Premiering tomorrow, February 26, in the U.S. is the BBC & AMC series McMafia created by Hossein Amini & James Watkins and starring James Norton, Aleksey Serebryakov, Maria Shukshina, Faye Marsay and Juliet Rylance. The show’s original music is composed by Tom Hodge & Franz Kirmann. Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score from the drama’s first season. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on AMC.
Also premiering tomorrow is the new NBC comedy drama Good Girls created by Jenna Bans and starring Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Matthew Lillard, Reno Wilson, Manny Montana, Lidya Jewett and Izzy Stannard. Michael Penn (Girls, Masters of Sex, Boogie Nights, Solitary Man, Sunshine Cleaning) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on NBC.
Premiering on Tuesday, February 27, is the USA limited series Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac & The Notorious B.I.G. developed by Kyle Long and starring Josh Duhamel, Marcc Rose, Wavyy Jonez, Jimmi Simpson, Bokeem Woodbine, Jamie McShane, Brent Sexton, Luke James, Aisha Hinds and Letoya Luckett. The show’s original music is composed by Joseph Trapanese (Straight Outta Compton, Oblivion, The Greatest Showman, Only the Brave, Earth to Echo). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official show website to learn more about the drama, which will air every Tuesday night on USA.
Premiering on Wednesday, February 28, is the Hulu limited series The Looming Tower based on book of the same title by Lawrence Wright and starring Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp, Louis Cancelmi, Virginia Kull, Ella Rae Peck and Sullivan Jones. Will Bates (The Path, I Origins, The Magicians, Another Earth, Imperium, Pure Genius) has composed the show’s original music. Click here to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Friday, March 2, is the Japanese anime series B: The Beginning produced by Production I.G. and Kazuto Nakazawa. The show’s original music is composed by Yoshihiro Ike. Milan Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the series’ first season digitally on Friday and physically a few weeks later. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. The show’s full first season will be available to stream on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the French-Candian thriller Les affamés (The Ravenous) written and directed by Robin Aubert and starring Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Micheline Lanctôt, Brigitte Poupart, Charlotte St-Martin, Marie-Ginette Guay Luc Proulx and Édouard Tremblay-Grenier. Pierre-Philippe Côté (Blame) has composed the movie’s original music. The thriller premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and was released in Canadian theaters last fall. The film will premiere in the U.S. and other markets exclusively on Netflix.
Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the Netflix original series Seven Seconds created by Veena Sud and starring Clare-Hope Ashitey, Regina King, Beau Knapp, Russell Hornsby, Michael Mosely, David Lyons, Raul Castillo and Zackary Momoh. The show’s original music is composed by Bobby Krlic (Shooter, Triple 9, Almost Holy). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which premiered this past Friday and is now available to stream on Netflix.
