Premiering tonight is the PBS documentary Muhammad Ali directed and executive produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon about the iconic heavyweight boxing champion who became an inspiration to people everywhere. The film’s original music is composed by songwriter and hip hop record producer Jahlil Beats. A soundtrack album featuring the artist’s music has been released today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 4-parter, which will air over the next four days on PBS.
Premiering tomorrow, September 20 is the Fox comedy drama The Big Leap created by Liz Heldens and starring Scott Foley, Simone Recasner, Piper Perabo, Jon Rudnitsky, Ser’Darius Blain, Raymond Cham, Jr., Kevin Daniels, Mallory Jansen, Anna Grace Barlow and Teri Polo. Joe Wong (The Midnight Gospel, Master of None, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Russian Doll) is composing the show’s original score. A first song from the series (Just Like Heaven produced by Wong and performed by Eryn Allen Kane) was released this past week. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the dramedy, which will air Monday nights on Fox.
Also premiering tomorrow is the NBC drama Ordinary Joe created by Matt Reeves, developed by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner and starring James Wolk, Elizabeth Lail, Natalie Martinez, Charlie Barnett, Anne Ramsay, David Warshofsky, Kai A. Ealy, John Gluck and Adam Rodriguez. The show’s original music is composed by James S. Levine (Glee, American Horror Story, Nip/Tuck, Damages, Star, Bloodline, The Last Ship). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air every Monday night on NBC.
Premiering on Tuesday, September 21, is the CBS drama FBI: International created by Derek Haas and starring Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed, Vinessa Vidotto, Carter Redwood and Christiane Paul. Atli Örvarsson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Defending Jacob, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point, The Edge of Seventeen, Chicago Fire, The Eagle) who is also scoring the network’s FBI and FBI: Most Wanted is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on CBS.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 22, is the ABC comedy The Wonder Years developed by Saladin K. Patterson based on the classic 80s series of the same title, narrated by Don Cheadle and starring Elisha “EJ” Williams, Dulé Hill, Saycon Sengbloh, Laura Kariuki Julian Lerner, Amari O’Neil and Milan Ray. The show’s original music is composed by Jacob Yoffee & Roahn Hylton (Free Meek, Best Shot, Sherwood). To learn more about the series, which is set in the late 1960s and centers on a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, through the point of view of an imaginative 12-year-old boy, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Friday, September 24, is the Apple TV+ original series Foundation developed by David S. Goyer based on Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi novels and starring Lee Pace, Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, Cassian Bilton and Alfred Enoch. Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day, Freaky) is composing the show’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the drama.
Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original series Midnight Mass created by Mike Flanagan and starring Kate Siegel, Zach Gilford, Hamish Linklater, Henry Thomas, Kristin Lehman, Samantha Sloyan, Igby Rigney, Rahul Kohli, Annarah Cymone, Annabeth Gish, Alex Essoe, Rahul Abburi, Matt Biedel, Michael Trucco, Crystal Balint and Louis Oliver. The show’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, Oculus, The Forever Purge, The Walking Dead: World Beyond). The supernatural horror series will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the Amazon original movie Birds of Paradise written and directed by Sarah Adina Smith and starring Kristine Froseth, Diana Silvers, Jacqueline Bisset and Stav Strashko. Ellen Reid (Buster’s Mal Heart, The Midnight Swim) has composed the film’s original music. The drama, which follows an an aspiring ballerina who is given a scholarship to attend a prestigious ballet school in Paris, where her confidence gets tested by a fellow dancer who recently lost her brother, will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.
