Category: TV Scoring Assignments

‘G’wed’ Soundtrack Album Released

Jamal Green (TOEM, Breeders, Take Cover, Something We Made, Skelattack) has released a soundtrack album for the ITVX comedy G’Wed. The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show’s first season and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Green’s first track (Mum) below. G’wed is created by Danny Kenny and Dylan Thomas-Smith, Jake Kenny-Byrne, Max Ainsworth, Zak Douglas, Dominic Murphy, Amber Harrison and Gemma Barraclough. The series centers on the lives of a group of working-class teenagers from Liverpool and explores issues like grief, sex, diversity and class differences.

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‘Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown’ Expanded Edition Album Announced

Craft Recordings has announced an expanded reissue of the album Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown. The 6th album from jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi was originally recorded for an unreleased Peanuts TV special and includes the first recording of Linus and Lucy. The new expanded edition is released to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts and features the original album, as well as eleven unreleased outtakes, newly remastered and mixed by Paul Blakemore. Also included are new liner notes by Derrick Bang. The album will be released digitally and as a 2-CD set on April 4. Visit Amazon to pre-order the record in both formats. A limited edition Sky Blue color vinyl LP, Alternative Takes, will be available exclusively for Record Store Day 2025, on Saturday, April 12. A first track (Linus and Lucy (Studio Test)) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump.

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Soundtrack Album for ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ TV Series Released

Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the new television adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Patrick Melrose, Adrift, The Crow, The Old Guard, One Life). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track after the jump. The Count of Monte Cristo is directed by Bille August and stars Sam Claflin, Jeremy Irons, Ana Girardot, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Karla-Simone Spence, Blake Ritson, Michele Riondino, Gabriella Pession, Lino Guanciale and Nicolas Maupas.

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Brandi Carlile’s Original Song ‘Wandering’ from NBC’s ‘The Americas’ Released

Atlantic Records has released the original song Wandering from the NBC nature documentary series The Americas. The track co-written (wit Catherine Carlile) and performed by Brandi Carlile feat. The Makah Singers is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the full song after the jump. The Americas is narrated by Tom Hanks, executive  produced by Mike Gunton and reveals the spectacular landscapes of Earth’s most varied landmass  the only one to stretch between both poles.

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‘The Åre Murders’ Soundtrack Album Released

Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish Netflix original series The Åre Murders (Åremorden). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jennie Löfgren & Anders Herrlin (Beck, Heder, For Better and Worse). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ main theme after the jump. The Åre Murders is written by Karin Gidfors & Jimmy Lindgren based on Viveca Sten’s novels Hidden in Snow & Hidden in the Shadow)from the book series of the same name and stars Carla Sehn, Kardo Razzazi, Charlie Gustafsson, Pia Johansson, Francisco Sobrado, Maxida Märak, Cora Watson and Cecilia Forss. The crime drama directed by Joakim Eliasson & Alain Darborg revolves around a Stockholm detective under internal investigation who heads to a ski resort to unwind, until a young girl’s disappearance compels her back to work.

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Joseph Stephens Scoring Netflix’s ‘Running Point’

Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Eastbound & Down, The Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals, Upload, Flower) has composed the original score for the new Netflix original series Running Point. The show is created by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz & David Stassen (Central Intelligence, The Oath) and stars Kate Hudson, Drew Tarver, Brenda Song, Justin Theroux, Scott MacArthur, Chet Hanks, Fabrizio Guido, Toby Sandeman and Max Greenfield. The comedy follows a reformed party girl who must prove herself as a businesswoman when she’s unexpectedly put in charge of the pro basketball team of her family.

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New Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘Mad Dogs’ Released

Sky Music has released a new soundtrack album for the 2011 Sky original drama Mad Dogs created by Cris Cole and starring Max Beesley, Philip Glenister, John Simm, Marc Warren and Ben Chaplin. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third and fourth season composed by Ben Bartlett (Walking with Dinosaurs, The Tunnel, Walking with Beasts, Vera, Lucan, The Loch). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services services to stream/download the soundtrack also listen to the composer’s main titles and end credits tracks after the jump. Red Stamp Records has previously released an album featuring Samuel Sim’s score from the first two seasons back in 2020.

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‘Belcanto’ Soundtrack Album Released

COLOORA has released a soundtrack album for the Italian TV series Belcanto. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Stefano Lentini (The Red Door, The Sea Beyond, Studio Battaglia, The Nest of the Turtledove), as well as reworks of classics arranged by the composer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to Lentini’s first track below. Belcanto is directed by Carmine Elia and stars Vittoria Puccini, Carmine Recano, Giacomo Giorgio, Caterina Ferioli, Adriana Savarese, Vincenzo Ferrera, Andrea Verticchio, Nicolò Pasetti, Serena De Ferrari, Andrea Bosca and Antonio Gerardi. The period drama is set in 1798 and tells the story of two teenage sisters who seek refuge in the city of Milan with their mother after stabbing their violent father to death and whose close friendship is tested by desires to become Italian opera singers..

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Christopher Tyng Scoring NBC’s ‘Suits LA’

Christopher Tyng (Futurama, The O.C., Covert Affairs, Kazaam, Rescue Me) is returning to score the new NBC drama Suits LA. The show is created by Aaron Korsh and stars Stephen Amell, Lex Scott Davis, Josh McDermitt and Bryan Greenberg. The spinoff of USA’s original Suits series, which ran between 2011 and 2019, follows a former federal prosecutor from New York who has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles  and – in order to survive – must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career.

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Weekly TV Roundup (February 23, 2025)

Premiering tonight is the NBC comedy drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society created by Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs and starring Melissa Fumero, Aja Naomi King, AnnaSophia Robb, Ben Rappaport, Nancy Travis, Matthew Davis,, Alexander Hodge and Felix Wolfe. The show’s original music is composed by Sofia degli Alessandri (aka Drum & Lace) (Red, White & Royal Blue, Dickinson, Cobweb, Good Girls) & Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, The Walking Dead: Dead City, One of Us Is Lying). Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on NBC and will also be available to stream on Peacock.

Also premiering tonight is the NBC natural history event series The Americas narrated by Tom Hanks and executive  produced by Mike Gunton. Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight, Rain Man, Man of Steel, Interstellar) has contributed original music to the show and other composers from Bleeding Fingers Music are expected to be involved in scoring the project. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 10-parter, which will also air every Sunday on NBC and be available to stream on Peacock the next day.

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