Premiering tonight is the new Lifetime original series Mary Kills People created by Tara Armstrong and starring Caroline Dhavernas, Jay Ryan, Richard Short, Lyriq Bent, Greg Bryk and Charlotte Sullivan. The show’s original music is composed by John Rowley (Defendor, Weirdsville). Mary Kills People centers on a single mother who is an ER doctor by day, but by night, she and her partner, a former plastic surgeon, moonlight as underground angels of death and help terminally ill patients slip away on their own terms. To learn more about the comedy drama, which will air Sunday nights on Lifetime, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Tuesday, April 25, is National Geographic’s first scripted series Genius executive produced by Brian Grazer & Ron Howard and starring Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Emily Watson, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley, Jon Fletcher, Richard Topol and Alicia von Rittberg. Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys) is composing the show’s music and Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Gladiator) wrote the main titles theme. Milan Records will release a soundtrack EP for the show this Friday, April 28 and a full soundtrack album is in the works for a release later this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.
Premiering on Wednesday, April 26, is the Hulu original series The Handmaid’s Tale created by Bruce Miller and starring Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer and O-T Fagbenle. The show’s original music is composed by Adam Taylor (Before I Fall, Meadowlands). Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and check back on this page for more information to be announced later this week. Also check out out our previous article to learn more about the drama.
Premiering on Friday, April 28, is the Netflix original series Dear White People created by Justin Simien based on his 2014 feature film and starring Logan Browning, Brandon P. Bell, Antoinette Robertson, DeRon Horton, John Patrick Amedori and Marque Richardson. Kris Bowers (Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Little Boxes) is composing the show’s original score. Dear White People follows a group of students of color who navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college. The full first season of the show will available to stream this Friday on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original movie Small Crimes directed by Evan Katz and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jacki Weaver, Robert Forster, Gary Cole, Molly Parker and Pat Healy. Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Blue Ruins, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) have composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the project. The comedy premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and will available to stream on Friday on Netflix.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the HBO original movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks directed by George C. Wolfe and starring Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rocky Carroll, Courtney B. Vance, Reg E. Cathey, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Leslie Uggams. The film’s original music is composed by Branford Marsalis who is best known for his work as a saxophonist. The drama premiered last night, April 22 and will air in repeats over the next weeks on HBO. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the project.
