Film Music Reporter

Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, The Serpent, Ripper Street, Primeval, Requiem) has been hired to score the upcoming BBC and HBO Max limited series The Tourist. The show is created by Harry & Jack Williams (Liar, Fleabag) and stars Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Alex Dimitriades and Damon Herriman. The 6-part mystery thriller follows a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road. When he later wakes in hospital, he has no idea who he is, and his search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback.Harry & Jack Williams are also executive producing the Two Brothers Pictures production with Christopher Aird (Call the Midwife, Shetland), Andrew Benson, BBC’s Tommy Bulfin (Peaky Blinders, Normal People), as well as Chris Sweeney (Back to Life) who is also directing all episodes. Scherrer has previously collaborated with the creators on such shows as The Missing, Baptiste and The Widow. The Tourist is expected to premiere in late 2021 or early 2022 in the UK on BBC One and in the U.S. on HBO Max.