Sofia degli Alessandri (aka Drum & Lace) (Red, White & Royal Blue, Cobweb, Summering) and Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation,Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, One of Us Is Lying) are teaming up to score the upcoming NBC drama Grosse Pointe Garden Society. The show is created by Jenna Bans & Bill Krebs and stars Melissa Fumero, Aja Naomi King, Ben Rappaport, AnnaSophia Robb, Nancy Travis, Alexander Hodge, Matthew Davis and Felix Wolfe. The series follows four members of a suburban garden club who find their lives intertwined by scandal, mischief and a shared secret – a murder no one wants to talk about.
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‘Return to Las Sabinas’ Soundtrack Album Released
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Disney+/Hulu original series Return to Las Sabinas (Regreso a Las Sabinas). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Arnau Bataller (A Perfect Day, The Vault, [REC] 4: Apocalypse, The 47, Killer Book Club, Prey, Wake Up, The Chosen). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title and end credits tracks below. Return to Las Sabinas is created by Eulàlia Carrillo and stars Andrés Velencoso, Celia Freijeiro, Ángela Molina, Natalia Sánchez, Olivia Molina, Miquel Fernández, María Casal and Nancho Novo. The drama follows the Molina sisters after the receive a call that makes them return to their hometown to attend to their father’s health problems and have to face secrets from the past that will change their lives.
Clint Mansell Scoring ITV’s ‘Playing Nice’
Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Noah, Moon, The Wrestler, Doom Patrol) is the composer of the new ITV limited series Playing Nice. The show is written by Grace Ofori-Attah (Malpractice) based on the best-selling novel by JP Delaney and stars James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay. The 4-part psychological thriller directed by Kate Hewitt follows two couples who discover their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and have to decide on whether they keep the sons they have raised and love or reclaim their biological child.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 5, 2025)
Premiering on Thursday, January 9, is the Netflix limited series American Primeval created by Mark L. Smith, directed by Peter Berg and starring Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham,Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney, Preston Mota, Saura Lightfoot Leon and Joe Tippett.The show’s original music is composed by the post-rock band Explosions in the Sky (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor, Manglehorn, Prince Avalanche). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Max original series The Pitt created by R. Scott Gemmill and starring Noah Wyle, Tracey Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Fiona Dourif, Supriya Ganesh, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Taylor Dearden, Katherine LaNasa and Shabana Azeez. Gavin Brivik (How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Wild Indian, The Seventh Day, Cam, Living Undocumented, Minor Premise) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Max.
‘The Split: Barcelona’ Soundtrack EP Released
Cherry Bang has released a soundtrack EP for the BBC drama special The Split: Barcelona. The 4-track EP features the original songs from the 2-parter written and performed by Olivia Broadfield. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all four songs after the jump. A CD version will be released in the UK on January 31. The Split: Barcelona is written by Abi Morgan, directed by Giulia Gandini and stars Nicola Walker, Toby Stephens, Manu Fullola and Romina Cocca. The special (scored by Evan Jolly) is set two years after the events from the finale of the original series and follows family lawyer Hannah Defoe attending a wedding at a vineyard, nestled in Catalonia’s wine region with her family, where she is compelled to banish the ghosts of her past and open herself up to the possibility of love again.
‘The Rig’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Invada Records has released a new soundtrack album for the British Prime Video original series The Rig. The album features selections of original music from the show’s second season composed by Blanck Mass (aka Benjamin John Power) (Calm with Horses, Ted K, Gazza). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track after the jump. The label has previously released an album featuring the score from Season 1 back in early 2023. The Rig is created by David Macpherson and stars Iain Glen, Martin Compston, Emily Hampshire, Owen Teale, Rochenda Sandall, Mark Addy, Abraham Popoola, Molly Vevers, Nikhil Parmar, Stuart McQuarrie, Ross Anderson, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Phil McKee, Johannes Roaldsen Fürst and Alice Krige.
‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ Soundtrack Album Details
Sky Music will release a soundtrack album for the Sky/Peacock original limited series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, Over the Hedge, The Legend of Tarzan, The Perfect Couple, Smallfoot, Hotel Rwanda). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end titles track below. Lockerbie: A Search for Truth is developed by David Harrower based on Dr. Jim Swire’s & Peter Biddulph’s book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice and stars Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton, Rosanna Adams, Jemma Carlton, Harry Redding, Selwa Jghalef, Mark Bonner and Ardalan Esmaili. The 5-parter is based on the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and chronicles the search for justice by Swire and his wife who tragically lost their beloved daughter in the event.
‘Ca, c’est Paris!’ Soundtrack Album Released
Tricatel has released a soundtrack album for the French TV series Ca, c’est Paris!. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Bertrand Burgalat (All About Yves, Golden Youth, Appearances, My Little Princess, Palais royal!). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the main title track below. The label has previously released multiple albums featuring the composer’s score from Episodes 1 & 2, Episodes 3 & 4 and Episodes 5 & 6. Ca, c’est Paris! is created by Marc Fitoussi, Edgard F. Grima & Jérôme Bruno and stars Alex Lutz, Charlotte De Turckheim, Nicolas Maury, Monica Bellucci, Anne Marivin, Xin Wang, Dominique Besnehard, Aurore Clément, Bernard Lecocq and Salomé Dewaels. The 6-part comedy follows the manager of Le Tout-Paris, a struggling Parisian cabaret that is on the verge of going under, who decides to sell the cherished family business to a big supermarket chain and has to break the news to his troupe.
‘Max & the Midknights’ Score Album Released
Republic Records Kids & Family has released a new soundtrack album for the Nickelodeon animated series Max & the Midknights. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Matt Mahaffey (Tales & Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Karma’s World, Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat) and members of his composer collective Cake In Space. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the first track (Welcome to Byjovia) below. The label has previously released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the series earlier this year. Max & the Midknights is based on the best-selling children’s books by Lincoln Peirce and features the voices of Blu del Barrio, Melissa Villaseñor, Zeno Robinson, Caleb Yen, Jeremy Rowley, Brian Stepanek, Gary Anthony Williams and India de Beaufort.
‘The Upside Down River’ Soundtrack Album Released
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated TV series The Upside Down River (La rivière à l’envers). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Pablo Pico (Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds, Adama, Marona’s Fantastic Tale, Saving Sally). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Qjar) below. The Upside Down River is based on the children’s novel of the same title by Jean Claude Mourlevat and follows a girl searching for water drops from the Qjar river to heal her sacred bird and is joined by a shy boy she meets on her quest.