Tag: Raya and the Last Dragon

Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 5, 2021)

Opening exclusively in theaters nationwide today is the film adaptation of Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking directed by Doug Liman and starring Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland, Mads Mikkelsen, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, Demián Bichir, Kurt Sutter and David Oyelowo. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, Scream, Ford v. Ferrari, A Quiet Place, World War Z) & Brandon Roberts (The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Underwater). Milan Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score next month. Click here for the full album details, to listen to two tracks and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.

Also opening wide and also premiering on Disney+ as a Premium Access title is the animated feature Raya and the Last Drago directed by Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada and featuring the voices of Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Daniel Dae Kim, Gemma Chan, Sandra Oh, Benedict Wong, Thalia Tran, Alan Tudyk, Izaac Wang and Ross Butler. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Maleficent) has composed the film’s original score. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an end credits song by Jhené Aiko. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature Raya and the Last Dragon have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Sixth Sense, Maleficent, Signs, The Fugitive). Also included is the original song Lead the Way written and performed by Jhené Aiko. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 26 by Walt Disney Records. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the album and to check out audio samples. Raya and the Last Dragon is directed by Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada and features the voice talent of Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Benedict Wong, Izaac Wang, Thalia Tran, Alan Tudyk, Lucille Soong, Patti Harrison and Ross Butler.

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Disney’s ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ to Feature Original Song ‘Lead the Way’ by Jhené Aiko

Disney announced today that Jhené Aiko has recorded the original song Lead the Way for the studios’ new animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon. The track, which is featured during the movie’s end title sequence, is written and performed by the Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter and will be included on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which also features the film’s original score by James Newton Howard, and will be coming out next Friday, February 26. Listen to a first excerpt from the track after the jump check back on this page for the full album details to be announced next week. Raya and the Last Dragon is directed by Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada and stars Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina.

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James Newton Howard Scoring Disney’s ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’

James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Sixth Sense, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Signs, Maleficent) has recently been scoring the upcoming animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon. The film is directed by Don Hall (Big Hero 6, Winnie the Pooh) & Carlos López Estrada (Blindspotting) and stars Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina. The movie tells the story of a fearless warrior as she seeks a water dragon who can transform into a human being to save the realm from evil forces. Adele Lim (Crazy Rich Asians) and Qui Nguyen wrote the screenplay.

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