Premiering on Thursday, February 8, is the British Netflix limited series One Day developed by Nicole Taylor based on David Nicholls’s bestselling book and starring Ambika Mod, Leo Woodall, Amber Grappy, Essie Davis, Tim McInnerny, Jonny Weldon and Eleanor Tomlinson The show’s original music is composed by Anne Nikitin (The Dropout, American Animals, Fate: The Winx Saga, Mrs. Wilson, Dangerous Liaisons, The Pale Horse), Jessica Jones (The Tinder Swindler, Our Universe, American Nightmare Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me) and Tim Morrish (Fifteen-Love, Red Rose). Click here to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday is the second season of the Paramount+ original series Halo developed by Kyle Killen & Steven Kane based on Xbox’s video game franchise and starring Pablo Schreiber, Jen Taylor, Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Natasha Culzac, Shabana Azmi, Yerin Ha, Joseph Morgan, Bentley Kalu, Cristina Rodlo, Olive Gray, Charlie Murphy, Christina Bennington, Kate Kennedy and Danny Sapani. Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead, God of War) is involved in scoring the new season. Check out our previous article for more information.
Premiering on Friday, February 9, is the romantic comedy Upgraded directed by Carlson Young and starring Camila Mendes, Archie Renaux, Aimee Carrero, Thomas Kretschmann, Gregory Montel, Andrew Schulz, Rachel Matthews, Lena Olin and Marisa Tomei. The film’s original music is composed by Foster the People’s Isom Innis who has previously scored Young’s first feature The Blazing World. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original true crime documentary Lover, Stalker, Killer directed by Sam Hobkinson and produced by Curious Films. Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, Misha and the Wolves, Cuckoo, Renegade Nell, In My Skin, The A List, Year of the Rabbit, Greatest Days) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the Netflix animated film Orion and the Dark directed by Sean Charmatz and starring Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, Mia Akemi Brown, Angela Bassett, Colin Hanks, Nat Faxon and Ike Barinholtz. The film’s original music is composed by Robert Lydecker (Lethal Weapon, Iron Fist, Sleepy Hollow) and Kevin Lax (The First Purge, Juanita, Burning Sands). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which premiered this past Friday and is now available to stream on Neteflix.
