitchells vs. The Machines). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 14 by Sony Classical and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring selections of the composer’s scores from the first three installments in the animated franchise. Hotel Transylvania: Transformania is directed by Derek Drymon & Jennifer Kluska and features the voices of Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Jim Gaffigan, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Brad Abrell, Asher Blinkoff and Fran Drescher.
‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’ to Feature Original Song ‘Love Is Not Hard to Find’ by Yendry
Dominican-Italian singer/songwriter Yendry has recorded an original song for the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The track, entitled Love Is Not Hard to Find, is written by herself, Morien van der Tang (aka Morgan Avenue), Glen Faria, Faried Arween Jhauw (Jeremia Jones) & Jheynner Argote, and will be featured in the movie directed by Derek Drymon & Jennifer Kluska and starring Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Molly Shannon, Keegan-Michael Key, Fran Drescher, Brad Abrell and Asher Blinkoff.
Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums) is returning as the composer of the upcoming animated sequel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The film is directed by Jennifer Kluska & Derek Drymon (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Adventure Time) and features the voices of Selena Gomez (who also serves as an executive producer), Andy Samberg, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Brian Hull, Brad Abrell, Asher Blinkoff, Fran Drescher, Jim Gaffigan and Molly Shannon. The final chapter in the film series follows Drac and his monster pals as the are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack) who helmed the previous three movies wrote the screenplay with Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo based on a story by himself.
Joe Jonas’ Original Song ‘It’s Party Time’ from ‘Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation’ Released
Madison Gate Records has released the original song It’s Party Time from the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. The track is written by David Foster & Michael Bublé and performed by Joe Jonas. The song is now available to download as a digital single on Amazon. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and feature the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher and Mel Brooks. The movie follows the monster family as they embark on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel.
Score Album for ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Movies to Be Released
Sony Classical will release the first soundtrack album for Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania franchise. The album features selections from the original scores of 2012’s Hotel Transylvania, 2015’s Hotel Transylvania 2 and the upcoming Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums). The soundtrack will be released on July 6, 2018 and will be available to download here. A CD version is now available to pre-order as an import on Amazon. The Hotel Transylvania movies are directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and feature the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key and Molly Shannon.
Mark Mothersbaugh to Return for ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’
Mark Mothersbaugh has signed on to score the upcoming animated feature Hotel Transylvania 2. The film is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky who previously helmed the first installment and features the voice talent of Adam Sandler, Mel Brooks, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Kevin James, Molly Shannon, Jon Lovitz, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Fran Drescher and Cee-Lo Green. The movie follows Dracula’s very old and grumpy vampire father Vlad who turns up at the hotel for an impromptu family get-togethe Robert Smigel (You Don’t Mess with the Zohan) has written the screenplay. Michelle Murdocca (Open Season) is producing the Sony Pictures Animation production.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 28, 2012)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Hotel Transylvania directed by Genndy Tartakov and featuring the voice talent of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, CeeLo Green and Jon Lovitz. The film’s music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh who previously scored Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The film’s original song Problem performed by Becky G feat. will.i.am is now available to download on iTunes. No full soundtrack album has been announced yet. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller Looper directed by Rian Johnson and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels, Noah Segan and Piper Perabo. The film’s score is composed by Nathan Johnson who previously worked with the director on Brick and The Brothers Bloom. Cut Narrative has released the soundtrack album digitally and limited edition CD version featuring music not included on the digital release is available on La-La Land Records. For audio clips, check out our previous article. Also click here for a behind-the-scenes look at creating the score and check out a video interview with the composer at the film’s world premiere in Toronto.
Mark Mothersbaugh to score ‘Hotel Transylvania’
Film Music Reporter has learned that Mark Mothersbaugh has been tapped to score the upcoming animation Hotel Transylvania. The movie centers around a group of monsters including Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula, and the Werewolf who are hiding out in a hotel on the outskirts of Transylvania now that modern technology has made them seemingly irrelevant. The film is produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind 2009’s hit film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which was scored by Mothersbaugh and also has Arthur Christmas (with music by Michael Giacchino) coming out later this year. Hotel Transylvania is helmed by Jill Culton who directed the 2006 animation Open Season which featured a score by Ramin Djawadi who was originally slated to score his new movie.