Premiering on Tuesday, February 12 is the TBS original series Miracle Workers created by Simon Rich based on his book What in God’s Name and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni. No composer is credited on the show. Rob Hill serves as the project’s music supervisor. To learn more about the Heaven-set workplace comedy, which will air Tuesday nights on TBS, visit the official show website.
Also premiering on Tuesday is the BET original series Boomerang created by Lena Waithe & Ben Cory Jones based on the 1992 feature of the same title, executive produced by Halle Berry and starring Tequan Richmond, Tetona Jackson, Leland Martin and Lala Milan. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Head (The Family Business, The Man in 3B). Visit the official show website for more information about the series, which will every Tuesday night on BET.
Also premiering on Tuesday is the HBO original sports documentary The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti directed by Bentley Weiner, narrated by Liev Schreiber about the 77-year old NFL Hall of Famer. Miles Hankins (The Night Before, Long Shot, Len and Company) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article and HBO’s official movie website to learn more about the project.
Premiering on Wednesday, February 13 is the YouTube Premium original anthology series Weird City created by Jordan Peele & Charlie Sanders and starring Dylan O’Brien, Awkwafina, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Steven Yeun, Ed O’Neil, Hannah Simone, Gillian Jacobs, Laverne Cox, Mark Hamill, Yvette Nicole Brown, Auli’i Cravalho and Trevor Jackson. The show’s original music is composed by Chad Fischer (Scandal, Private Practice, Chasing Mavericks). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series.
Premiering on Friday, February 15 is the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy developed by Steve Blackman based on Gerard Way’s comics and graphic novels and starring Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton and Mary J. Blige. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, Legion, The Night Of) is composing the show’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Also premiering on Friday is the Amazon original docu-series Lorena directed by Joshua Rofé, executive produced by Jordan Peele about the notorious case of John and Lorena Bobbitt that made international headlines. The 4-parter’s original music is composed by Julian Wass (Hit and Run, Room 104, Insatiable, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Overnight, Blue Jay). Check out our previous article to learn more about the documentary, which premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Also premiering on Friday is the Disney Channel original movie Kim Possible directed by Adam B. Stein & Zach Lipovsky and starring Sadie Stanley, Sean Giambrone, Alyson Hannigan, Todd Stashwick, Taylor Ortega, Connie Ray, Ciara Wilson, Erika Tham and Issac Ryan Brown. Stanley’s new version of the Call Me, Beep Me! theme song has been released by Walt Disney Records (click here for more information). Jim Dooley (Pushing Daisies, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Obsessed, When a Stranger Calls) has composed the film’s original score. Check out out scoring assignment announcement for more details.
Premiering on Friday in the U.S. is the Spanish comedy Yucatan directed by Daniel Monzon and starring Luis Tosar, Rodrigo de la Serna, Joan Pera and Stephanie Cayo. The film’s original music is composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, Evil Dead, The Commuter). Meliam Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year when the movie opened overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information about the film, which is premiering stateside exclusively on Netflix.
Another movie premiering on Friday is the New Zealand comedy The Breaker Upperers written and directed by Madeleine Sami & Jackie van Beek who are also starring in the film with James Rolleston, Celia Pacquola and Ana Scotney. The movie doesn’t feature an original score and no soundtrack album has been released. The comedy produced by Taika Waititi opened in New Zealand theaters last year and will be available to stream in the U.S. exclusively on Netflix.
