PBS announced this week that Johnny Gandelsman, Rhiannon Giddens, Jennifer Kreisberg, David Cieri, Yo-Yo Ma and Richard Evans are contributing music to the upcoming documentary series The American Revolution. The show directed and produced by Ken Burns (Brooklyn Bridge, The Vietnam War, The Statue of Liberty), Sarah Botstein (The U.S. and the Holocaust) & David Schmidt, written by long-time collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward and examines how America’s creation turned the world upside-down. The 6-parter is narrated by Peter Coyote and includes the first-person voices of nearly 200 individual historic figures, read by a cast of actors, including Kenneth Branagh, Josh Brolin, Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Alden Ehrenreich, Craig Ferguson, Morgan Freeman, Paul Giamatti, Domhnall Gleeson, Tom Hanks, Ethan Hawke, Maya Hawke, Lucas Hedges, Josh Hutcherson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Joel Kinnaman, Tracy Letts, Damian Lewis, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, David Oyelowo, Mandy Patinkin, Wendell Pierce, Liev Schreiber, Chaske Spencer, Dan Stevens, Meryl Streep, among others. The series will use music both from the period and newly composed pieces for the project. The American Revolution will premiere on November 16, 2025 and air for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21 on PBS.
Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ to Feature Music by Johnny Gandelsman, Rhiannon Giddens, David Cieri & Others
Posted: January 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Cieri, Jennifer Kreisberg, Johnny Gandelsman, Ken Burns, PBS, Rhiannon Giddens, Richard Evans, The American Revolution, Yo-Yo Ma
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