Premiering today is the Showtime original series I Love That for You created by Vanessa Bayer & Jeremy Beiler and starring Bayer herself, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Matt Rogers, Ayden Mayeri and Punam Patel. The show’s original music is composed by Anna Waronker (Yellowjackets, Shrill, Call Me Kat, Santa, Inc., The Republic of Sarah, Harriet the Spy). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday on Showtime.
Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Ridley Road written by Sarah Solemani based on Jo Bloom’s novel of the same title and starring Agnes O’Casey, Tom Varey, Rory Kinnear, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Eddie Marsan, Samantha Spiro and Rita Tushingham. Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Safe, Paranoid, Trust Me) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which premiered in the UK last fall on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Premiering on Thursday, May 5, is the Netflix comedy event series The Pentaverate created by Mike Myers, directed by Tim Kirkby and starring Myers himself, Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Richard McCabe, Debi Mazar, Jennifer Saunders and Lydia West. The show’s original music is composed by the electronic music duo Orbital (Phil & Paul Hartnoll) (Event Horizon, Pusher). Click here to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday, is the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet and starring Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn and Ethan Peck. Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Prodigy, An American Pickle, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, Absentia) is composing the show’s original score and Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion) has written the main title and end title music. Check out the opening titles sequence featuring Russo’s theme here and also check out our previous article for more information about the series, which will be available to stream on Paramount+.
Also premiering on Thursday is the HBO Max limited series The Staircase created by Antonio Campos and starring Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Juliette Binoche, Dane DeHaan, Olivia DeJonge, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Guinee, Sophie Turner, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Vincent Vermignon, Odessa Young and Parker Posey. The show’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, The Gift, Boy Erased, Enemy, The White Tiger, Martha Marcy May Marlene). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 8-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.
Premiering on Friday, May 6 is the Showtime documentary Sheryl directed by Amy Scott about Sheryl Crow’s iconic yet arduous musical career. Heather McIntosh (Compliance, The Art of Self-Defense, Z for Zachariah, Guilty Party, The L Word: Generation Q, The Quarry, 6 Balloons) has composed the film’s original score. UMe/Big Machine Records will release a soundtrack album featuring Crow’s biggest hits and three newly recorded tracks on Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the documentary.
