Premiering in the U.S. is the World War II drama World on Fire written by Peter Bowker and starring Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer-King, Helen Hunt, Blake Harrison, Zofia Wichłacz, Brian J. Smith, Parker Sawyers, Tomasz Kot, Bruno Alexander, Patrick Kennedy, Johannes Zeiler and Eugénie Derouand. Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Empire, Any Human Heart, Lady Macbeth, The Miniaturist) has composed the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the selections of the drama’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Also premiering tonight is the British drama The Windermere Children directed by Michael Samuels and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Tim McInnerny, Iain Glen, Tomasz Studzinski, Anna Maciejewska, Kuba Sprenger, Marek Wrobelewski and Kacper Swietek. Alex Baranowski (Nureyev: Lifting the Curtain) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC Two and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow is the British drama Deadwater Fell created by Daisy Coulam and starring David Tennant, Cush Jumbo, Anna Madeley and Matthew McNulty. The show’s original music is composed by Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, The Honourable Woman, Knightfall, Beecham House). Check out our previous article and visit the official show website for more information about the limited series, which premiered in the UK on Channel 4 earlier this month and is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.
Launching tomorrow is the short-form mobile video platform Quibi. Among the shows that will be available for launch are Most Dangerous Game created by Nick Santora and starring Liam Hemsworth & Christoph Waltz (music by Todor Kobakov), Survive written by by Richard Abate & Jeremy Ungar and starring Sophie Turner & Corey Hawkins (music by Peter G. Adams), Flipped created by Steve Mallory & Damon Jones and starring Will Forte & Kaitlin Olson (music by Dan Marocco) and Fierce Queens executive produced by Jo Shinner and narrated by Reese Witherspoon (music by Nainita Desai).
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the new Disneynature documentary Elephant directed by Mark Linfield, co-directed by Vanessa Berlowitz & Alastair Fothergill and narrated by Meghan Markle. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Pacific Rim, A Wrinkle in Time). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is now available to stream on Disney+.
