Premiering on Wednesday, August 10, is the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot written and directed by Kirsten Lepore and starring Vin Diesel. The show’s original music is composed by Daniele Luppi (Assassination of a High School President, Magic City, Hell Ride). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a digital single featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement to listen to both tracks on the single and to learn more about the Marvel Studios production, which will be available to stream on Disney+.
Premiering on Friday, August 12, is the Apple TV+ limited series Five Days at Memorial created by John Ridley & Carlton Cuse and starring Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Julie Ann Emery, Adepero Oduye, Joe Carroll, Michael Gaston, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Molly Hager. Torin Borrowdale (Searching, Locke & Key, Run, The Toll) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Friday is the family superhero movie Secret Headquarters directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman and starring Owen Wilson, Michael Peña, Walker Scobell and Jesse Williams. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, Top Gun: Maverick). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie, which was originally scheduled to be released theatrically and is now premiering exclusively on Paramount+.
Also premiering on Friday is the Amazon original series A League of Their Own created by Will Graham & Abbi Jacobson based on the 1992 feature of the same name and starring Jacobson, Chanté Adams, Gbemisola Ikumelo, D’Arcy Carden, Roberta Colindrez, Nick Offerman and Saidah Arrika Ekulona. We Are Dark Angels (Deantoni Parks & Nicci Kasper) (Dog Eat Dog) and Zachary Dawes (The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Summer I Turned Pretty) & Nick Sena (Big Time Adolescence, Deep Murder) are composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Another show premiering on Friday is the FX docuseries Children of the Underground directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite & Ted Gesing and executive produced by Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin and Kate Barry. The show’s original music is composed by Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, Candy, The Tale, Rebel Hearts, To Dust, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer). The. The 5-parter, which tells the true story of vigilante Faye Yager who built an underground network that hid hundreds of mothers and children, saving them from the alleged abuse of husbands and fathers, will debut on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Premiering on Saturday, August 13, is the documentary The Princess directed by Ed Perkins about Princess Diana. Martin Phipps (The Crown, The Aftermath, Woman in Gold, The Honourable Woman) has composed the film’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this summer. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The movie, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, just received an awards-qualifying theatrical release (we missed in this week’s film music roundup) and will debut in the U.S. on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
