Nick Thorburn (best known as the frontman of the rock bands Islands & The Unicorns) & music producer/composer Patrick Ford have written the main title theme for the new Peacock original series The Paper. The track, entitled Song from the Ninth Floor, will be released as a digital single tomorrow, September 5 by Lakeshore Records (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). The Paper is created by Greg Daniels and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Melvin Gregg, Alex Edelman, Tim Key, Ramona Young and Oscar Nuñez. The comedy follows the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in NBC’s The Office as they find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.
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‘Ingrid Goes West’ Score Album Released
Mondo has released a new soundtrack album for the comedy Ingrid Goes West. The album features the film’s original music composed by Islands frontman Nick Thorburn and Jonathan Sadoff (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Meddler, The Mick). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Lakeshore Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie earlier this year. Ingrid Goes West is co-written and directed by Matt Spicer and stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell and Billy Magnussen. The movie follows a young woman who becomes obsessed with an Instagram lifestyle blogger and moves to Los Angeles to try and befriend her in real life.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 11, 2017)
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror movie Annabelle: Creation directed by David Sandberg and starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Anne Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Lights Out, It, A Cure for Wellness, Bitter Harvest). Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.
Also opening wide is the animated feature The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature directed by Cal Brunker and featuring the voices of Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Moynihan, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Isabel Moner, Sebastian Maniscalo and Jackie Chan. Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, he Angry Bird Movie, he Smurfs) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the sequel, which is being released by Open Road Films, visit the official movie website.
Islands’ Nick Thorburn Scoring Matt Spicer’s ‘Ingrid Goes West’
Nick Thorburn is scoring the upcoming indie comedy Ingrid Goes West. The film is directed by Matt Spicer (Ceremony) and stars Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell and Billy Magnussen. The movie follows a young woman who becomes obsessed with an Instagram lifestyle blogger and moves to Los Angeles to try and befriend her in real life. Spicer also co-wrote the screenplay with David Branson Smith. Plaza is also producing the project with Jared Goldman (Adult Beginners, Wilson), Tim White & Trevor White (LBJ, The Good Neighbor), Adam Mirels and Robert Mirels.