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Composer Matthew Llewellyn Scoring Lifetime Movie Wishin' and Hopin'

Wishin' and Hopin' narrated by Chevy Chase and starring Molly Ringwald will premiere on Lifetime on December 6th. Composer Matthew Llewellyn will be reunited with director Colin Theys and that of the Synthetic Cinema International to score the move adaptation of Wally Lamb's novel. Read on.

From the Press Release
Composer Matthew Llewellyn (Chiller TV's Deep In The Darkness) reunites with director Colin Theys and Synthetic Cinema International to score Lifetime's movie adaptation of Wally Lamb's New York Times best-selling Christmas novel, "Wishin' and Hopin'", with narration by Chevy Chase and starring Molly Ringwald. Wally Lamb's "Wishin' and Hopin'" premieres on Lifetime, Saturday, December 6, 8PM ET/PT.

Llewellyn masterfully combines the familiar with a contemporary flair while illustrating his craftsmanship and diversity as a thematic orchestral composer employing the full dynamic range of the orchestra. Recorded with the Slovakia National Symphony Orchestra, Llewelyn's score positively sparkles with memorable motifs and sweeping orchestrations at center stage throughout this fun and festive film for the holiday season.

"Matthew delivered an outstanding score that elevates the project above a typical holiday movie," enthuses director Colin Theys. "We worked together from the beginning, talking about what it needed to accomplish and the tone we needed to strike. The result is a beautiful score that shapes the film and will stick with you long after the movie ends. Matthew knows how to bring that classical sense of elegance and grandeur to his work, making the movie feel like an instant classic."

Set in the 1960s, "Wishin' and Hopin'" is the story of 10-year-old Felix Funicello (Wyatt Ralff, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby), who is doing his best to navigate fifth grade at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School. His father (Danny Nucci, The Fosters) runs the local diner, and their family's claim to fame is their cousin, Annette Funicello (Krysta Rodriguez, Smash), the famous teen star and Mouseketeer.

With the dreaded Christmas pageant on the horizon, the holiday season gets even more exciting with the sudden arrivals of a substitute teacher (Ringwald) and a feisty Russian student, Zhenya, and promises to be one Christmas Felix will never forget. Also stars Meat Loaf (Fight Club), Annabella Sciorra (CSI), Cheri Oteri (Saturday Night Live), Conchata Ferrell (Two and a Half Men) and Camila Banus (Days of Our Lives).

The "Wishin' and Hopin'" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be released digitally by MovieScore Media on December 2, preceding the film's broadcast on Lifetime, December 6. For more information visit http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/wally-lambs-wishin-and-hopin and preview tracks from the "Wishin' and Hopin'" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at https://soundcloud.com/matthewllewellyn/sets/wishin-and-hopin-soundtrack-preview.

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