Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Scenes from a Marriage, Loveless, Kraven the Hunter, The Family, Radioactive, Wizard of Lies) have composed the original music for the upcoming HBO/BBC limited series Half Man. The show is created by Richard Gadd and stars Gadd himself, Jamie Bell, Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson, Marianne McIvor, Neve McIntosh, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Amy Manson, Anjli Mohindra, Julie Cullen, Tim Downie,Stuart McQuarrie, Sandy Batchelor, Tom Andrews, Philippine Velge, Piers Ewart, Scot Greenan, Charlotte Blackwood, Calum Manchip and Kate Robson-Stuart. The 6-part drama spans almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day and explores the highs and lows of the relationship between two brothers, from their troubled teenage years to their falling out as adults. Gadd is also executive producing the Mam Tor & Thistledown Pictures production with Sophie Gardiner (Best Interests, Boy Swallows Universe), Anna O’Malley (She’s Missing), Gaynor Holmes (Unforgivable), Tally Garner (Boy A, Broken) and Morven Reid (Chloe). The composers have previously collaborated with Gadd on the Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer. Half Man will premiere in the U.S. on April 23, 2026 on HBO (and will also be available to stream on HBO Max) and in the UK on BBC One and the BBCiPlayer.
Sacha & Evgueni Galperine’s other recent English language project include Kornél Mundruczó’s feature At the Sea, which premiered at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and is currently awaiting a distribution deal.
