Category: TV Scoring Assignments

Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 29, 2024)

Premiering in the U.S. today is the British limited series Protection created by Kris Mrksa and starring Siobhan Finneran, Nadine Marshall, Barry Ward, Katherine Kelly, Chaneil Kular, Nichola Burley, David Hayman and Akiya Henry. The show’s original music is composed by Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, The Tourist, Requiem, The Widow, Primeval, The Serpent, Baptiste, Ripper Street, No Escape). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-parter, which is making its U.S. debut on BritBox and will premiere in the UK on ITV and ITVX.

Premiering on Wednesday, January 1, is the British Netflix limited series Missing You created by Harlan Coben based on his novel of the same name and starring Rosalind Eleazar, Ashley Walters, Richard Armitage,  Sir Lenny Henry, Jessica Plummer, Samantha Spiro, Marc Warren, Steve Pemberton, Mary Malone, Lisa Faulkner and James Nesbitt. Ben Onono (Ridley Road, Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Paranoid, Safe, Trust Me) has composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the 5-part thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Dominik Scherrer Scoring BritBox’s & ITV’s ‘Protection’

Dominik Scherrer (The Tourist, The Missing, The Widow, Primeval, Baptiste, Ripper Street, The Serpent, The Confessions of Frannie Langton) is the composer of the new BritBox/ITV series Protection. The show is created by Kris Mrksa (The Murders at White House Farm) and stars Siobhan Finneran, Nadine Marshall, Katherine Kelly, Barry Ward, Chaneil Kular, David Hayman, Nichola Burley and Akiya Henry. The 6-part drama follows a witness protection officer as she is balancing a high-stakes job with life-or-death stakes and the demands of her complicated family life.

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Natalie Holt Scoring Hulu’s ‘Chad Powers’

Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Princess, Journey’s End, Knightfall, Beecham House, Herself, Press) has been tapped to score the upcoming Hulu original series Chad Powers. The show is created by Glen Powell & Michael Waldron (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Heels) and stars Powell himself, Perry Mattfeld, Quentin Plair, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Wynn Everett and Steve Zahn. The comedy is based on the sketch produced by NFL Films & Omaha Productions that aired on ESPN+ as part of the Eli’s Places series and follows a hotshot quarterback who – after his college career derails – disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers.

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Explosions in the Sky Scoring Netflix’s ‘American Primeval’

The post-rock band Explosions in the Sky is reuniting with director Peter Berg on the new Netflix limited series American Primeval. The show is created by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Twisters), directed by Berg and stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Shea Whigham, Jai Courtney, Saura Lightfoot Leon, Preston Mota and Joe Tippett. The 6-part western drama tells the story of a mother and son fleeing from their past who form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.

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Rupert Gregson-Williams Scoring Peacock’s & Sky’s ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’

Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Perfect Couple, Smallfoot, The Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Hotel Rwanda) has composed the original score for the new Peacock/Sky limited series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. The show is developed by David Harrower based on the book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice by Jim Swire & Peter Biddulph and stars Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Rosanna Adams, Jemma Carlton, Sam Troughton, Harry Redding, Mark Bonner, Ardalan Esmaili and Selwa Jghalef. The 5-part drama is based on the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and chronicles the search for justice by Dr. Jim Swire and his wife Jane, who tragically lost their beloved daughter in the devastating event.

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Soundtrack Album for Viaplay’s ‘End of Summer’ Released

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Viaplay original series End of Summer (Slutet pÃ¥ sommaren). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Matti Bye (Young Royals, Tove, The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, Young Wallander, Everlasting Moments, A Serious Game). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. End of Summer is written by Stefan Thunberg & Björn Carlström based on the crime novels by former police officer Anders de la Motte and stars Julia Ragnarsson, Erik Enge, Vilhelm Blomgren, Henrik Norlén and Torkel Petersson. The 6-part psychological thriller directed by Jens Jonsson & Henrik Georgsson follows a woman who meets a hauntingly familiar young man, which forces her to unravel the truth behind the disappearance of her brother in rural southern Sweden twenty years earlier.

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Gabe Witcher Scoring Fox’s ‘Going Dutch’

Grammy Award-winning composer/arranger/music producer and multi-instrumentalist Gabe Witcher (best known as a former member of the acoustic band Punch Brothers) is scoring the new Fox comedy Going Dutch. The show is created by Joel Church-Cooper (Brockmire) and stars Denis Leary, Taylor Misiak, Danny Pudi, Laci Mosely, Hal Cumpston, Catherine Tate, Joe Morton and Dempsey Bryk. The series revolves around an arrogant U.S. Army Colonel who – after an epically unfiltered rant – is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least important army base in the world and tries to reinstate discipline with the help of the base’s previous interim leader who just happens to be his estranged daughter.

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‘The Legends of Paris’ Soundtrack Album Released

22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French animated limited series The Legends of Paris (L’Armée des Romantiques). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Olivier Daviaud (Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, Little Vampire, Footnotes, The Rabbi’s Cat, Claire Darling). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s opening titles track below. The Legends of Paris is directed by Amélie Harrault is set in 19th century bustling Paris and follows the adventures and destinies of legendary artists including Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Louis-Hector Berlioz, George Sand, Honoré de Balzac and Charles Baudelaire.

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‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details

Netflix Music will release a new soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series Squid Game. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Jaeil Jung (Parasite, Okja, Mickey 17, Broker), as well as tracks written by Kim Sungsoo and Park Min Joo. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 27 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Genie Music Corperation has previously released an album featuring the Emmy Award-nominated composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2021. Squid Game is created by Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, Gong Yoo, Yim Si-wan, Park Gyu-young, Kang Ha-neul, Lee Jin-uk, Yang Dong-geun, Park Sung-hoon, Kang Ae-sim, Choi Seung-hyun, Lee David, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri and Won Ji-an.

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Soundtrack Album for Paramount+ UK’s ‘Curfew’ Released

Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the British Paramount+ original series Curfew. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Adam Price (Apartment 7A, The Crow Girl). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Curfew is developed by Lydia Yeoman based on Jayne Cowie’s novel After Dark and stars Sarah Parish, Mitchell Robertson, Mandip Gill, Lucy Benjamin, Alexandra Burke, Larry Lamb and Bobby Brazier. The 6-part thriller is set in a world where men live under a strict curfew and centers on a woman’s murder during curfew that challenges the system.

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