WaterTower Music has released two songs from the second season of the Hulu original series Shrill. Available now is John Cameron Mitchell’s cover of David Bowie’s Moonage Daydream (click here to stream/download the track), as well as Peter Smith’s cover of The Beach Boys’ God Only Knows (visit Amazon to stream/download the song). Also listen to both songs after the jump. Shrill is based on Lindy West’s 2016 memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman and stars Aidy Bryant, Lolly Adefope, Luka Jones, Ian Owens, Julia Sweeney and Mitchell himself. The comedy’s first two seasons are now available to stream on Hulu.
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‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties. The album features the songs from the movie by such artists as
The Damned, The Dyschords, The Velvet Underground, A.C. Newman, Amber Martin and Dyslexic Cnuts. Also included are selections of the original music from the movie by Nico Muhly (The Reader, Margaret), Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Matmos. The soundtrack will be released overseas next month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version as an import. No word yet on a domestic release date. How to Talk to Girls at Parties is directed by John Cameron Mitchell and stars Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman and Ruth Wilson. The movie based on a short story by Neil Gaiman follows a schoolboy and punk and a female alien tourist who wants to escape her tour group and explore the most dangerous place in the galaxy, the London suburb of Croydon.
Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart & Matmos to Join Nico Muhly on ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’
A24 announced today that Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Matmos have joined Nico Muhly to compose original music and songs for the upcoming sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties. The film will be directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rabbit Hole) and is set to star Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman and Alex Sharp. The movie is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman and follows a teenage punk rocker in 1970s suburban London who sneaks into a party with his friends where they meet a group of intensely attractive, otherworldly girls from outer space.
John Cameron Mitchell’s ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ to Feature Music by Nico Muhly
John Cameron Mitchell revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that Nico Muhly will be composing original music for the director’s upcoming sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties. The film is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman and is set to star Elle Fanning. The movie follows a schoolboy and punk and a female alien tourist who wants to escape her tour group and explore the most dangerous place in the galaxy, the London suburb of Croydon. Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Rabbit Hole, Shortbus) is writing the screenplay with Philippa Goslett (Little Ashes) and is also producing the project with Gaiman and Howard Gertler (World’s Greatest Dad, How to Survive a Plague).
Korzeniowski set to score Rabbit Hole
Abel Korzeniowski has been hired to score the drama Rabbit Hole. The movie directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus) stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. The movie about a couple trying to cope with the death of their four-year-old child in a car accident will be released later this year.
The project marks Korzeniowski’s first score after his critically acclaimed score for A Single Man, received a Golden Globe nomination earlier this year.