Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) will contribute music for and serve as executive producers on an upcoming, currently untitled, musical drama for Showtime. The show will tell a family story that interweaves modern-day and 1959 Detroit, centering on a mystery uncovered by a young musician who moves back to […]
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Benj Pasek & Justin Paul to Compose Music for & Produce Showtime Musical Drama
Posted: July 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Showtime
Soundtrack EP for ABC’s ‘American Housewife’ Musical Episode Released
Posted: May 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ABC, American Housewife, Glenn Slater, Justin Paul, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack EP for the musical episode A Mom’s Parade of the ABC comedy American Housewife. The EP features all four original songs from the episode written by Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) & Glenn Slater (Galavant, Tangled) and performed by the show’s cast. The soundtrack is now available […]
‘Aladdin’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Benj Pasek, Guy Ritchie, Howard Ashman, Justin Paul, score, Soundtrack, Tim Rice
The full details of the soundtrack album for Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin have been revealed. The album features all the songs from the movie, including new versions of the classic songs from the 1992 animated feature composed by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and featuring lyrics […]
Walt Disney Records to Release Soundtrack Album for Live-Action ‘Aladdin’
Posted: May 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aladdin, Alan Menken, Benj Pasek, Guy Ritchie, Justin Paul, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the live-action remake of Disney’s Aladdin. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) has composed the original score for the film, which also features the songs from the 1992 animated classic written by Menken and featuring lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim […]
Michael Giacchino to Receive ASCAP Henry Mancini Award
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Henry Mancini Award, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, ASCAP Shirley Walker Award, ASCAP Vanguard Award, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Michael Giacchino, Pinar Toprak
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has announced today that Michael Giacchino will be honored at this year’s 34th ASCAP Screen Music Awards, which takes place on May 15 in Beverly Hills. The Academy Award-, Emmy Award- and Grammy Award-winning composer whose credits include Up, The Incredibles, Lost, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Rogue One: […]
‘The Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack Sing-A-Long Edition Announced
Posted: September 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Soundtrack, The Greatest Showman
Atlantic Records will release a new soundtrack album for the hit movie musical The Greatest Showman. The Deluxe Sing-A-Long Edition features all the original songs from the movie written by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul as featured on the original soundtrack album on the first disc, as well as a bonus disc featuring sing-a-long tracks and […]
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul to Write Original Songs for Blue Sky Studios’ ‘Foster’
Posted: February 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benj Pasek, Foster, Justin Paul
Variety is reporting that Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will write original songs for Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios’ upcoming animated feature Foster. The film is directed by Karen Disher (Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas) & Steve Martino (The Peanuts Movie, Horton Hears a Who!) and revolves around a young super fan who isn’t satisfied with the ending to […]
Alexandre Desplat Wins Golden Globe for ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: January 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Benj Pasek, Golden Globes, Justin Paul, The Greatest Showman, The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat has received his second Golden Globe Awards in the Original Score category for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. He previously received a Golden Globe for his music for The Painted Veil. Check out the composer’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Carter Burwell (Three […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 22, 2017)
Posted: December 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benj Pasek, Bright, Christopher Lennertz, Crooked House, David Sardy, Downsizing, Father Figures, Frederik Wiedmann, Hangman, Henry Jackman, Hostiles, Hugo de Chaire, John Debney, John Williams, Joseph Trapanese, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Justin Paul, Max Richter, Pitch Perfect 3, Rob Simonsen, Rolfe Kent, The Greatest Showman, The Post
Five new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the action adventure comedy Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas and Bobby Cannavale. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Big Hero 6, Kong: Skull […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 17, 2017)
Posted: December 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Christmas Story Live!, Amazon, Benj Pasek, Fox, Gunpowder, Hauschka, HBO, Justin Paul, Netflix, Solomon Grey, The Indian Detective, The Last Post, Todor Kobakov, Volker Bertelmann
Premiering tonight is the Fox holiday event A Christmas Story Live! starring Matthew Broderick, Andy Walken, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, Ken Jeong and David Alan Grier. The television special’s music is composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) based on their work on the Broadway musical […]