Film Music Reporter

Premiering tonight is the Showtime original documentary The Longest War directed by Greg Barker and executive produced by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon about America’s involvement in Afghanistan, now the longest war in U.S. history. The film’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Crimson Peak,  A Monster Calls, Hercules, Devil). Check our our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will air tonight after the penultimate Homeland episode on Showtime.

Premiering tomorrow, April 20, is the Netflix animated series The Midnight Gospel created by Pendleton Ward & Duncan Trussell and starring Trussell himself, Phil Hendrie, Drew Pinsky, Joey Diaz, Natasha Leggero, Johnny Pemberton, Christina Pazsitzky and Stephen Root. Joe Wong (Master of None, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Russian Doll) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the Titmouse Animation production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Also premiering tomorrow is the Quibi original series Dummy directed by Tricia Brock, written by Cody Heller and starring Anna Kendrick, Donal Logue and Meredith Hagner. The show’s original music is composed by Mandy Hoffman (The Lovers, Terri, Hala, I Love Dick, Doll & Em). Check out our previous article to learn more about the comedy, which will be available exclusively on Quibi.

Premiering on Wednesday, April 22, is the Netflix animated film The Willoughbys directed by Kris Pearn & Cory Evans and starring Will Forte, Alessia Cara, Ricky Gervais, Terry Crews, Maya Rudolph, Jane Krakowski and Martin Short. Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie,21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums) has composed the film’s original score. Def Jam Recordings has released the original song I Choose from movie performed by Alessia Cara and co-written by Mothersbaugh. Click here to check out the track and for more information about the animated comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Premiering on Thursday, April 23, is the HBO unscripted series We’re Here created by Steve Warren and Johnnie Ingram. The show’s original music is composed by Herdís Stefánsdóttir (The Sun Is Also a Star, South Mountain). To learn more about the 6-parter, which follows small-town residents as they’re recruited and trained (by Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley) to participate in a one-night only drag performance, visit HBO’s official show website.

Premiering on Friday, April 24, is the Netflix original film Extraction directed by Sam Hargrave and starring Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda,David Harbour and  Golshifteh Farahani. Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Kong: Skull Island) and Alex Belcher (21 Bridges, IO) have composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the thriller, which revolves around a hardened mercenary who is sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord’s kidnapped son, and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Also premiering on Friday is the Apple TV+ original series Defending Jacob created by Mark Bomback and starring Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell, Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel and Sakina Jaffrey. The show’s original music is composed by Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, The Edge of Seventeen, The Eagle). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 8-part thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

Premiering on Saturday, April 25, is the comedy drama Bad Education directed by Cory Finley and starring Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Rafael Casal, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan and Alex Wolff. Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, See You Yesterday) has composed the original music for the film about an infamous school-larceny scandal that rocked Long Island in the early aughts. Click here and visit the official movie website for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and is making its U.S debut on HBO.

Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the HBO original series Run created by Vicky Jones and starring Merritt Wever, Domhnall Gleeson, Rich Sommer and Archie Panjabi. The show’s original music is composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, Out of the Furnace, Locke, Last Chance Harvey). The comedic thriller follows a woman who walks away from her ordinary life in the suburbs to revisit her past with her college boyfriend. The series premiered on April 12 and will air every Sunday night on HBO. Visit the official show website for updates.

Also missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the ABC comedy drama The Baker and the Beauty developed by Dean Georgaris based on Assi Azar”sIsraeli show and starring Victor Rasuk, Nathalie Kelley, Carlos Gómez, Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Vidal, David Del Rio, Belissa Escobedo and Michelle Veintimilla. Joachim Horsley (Spirit Riding Free, Big City Greens, 2307: Winter’s Dream) is composing the show’s original music. Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways, Looking for Alaska) scored the pilot episode, which premiered this past Monday. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the show.