Film Music Reporter

Photek is composing the music for the upcoming Fox drama Gang Related. The show is created by Chris Morgan (Fast Five, Wanted) and stars Ramon Rodriguez, RZA, Sung Kang, Inbar Lavi, Terry O’Quinn, Shantel VanSanten, Cliff Curtis and Jay Hernandez. The series follows a rising star in Los Angeles’ elite Gang Task Force who teams up with a longtime Task Force member to take on the city’s most dangerous gangs, including one he has an allegiance to. Morgan is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment production with Scott Rosenbaum (The Shield, Chuck), Brian Grazer (24, Friday Night Lights, A Beautiful Mind) and Francie Calfo (The Great Escape, The Playboy Club). Allen Hughes (The Book of Eli, From Hell) directed and served as an executive producer on the pilot episode. Photek is best known as a record producer and DJ and has done remixes for such artists as Nine Inch Nails, Moby, Lana Del Rey, David Bowie and Bjork. He received a Grammy nomination for his remix of Daft Punk’s End of Line from Tron Legacy. His previous credits as a composer include the drama Dreamland and the TV movie Invincible. His music was also featured in such movies as Blade, The Animatrix and Stealth. Gang Related is set to premiere on May 20, 2014 on Fox. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.