Premiering on Wednesday, January 24, is the National Geographic documentary series A Real Bug’s Life inspired by Pixar’s 1998 feature A Bug’s Life, narrated by Awkwafina and executive produced by Tom Hugh-Jones, Grant Mansfield and Martha Holmes. Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Last Man on Earth, The Croods: A New Age) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released on Friday by Hollywood Records. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our previous news article for more information about the 5-parter, which will be available to stream on Disney+.
Premiering on Thursday, January 25, is the Netflix limited series Griselda created by Doug Miro, Eric Newman, Ingrid Escajeda & Carlo Bernard and starring Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Martin Rodriguez, Juliana Aidén Martinez and Christian Tappan. The show’s original music is composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Just Beyond, Chupa). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 6-part crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday is the British Paramount+ original series Sexy Beast developed by Michael Caleo based on Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 feature of the same name and starring James McArdle, Emun Elliott, Stephen Moyer, Tamsin Greig and Sarah Greene. Nathan Micay (Industry, Reality, Time Bomb Y2K) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 8-part crime drama, which serves as a prequel to the movie and will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Another show premiering on Thursday is the Peacock original animated series In the Know created by Zach Woods, Brandon Gardner & Mike Judge and starring Woods & Judge themselves, Caitlin Reilly, J. Smith-Cameron, Charlie Bushnell and Carl Tart. The show’s original music is composed by Eldad Guetta (Press Play, Always Jane, Dirty Tricks). Check out our previous article for more information about the adult animated comedy, which will be available to stream on Peacock.
Premiering on Friday, January 26, is the Apple TV+ original event series Masters of the Air written by John Orloff based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name and starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Barry Keoghan, Nate Mann, Rafferty Law, Josiah Cross, Ncuti Gatwa and Branden Cook. Blake Neely (The Pacific, The Flash, The Flight Attendant, Greyhound, Arrow, You, Good Night Oppy, The Keepers, Everwood) has composed the show’s original music. Click here to check out the composer’s opening title theme and click here to learn more about the 9-part historical drama, which will be available to stream on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Friday is the Prime Video limited series Expats written and directed by Lulu Wang and starring Nicole Kidman, Brian Tee, Jack Huston, Sarayu Blue, Ruby Ruiz, Amelyn Pardenilla, Ji-young Yoo, Bonde Sham, Maggie Lee and Flora Chan. The show’s original music is composed by Alex Weston (The Farewell, The Novice, The Adults, Goodnight Mommy, Wander Darkly, What Breaks the Ice). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Also premiering on Friday is the sports comedy The Underdoggs directed by Charles Stone III and starring Snoop Dogg, Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps, George Lopez and Andrew Schulz. Joseph Shirley (The Book of Boba Feet, Creed III, The Mandalorian, Bad Trip, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Fairfax) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie, as well as a separate score album. Check back on this page for the full details and check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
