Phrases + Music is coming quickly. MGM+ has ordered the brand new docuseries, which is able to inform the tales of 4 well-known musical artists.
The lives of Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Alanis Morissette will likely be featured. The sequence is impressed by Audible’s sequence of the identical title.
“As we speak, premium linear channel and streaming service MGM+ introduced the greenlight of the docuseries Phrases + Music, a brand new music docuseries from Gunpowder & Sky and Audible, based mostly on Audible’s acclaimed audio sequence of the identical title. The sequence will premiere on November thirtieth, and have member of the Songwriter’s Corridor Of Fame Elvis Costello, nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow, 13-time Grammy winner John Legend, and seven-time Grammy winner Alanis Morissette. Phrases + Music is ready to premiere this fall on MGM+ in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
Phrases + Music will function iconic artists sharing tales about songs pivotal to their careers, adopted by all-new performances of these songs both solo or with a band. The modern visible adaptation will likely be shot on Amazon MGM Studio’s quantity stage, an immersive video setting, permitting the creation of dynamic visible narratives that complement every artist’s storytelling. Because the artists’ tales unfold, the setting round them will rework to replicate every anecdote and tune, creating an intimate but visually beautiful expertise.
Filming on Culver Studios’ cutting-edge Stage 15, Phrases + Music encompasses a 79′ x 80′ LED quantity with a 26-foot ceiling and a 74-foot scenic deck, an immersive digital manufacturing setting powered by 105 movement seize cameras and state-of-the-art ROE BP2 LED panels.
“Musicians categorical what we mere mortals assume and really feel, however they do it higher… .and with a melody,” mentioned Van Toffler, CEO of Gunpowder & Sky. “Adapting Phrases + Music for a visible medium gave our studio, and our producing companions Alex Coletti and Invoice Flanagan, an unbelievable alternative to merge lyrics, music, efficiency and visible artwork. The result’s one thing as intimate as a backstage confession and as cinematic as a function movie. These aren’t simply tales about iconic songs – they’re portraits of how these songs, and the artists behind them got here to be.”
“Phrases + Music is a uniquely partaking mix of iconic music and intimate storytelling from the legendary artists who lived it. It’s the subsequent evolution of the high-quality music-focused MGM+ documentaries that our viewers has come to count on,” mentioned Michael Wright, Head of MGM+. “We’re lucky to have been capable of collaborate with Audible, whose pioneering Phrases + Music format was so compelling that we needed to carry it to tv, and music storytelling visionary Van Toffler and his studio, Gunpowder & Sky.”
“Phrases + Music has struck a chord with listeners, and this evolution of Audible’s groundbreaking format inside the Amazon ecosystem bridges audio and visible storytelling, making a charming new expertise for musicians and followers alike,” mentioned Rachel Ghiazza, Chief Content material Officer, Audible. “This collaboration underscores Audible’s ongoing dedication to the strategic growth of our IP headed by Jackie Levine, leveraging our extraordinary content material to attach with audiences in contemporary, significant methods.”
Audible’s Phrases + Music audio sequence fuses music and storytelling in an unprecedented means, permitting artists to precise themselves and join with listeners like by no means earlier than. With greater than 40 installments, Audible’s Phrases + Music slate boasts an intensive roster of iconic musicians together with Usher, Mariah Carey, Pete Townshend, Snoop Dogg, Eddie Vedder, Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, Sting, Chuck D, Brandy, George Clinton, and extra. For extra info on Phrases + Music, please go to www.audible.com/ep/phrases+music.
The sequence is produced by Gunpowder & Sky and Audible.
Phrases + Music will debut as a part of an general deal between Audible and Amazon MGM Studios to develop a number of initiatives impressed by Audible’s expansive content material library, led by Audible’s Head of TV and Movie, Jackie Levine. Most lately, MGM+ additionally acquired best-selling writer Michael Connelly’s The Wonderland Murders & the Secret Historical past of Hollywood, based mostly on the hit Audible podcast of the identical title which explores the notorious Wonderland homicide case in Eighties Los Angeles.”
The premiere date for the sequence will likely be introduced at a later time.