David Buckley (The Good WifeThe Forbidden KingdomPapillon, Angel Has Fallen, The Stranger) has been tapped to score the upcoming Amazon original series The Wheel of Time. The show is developed by Rafe Judkins based on Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic of the same name and stars Rosamund Pike, Marcus Rutherford, Josha Stradowski,  Daniel Henney, Madeleine Madden, Zoë Robins, Barney Harris, Priyanka Bose, Taylor Napier and Emmanuel Imani. The fantasy drama follows Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the ‘Aes Sedai’ as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Judkins is also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with Rick Selvage & Larry Mondragon for Red Eagle Entertainment and Ted Field & Mike Weber (Beirut) for Radar Pictures. The Wheel of Time is expected to premiere later this year or in 2021 on Amazon Prime.

Buckley also continues to score CBS All Access’ The Good Fight (coming back for its fourth season on April 9) and CBS’ Evil (returning for a second season later this year) and also has Ric Roman Waugh’s thriller Greenland starring Gerard Butler coming up. The composer is also set to score the upcoming psychological thriller Unhinged directed by Derrick Borte (The Joneses, American Dreamer) and starring Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman and Jimmi Simpson. Carl Ellsworth (Red Eye, Disturbia) wrote the screenplay. Lisa Ellzey (In Her Shoes, Tristan & Isolde) is producing the project. Unhinged is scheduled to be released in theaters on September 4, 2020 by Solstice Studios.