Film Music Reporter

Netflix announced today that Glen Ballard is composing original music for the upcoming Netflix original series The Eddy. The musical drama is creaed by Jack Thorne (National Treasure, This is England) and revolves around a club in contemporary multicultural Paris, its owner, the house band, and the chaotic city that surrounds them. The show will be shot in France and feature dialogue in French, English and Arabic. Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash) is directing the first two episodes and will serve as an executive producer on the IMG production alongside Ballard,Thorne, Alan Poul (Six Feet Under, The Newsroom),  Patrick Spence (Guerrilla, Fortitude) and Katie Swinden (Luther, Peaky Blinders). Ballard has previously contributed original songs to such features as The Polar Express (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Beowulf and Charlotte’s Web. No premiere date has been announced yet for The Eddy.