Bright Eyes members scored new ‘The Stand’ adaptation
Stephen King epic post-apocalyptic novel
The Stand begins airing today (12/17) on streaming service CBS All Access. The nine-episode limited series stars
James Marsden (Stu Redman),
Whoopi Goldberg (Mother Abagail), and the score was composed by two members of
Bright Eyes:
Mike Mogis and
Nate Walcott. Both have extensive discographies beyond their work with Bright Eyes, and they ve composed a score together before, too, for the 2014 film adaptation of
The Fault in Our Stars.
With a very contagious and deadly pandemic, known as Captain Tripps, as one of its main focuses,
The Stand feels more relevant than ever in 2020, although how this adaptation will rank against the 1994 ABC adaptation starring Gary Sinise, Adam Storke, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Miguel Ferrer, Laura San Giacomo, Jamey Sheridan, and others remains to be seen. You can watch the trailer below.
This week, viewers everywhere will get the chance to experience a new vision of Stephen King s most ambitious novel when
The Stand comes to CBS All Access. King s dark fantasy epic about a battle between good and evil in the middle of an American landscape devastated by a pandemic remains one of his most beloved books, but not just because of the text itself. For many fans,
The Stand is still celebrated in no small part because of what King himself, director Mick Garris, and a massive cast and crew were able to accomplish in a 1994 miniseries adaptation of the novel that aired across four nights on ABC.