Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Vacation Friends 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, The Croods: A New Age, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Vacation Friends 2 is directed by Clay Tarver and stars John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, Meredith Hagner, Ronny Chieng, Steve Buscemi, Jamie Hector and Carlos Santos.
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Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Clay Tarver’s ‘Vacation Friends 2’
Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21/22 Jump Street, The Croods: A New Age) has recently scored the upcoming comedy Vacation Friends 2. The film is directed by Clay Tarver (Silicon Valley, Joy Ride) and stars Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, Meredith Hagner, John Cena, Steve Buscemi, Ronny Chieng, Carlos Santos and Jamie Hector. The sequel picks up a few months after the end of the original Vacation Friends movie and finds newly married couple Marcus & Emily inviting their uninhibited besties Ron & Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 22, 2021)
Premiering today is the Epix limited series Chapelwaite developed by Peter Filardi & Jason Filardi based on Stephen King’s short story Jerusalem’s Lot and starring Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Korven (The Witch, The Lighthouse, Them, Cube, The Terror: Infamy, In the Tall Grass). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the horror drama, which will air every Sunday on Epix.
Also premiering today is the HBO docu-series NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ directed and executive produced by Spike Lee about New York City in the 21st century. Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, 25th Hour, Malcolm X, Inside Man, Perry Mason, Harriet, Red Tails, One Night in Miami…) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part documentary, which will premiere tonight on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Rolfe Kent Scoring Hulu’s ‘Vacation Friends’
Rolfe Kent (Sideways, About Schmidt, Wedding Crashers, Election, Up in the Air, Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) has recently scored the upcoming comedy Vacation Friends. The film is directed by Clay Tarver (Silicon Valley, Joy Ride) and stars John Cena, Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, Meredith Hagner, Robert Wisdom, Andrew Bachelor and Lynn Whitfield. The movie follows a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico and later discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home to the United States. Tarver also co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Mullen & Tim Mullen and Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley (Game Night, Horrible Bosses).