Blake Neely (The Flash, The Flight Attendant, Arrow, You, The Keepers, Everwood) has composed the original score for the upcoming Apple TV+ original event series Masters of the Air. The show is written by John Orloff (Anonymous, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole) based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name and stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Barry Keoghan, Rafferty Law, Nate Mann, Branden Cook, Josiah Cross and Ncuti Gatwa. The 9-part World War II drama tells the story of the men of the 100th Bomb Group as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air.
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‘Men Up’ Soundtrack Album Details
Blair Mowat (Class, Doctor Jekyll, Nolly, McDonald & Dodds, Electric Man, The Amazing Mr. Blunden) will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Men Up. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, December 29 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Check out the composer’s title track below. Men Up is written by Matthew Barry, directed by Ashley Way and stars Iwan Rheon, Aneurin Barnard, Paul Rhys, Phaldut Sharma, Alexandra Roach, Mark Lewis Jones, Steffan Rhodri and Joanna Page. The movie executive produced by Russell T Davies is set in 1994 Swansea and tells the story of five ordinary Welshmen as they face up to their secrets and lies when they embark on one of the world’s first medical trials for the drug that would become Viagra.
The John Ottman Collection – Volume 1 Album Announced
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring three scores composed by John Ottman (X2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Superman Returns, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Usual Suspects, Fantastic Four). The album features the composer’s remastered and expanded score from the 1997 crime thriller Incognito directed by John Badham and starring Jason Patric & Irene Jacob, including previously unreleased music. Also included is the world premiere release of Ottman’s music from the 2004 short Lonely Place directed by Kevin Ackerman and starring Tess Harper, Kurtwood Smith &Tomas Arana, as well as his score from the 2002 television movie Brother’s Keeper directed by Badham and starring Jeanne Tripplehorn, Corin Nemec, Leland Orser & Evan Parke. The limited edition 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also learn more about the release and order the soundtrack.
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Murder Is Easy’ to Be Released
Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Murder Is Easy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room, Girl You Know It’s True, The Last Tree, Stephen). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Murder Is Easy is written by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie and stars David Jonsson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Riley, Morfydd Clark, Douglas Henshall, Mark Bonnar, Mathew Baynton, Nimra Bucha, Tamzin Outhwait and Phoebe Licorish. The 2-part thriller centers on a man who arrives in England and unexpectedly finds himself investigating a series of mysterious deaths, determined to prove that they are not accidents but murders.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Crashing Eid’ Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Saudi Netflix original series Crashing Eid. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Suad Bushnaq (Montréal Girls, Hanging Gardens). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Crashing Eid is created by Nora Aboushousha & Ali Alattas and stars Summer Shesha, Hamza Haq, Bateel Qamlo, Khalid Alharbi, Yasir Alsaggaf and Amani Aljameel. The comedy follows a woman who attempts to convince her Saudi family that her British Pakistani fiance who crashes their Eid celebrations is a suitable match.
‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Soundtrack EP Released
Kakao Entertainment has released a soundtrack EP for the South Korean Netflix original series Gyeongseong Creature. The 6-track EP features the songs FOREVER performed by Suho, as well as Time by Baek A in several versions. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the original version of both songs below. Gyeongseong Creature is created by Kang Eun-kyung & Chung Dong-yoon and stars Park Seo-jun, Han So-hee, Claudia Kim, Cho Han-cheul, Kim Hae-sook and Wi Ha-jun. The supernatural horror drama is set in 1945 and follows an entrepreneur and a sleuth as they fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.
‘Tabby McTat’ Soundtrack Album Released
Magic Light Pictures has released a soundtrack album for the animated special Tabby McTat. The album features the film’s original score composed by René Aubry (The Gruffalo, The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily, The Smeds and the Smoos, Zog, Superworm, Under the Bombs, Room on the Broom). Also included is the Tabby McTat Song written by Julia Donaldson and performed by Rob Brydon & Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísú (check out the official music video after the jump). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Tabby McTat is directed by Sarah Scrimgeour & Jac Hamman and features the voices of Brydon, Dìrísú, Cariad Lloyd, Joanna Scanlan, Susan Wokoma, as well as Jodie Whittaker as the narrator.
Blair Mowat Scoring ITV’s ‘After the Flood’
Blair Mowat (Class, Nolly, Doctor Jekyll, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, McDonald & Dodds, Electric Man) is the composer of the new ITV mystery drama After the Flood. The show is created by Mick Ford and stars Sophie Rundle, Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne, Nicholas Gleaves, Jonas Armstrong, Matt Stokoe, Jacqueline Boatswain and Anita Adam Gabay. The 6-part series is set in a town hit by a devastating flood and follows a police offer who becomes obsessed with discovering what happened to an unidentified man whois found dead in a lift in an underground car park.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 24, 2023)
Premiering on Friday, December 29, is the Spanish Netflix original series Berlin created by Álex Pina & Esther Martínez Lobato and starringPedro Alonso, Tristan Ulloa, Michelle Jenner, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña Fernández, and Joel Sánchez. The show’s original music is composed by Lucas Peire & Frank Montasell (Nowhere, Malasaña 32). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as several songs from the Money Heist spin-off earlier this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
FX’s ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ to Feature Theme by Thomas Newman and Score by Julia Newman
Variety has confirmed that Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, 1917) has composed the theme for upcoming FX limited series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. It has previously been revealed that the Academy Award-nominated composer’s daughter Julia Newman is scoring the show written by Jon Robin Baitz (Brothers & Sisters, Stonewall) based on the book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by Laurence Leamer and starring Tom Hollander (as Truman Capote), Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Treat Williams, Joe Mantello and Russell Tovey.