Marvel has been on a roll this year with brand-new content, and recently fans have been treated to brand-new episodes of What If…? on Disney Plus each week. As we get ready to wrap up Season 1 of What If…?, I had the opportunity to chat with Laura Karpman, the composer for this series, about […]
Few families are as recognizable in the music composition world as the Newmans. From Cars and Hello Dolly! to Anastasia and Finding Nemo, the Newmans have placed a major footprint into film and TV composition. And Emmy-nominated Joey Newman has set his own foot into virtually every part of Disney movies and television, composing for shows […]
Since 1928, The Walt Disney Company has revolved heavily around the character of Mickey Mouse. Now, almost 100 years later, Mickey Mouse continues to captivate audiences through a variety of TV shows, short films, and specials. And the latest Mickey cartoons to hit the screen are 10 brand-new episodes of The Wonderful World of Mickey […]
In July, Disney+ will be getting lots of new films and series including “Monsters At Work”, “Turner and Hooch” plus new episodes of “Loki”. There will also be new episodes of “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted” each Friday and lots of great Sharkfest content from National Geographic. Two big new summer blockbusters are also coming to Disney+ […]
There is no doubt about it – Star Wars music is iconic. John Williams defined a generation with his jaw-dropping Star Wars scores, and only a handful of other composers have tried to tackle the insurmountable pressure behind Star Wars projects. Some composers, like Michael Giacchino (Rogue One) and John Powell (Solo: A Star Wars […]
In June, Disney+ will be getting new episodes a number of new Disney+ Original series including Loki, The Mysterious Benedict Society and more. Plus there will be episodes of new Star Originals including “Grown-ish”. There will also be new additions to the Disney+ library including “Raya and the Last Dragon”. NOTE – This list isn’t […]
Over the past few months, Friday has quickly become a Disney-filled day in my schedule! And I always save room on Fridays to catch each new episode of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, which has brought the classic Ducks story to a whole new generation. As we get ready for the season finale of The […]
If you have been following along with my recent interviews, you will know that I am a big fan of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers! To get a deeper look into the making of the show, I reached out to Courtney Richter, who plays Lauren’s mom Christine Gibby on Game Changers. Through our conversation, I […]
After a pretty dry 2020 TV season on Disney+, things have started ramping up on the service, with more than 4 brand-new episodes being released each week. And one of the latest of these shows is The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, which has introduced audiences to a new generation of the Ducks. As the show […]
As we draw closer to the season finale of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers on Disney+, things are beginning to heat up! To help celebrate the show’s final episodes, I reached out to actor Antonio Cayonne, who plays Sofi’s dad Brian in the series. Sofi’s storyline of shifting from the Ducks to the Don’t Bothers […]
When you think of a TV composer, who comes to mind? Oftentimes, these composers write hours of music for a given TV season, and a show’s music can be integral to its success. Today, I had the opportunity to chat with Gabriel Mann, the award-winning composer of Modern Family and A Million Little Things, to […]
From its inception, The Walt Disney Company has made memorable music a cornerstone of its approach to entertainment. “There’s a terrific power to music,” said Walt Disney during an October 1940 story meeting on Bambi. “You can run any of these pictures and they’d be dragging and boring. But the minute you put music behind […]
As a resident of a major city, I have a distinct idea of what “downtown” means to me. So when I first watched the short “Downtown” last year, I was amazed at how director Kendra Vander Vliet could create a vibrant picture of city life in less than 2 minutes of storytelling. As we celebrate […]
This Friday, Disney+ will release all five seasons of The Muppet Show in the U.S. Since it premiered in fall 1976, the entire run of producer/puppeteer Jim Henson’s crowning achievement has never been widely available in any format. (Disney has not yet confirmed if the streaming release includes all 120 episodes as originally aired, without […]
After the season 1 finale of The Mandalorian in December 2019, many fans were left to wonder what would come next for the Disney+ service. Disney was quick to answer our questions, releasing fourteen all-new short films as part of the Short Circuit collection in January 2020. Having just celebrated the one-year anniversary of the […]