Premiering on Tuesday, April 19, is the mini-series The Night Manager directed by Susanne Bier and starring Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly and Tobias Menzies. The 6-parter’s original music is composed by Victor Reyes (Buried, Grand Piano, Red Lights). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the show. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which airs in the U.S. on AMC.
Also premiering on Tuesday is the new CW drama Containment created by Julie Plec based on the Belgian TV series Cordon and starring David Gyasi, Christina Moses, Chris Wood, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Kristen Gutoskie, George Young, Claudia Black and Trevor St. John. Michael Suby (The Vampire Diaries, The Butterfly Effect, The Originals, Pretty Little Liars) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on The CW, visit our scoring assignment announcement from last year.
Premiering in the U.S. on Friday, April 22 is the British animated series Thunderbirds Are Go! based on characters by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson and featuring the voices of Rosamund Pike, Thomas Sangster, Rasmus Hardiker, David Menkin, Kayvan Novak and David Graham. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Foster (Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms, Scott & Bailey) and Nick Foster (The Cube). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album when the series premiered overseas last year. Check out our previous news article for the full album details. The show premieres stateside on Amazon.
Premiering on Saturday, April 23 is the documentary Sherpa directed by Jennifer Peedom. Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, 99 Homes, The Rover) has composed the music for the film, which foliows Phurba Tashi Sherpa as he undertakes his world-record-setting 22nd ascent of Mount Everest. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. The documentary will air on the Discovery Channel.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the new NBC drama Game of Silence created by David Hudgins and starring David Lyons, Michael Raymond-James, Larenz Tate, Bre Blair, Conor O’Farrell Deidrie Henry, Demetrius Grosse and Claire van der Boom. The show’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2). To learn more about the series, which premiered this past Tuesday and will air Thursday nights on NBC, check out our previous article.
