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Mars Needs Moms (2011)

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Composed by

  • John Powell

Recorded at

  • The MGM Scoring Stage (Sony Pictures Studios)
    Culver City, CA

News Articles

  • May 27, 2013
    From the Archive: John Powell scores Mars Needs Moms

Session Photos (36 photos)

  • Pete Anthony conducts Mars Needs Moms
  • The Hollywood Studio Symphony performs on Mars Needs Moms
  • The brass section
  • The trumpets
  • The brass section on Mars Needs Moms
  • Stage recordist Adam Michalak and scoring mixer Shawn Murphy
  • Composer John Powell contemplates a cue
  • The brass section
  • The woodwind section
  • Pete Anthony conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony
  • The view from the booth
  • The French horns
  • Orchestrator John Ashton Thomas, composer John Powell, and scoring mixer Shawn Murphy
  • The Hollywood Studio Symphony performs on Mars Needs Moms
  • Pete Anthony conducts Mars Needs Moms
  • Orchestrator John Ashton Thomas reviews a cue
  • The French horns
  • Conductor and orchestrator Pete Anthony
  • The French horn section
  • Pete Anthony conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony
  • The booth at Sony
  • The strings wait to record
  • The French horn section on Mars Needs Moms
  • The orchestra on Mars Needs Moms
  • Scoring mixer Shawn Murphy reviews a cue
  • Music editor Thomas Carlson
  • Pete Anthony prepares to conduct the brass
  • A musician makes edits to a part
  • Pianist Randy Kerber
  • Cellist Steve Erdody has a light moment with Tony Cooke
  • The booth listens to a cue
  • Composer John Power and music editor Thomas Carlson (rear)
  • The French horns record a cue
  • The trumpets and low brass
  • The booth listens as a cue is recorded
  • Cellist Steve Erdody makes edits to his part
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