Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, Black Adam, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F) & Joshua Pacey have been hired to score the upcoming ITV drama The Hack. The show is created by Jack Thorne (Adolescence, Enola Holmes) and stars David Tennant, Robert Carlyle, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Dougray Scott, Adrian Lester, Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly, Kevin Doyle, Lara Pulver, Neil Maskell, Pip Torrens, Lee Ingleby and Steve Pemberton. The 7-part series tells the real life stories of investigative journalist Nick Davies who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, and – running parallel – the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan, led by former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook. Thorne & Tennant are also executive producing the project with Joe Williams (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) for ITV Studios, as well as Lewis Arnold (The Long Shadow, Time) who is also directing. Balfe has previously collaborated with Thorne on HBO/BBC’s His Dark Materials. Pacey has previously provided additional music to numerous projects scored by Balfe (and Rupert & Harry Gregson-Williams) over the last couple of years, including Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves & Argylle. The Hack will premiere in the UK this fall on ITV and in Australia on Stan.
Balfe’s other upcoming television scoring projects include the BBC/Disney’s Doctor Who spinoff series The War Between the Land and the Sea.
