Throughout the 55-minute musical, there are 6 original songs, written by Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn. The show was directed by Los Angeles-based director, Stefan Novinski, and choreographed by New York-based choreographer, Warren Adams. The musical spectacular for Frozen replaced plans for Toy Story at the Hyperion Theater starting on May 27, 2016. The show was performed in the Walt Disney Theatre, the grand showplace located on Deck 4.Ī land debut was initially planned in the Hyperion Theater at Disney California Adventure, however the plans were later canceled. After a year of pre-production and workshops, it had a soft premiere on board the Disney Wonder in March 2008, with an official opening on April 10, 2008. The show was created by Walt Disney Creative Entertainment for Disney Cruise Line, replacing the earlier Hercules: The Muse-Ical. Toy Story: The Musical was a rock musical inspired by Disney I remember, for example, Maggie texting me late at night and saying, "Please, I'll need two more Stalls urgently by morning.Toy Story film, directed by John Lasseter Maggie and I had incredible chemistry and I will not forget the many, creative conversations we had every day but also the humor that resulted from the pressure of time and the stress we all had on the team to prevent the editing to send the film to the Festivals. Besides, I always do that in my collaborations for the music of theatrical performances. I did not put any personal filter in all this, all I was interested in was achieving Maggie's vision. My job was to translate the words, the instructions I received and translate them into music. My goal was not to satisfy what I was feeling, but to carry out the director's instructions and render the idea of the music for each scene as validly as I could, so that the whole film would gain rhythm and take off emotionally. "I felt great in the recordings because I was exploring a world of musical instruments and sounds that I do not usually do in my own music. On December 31st, tune in with us, in front of Netflix, for a Hollywood blockbuster with a Greek flavor! The song "My Blood" is sung by Paschalis Terzis and "Everything is wrong" by George Papadopoulos. The OST includes 2 orchestral themes and 10 songs, 8 of which are performed by Monika. The only songs that pre-existed and entered the final soundtrack, are "Stala" - which was the main theme of the film - and "My Blood". She followed Gyllenhaal's instructions with absolute professionalism and gave her idea for each scene as faithfully as possible. It is very interesting that Monika faced a very different challenge here. On the occasion of these scenes, Monika wrote songs very different from what we know from her personal discography. The deadline was tight, but Monika, in just one month, delivered the material that, according to the brief, had to accompany scenes such as the one where Olivia Colman dances with Ed Harris or is on the beach while listening to music from a nearby tavern. The instruction was specific, the director asked for eight Greek songs each with a different style.
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The shooting took place in Spetses in 2020, in the middle of quarantine, giving life to the inhabitants of the island, many of whom had their own role in the film, turning the whole island into a movie set.Ĭompleted in November 2020 and in February 2021 Monika was invited for the first time by the producer, who commissioned her to write the songs for eight scenes in the film. The film is based on the book of the same name by Elena Ferrante.
Starring some of Hollywood's most glamorous actresses, Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal and Ed Harris, the film premieres on December 17 in the US and on December 31 on Netflix, as the New Year's Eve proposal of the platform. Monika has written the songs for the original soundtrack of the movie "The Lost Daughter" by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who recently won the Golden Osella Award for Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival and won four Gotham Awards: "Best Feature", "Outstanding Lead Performance", "Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award" and "Best Screenplay". This year the Netflix New Year's movie has Hollywood A-listers on its cast and Monika's signature on the soundtrack!Ī soundtrack - "order" of director Maggie Gyllenhaal to the most important and recognized Greek artist of her generation.