Praise This
(Digital) (Score)

Award-winning composer Jermaine Stegall, an alumnus of the Universal Composers Initiative, collaborated with the Studio once again to compose the score for the Peacock Original Film, Praise This.

Award-winning composer Jermaine Stegall, an alumnus of the Universal Composers Initiative, collaborated with the Studio once again to compose the score for the Peacock Original Film, Praise This.

The Universal Composers Initiative was created to address a void in data tracking diversity and female representation amongst composers and set out to identify up-and-coming talent at various points in their creative journeys for music production opportunities across the Studio.

Praise This marks Stegall’s first NBCUniversal project since being selected as one of eight composers making up the Initiative’s inaugural class.

Praise This, produced by Will Packer (Girls Trip, Ride Along) and screening now on Peacock, follows a young woman (Chloe Bailey) with dreams of being a superstar who joins an underdog Atlanta praise-team choir in the lead up to the national competition.

The Original Score Album is released by Backlot Music on April 21st.2023.

While Jermaine Stegall’s Praise This score is infused with upbeat funk elements, delicate and earnest cues highlighting themes of family and faith are most prominent.
The composer also wanted to “create an atmosphere of collaboration” to mirror the themes of friendship and creative partnership.
This collaborative atmosphere also parallels his fruitful relationship with the Universal Composers Initiative.

As his first NBCUniversal film since his tenure in the Universal Composers Initiative, the composer found that the support from the Initiative continued during his scoring of the film. “It’s not just lip-service,” explained Stegall; “these guys have been on the phone with me, giving me advice, giving guidance, just adding fuel to the fire of my own career.”
All eight composers from the Universal Composers Initiative’s inaugural 2018-20 class have become credited production composers, with 75 percent of those projects coming from the NBCU portfolio. Stegall will compose the score for another upcoming NBCUniversal project, The Oracle.

About Jermaine Stegall

Jermaine Stegall is an accomplished and versatile composer and conductor. With over 50 projects to his credit, Stegall’s professional career began as a music intern for the film I, Robot, to most recently composing and conducting the score for Universal Pictures’ Praise This.
Recent and upcoming scoring and conducting projects include Senior Year (2022) for Paramount Pictures, and the upcoming Oracle (2023) for Universal Pictures. In addition to a burgeoning composing career, Stegall was an active participant in the inaugural 2018-2020 Universal / Dreamworks Film Music Diversity Initiative program, working closely with the film music teams of Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Dreamworks Animation.

As a musical conductor, Stegall led a live string orchestra alongside Grammy-winning artist Tori Kelly at the televised 2019 ESPY Awards.
A year prior, he conducted the orchestra to Camila Cabello’s performance of “Consequences” on ABC’s American Music Awards.
In addition to scoring 2 seasons of 'Our Star Wars Stories,” an original digital series from Lucasfilm and StarWars.com, in which host Jordan Hembrough uncovers heartfelt tales of fans and families who have found inspiration in the galaxy far, far away, Jermaine was also nominated for a MPSE Golden Reel Award for scoring the animated Netflix short film 'Canvas' directed by Pixar's Frank Abney III.

Stegall’s extensive music studies include a BA from Northern Illinois University’s School of Music, a master’s degree in music composition from the University of North Texas, and the prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program at USC.
Following his formal education, he was selected as a Sundance Composer Lab Fellow, as well as the BMI Conducting Workshop.

More info at: Composer Jermaine Stegall Oficial Site

More info at: Composer Jermaine Stegall on World Soundtrack Awards