Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the coming-of-age period drama White Bird. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Finding Nemo, The Shawshank Redemption, 1917, Skyfall, Road to Perdition, Wall-E, Elemental). Also included is the original song Little Bird written by Newman, with lyrics by R.J. Palacio and performed by lead actress Ariella Glaser. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 4. Click here to stream/download the album and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Also listen to the composer’s title track and the song below. White Bird is directed by Marc Forster and also stars Orlando Schwerdt, Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren and Bryce Gheisar. The movie based on the book by Palacio is set in the same universe as 2017’s hit feature Wonder and follows the character of Julian who left Beecher Prep and is visited by his grandmother from Paris who tells him stories of her childhood as a young Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
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‘A Man Called Otto’ Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for the comedy drama A Man Called Otto have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, 1917, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Road to Perdition, Skyfall, Wall-E). Also included is the original song Til You’re Home written by Rita Wilson & David Hodges and performed by Wilson & Sebastián Yatra (already available as a digital single). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 30 by Decca Records’ Mercury Classics Soundtrack & Score and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A CD version is set to come out on March 31 and is available for pre-order here.
Rita Wilson’s & Sebastián Yatra’s Original Song ‘Til You’re Home’ from Marc Forster’s ‘A Man Called Otto’ Released
Decca Records’ Mercury Classics Soundtrack & Score label has released the original song Til You’re Home from the comedy drama A Man Called Otto. The track written by Rita Wilson & David Hodges and performed by Wilson & Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Sebastián Yatra is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Wilson also co-produced the song with Matt Rollings. Check out the official music video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring the song and Thomas Newman’s original score from the film will be coming out on December 30.
Thomas Newman Scoring Marc Forster’s ‘A Man Called Otto’
Composer Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, 1917, Skyfall, Wall-E) is reteaming with director Marc Forster on the upcoming comedy drama A Man Called Otto. The film is based on Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel and the Swedish 2015 feature A Man Called Ove and stars Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton and Mike Birbiglia. The movie follows a grumpy isolated widower who gives everyone in his neighborhood a hard time, when he starts developing an unlikely and reluctant friendship with his new neighbors.
Thomas Newman Scoring Marc Forster’s ‘White Bird: A Wonder Story’
Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, 1917, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, Wall-E) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming drama White Bird: A Wonder Story. The film is directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Quantum of Solace, Monster’s Ball) and stars Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, as well as Bryce Gheisar who is reprising his role as Julian Albans from Stephen Chbosky’s 2017 feature Wonder (scored by Marcelo Zarvos). The movie based on the book by R.J. Palacio is set in the same universe as the 2017 drama and centers on Julian who left Beecher Prep and is visited by his Grandmère from Paris who tells him stories of her childhood as a young Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Jon Brion to Score Marc Forster’s ‘Christopher Robin’
Jon Brion has signed on to score the upcoming family family drama Christopher Robin. The film is directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, World War Z, Monster’s Ball) and stars Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Jim Cummings, Chris O’Dowd, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi and Sophie Okonedo. The movie tells the story of Robin, the little boy from the Winnie the Pooh series, who is now all-grown-up and lost all sense of imagination.
‘All I See Is You’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the psychological drama All I See Is You. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marc Streitenfeld (Robin Hood, Prometheus, American Gangster, The Grey, Hand of God). Also included are songs recorded by lead actress Blake Lively, as well as tracks by Ted Lucas, Depedro and Raphael Gualazzi. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. A CD version is set to be released on November 17 and can be pre-ordererd here. All I See Is You is co-written and directed by Marc Forster and stars Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O’Reilly, Yvonne Strahovski, Wes Chatham and Danny Huston.
Marc Streitenfeld Scoring Joshua Marston’s ‘Come Sunday’
Marc Streitenfeld is composing the original music for the upcoming drama Come Sunday. The film is written and directed by Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace, Complete Unknown) and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen, Jason Segel, Condola Rashad, Danny Glover and Lakeith Stanfield. The movie is based on a 2005 This American Life segment entitled Heretics and tells the story of a minister in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who loses his congregation of thousands following the revelation that he no longer believes in hell. Marcus Hinchey (All Good Things) wrote the screenplay. Ira Glass (Don’t Think Twice, Sleepwalk with Me), Alissa Shipp and James D. Stern (Looper, I’m Not There.) are producing the project.
Marc Streitenfeld Scoring Marc Forster’s ‘All I See Is You’
Marc Streitenfeld has recently recorded his score for the upcoming psychological drama All I See Is You. The film is directed by Marc Forster (World War Z, Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, Quantum of Solace) and stars Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Huston and Wes Chatham. The movie follows a blind woman who upon restoration of her sight begins to discover previously unseen and disturbing details about herself and her husband, their marriage and their lives. Forster has also co-written the screenplay with Sean Conway and is producing the project with Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier, Never Back Down), Michael Selby (Skin Trade) and Jillian Kugler.
Marc Streitenfeld Scoring Marc Forster’s Amazon Pilot ‘Hand of God’
Marc Streitenfeld has composed the music for the Amazon Studios drama pilot Hand of God. The show marks the television debut of director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland, World War Z, Quantum of Solace) and stars Ron Perlman and Dana Delany. The psychological drama follows a hard-living married man with a high-end call girl on the side, who suffers a mental breakdown and goes on a vigilante quest to find the rapist who tore his family apart. Ben Watkins (Burn Notice) has written the pilot’s script and is also executive producing the project with Forster, Perlman, Brian Wilkins and Jeff King (White Collar). Streitenfeld is best known for his collaborations with Ridley Scott on such films as Robin Hood, American Gangster and Body of Lies.