Blake Neely is set to score the upcoming ABC drama Pan Am. The show set in the 1960’s revolves around pilots and flight attendants working at the iconic and once-dominant Pan Am airline. The drama stars Christina Ricci in her first major TV gig, as well as Kelli Garner (The Aviator), Jonah Lotan (Generation Kill), Michael Mosley (Scrubs), Margot Robbie and Karine Vanasse. Jack Orman (ER, JAG) created the show and Thomas Schlamme (Parenthood, The West Wing) directed the pilot. Orman and Schlamme are also producing alongside Nancy Hult Ganis, who was a Pan Am flight attendant herself in the 70’s. Pan Am is scheduled to premiere this fall on ABC and will airing every Sunday night at 10:00pm.Visit ABC’s official show webpage for updates on the project and check out the trailer below.
Neely (The Pacific, Life as We Know It) is coming off a busy TV season. He scored the fifth and last season of the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, as well as the superhero show No Ordinary Family starring Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz. He also wrote the music for The Mentalist and will be back to score the fourth season of the CBS hit show in the fall. The drama starring Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman will be airing Thursday nights on CBS. Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album of the show last year featuring selections of Neely’s score from the first two seasons. To order/download the album and for audio clips, visit Amazon. For more information on Neely’s work, check out his official website.
