Film Music Reporter

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British drama Belgravia created by Julian Fellowes and starring Tamsin Greig, Philip Glenister, Harriet Walter, Alice Eve, Tara Fitzgerald, Ella Purnell, Richard Goulding, James Fleet, Adam James, Paul Ritter and Saskia Reeves. The show’s original music is composed by John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, Shetland, Jamestown). Check out our previous news article and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which premiered earlier this year in the UK on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on Epix.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is The Missing spin-off Baptiste created by Harry & Jack Williams and starring Tchéky Karyo, Tom Hollander, Jessica Raine, Clare Calbraith, Trystan Gravelle,, Anastasia Hille, Alec Secăreanu and Nicholas Woodeson. Dominik Scherrer (Ripper Street, Requiem, The City and the City, The Widow, Primeval) who also scored all episodes of The Missing is composing the show’s original music. Visit the official show website for more information about the drama, which premiered last fall in the UK on BBC and is making its domestic debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

Premiering tomorrow, April 13, is the Spectrum Originals series Paradise Lost created by Rodes Fishburne and starring Josh Hartnett, Bridget Regan, Barbara Hershey, Nick Nolte, Gail Bean, Danielle Deadwyler, Shane McRae and Silas Weir Mitchell. The show’s original music is composed by Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, Crank, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, The Three Musketeers, Death Race). Click here to learn more about the mystery thriller, which is premiering exclusively on Spectrum’s On Demand platform.

Also premiering tomorrow is the Quibi original series #Freerayshawn directed by Seith Mann and starring Stephan James, Laurence Fishburne, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Skeet Ulrich and Annabeth Gish. Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, Wonder, The Affair, Ray Donovan, Enough Said, The Door in the Floor, The Good Shepherd) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Quibi.

Premiering on Wednesday, April 15 is the FX on Hulu limited series Mrs. America created by Dahvi Waller and starring Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Sarah Paulson, Uzo Aduba, Margo Martindale, Elizabeth Banks and Tracey Ullman. The show’s original music is composed by Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, When They See Us, Monsters and Men). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the Netflix original series Outer Banks created by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate & Shannon Burke and starring Charles Esten, Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Austin North and Drew Starkey. Fil Eisler (Revenge, Empire, How to Be Single, UnReal, Proud Mary, The Titan, CHiPs, Life of the Party) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the coming-of-age drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Premiering on Friday, April 17, is the Netflix original film Sergio directed by by Greg Barker and starring Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Garret Dillahunt, Will Dalton, Bradley Whiford and Brían F. O’Byrne. The movie’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Mama, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Devil). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream on Netflix.

Also premiering on Friday is the drama Selah and the Spades written and directed by Tayarisha Poe and starring Lovie Simone, Celeste O’Connor, Jharrel Jerome, Gina Torres and Jesse Williams. Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, 37 Seconds) has composed the film’s original music. The movie, which centers on the leader of a faction of students called the Spades at a Pennsylvania boarding school, premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.

Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original series #blackAF created by Kenya Barris and starring Barria himself, alongside Rashida Jones, Justin Claiborne, Richard Gardenhire Jr., Scarlet Spencer and Iman Benson. The show’s original music is composed by Vincent Jones (Up All Night, F Is for Family, Parks & Recreation theme song) who is also scoring Barris’ Freeform series Grown-ish. Check out our previous article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the Netflix original film Tigertail written and directed by Alan Yang and starring Tzi Ma, Christine Ko, Hayden Szeto, Hong-Chi Lee, Kunjue Li, Fiona Fu, James Saito and Joan Chen. Michael Brook (Brooklyn, Into the Wild, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Fighter) has composed the film’s original score. Click here to learn more about the drama, which premiered this past Friday.

Also missing from last week’s roundup was the Netflix original film The Main Event directed by Jay Karas and starring Seth Carr, Tichina Arnold, Adam Pally, Ken Marino, as well as WWE superstars Kofi Kingston, Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, Sheamus and Babatunde Aiyegbusi. The film’s original score is composed by Rupert Parkes (aka Photek) (How to Get Away with Murder, Station 19). Check out our previous news article for more information about the family comedy, which also premiered on April 10 on Netflix.

Another Netflix film missing last week was the romantic comedy Love Wedding Repeat written and directed by Dean Craig and starring Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn, Freida Pinto, Eleanor Tomlinson, Joel Fry, Tim Key, Aisling Bea, Jack Farthing and Allan Mustafa. 14th Street Music is credited as writing the film’s original music. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie) serves as a score producer. The romantic comedy, which follows a man who – while trying to make his sister’s wedding day go smoothly – finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day, also premiered on Friday on Netflix.