Tag: Pray Away

Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 1, 2021)

Premiering on Tuesday, August 3, is the documentary Pray Away directed by Kristine Stolakis and executive produced by Ryan Murphy. The film’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Lovecraft Country, What If…?, Underground, Paris Can Wait, Set It Up, Step, Black Nativity) & Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (Bird Karma, Stockholm, Pennsylvania, Regarding Susan Sontag, Don’t Look Deeper, Half the Picture). The movie, which follows a group of ex-leaders and a survivor of the so-called “conversion therapy” movement as they speak out about its harm to the LGBTQ+ community and its devastating persistence, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, August 5 is the French horror comedy Teddy written and directed by Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma and starring Anthony Bajon, Noémie Lvovsky and Christine Gautier. Amaury Chabauty (Vendeur) has composed the film’s original music. 22D Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score in June when the movie opened in French theaters. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the comedy, which is making its U.S. debut exclusively on Shudder.

> Read the full story ...

Laura Karpman Scoring Eleanor Coppola’s ‘Love is Love is Love’

Composer Laura Karpman (Underground, Step, Set It Up, Taken, Black Nativity) is reteaming with director Eleanor Coppola on the upcoming romantic comedy drama Love is Love is Love. The film stars Maya Kazan, Joanne Whalley, Chris Messina, Kathy Baker, Marshall Bell, Cybill Shepherd, Rita Wilson, Rosanna Arquette, Polly Draper, Alyson Reed, Valarie Pettiford, Elea Oberon and Nancy Carlin. The movie tells three different stories, including a tale of a married couple that finds an unconventional way to transcend long distance through technology, another couple that tries to reignite their honeymoon-phase heat through a spontaneous sailing trip and a third about a disparate group brought through tragic loss for a memorial meal. Coppola also co-wrote the screenplay with Karen Leigh Hopkins (Stepmom, Because I Said So).

> Read the full story ...