When composer Nate Heller was asked to score A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, he says he felt “equal parts joy, excitement and terror,” knowing that the music he’d create would have to stand up to the legacy of Fred Rogers.
“He was an extremely musical person. He wrote all the original songs for the show, which his bandleader Johnny Costa arranged for him and put his magic to,” Heller explains. “So, I think I felt this cautious excitement about, ‘Ooh, this is going to be so fun, to tuck into this project with all of this beloved music.’”
Directed by the composer’s sister, Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day tells the true story of the unlikely friendship that unfolds between the beloved children’s television host and a cynical Esquire journalist sent to profile him, on the Pittsburgh set of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
With the score for his biggest film to date,...
“He was an extremely musical person. He wrote all the original songs for the show, which his bandleader Johnny Costa arranged for him and put his magic to,” Heller explains. “So, I think I felt this cautious excitement about, ‘Ooh, this is going to be so fun, to tuck into this project with all of this beloved music.’”
Directed by the composer’s sister, Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day tells the true story of the unlikely friendship that unfolds between the beloved children’s television host and a cynical Esquire journalist sent to profile him, on the Pittsburgh set of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
With the score for his biggest film to date,...
- 1/1/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Composer Nate Heller admits he and his director (and sister) Marielle Heller felt “a tremendous amount of responsibility” with “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” their biographical drama about beloved children’s TV show host Fred Rogers. The two wanted to “honor Fred’s legacy,” especially when it came to the music. Watch our exclusive video interview with Heller above.
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The Tristar release casts Oscar-winner Tom Hanks as the star of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in the story of his friendship with journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), a fictionalized version of real-life writer Tom Junod, whose 1998 profile of Rogers is the basis of the film. Rogers “wrote almost all of the music for the show,” Heller explains. “Between him and his band leader, Johnny Costa, they created this magical world of music.” So his first priority was...
See Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue Interview: ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ screenwriters
The Tristar release casts Oscar-winner Tom Hanks as the star of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” in the story of his friendship with journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), a fictionalized version of real-life writer Tom Junod, whose 1998 profile of Rogers is the basis of the film. Rogers “wrote almost all of the music for the show,” Heller explains. “Between him and his band leader, Johnny Costa, they created this magical world of music.” So his first priority was...
- 12/3/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Guitarist Eric Calderone (aka 331Erock) is always posting rockin’ heavy metal versions of popular and classic theme songs. He has now released one for the classic children’s show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. As you’ll see, there’s a touching reverence and respect in his performance to the show and Mister Rogers. I love what he’s done with the theme in making the transformation to heavy metal.
"So I was thinking. There seriously has been a ton of things Mister Rogers said on TV when I was a kid that I still try and practice today. Literally one of my heroes to this day. And I didn’t realize it as a kid either but Johnny Costa (the pianist) improved the songs every show and absolutely shredded them haha. So I figured why not give Mister Roger’ tunes a shot."...
"So I was thinking. There seriously has been a ton of things Mister Rogers said on TV when I was a kid that I still try and practice today. Literally one of my heroes to this day. And I didn’t realize it as a kid either but Johnny Costa (the pianist) improved the songs every show and absolutely shredded them haha. So I figured why not give Mister Roger’ tunes a shot."...
- 3/6/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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