Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Boy Erased, Tokyo Vice, Fear the Walking Dead, The Staircase, Enemy, The White Tiger) have composed the original music for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Presumed Innocent. The show is developed by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Big Little Lies, The Practice) based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Scott Turow (which has previously been adapted into the 1990 feature scored by John Williams) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Chase Infiniti, O-T Fagbenle, Elizabeth Marvel, Renate Reinsve, Nana Mensah, Peter Sarsgaard and Kingston Rumi Southwick. The 8-part thriller revolves around a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s office when one of its own is suspected of the crime. Kelley & Gyllenhaal are also executive producing the project with Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek) and Rachel Rusch (UFO, Challenger: The Final Flight), Matthew Tinker (Love & Death, The Calling). Dustin Thomason (Castle Rock, Manhattan), Sharr White (Halston, Palm Royale), as well as Anne Sewitsky (A Very British Scandal, Monsterland) who also directed the first two episodes and the final episode. Presumed Innocent will premiere on June 12, 2024 exclusively on Apple TV+.
Bensi’s & Jurriaans’ other current TV scoring projects include Paramount+’s Tulsa King, Apple TV+’s The Last Thing He Told Me and Prime Video’s Outer Range, which will all return for their second seasons. Also check out our previous article for the composers’ recent feature projects.
