Moby releases new album Reprise out today, new documentary 'Moby Doc' out now

Check out an update on Moby's new album 'Reprise' as well as a documentary about the celebrated artist...Robert Kinsler

Moby releases new album 'Reprise' - out today  New documentary 'Moby Doc' out now in theaters and on digital platforms nationwide

The iconic musical pioneer Moby has released his anticipated new album Reprise today on the legendary Deutsche Grammophon label.  Stream/download REPRISE HERE. Additionally, Moby Doc, “a powerful new feature-length documentary film opens in theaters today in New York and Los Angeles, and is now available on digital platforms across the United States including Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video. The film will also premiere today on Apple TV in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Watch the trailer for Moby Doc HERE. In support of Reprise, Moby made a memorable appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Watch his moving performance of “Natural Blues” with The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and Apollo Jane on lead vocals  HERE, and the interview with James Corden HERE. Read Moby’s in-depth interview with People Magazine where he discusses his journey overcoming addiction and how he “feels more inspired than ever” HERE, and GQ’s feature where they noted Moby Doc is “a playful, surrealistic, but also quite raw” documentary HERE. The UK’S  Independent premiered a poignant clip from the film watch it HERE.  Reprise sees Moby revisiting musical highlights from his notable 30-year career. Together with the Budapest Art Orchestra, he has re-envisioned some of his most recognizable rave classics and anthems with new arrangements for orchestra and acoustic instruments.  Reprise features an eclectic and impressive array of guests including Alice Skye, Amythyst Kiah, Apollo Jane, Darlingside, Deitrick Haddon, Gregory Porter, Jim James, Kris Kristofferson, Luna Li, Mark Lanegan, Mindy Jones, Nataly Dawn, Novo Amor, Skylar Grey and Víkingur Ólafsson.  The seeds for the project were sown when Moby was invited to take part in his first-ever classical collaboration – a live concert of his music at Walt Disney Concert Hall with his friend Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018. Watch the official music video for “Natural Blues”  along with the incredible Gregory Porter and Amythyst Kiah  HERE.    Directed and edited by Rob Bralver, Moby Doc is distributed by Greenwich Entertainment. A surrealist biographical documentary narrated by Moby, MOBY DOC sees the artist reflecting on his turbulent personal life and iconic music from underground punk bands to chart-topping solo artist, and from struggling addict to vegan activist. It features interviews with David Lynch and David Bowie along with extraordinary concert footage, utilizing a unique blend of re-enactments, interviews, and archival footage.  The film is an insightful, unvarnished look at an artist whose traumatic childhood shaped him in profound ways.               Moby is a celebrated musician, singer/songwriter, producer, DJ, photographer and activist. The multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated artist has pushed boundaries with his acclaimed music, including his breakthrough global smash album, Play. Achieving worldwide sales of 20 million albums, Moby has also scored eight Top 10 hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart. A staunch vegan and advocate for animal rights and humanitarian aid, he also is the author of four books including a collection of his photography.     REPRISE TRACKLISTING 1 - Everloving 2 – Natural Blues (featuring Gregory Porter & Amythyst Kiah) 3 – Go 4 – Porcelain (featuring Jim James) 5 – Extreme Ways 6 – Heroes (featuring Mindy Jones) 7 – God Moving Over The Face of the Water (featuring Vikingur Ólafsson) 8 – Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad (featuring Apollo Jane) 9 – The Lonely Night (featuring Kris Kristofferson & Mark Lanegan) 10 – We Are All Made of Stars 11 – Lift Me Up 12 – The Great Escape (featuring Nataly Dawn, Alice Skye, Luna Li) 13 - Almost Home (featuring Novo Amor, Mindy Jones and Darlingside) 14 - The Last Day (featuring Skylar Grey & Darlingside)

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'Aquaman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' available now

I'm very much looking forward to seeing "Aquaman" when it is released next week, and will plan to get the soundtrack and review that in a column too...

AQUAMAN: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

NOW AVAILABLE

FEATURES NEW SONGS FROM SKYLAR GREY

AND PITBULL FEAT. RHEA

 

FEATURES ORIGINAL SCORE BY EMMY-NOMINATED COMPOSER RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS

 

(December 14, 2018 - BURBANK, CA) – WaterTower Music is excited to announce today’s release of the soundtrack to Aquaman, the action-packed adventure film from director James Wan that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas. The soundtrack is now available, and the film is in theaters on December 21. Aquaman features an original score by multi-award-winning composer Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hotel Rwanda, Hacksaw Ridge), includes a track by composer Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle) and debuts the new songs “Ocean To Ocean” by Pitbull Feat. Rhea, and the end title song “Everything I Need” by Skylar Grey.

 

To bring the film’s themes to life musically, Aquaman director James Wan turned to composer Rupert Gregson-Williams, who says, “Writing the themes for the different characters was awesome. Arthur Curry has such a strong character—he’s a real rock star—so I felt he deserved a big melody. He gets to rock out for certain intense moments too. Orm is Atlantean, and the score I wrote for Atlantis is in big contrast to the score for the surface world, epic and glorious. Black Manta inspired a more industrial, electronic feel. And, of course, there’s romance—two in fact. Atlantis and the entire world James created is truly amazing, giving me such a rich opportunity.” 

 

“James Wan has given me such a rare opportunity and I am so unbelievably grateful,” explains Skylar Grey. “James, score composer Rupert Gregson-Williams, as well as every person behind the scenes on this project has been a dream to work with...a team of extremely respectful and professional people who I’m now honored to call friends. ‘Everything I Need,’ written by myself and my fiancé, Elliott Taylor, was inspired by the forbidden love story that is threaded throughout the movie, and we are very passionate about this song.”

 

“The ocean, the sea and any body of water, to me, is true freedom,” said Armando Christian Perez (Pitbull), who was inspired by the film’s settings and themes, and especially by Aquaman’s struggle between his two worlds—the surface and the sea. “The ocean has always been the border from where my parents came from Cuba and the United States, which gives us freedom.  That’s why I respect water.  Bottom line: water gives us freedom.” 

 

The Aquaman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is now available for streaming and for purchase digitally and on CD.  The track list is as follows:

 

The track list is as follows: “Everything I Need (Film Version)” - Skylar Grey  Arthur  Kingdom Of Atlantis  It Wasn't Meant To Be  Atlantean Soldiers  What Does That Even Mean?  The Legend Of Atlan  Swimming Lessons  The Black Manta  What Could Be Greater Than A King?

Permission To Come Aboard  Suited And Booted  Between Land And Sea  He Commands The Sea  Map In A Bottle  The Ring Of Fire  Reunited  “Everything I Need” - Skylar Grey  “Ocean To Ocean” - Pitbull feat. Rhea  “Trench Engaged (from Kingdom of The Trench)” - Joseph Bishara

 

From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-surface dweller, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be…a king.

 

The film also stars Amber Heard; Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe; Patrick Wilson; Dolph Lundgren; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; and Oscar winner Nicole Kidman.  Also featured are Ludi Lin and Temuera Morrison. Wan directed from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall, story by Geoff Johns & James Wan and Will Beall, based on characters created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger for DC.  The film was produced by Peter Safran and Rob Cowan, with Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Jon Berg, Geoff Johns and Walter Hamada serving as executive producers.

 

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Peter Safran Production, a James Wan Film, Aquaman.  The film is being released in 3D and 2D and IMAX, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.  Aquaman is rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for some language. www.aquamanmovie.com

 

About WaterTower Music:

WaterTower Music, the in house music label for Warner Bros., has been releasing recorded music since 2001 and has released over 200 titles, including the film soundtracks and scores to Crazy Rich Asians, Wonder Woman, Interstellar, Game Of Thrones, Westworld, The Hobbit Trilogy, The LEGO® Movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Project X, Rock of Ages, Hairspray, Sex and the City, Elf, The Notebook, and Love and Basketball, among others.  
 

About Rupert Gregson-Williams:

RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS (Composer) was born in England and educated at St. John’s College Choir School, Cambridge. The multi-award-winning composer works from his studios in both London and Los Angeles.
 

A truly versatile composer, Gregson-Williams has written the scores for a wide range of feature films, including the Oscar-winning “Hotel Rwanda,” for which he was awarded the European Film Award for Best Composer; the animated films “Over the Hedge” and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie,” receiving an Annie Award nomination for his score for the latter; and the independent film “Love + Hate,” for which he was awarded the Reims International Composer Award.

 

Most recently, Gregson-Williams scored the blockbuster and critically acclaimed “Wonder Woman,” directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, which opened in 2017; the award-winning war drama “Hacksaw Ridge,” starring Andrew Garfield and directed by Mel Gibson, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and opened nationwide in 2016; and the international hit “The Legend of Tarzan,” starring Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie and directed by David Yates.

 

For television, Gregson-Williams wrote the music for TNT’s “The Alienist,” starring Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans and Daniel Bruhl, which premiered in January 2018. He also wrote the score for the original Netflix series “The Crown,” created by Peter Morgan, which premiered on  Netflix in November 2016, with the second season having debuted in December 2017. He received an Emmy nomination in 2017 for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for his work on the first season of “The Crown.” He has also composed the music for various other TV projects, including the Emmy Award-winning HBO series “Veep,” AMC’s “The Prisoner,” and Sky Vision’s “Agatha Raisin.” He received an Emmy nomination for the 2002 telefilm “Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story,” for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore).

Inbox update: GRAMMY® Festival At Sea: Women Who Rock to set sail Nov. 4 - 8, 2014

GRAMMY® Festival At Sea: Women Who Rock to set sail November 4 - 8, 2014

Heart at the Beacon Theater in New York City, 2012
Photo credit: Mick man34 at English Wikipedia 

Hot on the heels of the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards^®, The Recording Academy^® (internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards) and marketing and travel company Sixthman are partnering to produce the first GRAMMY^® Music Festival at Sea, which will set sail Nov. 4 – 8, 2014, in conjunction with Norwegian Cruise Line, the official cruise line of The Recording Academy. Departing out of Miami on Norwegian Pearl, the GRAMMY^® Festival at Sea will offer guests the opportunity to celebrate GRAMMY-winning and/or -nominated women who rock, while sailing to Grand Bahama Island and Nassau. Joining guests at sea will be Shawn Colvin, Estelle, Skylar Grey, Emmylou Harris, Heart, and Indigo Girls, with more artists to be announced throughout 2014.
 
In addition to all of the activities and entertainment offered aboard the GRAMMY Festival at Sea, guests will take advantage of Norwegian Pearl's 13 bars and lounges, 19 dining experiences, outdoor pool, hot tubs, expansive spa and fitness center, and so much more. In addition, guests can test their strength on the outdoor rock climbing wall, bowl a few frames in the ship's bowling alley, or try their luck in the Pearl Club Casino. Norwegian Pearl features a wide range of stateroom categories to fit all lifestyles and budgets, from the perfectly appointed inside staterooms to luxurious penthouse suites in the Haven.
 
Pre-sale signups for the GRAMMY Festival at Sea: Women Who Rock will begin Feb. 19. Guests wishing to sail onboard this exciting event can reserve their spot for as little as $200 per person for an Interior or Oceanview, and $300 per person for a balcony or suite. This highly anticipated music experience goes on sale to the general public on Feb. 28. For additional information, please visit www.grammyfestivalatsea.com.
 
About Sixthman 
Sixthman, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, creates festivals at sea designed to set the stage for moments that make life rock. Since 2001, they have been pioneering themed cruise experiences for bands, brands, and their fans and are proud to be celebrating their 11th year and the accomplishment of executing 56 full ship charters, hosting more than 110,000 guests for more than 500,000 days on vacations at sea with world-class artist and brand partners such as KISS, Kid Rock, John Mayer, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alabama, Train, 311, Zac Brown Band, Lyle Lovett, Barenaked Ladies, Sister Hazel, Turner Classic Movies, VH1, along with engaging festivals such as The Rock Boat and Cayamo. Inc. magazine recognized Sixthman as America’s fastest growing travel company and the 87th fastest growing company across all segments on the Inc. 500 List.
 
About The Recording Academy
Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.
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