The original score for this Halloween season’s brand new animated film The Addams Family was composed by Mychael and Jeff Danna and will be released digitally on October 11.
The motion picture soundtrack is now up for pre-order, and to whet your appetite we’re excited to exclusively debut Mycheal and Jeff’s track “Welcome to the Addams Family”!
Listen to the track from Lakeshore Records below!
“The score combines non-western musical traditions with orchestral music to wildly creative effect.”
“In Conrad Vernon’s and Greg Tiernan’s visually lavish film, they take us back to the Addams Family‘s old country’ European roots as the film begins its journey,” said Mycheal and Jeff. “Musically we relished the opportunity to explore things from that perspective, and arrived at Gypsy Music as a way to access the history and the dark humor of the family as they migrate to America to start their new lives. Combining gypsy instrumentation and modalities from Spain and Eastern Europe with a cinematic orchestra, gave us a tremendously colorful and lively palette to work with. Adding a dash of large gothic organ and musical saw to the brew, we created a sound that moved easily between Large & Frightening and Whimsical – Gothic and Ironic. We felt it appropriate to have moments where we honored Vic Mizzy’s popular 1964 Addams Family tv theme song, a tune that is linked inextricably with the iconic Addams characters. We enjoyed putting that music into a new light, with gypsy instruments and time signatures, and sometimes the full orchestra pounding out the familiar 4 note refrain.”
Based on the famous New Yorker creations of Charles Addams, MGM’s animated comedy features an all-star voice cast let by Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Elsie Fisher, and Snoop Dogg playing IT.
Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, The Addams Family will be released in theaters on October 11, 2019 via MGM’s United Artists Releasing banner.
