Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British/New Zealand mini-series The Luminaries directed by Claire McCarthy, written by Eleanor Catton based on his novel of the same title and starring Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Eve Hewson, Ewen Leslie and Marton Csokas. The show’s original music is composed by David Long (6 Days, McLaren, Ice). Club Champion has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the drama, which is making its U.S. debut on Starz.
Also premiering tonight following two preview episodes earlier this year is the Fox animated comedy The Great North created by Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin & Minty Lewis and starring Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Megan Mullally, Will Forte, Paul Rust, Dulcé Sloan and Aparna Nancherla. John Kimbrough (Man with a Plan, Man Up!) & Scott Seiver are composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air Sunday nights on Fox.
Premiering tomorrow, February 15, is the Netflix original series The Crew created by Jeff Lowell and starring Kevin James, Freddie Stroma, Gary Anthony Williams, Sarah Stiles and Dan Ahdoot. The show’s original music is composed by Alec Puro (The Art of Getting By, The First Time, The Fosters, Black Summer, Higher Ground, The Scribbler). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Tuesday, February 16, is the NBC comedy Young Rock created by Dwayne Johnson & Nahnatchka Khan and starring Johndon Joseph Lee Anderson, Uli Latukefu, Stacey Leilua, Bradley Constant, Adrian Groulx, Ana Tuisila, Fasitua Amosa and John Tui. Nathan Matthew David (Deadly Class, The Last Word, Angie Tribeca, Slice, Surviving R. Kelly, Satisfaction) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous article for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC.
Premiering on Wednesday, February 17, is the third season of the Freeform original series Good Trouble created by Joanna Johnson, Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige and starring Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Tommy Martinez, Roger Bart, Emma Hunton, Josh Pence and Beau Mirchoff. Amanda Jones (Cherish the Day, Twenties, Love in the Time of Corona) is the new composer of the show and follows Michael Brook who scored the first two seasons. Season 3 of Good Trouble will air every Wednesday on Freeform and will also be available to stream on Hulu the following day.
Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, February 18, is the British mini-series It’s a Sin created by Russell T. Davies and starring Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Keeley Hawes, Callum Scott Howell, Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Shaun Dooley, Nathaniel Curtis, Tracy Ann Oberma and Lydia West. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood, A Very British Scandal, Years and Years). Click here to learn more about the drama, which premiered in the UK last month on Channel 4 and is making its domestic debut on HBO Max.
Premiering on Friday, February 19, is the Disney+ original movie Flora & Ulysses directed by Lena Khan and starring Matilda Lawler, Alyson Hannigan, Ben Schwartz, Evans Ainsworth and Danny Pudi. Jake Monaco (Dumplin’, Let’s Be Cops, Out, Forky Asks a Question, Like a Boss, Keeping Up with the Joneses) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the family adventure, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Also premiering on Friday is the thriller I Care a Lot written and directed by J Blakeson and starring Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest, Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Macon Blair. The film’s original music is composed by Marc Canham (The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Final Girl). Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Friday. Check back on this page for the full album details. The movie, which follows a legal conservator who defrauds elderly clients runs afoul of a gangster, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the Amazon original series Tell Me Your Secrets created by Harriet Warner and starring Lily Rabe, Enrique Murciano, Elliot Fletcher, Xavier Samuel, Hamish Linklater, Stella Baker, Charles Esten, Ashley Madekwe, Chiara Aurelia, Bryant Tardy and Amy Brenneman. Peter Raeburn (Woodshock, The Dry, Nancy, Photograph) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which was originally set to air on TNT and is now making its exclusive debut on Amazon Prime.
Another show premiering on Friday is the German Netflix original series Tribes of Europa created by Philip Koch and starring Emilio Sakraya, Henriette Confurius, David Ali Rashed, Robert Finster, Melika Foroutan, Oliver Masucci, Benjamin Sadler, Ana Ularu, Jeanette Hain, Jannik Schümann and James Faulkner. The show’s original music is composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, 2 Guns, Contraband, Pompeii). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the sci-fi adventure drama, which will be available to stream on Netflix.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the new CBS drama Clarice created by Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet and starring Rebecca Breeds, Michael Cudlitz, Kal Penn, Lucca De Oliveira, Nick Sandow, Devyn Tyler and Marnee Carpenter. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Legion, The Umbrella Academy). Click here for more details about the series, which premiered on February 11 and will air Thursday nights on CBS.
Also missing from last week’s roundup was the second season of Nickelodeon’s reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (entitled Curse of the Shadows) executive produced by Matt Kaplan, Spencer Berman, Jeff Wadlow & JT Billings and starring Bryce Gheisar, Arjun Athalye, Beatrice Kitsos, Malia Baker, Dominic Mariche and Parker Queenan. The new season’s original music is composed by Gabe Witcher (The Peanut Butter Gallery) & Alexander Bornstein (Transformers – War for Cybertron, First to the Moon: The Journey of Apollo 8, Invisible). The show premiered this past Friday, February 12 on Nickelodeon.
