Man walks into a bar… It’s the stuff dreams are made of. An unknown musician was plucked from obscurity Friday night to perform in front of a huge crowd and ended up stealing the show.
23.04.2024 - 16:21 / variety.com
Todd Gilchrist editor Vinyl, poster and collectible company Mutant will release Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba’s soundtrack to the critically acclaimed FX series “Shōgun” for the first time on vinyl. On April 25, one day after the 10-episode series’ finale, Mutant will issue the trio’s score, which they worked on for over two years.
Ross, Ross and Chuba collaborated with Japanese arranger Taro Ishida to record traditional Gakaku instruments, which were then manipulated using samplers and electronics. The combination of authentic Japanese instruments and modern digital production creates a unique and mesmerizing sonic landscape.
The physical release, which is pressed on crimson red 140gm vinyl, evoking the Japanese flag, features exclusive artwork by award-winning illustrator Yuko Shimizu, and an eight-page booklet with a forward by co-composer Leopold Ross. Mutant co-founder Spencer Hickman said about the release, “The score perfectly blends the epic and powerful with the understated and somber, featuring an otherworldly quality that creates an underlying sense of tension and unease.
Man walks into a bar… It’s the stuff dreams are made of. An unknown musician was plucked from obscurity Friday night to perform in front of a huge crowd and ended up stealing the show.
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Shōgun concluded this week (April 23), but how can fans listen to the show’s soundtrack?Shōgun depicted Japan in the year 1600, and some have labelled the series as the “new Game of Thrones”. In it, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) is fighting for his life as his enemies unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby village, where the character of John Blackthorne (Jarvis) is introduced.Based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, the show was overseen by the husband-and-wife creative team of Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, the latter of whom was a co-writer of Top Gun: Maverick. The ten-episode series was broadcast on Hulu and FX in the US, while UK viewers were able to watch it via Disney+.The soundtrack was composed by the trio of Atticus Ross, his brother Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba.Atticus is known for his collaborations with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, including The Social Network, Gone Girl, Soul and Bones And All.
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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Jo Ann Ross, the first woman to run a broadcast TV network’s ad-sales efforts and one of the last senior ad-sales executives in the TV industry to hold direct relationships with advertisers when primetime broadcast programs were seen as the primary venue for Madison Avenue’s dollars, is leaving the industry, stepping down from her role as chairman of Paramount Global‘s ad sales division at the end of April. Ross had already stepped back from day to day duties, ceding that role to John Halley, who was named president of ad sales for the company in 2022.
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Kaz Crossley has traded her lengthy tresses for a shaved buzz cut in a dramatic hair switch up this week, shaving her head in a bid to help out the Little Lady Locks charity. The 30 year old former Love Island star, who has been open about her struggles with alopecia over the past year, took to Instagram to share her transformation in a new post, with fans hailing her as 'inspirational' as Kaz explained that her hair would go towards making a wig for a young person who has lost their hair. Sharing a beaming picture as she clutched onto her chopped long hair, the reality personality urged others to donate and help out the charity.
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