Premiering in the U.S. today is the BBC movie The Child in Time directed by Julian Farino and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore and Saskia Reeves. The film’s original music is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Kinky Boots). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official movie website to learn more about the drama, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Also premiering tonight is the NBC television event Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert executive produced by Webber, Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan & Neil Meron. Sony Masterworks Broadway will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the TV special written by Andrew Llyod Webber and Tim Rice and performed by John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles and other cast members this coming Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.
Premiering on Tuesday, April 3, is the TBS original series The Last O.G. created by Jordan Peele & John Carcieri and starring Tracey Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul and Cedric The Entertainer. The show’s original music is composed by Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Eastbound & Down, High Maintenance, Flower). The comedy, which follows a man who returns to Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, only to find it overrun with hipster gentrification, will air Tuesday nights on TBS. Visit the official show website for updates.
Premiering on Wednesday, April 4, in the U.S. is the Channel 4 mini-series National Treasure: Kiri created by Jack Thorne and starring Sarah Lancashire, Lia Williams, Steven Mackintosh, Lucian Msamati and Felicia Mukasa. Clark (aka Chris Clark) (The Last Panthers) has composed the original music for the 4-parter. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the show, which is premiering stateside on Hulu.
Premiering on Friday, April 6 is the Netflix original movie 6 Balloons written and directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan and starring Abbi Jacobson, Dave Franco, Jane Kaczmarek and Tim Matheson. The film’s original music is composed by Heather McIntosh (Compliance, Z for Zachariah). The movie, which follows a woman who discovers that her brother has relapsed on heroin while his 2-year old daughter is in his care, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the mini-series Troy: Fall of a City created by David Farr and starring Louis Hunter, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Christian Schoombie, David Gysai, David Threlfall, Lex King, Bella Dayne and Frances O’Connor. Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Horns, Populaire, Amityville: The Awakening) has composed the show’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last month. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will be available in the U.S. on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the indie comedy Sun Dogs directed by Jennifer Morrison who also stars in the movie alongside Michael Angarano, Melissa Benoist, Allison Janney and Ed O’Neill. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Isham (Once Upon a Time, Crash, The Accountant, A River Runs Through It, Miracle). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the film, which premiered at last year’s Los Angeles Film Festival and will debut on Netflix.
Another show premiering on Friday is DreamWorks Animation’s Netflix series The Boss Baby: Back in Business based on last year’s feature and starring JP Karliak, Pierce Gagnon and Kevin Michael Richardson. Ryan Elder (Rick and Morty, Harmontown) and Ben Bromfield are composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the animated comedy, which will be available to stream on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original movie Amateur written and directed by Ryan Koo and starring Michael Rainey Jr., Josh Charles and Brian White. BC Smith (Adult World, Outsourced, Beer League) has composed the film’s original music. The drama follows a 14-year-old basketball phenom who is confronted by corruption and greed in amateur sports after getting recruited to an elite prep school. The movie will be available exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Saturday, April 7, is the HBO original movie Paterno directed by Barry Levinson and starring Al Pacino in the title role, alongside Riley Keough, Annie Parisse, Kathy Baker and Greg Grunberg. The film’s original music is composed by Evgueni & Sacha Galperine (The Family, Loveless, Nine Lives, The Whole Truth, The Past) who previously scored Levinson’s The Wizard of Lies. Click here and visit the official movie website to learn more about the drama.
