Jacob Yoffee & Roahn Hylton (The Wonder Years, Sherwood, Free Meek) are the composers of the new Peacock original series Vampire Academy. The show is developed by Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, Legacies) & Marguerite MacIntyre based on the young adult paranormal romance novels by Richelle Meadand and stars Sisi Stringer, Daniele Nieves, André Dae Kim, Kieron Moore, J. August Richards, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser and Andrew Liner. The supernatural YA drama follows two young women whose friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 7, 2014)
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Lego Movie directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller and featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day and Morgan Freeman. Mark Mothersbaugh who previously scored Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street for the directors has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Everything Is AWESOME!!! by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island. To check out the full album details, visit our previous news article and click here to listen to audio clips from the soundtrack.
Also opening wide is the historical drama The Monuments Men directed by George Clooney who also stars in the film alongside Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and John Goodman. Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Argo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) has composed the film’s original music and also has a cameo appearance in the movie. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week. To listen to audio clips and for more information about the album and the film, check out our soundtrack announcement.
‘Vampire Academy’ Soundtrack Details
Universal Music Group will release the official soundtrack album for the film adaptation of the young adult series Vampire Academy. The album features the songs from the film by artists including Katy Perry, Goldfrapp, Naughty Boy, Iggy Azalea and Sky Ferreira, as well as a cover of the Bauhaus song Bella Lugosi is Dead by CHVRCHES, which featured in the movie’s end credits The soundtrack will be released on February 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article soon. Vampire Academy is directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, The Spiderwick Chronicles) and stars Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne, Sarah Hyland, Olga Kurylenko, Cameron Monaghan, Joely Richardson, Sami Gayle and Dominic Sherwood. The fantasy romance based on the young adult novel series by Richelle Mead and scored by Rolfe Kent will be released nationwide on February 14 by the Weinstein Company.
Rolfe Kent to Score ‘Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters’
Rolfe Kent has signed on to score the upcoming fantasy adventure Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters. The film based on the best-selling young adult novel series by Richelle Mead is directed by Mark Waters (The Spiderwick Chronicles) and stars Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry as the lead characters Rose and Lissa. Danila Kozlovski, Olga Kurylenko, Sarah Hyland, Gabriel Byrne and Joely Richardson are co-starring. The movie follows a teen who has a mental and spiritual bond with her vampire best friend and attends a special school for vampires who are attempting to keep some of their humanity while other of their species are becoming more wild.