Film Music Reporter

Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar).has teamed up with violinist Aleksey Igudesman to compose the music for the upcoming German TV series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold). The show is created by Justin Koch & Matthias Greving and stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Aaron Hilmer, Tom Wlaschiha, Gwendoline Christie, Marton Csokas, Merlin Sandmeyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Jessica Schwarz, Henny Reents, Slavko Popadić and Liliom Lewald. The 6-part drama is set in a fictional village at the turn of the 20th Century and tells the story of a farmer’s daughter whose family is cheated by a rich landowner over the oil discovered under their fields and – when the oil rush hits the village – threatens to destroy her farming community forever. Koch & Greving are also executive producing the Kinescope Film, Filmnation, Hero Squared &and 4Film production with Dennis Becker. Black Gold will premiere this December on German television.