Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Legion, The Umbrella Academy) has composed the original music for the upcoming Apple TV+ original series High Desert. The show is created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford & Jennifer Hoppe and stars Patricia Arquette, Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, Keir O’Donnell and Rupert Friend. The comedy directed by Jay Roach (Austin Powers, Bombshell) follows an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator. Fichman, Ford (Miss Congeniality), Hoppe & Arquette are also executive producing the Red Hour Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Delirious Media production with Ben Stiller & Nicky Weinstock (Escape at Donnamora), Jackie Cohn (Severance, In the Dark), John Cameron (Lars and the Real Girl, Bad Santa), Molly Madden (The Starter Wife) and Tom Lassally (Edge of Tomorrow, The Lovebirds). High Desert will premiere on May 17, 2023 on Apple TV+.
Russo’s other recent and upcoming projects include Peacock’s Mrs. Davis (premiering tomorrow, April 20), HBO Max’s Love & Death (premiering next Thursday, April 27), as well as the fifth seasons of FX’s Fargo and Paramount+’s Star Trek: Discovery.
