Deadline is reporting that Stephen Schwartz is developing an untitled original musical fantasy about Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The project marks the first original musical from the composter/lyricist since Wicked and follows Andersen as a young man as he gets trapped in a world of his own imagination and searches for a way back to reality, […]
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Stephen Schwartz to Develop Hans Christian Anderson Movie Musical
Posted: February 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stephen Schwartz
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ABC’s ‘Harmony’ to Feature Music by Stephen Schwartz & Jon Ondrasik
Posted: November 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Harmony, Jon Ondrasik, Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, Enchanted) and singer/songwriter Jon Ondrasik (aka Five for Fighting) will be composing original music for the ABC musical drama Harmony. The show created by Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg (The Fosters) and Jacob Chase is set in the town of Harmony, New York, where residents are known to sing and dance to express their emotions and follows […]
Stephen Schwartz, Michael Giacchino & Didier Lean Rachou Honored at ASCAP Screen Music Awards
Posted: May 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, Didier Lean Rachou, Michael Giacchino, Stephen Schwartz
Last night, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) held its annual Screen Music Awards at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Stephen Schwartz was honored with the ASCAP Founders Award, which is given to pioneering ASCAP songwriters who have made exceptional contributions to music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators. The Academy Award-, Grammy […]
Stephen Schwartz to Receive Founders Award at ASCAP Screen Music Awards
Posted: March 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP Founders Award, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, Stephen Schwartz
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, announced today that composer Stephen Schwartz will be honored with the Founders Award at its 32nd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards on Tuesday, May 16 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The gala will also celebrate ASCAP’s top film, television and videogame composers of 2016. Over the course of his career, Schwartz has composed […]
Stephen Schwartz to Write Original Songs for ‘Wicked’ Movie Adaptation
Posted: July 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stephen Daldry, Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Stephen Schwartz revealed today at the Comic-Con panel CW3PR’s 8th Annual Behind-the-Music: Crime, Death and Resurrection that the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked will feature new original songs. Currently, there are plans for four new songs to be in the movie in addition to tunes from the stage version. Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader, Billy Elliott, Extremely Loud and […]
‘Pocahontas’ Legacy Collection Soundtrack Announced
Posted: July 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Menken, Pocahontas, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Schwartz
The full details of the Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection release for Disney Animation’s 1995 feature Pocahontas have been revealed. The album features the film’s original songs and score, including previously unreleased tracks and demos. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted, The Little Mermaid) has composed the score and songs and Stephen Schwartz […]
Universal Buys Untitled Musical Comedy to Feature Music by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
Posted: April 16, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alan Menken, Jeremy Garelick, Stephen Schwartz
Deadline is reporting that Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled comedy musical to be directed by Jeremy Garelick (The Wedding Ringer), starring Josh Gad and featuring music by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. The movie is said to follow a “domestic who integrates into family with a busy single mother, and becomes an important part […]
A.R. Rahman to score Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Monkeys of Bollywood’
Posted: January 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A.R. Rahman, Dreamworks Animation, Monkeys of Bollywood, Stephen Schwartz
Variety reports that A.R. Rahman has been hired to score the animated musical Monkeys of Bollywood from Dreamworks Animation. Also on board the project is lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Enchanted) and husband-and-wife producing team Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berge (Bend It Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice). The project marks the […]
