{"id":45877,"date":"2026-02-21T00:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=45877"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:19:05","slug":"soundwaves-nirvanna-the-band-the-show-the-movie-the-score-music-by-jay-mccarrol-is-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=45877","title":{"rendered":"Soundwaves: Nirvanna The Band, The Show, The Movie, The Score Music by Jay McCarrol is Available Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lakeshore Records has released <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?attachment_id=45878\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45878\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-45878\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/92616d02-4817-e214-6d90-85517cf8e45f-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/92616d02-4817-e214-6d90-85517cf8e45f-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/92616d02-4817-e214-6d90-85517cf8e45f-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/92616d02-4817-e214-6d90-85517cf8e45f-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/92616d02-4817-e214-6d90-85517cf8e45f-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/92616d02-4817-e214-6d90-85517cf8e45f.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie The Score digitally with music by the co-creator and star of the film, Jay McCarrol (Blackberry, The Kid Detective). The multi-faceted McCarrol creates a vividly imaginative orchestral backdrop to the film that continues the characters\u2019 comedic adventures that began in the lauded mockumentary series. McCarrol\u2019s creative process was truly inspired as he notes: \u201cI did this entire score end to end in one day.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This wacky time travel adventure opened Friday to an impressive per screen average of $4,001 over the four day holiday weekend, bringing a total of $1.4 million (and growing!). Finding both old fans and new audiences alike, the film is Certified Fresh 97% with Rotten Tomatoes critics and 96% with audiences. Showcasing McCarrol\u2019s score and highlighting the power of independent film, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie is in theaters now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Track List<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Goodbye, Matt<\/li>\n<li>Musta Gone Through a Wormhole<\/li>\n<li>Real Goths<\/li>\n<li>About to Make a Big Mistake<\/li>\n<li>Where&#8217;s Jay?<\/li>\n<li>We, Too, Are Chinese<\/li>\n<li>My Old Friend, Matt<\/li>\n<li>Famous Jay<\/li>\n<li>Breaking News<\/li>\n<li>Kind of Hard to Explain<\/li>\n<li>Without Any of the Drama<\/li>\n<li>Man on CN Tower<\/li>\n<li>One Last Plan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stream the Album: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/ntbtstm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/orcd.co\/ntbtstm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FILM SYNOPSIS: When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Blah blah blah blah blah.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT JAY MCCARROL<\/p>\n<p>Jay McCarrol is a Canadian comedian, writer, musician, and performer best known as the co-creator and star of Nirvanna the Band the Show (2017-2019). He recently co-wrote, co-starred, and composed the next evolution of the franchise, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026). McCarrol collaborated on BlackBerry (2023), for which he won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score, and is composing Tony, a biopic about young Anthony Bourdain for A24, due out later this year. McCarrol also co-created the original animated series Matt &amp; Bird Break Loose for Amazon which he wrote, acted, composed, and animated. He has toured Canada as a pop star, written hit jingles, and is the former musical director of Second City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT NEON:<\/p>\n<p>In only nine years, NEON has garnered 39 Academy Award\u00ae nominations (18 this year), 11 total wins (5 last year), including two Best Picture wins, and has grossed over $400M at the box office. The company continues to push boundaries and take creative risks on bold cinema such as Sean Baker\u2019s Anora, which recently took home five Academy Awards\u00ae including Best Picture, and was released in theaters to the highest per-screen average of 2024; as well as Bong Joon Ho\u2019s Parasite, which made history winning four Academy Awards\u00ae, becoming the first non-English-language film to claim Best Picture, and grossed over $54M at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEON has built an impressive streak winning the coveted Palme d\u2019Or at the Cannes Film Festival, with six consecutive wins, including this most recent year\u2019s winner It Was Just an Accident from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, as well as Anora, Parasite, Anatomy of a Fall, Titane, and Triangle of Sadness. In 2024, NEON was named The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Independent Studio of the Year and received the Clio Award for Studio of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a burgeoning leader in the production space, NEON\u2019s recent and upcoming in-house productions include: David Robert Mitchell\u2019s They Follow starring Maika Monroe; the highly anticipated Boots Riley feature I Love Boosters starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, LaKeith Stanfield, Demi Moore, and Eiza Gonz\u00e1lez; The Wrong Girls starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat; Tilman Singer\u2019s Cuckoo starring Hunter Schafer; and Brandon Cronenberg\u2019s Infinity Pool. NEON\u2019s international sales outfit handles the company\u2019s in-house titles as well as third party projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEON has amassed a library of over 120 films, with a noteworthy selection of Academy Award\u00ae nominated films including: Mohammad Rasoulof\u2019s The Seed of the Sacred Fig; Wim Wenders\u2019 Perfect Days; Robot Dreams from Pablo Bergfeer; documentaries All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, Moonage Daydream, and Flee, which made history becoming the first film to score an impressive trifecta of Oscar\u00ae nominations; Joachim Trier\u2019s The Worst Person in The World; and Craig Gillespie\u2019s I, Tonya.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT LAKESHORE RECORDS:<\/p>\n<p>Lakeshore Records is a GRAMMY-winning record label, and the soundtrack arm of the Cutting Edge Group.&nbsp; Lakeshore Records is the global independent leader in top line soundtrack album releases, including such popular, critically acclaimed and classic soundtracks as Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Wednesday, Fallout, John Wick, Whiplash, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Drive, Cyberpunk 2077 \/ Edgerunners, Star Trek: Picard, Bojack Horseman, The Walking Dead, Napoleon Dynamite, Red Dead Redemption 2, the Grammy-winning Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, the Academy Award nominated Lady Bird and Academy Award winners Moonlight, Little Miss Sunshine, American Factory, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Hurt Locker and many, many more.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakeshorerecords.com\">www.lakeshorerecords.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Lakeshore\u2019s blog Soundtracks, Scores And More here: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundtracksscoresandmore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/soundtracksscoresandmore.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakeshore Records has released Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie The Score digitally with music by the co-creator and star of the film, Jay McCarrol (Blackberry, The Kid Detective). 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