First off, much love and big thanks again to Boden for his excellent February/March HYPE post: https://www.filmtracks.com/scoreboard/forum.cgi?read=119931

I hope his efforts are rewarded with more success for Iowa's women's basketball team. As of this section's writing they're deadlocked with undefeated South Carolina with a trip to the championship on the line.

Let's take a look at what was good and was wasn't in the last two months:

Things I liked: We Have a Ghost, Creed III, Mando S3.1, Agent Elvis, Dungeons and Dragons, both the Andrew Morgan Smiths, Mon Crime, was the Aaltio from January? The big winner for me is Fenton's Wild Isles. Quality stuff in each album so far. And yes, I'm working on playlists. Think I liked his Allelujah too, but I'll need another listen.

Things that were okay: Both the Becks, Boston Strangler, John Wick 4, Legend and Butterfly, 80 for Brady, Cocaine Bear

Still need to get to: Mummies, Scream VI, Magician's Elephant, Zodi et Tehu, Supercell, La Sirvienta, A Good Person, Ping Pong of China, both the Lamboleys, that new Zimmer/Fleming score, The Orville (lol I'm not getting through all that anytime soon), Eiffel (if I'll hurry up and buy the damn thing)

Still waiting on albums for: Succession, Picard (In the pipeline I hear! *cue obligatory 'When do we get Strange New Worlds???'*)

I was going to say that it feels like I'm still playing catchup on Q1 overall, but I'm already at like 25-30 scores, so I'm doing peachy. But I'll still try to catch up on some of those aforementioned scores. But for now, the HYPE beckons!!! Onward!!!

(Also, Iowa just pulled off the upset, they're onto the championship on Sunday.)

The Aces of April:
Super Mario Bros Movie (Brian Tyler) - This should be a ton of fun. Picturing classic Mario themes with the energy of Tyler's Lego Universe. April 5
Renfield (Marco Beltrami) - Vampire comedy! Trailer looks terrible but score should be promising! April 14
Chevalier (Kris Bowers) - Period drama(!) about Joseph Bologne, a renowned 18th Century French-Creole(!!) violinist/composer(!!!). First new thing from Bowers in a while, should be good. April 21
Peter Pan and Wendy (Daniel Hart) - Man, what happened the last time we let David Lowery and Daniel Hart do a Disney remake? Oh yeah, Pete's Dragon. Hart has the hot hand right now, and Peter Pan scores are almost always gold. April 28
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Hans Zimmer) - At long last, an adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, and also at long last, Hans Zimmer's Wicked Oboe Solos! April 28

Additional April Attractions:
Chupa (Carlos Rafael Rivera) - Family adventure film. Always good to have more Rivera, especially after the success of Queen's Gambit. April 7.
Mafia Mamma (Alex Heffes) - I mean, look at that title! April 14
The Covenant (Christopher Benstead) - Newest Guy Ritchie film, about a veteran returning to Afghanistan to rescue his interpreter. Looks like Benstead is Ritchie's guy now, let's hope there's an album this time. April 21
Ghosted (Lorne Balfe) - Romance/comedy/action. Trailer for this looked fun. April 21
Beau is Afraid (Bobby Krlic) - Ari Aster is back, with...honestly I'm not sure what this movie is. But Midsommar was great, so in Krlic we trust. April 21
Big George Foreman (Marcelo Zarvos) - Boxing biopic! April 28

Might be of interest to someone:
On a Wing and Prayer (Brandon Campbell) - Survival/airplane disaster movie with religious undertones. Could be good. April 7
The Pope's Exorcist (Jed Kurzel) - Horror movie with religious undertones. Not big on Kurzel, but hey maybe he has a Nun in him. (Phrasing Vik!) April 14
Evil Dead Rise (Stephen McKeon) - Unfamiliar with McKeon, but I adore Banos' Evil Dead score, so I'll have to check this one out. April 21

Mighty May Movies!
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (John Murphy) - It's an extraordinarily dumb sequence of events that led to this movie happening basically the same as it was going to, but without Tyler Bates returning. But hey, looks like it's John Murphy time! May 5
Knights of the Zodiac (Yoshihiro Ike) - Japanese/American crossover fantasy epic? Hell yeah! May 12
Fast X (Brian Tyler) - Still distraught that they didn't call this this one FasTen Your Seatbelts. I enjoyed various parts of Tyler's F9, so let's hope the series keeps getting bigger and more chaotic and weirder! Though also they already went to space? May 19
The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken/Lin-Manuel Miranda) - I mean...okay, so Beauty and the Beast was the only one of these Renaissance era remakes where the score was like noticeably different/better than the original, right? And part of that is because Menken was still very fresh as a composer when he wrote the original. So in a similar vein, him getting to build and improve on the music he wrote almost 35 years ago should be a good opportunity, right? Also LMM is writing songs I guess. Though once again I'm wondering why he didn't work on Aladdin. May 26

MAYbe, MAYbe not?
The Machine (Joseph Trapanese) - Fun-looking action comedy. May 26
You Hurt My Feelings (Michael Andrews) - Small scale drama, could be good? May 26

...okay, I can only conclude that Wikipedia is not fully up to date on May releases, because this seems like a paltry list compared to the April lineup.

Since y'all yell at me about TV scores: Mando S3 volume 2 I would presume is about a month away. Picard S3 has an album coming April 20. John Lunn's The Last Kingdom is out April 22, which based on the album cover will negate whatever effects the trolls claim Downton Abbey's music has on testicles.

And because I'll probably be late with the June post:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton) - Look, I really liked the first one, okay? The only thing that could dampen my excitement is if Pemberton inexplicably dropped his main theme. (Robert, I know you're about to come in with 'what main theme?' so shut up ) June 2

Shooting Stars (Mark Isham) - Okay it's weird that we're getting biographical films about Lebron James while he's still playing. But hey, Isham sports score! June 2

Speaking of basketball, Iowa got blown out of the championship game on Sunday. LSU's players caught fire and were nigh unstoppable and I'm happy for them, but their coach is the worst and the refs decided to be the main characters, so that was frustrating. Anyway...

What are you HYPED for?

> Super Mario Bros Movie (Brian Tyler)

It may be the year's first 'excited for the music, couldn't care less about the film' entry.

> Peter Pan and Wendy (Daniel Hart) - Man, what happened the last time we let David Lowery and Daniel Hart do a Disney remake? Oh yeah, Pete's Dragon. Hart has the hot hand right now, and Peter Pan scores are almost always gold. April 28

Honestly, the fact that David Lowery is directing is the only thing that looks interesting about that adaptation. You can go, 'Oh, look, Jude Law as a fantasy villain!' but then you can also remember that didn't help King Arthur: Legend of the S Word one bit.

> Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Hans Zimmer) - At long last, an adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, and also at long last, Hans Zimmer's Wicked Oboe Solos! April 28

The big question is whether David Fleming, clearly observed in the booth during the recording sessions, is going to be a credited co-composer or be relegated to producer / additional credits.

> Ghosted (Lorne Balfe) - Romance/comedy/action. Trailer for this looked fun. April 21

Trailer honestly felt like 'can we turn Chris Evans into Ryan Reynolds?'

> Beau is Afraid (Bobby Krlic) - Ari Aster is back, with...honestly I'm not sure what this movie is. But Midsommar was great, so in Krlic we trust. April 21

It broke today that he's scoring Blue Beetle.

> Honestly, the fact that David Lowery is directing is the only thing that
> looks interesting about that adaptation. You can go, 'Oh, look, Jude Law
> as a fantasy villain!' but then you can also remember that didn't help
> King Arthur: Legend of the S Word one bit.

...is this a Sean Connery/SNL reference? And if so, why?

> The big question is whether David Fleming, clearly observed in the booth
> during the recording sessions, is going to be a credited co-composer or be
> relegated to producer / additional credits.

That's certainly a question.

> It broke today that he's scoring Blue Beetle.

Well that's an interesting choice. I assume this is some superhero thing?

*watches trailer* Oh hey, Xolo Maridueña! Neat.

> ...is this a Sean Connery/SNL reference? And if so, why?

It is.

Why not?

> It is.

> Why not?

I just get a little unsettled when someone else drifts into my comedic lane. Makes me self-conscious lol.

Something something Let It Snow

> I just get a little unsettled when someone else drifts into my comedic lane. Makes me self-conscious lol.

I believe you had a similar 'stay in your lane' reaction to my SNL meme about The Son.

> Super Mario Bros Movie (Brian Tyler)

Very excited for this one, and the movie had me going from meh to Oooo? with the teaser.

> Chevalier (Kris Bowers)

I have heard precious little from him, so I'm excited to see what he does here, especially with a plot that demands some good music!

> Peter Pan and Wendy (Daniel Hart)

Should be good, though outside of an adaptation of Peter and the Starcatchers, I honestly wonder what yet another Peter Pan flick has to say. Hart's excellent, of course, so I am hyped for his part!

> Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Hans Zimmer) - At long last,
> an adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, and also at long last, Hans
> Zimmer's Wicked Oboe Solos! April 28

(mmmm... Marxist Oboe Part Deux?)

> Additional April Attractions:
> Chupa (Carlos Rafael Rivera)

Per Wikipedia: 'The announcement of the name was met with some criticism due to the word 'chupa' being a slang term for fellatio in Spanish and Filipino.' Oops!

> Might be of interest to someone:
> On a Wing and Prayer (Brandon Campbell)

Almost expected this to be a Pureflix joint. Could be interesting, and is of interest for showing Campbell's ascendancy in scoring credits. (EDIT: I glanced at Wikipedia, and Brandon Roberts is doing this one. Funny that Beltrami and Djawadi both have assistants named Brandon who are ascendant in scoring credits.)

> The Pope's Exorcist (Jed Kurzel) - Horror movie with religious
> undertones. Not big on Kurzel, but hey maybe he has a Nun in him.
> (Phrasing Vik!) April 14

Heh. Yeah, Jed's not wow'ed me yet, but this has some potential!

> Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (John Murphy) - It's an
> extraordinarily dumb sequence of events that led to this movie happening
> basically the same as it was going to, but without Tyler Bates returning.
> But hey, looks like it's John Murphy time! May 5

Yeah, was there ever clarity for why Tyler Bates didn't score this and the holiday special? Not that I am complaining, Murphy's a talented guy who fits right in with Gunn's aesthetic.

> Knights of the Zodiac (Yoshihiro Ike) - Japanese/American crossover
> fantasy epic? Hell yeah! May 12

And hell yeah on the composer, Ike's an anime veteran with a lot of great music under his belt.

> Fast X (Brian Tyler)

I know exactly what this will sound like, and I will have an unduly good time, I'm sure!

> The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken/Lin-Manuel Miranda) Stop the remakes, please, Disney. That said, this has fun potential, as the original is noted for showing off both Menken's talents and how much he's improved since then. Hopefully looking at a BatB sitch (but come on people, give him more work on non-remake properties please!)

> And because I'll probably be late with the June post:
> Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

Very excited, I loved the first score and am eager for what Pemberton turns in for this one!

Strange New Worlds, all the posts asking about album releases for it have me wondering how good it is! Plus Picard s3, I'm curious how the composer change-over will affect the music.

(Message edited on Monday, April 3, 2023, at 6:24 p.m.)

> I have heard precious little from him, so I'm excited to see what he does
> here, especially with a plot that demands some good music!

The thing about Bowers' biggest projects so far is that he's almost always working around other music. Bridgerton is very good but the attention-getters are the Vitamin String Quartet pop arrangements. Space Jam 2 was solid but there's also a ton of bits of other scores that fill up the movie too (by virtue of the film's premise). Green Book is filled with piano pieces played in the film, and he's done Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin biopics. So yeah, King Richard is probably the best place to start if you want to check out his work.

> Should be good, though outside of an adaptation of Peter and the
> Starcatchers, I honestly wonder what yet another Peter Pan flick has to
> say. Hart's excellent, of course, so I am hyped for his part!

Whoa, I completely forgot about that book, but yeah, that would be fun! Pretty sure it's owned by Disney too...

Per Wikipedia re: adaptations,
On May 17, 2012, Walt Disney Pictures announced that a film version of the book would be written by Jesse Wigutow. On August 20, 2012, The Hunger Games director Gary Ross agreed to direct the movie. Filming was expected to begin in 2013. As of 2023, nothing else is known to have taken place.

Tough luck I guess.

> (mmmm... Marxist Oboe Part Deux?)

Part Deux?? Richard Smugley did not escape terrorist organizations, frighten Satan, and thwart international criminals like Michael Arlidge for you to skip over him in the annals of the Marxist Oboe

> Per Wikipedia: 'The announcement of the name was met with some criticism
> due to the word 'chupa' being a slang term for fellatio in Spanish and
> Filipino.' Oops!

Yikes! Probably shoulda double checked that with someone.

> Yeah, was there ever clarity for why Tyler Bates didn't score this and the
> holiday special? Not that I am complaining, Murphy's a talented guy who
> fits right in with Gunn's aesthetic.

I think it's just that Gunn has stuck with Murphy since Suicide Squad. Unclear to me why Bates was replaced for that one though.

> Strange New Worlds, all the posts asking about album releases for it have
> me wondering how good it is! Plus Picard s3, I'm curious how the composer
> change-over will affect the music.

I keep hearing good things about both!

> The thing about Bowers' biggest projects so far is that he's almost always
> working around other music. Bridgerton is very good but the
> attention-getters are the Vitamin String Quartet pop arrangements. Space
> Jam 2 was solid but there's also a ton of bits of other scores that fill
> up the movie too (by virtue of the film's premise). Green Book is filled
> with piano pieces played in the film, and he's done Billie Holiday and
> Aretha Franklin biopics. So yeah, King Richard is probably the best place
> to start if you want to check out his work.

Thanks for the recommendation! It's been on my to-listen list for a while, as has Space Jam 2. Green Book, wow, that feels like a lifetime ago lol.

> Per Wikipedia re: adaptations,
> On May 17, 2012, Walt Disney Pictures announced that a film version of the
> book would be written by Jesse Wigutow. On August 20, 2012, The Hunger
> Games director Gary Ross agreed to direct the movie. Filming was expected
> to begin in 2013. As of 2023, nothing else is known to have taken place.

> Tough luck I guess.

That stinks, you'd think that would be ripe for an adaptation! Bleh. Guess Disney is *really* focusing on remakes. I've been musically fan-casting that one since I started listening to scores lol

> Part Deux?? Richard Smugley did not escape terrorist organizations,
> frighten Satan, and thwart international criminals like Michael Arlidge
> for you to skip over him in the annals of the Marxist Oboe

Looks like I need to brush up on my history of the Ongoing Oboe Saga (Also, god the Smugley posts were fun and clever. I hope whoever did those is having a good day right now. Speaking of feeling like a lifetime ago...)

> Looks like I need to brush up on my history of the Ongoing Oboe Saga

Richard's very first sale was of the Oboe!
https://www.filmtracks.com/scoreboard/forum.cgi?read=1878

> (Also, god the Smugley posts were fun and clever. I hope whoever did those
> is having a good day right now. Speaking of feeling like a lifetime
> ago...)

lol I thought I was being super obvious about it but...that was Ethan and me *hat tip*

> Richard's very first sale was of the Oboe!
> https://www.filmtracks.com/scoreboard/forum.cgi?read=1878

Thanks!

> lol I thought I was being super obvious about it but...that was Ethan and
> me *hat tip*

I either missed those posts or missed the obvious hints! In that case, lemme say I loved those so much, just brilliant satire, jokes and commentary, I loved every one of them!

> First off, much love and big thanks again to Boden for his excellent
> February/March HYPE post:
> https://www.filmtracks.com/scoreboard/forum.cgi?read=119931

> I hope his efforts are rewarded with more success for Iowa's women's
> basketball team. As of this section's writing they're deadlocked with
> undefeated South Carolina with a trip to the championship on the line.
These posts are most helpful, you guys.

> Let's take a look at what was good and was wasn't in the last two months:

> Things I liked:
> Dungeons and Dragons
The fact that you dropped the ball on nicknaming this one DADHAT disturbs me a little. (Unless someone else already has and I missed it!)

John Powell is scoring "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie," out May 12.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgMSR4F1Ak
https://www.facebook.com/johnpowellmusic/posts/pfbid0rDfShsK7V3Zez4guAgEh1c1mAC8Y8EjMFWuLa3JbM2YqYLi62rhtDuyVa9biARDxl?__cft__[0]=AZWLUudt6krRAzU7SPJ7egWxh-Q9TVwm9NgcuUGWhtLfafrf5UOX841nYSTzlNqXsO2GguOLa33-rQtEp38Yz5uADPj70o9fu9nynF3iciaOrQgPkaoAAsA3wzy-bK6TxZddVIG8B2_7imYO1Zh9zhURiAhlNs3pQXWl6NAi-VOR75-DNkESzqluFsjxiiWRNPTQprVt02RFJBOMBwncNwrO&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Also Bobby Krlic has a new score: BEEF. No idea what it is yet lol.

> John Powell is scoring 'Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,' out May 12.

> Also Bobby Krlic has a new score: BEEF. No idea what it is yet lol.

As you provided links for one of these but not the other, you're practically begging readers to ask 'Where's the beef?'

> John Powell is scoring 'Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,' out May 12.

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgMSR4F1Ak
>
> https://www.facebook.com/johnpowellmusic/posts/pfbid0rDfShsK7V3Zez4guAgEh1c1mAC8Y8EjMFWuLa3JbM2YqYLi62rhtDuyVa9biARDxl?__cft__
> [0]=AZWLUudt6krRAzU7SPJ7egWxh-Q9TVwm9NgcuUGWhtLfafrf5UOX841nYSTzlNqXsO2GguOLa33-rQtEp38Yz5uADPj70o9fu9nynF3iciaOrQgPkaoAAsA3wzy-bK6TxZddVIG8B2_7imYO1Zh9zhURiAhlNs3pQXWl6NAi-VOR75-DNkESzqluFsjxiiWRNPTQprVt02RFJBOMBwncNwrO&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

> Also Bobby Krlic has a new score: BEEF. No idea what it is yet lol.

Yeah I heard about the MJF movie a little while ago, I think someone mentioned Powell was attached after seeing the flick at a film fest or something. Been super stoked for it since. If we get another Powell in mellow acoustic guitar mode, I'm gonna destroy every one of my pants from happyjaculating with every single note.

> First off, much love and big thanks again to Boden for his excellent
> February/March HYPE post:
> https://www.filmtracks.com/scoreboard/forum.cgi?read=119931

> I hope his efforts are rewarded with more success for Iowa's women's
> basketball team. As of this section's writing they're deadlocked with
> undefeated South Carolina with a trip to the championship on the line.

Ohhh, can't believe I missed this post this week. Just busy with work.
And yes, Caitlin Clark went all Caitlin Clark all over South Carolina, and it was the finest women's basketball game I've seen in my two months of fandom.

> Let's take a look at what was good and was wasn't in the last two months:

> Things I liked: We Have a Ghost, Creed III, Mando S3.1, Agent Elvis,
> Dungeons and Dragons, both the Andrew Morgan Smiths, Mon Crime, was the
> Aaltio from January? The big winner for me is Fenton's Wild Isles. Quality
> stuff in each album so far. And yes, I'm working on playlists. Think I
> liked his Allelujah too, but I'll need another listen.

It's funny, of all the hype I listed, I don't feel like I even heard a handful of them. Still awaiting Forspoken. I'll agree with all the entries of the Fenton doc, but once again, it's Kevin Kiner's score for The Bad Batch S2 that has my affections at the moment. Vol. 2 was just released this week, so now there is a whopping 3 or 4 hours of that score, because of course there is.

My other favorite is Fernanda (Paolo Vivaldi), but that might go back to the previous few months. Big agree on We Have a Ghost, and I had a blast with Agent Elvis. Haven't yet heard Mando S3 (3?).

This cue from Gridman Universe (Shiro Sagisu):
https://youtu.be/_hTKrn61pk4

> Things that were okay: Both the Becks, Boston Strangler, John Wick 4,
> Legend and Butterfly, 80 for Brady, Cocaine Bear

> Still need to get to: Mummies, Scream VI, Magician's Elephant, Zodi et
> Tehu, Supercell, La Sirvienta, A Good Person, Ping Pong of China, both the
> Lamboleys, that new Zimmer/Fleming score, The Orville (lol I'm not getting
> through all that anytime soon), Eiffel (if I'll hurry up and buy the damn
> thing)

> Still waiting on albums for: Succession, Picard (In the pipeline I hear!
> *cue obligatory 'When do we get Strange New Worlds???'*)

waiting for Succession is my new favorite on-going score meme. Or at least should be ongoing in every hype post.

> I was going to say that it feels like I'm still playing catchup on Q1
> overall, but I'm already at like 25-30 scores, so I'm doing peachy. But
> I'll still try to catch up on some of those aforementioned scores. But for
> now, the HYPE beckons!!! Onward!!!

Onward!!

> (Also, Iowa just pulled off the upset, they're onto the championship on
> Sunday.)

Going to win a natty! Going to win a natty!

> The Aces of April:
> Super Mario Bros Movie (Brian Tyler) - This should be a ton of fun.
> Picturing classic Mario themes with the energy of Tyler's Lego Universe.
> April 5
> Renfield (Marco Beltrami) - Vampire comedy! Trailer looks terrible
> but score should be promising! April 14
> Chevalier (Kris Bowers) - Period drama(!) about Joseph Bologne, a
> renowned 18th Century French-Creole(!!) violinist/composer(!!!). First new
> thing from Bowers in a while, should be good. April 21
> Peter Pan and Wendy (Daniel Hart) - Man, what happened the last
> time we let David Lowery and Daniel Hart do a Disney remake? Oh yeah,
> Pete's Dragon. Hart has the hot hand right now, and Peter Pan scores are
> almost always gold. April 28
> Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (Hans Zimmer) - At long last,
> an adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, and also at long last, Hans
> Zimmer's Wicked Oboe Solos! April 28

This Peter Pan thing is getting so weird. I feel like there is something going on in Hollywood that we don't know about, like adapting it puts you in a club or something. Regardless, really looking forward to whatever Hart does with it.

> Additional April Attractions:
> Chupa (Carlos Rafael Rivera) - Family adventure film. Always good
> to have more Rivera, especially after the success of Queen's Gambit. April
> 7.
Yeah, hope this one is good!

> Mafia Mamma (Alex Heffes) - I mean, look at that title! April 14
> The Covenant (Christopher Benstead) - Newest Guy Ritchie film,
> about a veteran returning to Afghanistan to rescue his interpreter. Looks
> like Benstead is Ritchie's guy now, let's hope there's an album this time.
> April 21

What happened to Pemberton? That collaboration was aces.

> Ghosted (Lorne Balfe) - Romance/comedy/action. Trailer for this
> looked fun. April 21
> Beau is Afraid (Bobby Krlic) - Ari Aster is back, with...honestly
> I'm not sure what this movie is. But Midsommar was great, so in Krlic we
> trust. April 21
> Big George Foreman (Marcelo Zarvos) - Boxing biopic! April 28

> Might be of interest to someone:
> On a Wing and Prayer (Brandon Campbell) - Survival/airplane

Brandon Roberts, right?

> disaster movie with religious undertones. Could be good. April 7
> The Pope's Exorcist (Jed Kurzel) - Horror movie with religious
> undertones. Not big on Kurzel, but hey maybe he has a Nun in him.
> (Phrasing Vik!) April 14

> Evil Dead Rise (Stephen McKeon) - Unfamiliar with McKeon, but I
> adore Banos' Evil Dead score, so I'll have to check this one out. April 21

Hope this one goes with orchestral mayhem like the Banos score, but I'm skeptical.

> Mighty May Movies!
> Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (John Murphy) - It's an
> extraordinarily dumb sequence of events that led to this movie happening
> basically the same as it was going to, but without Tyler Bates returning.
> But hey, looks like it's John Murphy time! May 5
> Knights of the Zodiac (Yoshihiro Ike) - Japanese/American crossover
> fantasy epic? Hell yeah! May 12

Super interesting. Not completely hyped after last years anime score, but this is a new type of thing for Ike, and he can be wonderful, so maybe this lands.

> Fast X (Brian Tyler) - Still distraught that they didn't call this
> this one FasTen Your Seatbelts. I enjoyed various parts of Tyler's F9, so
> let's hope the series keeps getting bigger and more chaotic and weirder!
> Though also they already went to space? May 19
> The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken/Lin-Manuel Miranda) - I
> mean...okay, so Beauty and the Beast was the only one of these Renaissance
> era remakes where the score was like noticeably different/better than the
> original, right? And part of that is because Menken was still very fresh
> as a composer when he wrote the original. So in a similar vein, him
> getting to build and improve on the music he wrote almost 35 years ago
> should be a good opportunity, right? Also LMM is writing songs I guess.
> Though once again I'm wondering why he didn't work on Aladdin. May 26

> MAYbe, MAYbe not?
> The Machine (Joseph Trapanese) - Fun-looking action comedy. May 26
> You Hurt My Feelings (Michael Andrews) - Small scale drama, could
> be good? May 26

> ...okay, I can only conclude that Wikipedia is not fully up to date on May
> releases, because this seems like a paltry list compared to the April
> lineup.

> Since y'all yell at me about TV scores: Mando S3 volume 2 I would presume
> is about a month away. Picard S3 has an album coming April 20. John Lunn's
> The Last Kingdom is out April 22, which based on the album cover will
> negate whatever effects the trolls claim Downton Abbey's music has on
> testicles.

My biggest addition here is the Atli Orvarsson score for Silo. First big project for him in a little while, and could be interesting.

Also, Yoshiaki Fujisawa scores (plural) just dropped this week.
Luminous Witches
Spy Room

> And because I'll probably be late with the June post:
> Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton) - Look, I
> really liked the first one, okay? The only thing that could dampen my
> excitement is if Pemberton inexplicably dropped his main theme. (Robert, I
> know you're about to come in with 'what main theme?' so shut up ) June
> 2

The Pemberton score really grew on me, but doesn't hurt that I adore the film.

> Shooting Stars (Mark Isham) - Okay it's weird that we're getting
> biographical films about Lebron James while he's still playing. But hey,
> Isham sports score! June 2

> Speaking of basketball, Iowa got blown out of the championship game on
> Sunday. LSU's players caught fire and were nigh unstoppable and I'm happy
> for them, but their coach is the worst and the refs decided to be the main
> characters, so that was frustrating. Anyway...

Sure, make me relive it here a week later.

dangit.

Deeper bench goes off in the biggest game, but the ref thing. Hard to D up when you absolutely can't foul out, and the refs called the game unlike any other game of the tourney. 10M people tune in to watch Caitlin Clark maybe do impossible things, and the refs cut her arms off and took her out of the game. Bad move for the sport's popularity, but whatever. I'm bitter obviously.

> What are you HYPED for?

Carmen (Nicholas Brittel) 4/21
Peter Pan and Wendy (Daniel Hart) 4/28
Silo: S1 (Atli Orvarsson) 5/5

> Ohhh, can't believe I missed this post this week. Just busy with work.

Couple more days and I was going to file a report.

> And yes, Caitlin Clark went all Caitlin Clark all over South Carolina, and
> it was the finest women's basketball game I've seen in my two months of
> fandom.

If you want I can get you super invested in WNBA. It's been an absolutely bonkers offseason and next season is going to be chock full of drama.

> It's funny, of all the hype I listed, I don't feel like I even heard a
> handful of them. Still awaiting Forspoken. I'll agree with all the entries
> of the Fenton doc, but once again, it's Kevin Kiner's score for The Bad
> Batch S2 that has my affections at the moment. Vol. 2 was just released
> this week, so now there is a whopping 3 or 4 hours of that score, because
> of course there is.

Alright alright, I'll get to it. How many volumes was S1?

> My other favorite is Fernanda (Paolo Vivaldi), but that might go back to
> the previous few months. Big agree on We Have a Ghost, and I had a blast
> with Agent Elvis. Haven't yet heard Mando S3 (3?).

> This cue from Gridman Universe (Shiro Sagisu):
> https://youtu.be/_hTKrn61pk4

Well that's nice!

> waiting for Succession is my new favorite on-going score meme. Or at least
> should be ongoing in every hype post.

At this point make it a triple album of Succession and Strange New Worlds lol. Can compete with that giant Orville album that finally came out.

> Going to win a natty! Going to win a natty!

> This Peter Pan thing is getting so weird. I feel like there is something
> going on in Hollywood that we don't know about, like adapting it puts you
> in a club or something. Regardless, really looking forward to whatever
> Hart does with it.

Something something hollywood vanity about avoiding aging and obsolesence? Explain the Pinocchio one to me though.

> Yeah, hope this one is good!

> What happened to Pemberton? That collaboration was aces.

Unsure, but apparently I finally spoke an Operation Fortune album into existence.

> Brandon Roberts, right?

Nope, not the Beltrami assistant. Campbell worked with Djawadi originally. His work on the animated show Pacific Rim: The Black is very good at capturing the sound of Djawadi's original without using any of the themes (unclear why but maybe Netflix was being stingy).

> Hope this one goes with orchestral mayhem like the Banos score, but I'm
> skeptical.

Here's hoping! Fede Alvarez is still involved I think so that's promising.

> My biggest addition here is the Atli Orvarsson score for Silo. First big
> project for him in a little while, and could be interesting.

Noted, what's that about?

> Also, Yoshiaki Fujisawa scores (plural) just dropped this week.
> Luminous Witches
> Spy Room

> Sure, make me relive it here a week later.

> dangit.

Sorry, it just took me all weekend to write the thing.

> Deeper bench goes off in the biggest game, but the ref thing. Hard to D up
> when you absolutely can't foul out, and the refs called the game unlike
> any other game of the tourney. 10M people tune in to watch Caitlin Clark
> maybe do impossible things, and the refs cut her arms off and took her out
> of the game. Bad move for the sport's popularity, but whatever. I'm bitter
> obviously.

100%. LSU straight up outplayed Iowa, but it's still super frustrating the refs were that heavy-handed. The tech on Clark was especially stupid considering how Mulkey was halfway on the court most of the game and didn't get a thing.

> Carmen (Nicholas Brittel) 4/21
> Peter Pan and Wendy (Daniel Hart) 4/28
> Silo: S1 (Atli Orvarsson) 5/5

New Britell?? How did I miss this! Thanks as always for plugging the gaps.