Steve Tyrell worked on the Bacharach-David song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," which went on to win the 1969 Oscar for Best Original Song ("Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"). His contributions to the film industry include "Mystic Pizza", "That Thing You Do","The Five Heartbeats", "Father of the Bride", "The Brady Bunch Movie", and "Out of Sync". Steve also worked in television and did the music for "California Dreams", "The Heights", and "Frank's Place", among others. Tyrell's performance singing "The Way You Look Tonight" in "Father of the Bride", starring Steve Martin, pushed him center-stage as a vocalist, with live performances
Falling Skies (season 1) 2009, when TNT announced that it had ordered to pilot an untitled alien invasion project. "Falling Skies" was created by Robert Rodat, who is best known for writing the Oscar-winning film "Saving Private Ryan", which was directed by Steven Spielberg. Rodat wrote the pilot episode from an idea which was co-conceived by Spielberg. Originally, "Falling Skies" was called "Concord", referencing the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Tom Mason's profession as a former History Professor. Spielberg then came up with the title "Falling Skies". "I felt that this was a very interesting postapocalyptic story with a 21st century [spin on