Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Swan Song, Franklin, Indignation, I Carry You with Me, We Grown Now, Fire Island) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ limied series Before. The show is created by Sarah Torp (The Bounty Hunter, Twisted) and stars Billy Crystal, Judith Light, Rosie Perez, Jacobi Jupe, Maria Dizzia and Ava Lalezarzadeh. The 10-part supernatural mystery thriller follows a child psychiatrist who – after recently losing his wife – encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to his past.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 6, 2024)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Franchise created by Jon Brown and starring Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes, Darren Goldstein, Billy Magnussen, Isaac Powell and Lolly Adefope. The show’s original score is composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Kominsky Method, Heels, White House Plumbers, CSI :Miami, Ghosts). Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Soul, Challengers, Watchmen, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) have contributed the theme and music for the first episode. Click here to learn more about the comedy, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, October 9, is the Hulu original series La Máquina created by Marco Ramirez and starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Eiza González, Andrés Delgado, Jorge Perugorría, Dariam Coco, Karina Gidi and Lucía Méndez.. Tomás Barreiro (La Cocina, The Good Girls, Museo, Gueros) has composed the show’s original music. Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on October 11. Check back on this page for the full album details and for more information about the drama, which follows a boxer struggling to mount a comeback who must also juggle his own personal demons, and will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Carly Paradis Scoring BBC’s ‘Showtrial’ Season 2
Carly Paradis (The Innocents, The Rising, Line of Duty, Typist Artist Pirate King, Sick Note, Whitstable Pearl, Prime Suspect 1973) has been tapped to score the second season of the BBC drama Showtrial. The show is created by Ben Richards (The Tunnel, Cobra) and stars Adeel Akhtar, Nathalie Armin, Michael Socha, Fisayo Akinade, Joe Dempsie, Zoë Telford, Ali Khan, Nina Toussaint-White, John Light, John Marquez, Anna Wilson-Jones and Francesca Annis. The 5-part thriller centers on the death of a high-profile climate activist from in a violent hit and run who uses his dying moments to apparently identify his killer – a serving policeman.
‘Tulsa King’ Soundtrack EP Released
Lakeshore Records has released a new soundtrack EP for the Paramount+ original series Tulsa King. The 6-track EP features six covers from the show’s first two seasons performed by Garrett Hedlund (who stars in the show as Mitch Keller). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all six tracks below. MTV Entertainment Studios has previously released composers Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans’ opening titles theme from the drama back in 2022. Tulsa King is created by Taylor Sheridan and also stars Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Vincent Piazza, Max Casella, Annabella Sciorra, Tatiana Zappardino, Neal McDonough, Domenick Lombardozzi, Frank Grillo, Andrea Savage and Dana Delany.
‘Hamster & Gretel’ Season 2 Soundtrack EP Released
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack EP for the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel. The 4-track EP features four original songs from the show’s second season written by Dan Povenmire and produced by series composer Danny Jacob. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all four tracks below. The label has previously released an EP featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2022. Hamster & Gretel is created and executive produced by Dan Povenmire and stars Meli Povenmire, Michael Cimino, Joey King, Beck Bennett, Matt Jones and Carolina Ravassa.
‘SEAL Team’ Season 7 Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original series SEAL Team. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s seventh and final composed by A. Patrick Rose (Under the Dome, Reverie). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 4 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring featuring Rose’s & W.G. Snuffy Walden’s score from Seasons 1-4 back in 2021 and a second soundtrack featuring Rose’s music from Seasons 5 & 6 last year. SEAL Team is created by Benjamin Cavell and stars David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes, the respected and intense leader of Bravo team, alongside Neil Brown Jr., Toni Trucks, A.J. Buckley, Raffi Barsoumian and Beau Knapp.
‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ 25th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Released
Overtone Music has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1999 documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs created by Tim Haines, produced by BBC Science Unit and narrated by Kenneth Branagh (in its original version) and Avery Brooks (in the U.S. version). The album features the original score from the show composed by Ben Bartlett (The Tunnel, Vera, The Loch, Lucan), including three additional tracks. The 25th Anniversary 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. BBC Records has previously released the original 1999 soundtrack album on CD.
‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release a new soundtrack album for the British Netflix original series Heartstopper. The album features selections of original music from the show’s third season composed by Adiescar Chase (Waterloo Road, Consent). Also included is the song C’est La Vie written by Chase and performed by actress Leila Khan. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 4 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first score track and the song below. The label has previously released two albums featuring Chase’s score from Season 1 & Season 2 in 2022 & 2023. Heartstopper is developed by Alice Oseman based on her own book series and stars Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Corinna Brown, Yasmin Finney, Kizzy Edgell, Jenny Walser, Tobie Donovan Rhea Norwood and Khan.
Songs from ‘Agatha All Along’ Episode 4 Released
Hollywood Records & Marvel have released the songs from the fourth episode of the Marvel Television’s Disney+ original series Agatha All Along. The 2-track single features the original song The Ballad of the Witches’ Road written by Academy Award winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (Frozen, The Book of Mormon) in two new versions: Lorna Vu’s Version performed by South Korean singer Seo Moon Tak and cover performed by actors Kathryn Hahn, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza and Joe Locke. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to both tracks after the jump.
Ho-Ling Tang Scoring Netflix’s ‘Our Oceans’
Ho-Ling Tang has recently scored the upcoming Netflix documentary series Our Oceans. Composer Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven) serves as the score producer on the show, which is narrated by President Barack Obama and takes viewers on a 75,000-mile cruise across and beneath the oceans as they are today. The 5-parter is using cutting-edge scientific research and newly-developed underwater filmmaking technology to present some of the most unexplored realms of our planet.