Tom Howe (Dog Man, Ted Lasso, Knuckles, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Daisy Jones & the Six, Early Man, Book Club: The New Chapter) has provided the original score for the new MGM+ original series American Classic. The show is created by Michael Hoffman (One Fine Day, Promised Land) & Bob Martin (The Prom, Sensitive Skin) and stars Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Jon Tenney, Len Cariou, Jessica Hecht, Nell Verlaque, Tony Shalhoub, Billy Carter, Ajay Friese, Stephen Spinella, Aaron Tveit, Jane Alexander, Elise Kibler and Mark Linn-Baker. The comedy follows a Broadway star who returns home after a public meltdown to find his family’s theater in severe decline and decides only he can save it.
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Aaron Zigman to Score ‘The Best of Me’
Aaron Zigman has signed on to score the upcoming romantic drama The Best of Me. The film is directed by Michael Hoffman and stars James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, Liana Liberato, Sebastian Arcelus and Gerald McRaney. The movie is based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks and follows a pair of former high school sweethearts who reunite after many years when they both return to their small North Carolina hometown. Hoffman has also written the screenplay with J. Mills Goodloe (Pride) and Will Fetters (The Lucky One, Remember Me). Sparks is also producing the project with Ryan Kavanaugh (The Fighter, Dear John, Limitless), Theresa Park, Denise DiNovi (Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Crazy, Stupid, Love) and Alison Greenspan (Monte Carlo, Ramona and Beezus). Zigman has previously scored the Sparks adaptation The Notebook.
‘Gambit’ Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the crime comedy Gambit in the U.S. The album features the film’s original score composed by Rolfe Kent (Sideways, About Schmidt, Labor Day, Mean Girls), as well as original songs by Robby Armstrong. Also included are songs by Peggy Lee and Moe Brandy. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 13, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. The album has previously been released in select stores overseas when the movie opened in the UK. Gambit directed by Michael Hoffman and stars Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci and Cloris Leachman. Joel & Ethan Coen (Fargo, No Country for Old Men) have written the screenplay. The movie opened in select theaters and was also released last month by CBS Films.
Rolfe Kent to Score ‘Gambit’
Rolfe Kent has signed on to score the crime comedy Gambit. The movie is directed by Michael Hoffman and stars Colin Firth as a London art curator who enlists a Texas rodeo queen, played by Cameron Diaz, in a scheme to con the richest men of Canada. Stanley Tucci, Alan Richman, Cloris Leachman and Sir Tom Courtenay are co-starring. The screenplay for the remake of the 1966 film with the same title starring Michael Caine and Shirley McQueen is written by Joel and Ethan Coen. Mike Lobell (Tears of the Sun), Adam Ripp and Rob Paris (Dirty Girl) are producing the project.