Composer Jongnic Bontemps (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Redfall, Boots, My Name Is Pauli Murray, The Gates, 4400, Madea’s Destination Wedding, Wedding Season, United Skates, World’s Best) is reuniting with director Lynn Novick (The Vietnam War, Hemingway) on the upcoming PBS documentary Crime and Punishment in America. The show is directed by Novick, narrated by Keith David and explores the history of criminal justice in America – from the pre-colonial period to 21st century mass incarceration. The 4-part/8-hour series features the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Linney, Matthew Rhys, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Hyde Pierce & BD Wong and offers a comprehensive examination of how the intertwined forces of law, power, race, and class have both shaped and reflected the American experience over four centuries.
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‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ Soundtrack Album Announced
In a Circle Records will release a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust. The album features original music created for the film by artists such as Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Dan Brantigan, Mathias Kunzli, Jason Moran, Dana Lyn, Michael Nicholas, Dave Nelson, Gyan Riley, Kyle Sanna and Carmen Staaf, as well as music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Achron, Ernest Bloch, Carla Kihlstedt, Osvaldo Golijov, Vartaped Komitas and Maurice Ravel. The soundtrack, which is produced by Johnny Gandelsman, will be released digitally and physically on September 23. Click here to order the digital version and visit Amazon to order the CD version.
Soundtrack Album for PBS Documentary ‘Hemingway’ to Be Released
In a Circle Records will release the official soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Hemingway. The album is produced by Grammy award-winning producer and violinist Johnny Gandelsman and features the Hemingway-inspired original music from the three-part, six-hour film composed by artists including David Cieri, Gyan Riley, Shanir Blumenkranz, Gandelsman himself, Mathias Kunzli, Michael Nicolas & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on March 26, 2021. Visit Amazon to order the CD version and click here to order the digital version. Hemingway is directed by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick and examines the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Voice actors appearing in the documentary include Jeff Daniels as Hemingway, as well as Meryl Streep, Keri Russell, Mary-Louise Parker and Patricia Clarkson as Hemingway’s Four Wives.
Soundtrack Album for PBS’ ‘College Behind Bars’ Released
Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel) has released a soundtrack album for the PBS docu-series College Behind Bars. The album features the composer’s score from the 4-parter, which recently received two News & Documentary Emmy Award nominations. The soundtrack is now available to download/stream on Amazon, Apple Music and other digital music services. College Behind Bars is directed by Lynn Novick (The Vietnam War), executive produced by Ken Burns, produced by Sarah Botstein and tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees and turn their lives around in one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in the United States – the Bard Prison Initiative.
‘The Vietnam War’ Soundtracks Announced
Universal Music has announced two soundtrack albums for the docu-series The Vietnam War. The first album features popular songs featured in the show that define the era, including tracks from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon & Garfunkel, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Otis Redding, Santana, Ray Charles, Nina Simone & more. The soundtrack will be released on September 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Also being released on the same date is a 2-CD (and 3-LP) album featuring the 10-parter’s original music composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Te Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Click here to pre-order the score album.