Maisie Music Publishing has released the first track from the soundtrack for the Netflix original series Shadow and Bone. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Ravka written by the show’s composer Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, Lady and the Tramp, The Raid: Redemption, Project Power, The Greatest Showman). Also listen to the full track after the jump. Shadow and Bone is developed by Eric Heisserer based on Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling Grishaverse novels and stars Jessie Mei Li, Archie Renaux, Ben Barnes, Freddy Carter, Amita Suman, Kit Young, Danielle Galligan, Calahan Skogman, Sujaya Dasgupta, Simon Sears, Daisy Head, Zoë Wanamaker, Luke Pasqualino and Julian Kostov.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Lele Marchitelli Scoring HBO’s ‘Mare of Easttown’
Lele Marchitelli (The Young Pope, The New Pope, The Great Beauty, Loro) has composed the original score for the new HBO limited series Mare of Easttown. The show is created by Brad Ingelsby (The Way Back, Out of the Furnace) and stars Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Guy Pearce, David Denman, Joe Tippett, Cailee Spaeny, John Douglas Thompson, Patrick Murney, James McArdle, Sosie Bacon and Neal Huff. Craig Zobel (Compliance, The Hunt) has directing all episodes of the 7-part drama, which revolves around a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as life crumbles around her.
‘Hippocrate’ Soundtrack Album Released
Milan Records has released the first soundtrack album for the French TV series Hippocrate. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by LoW Entertainment (aka Alexandre Lier, Sylvain Ohrel & Nicolas Weil) (The Freshmen, Slalom, The Country Doctor, Photo de famille) who previously scored the 2014 feature Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music store to check out the track list and stream/download the soundtrack. Hippocrate is created by Thomas Lilti, Anais Carpita, Claude Le Pape & Julien Lilti inspired by the 2014 film and stars Louise Bourgoin, Anne Consigny, Geraldine Nakache, and Alice Belaidi.
Antonio Pinto Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Mosquito Coast’
Antonio Pinto (City of God, McFarland, USA, Amy, Senna, Lord of War, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ original series The Mosquito Coast. The show is developed by Neil Cross (Luther, The Sister) and Tom Bissell, created for television by Cross based on the best-selling novel by Paul Theroux and stars Justin Theroux, Melissa George, Logan Polish and Gabriel Bateman. The drama centers on a radical idealist and brilliant inventor who uproots his family for Mexico when they suddenly find themselves on the run from the US government.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 11, 2021)
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series The Nevers created by Joss Whedon and starring Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, Tom Riley, James Norton, Rochelle Neil, Amy Manson, Eleanor Tomlinson, Pip Torrens, Denis O’Hare, Nick Frost and Ben Chaplin. The show’s original music is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, A River Runs Through It, Warrior, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Accountant). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the supernatural drama, which will air Sunday nights on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Also premiering tonight is the CNN docu-series The People v. The Klan written and directed by Donnie Eichar and executive produced by Cornell William Brooks, Donnie Eichar, Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold & Mary Lisio. Ceiri Torjussen (The Canal, Jack Goes Home, All Creatures Here Below, Test, Big Ass Spider!) and Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, The Land, My Name is Pauli Murray, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel) have composed the original music for the Blumhouse Television production. The 4-part series, which tells the story of Beulah Mae Donald, a Black mother in Alabama, who took down the Ku Klux Klan following the brutal lynching of her son in 1981, will air this and next Sunday on CNN.
Justin Melland Scoring ‘The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness’
Justin Melland (Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, The Innocence Files, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Wrong Man) has recently scored the new Netflix docu-series The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness. The show is directed by Joshua Zeman (Murder Mountain, Cropsey) and centers on the Sons of Sam case that grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a satanic cult. Paul Giamatti is narrating the 4-parter, which features archival news footage, conversations with the people closest to the investigation, and Terry’s own words and case files to tell a cautionary tale of a man who went down a rabbit hole and never came out.
Sherri Chung to Score HBO Max’s ‘Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai’
Sherri Chung (Batwoman, Blindspot, Riverdale, The Lost Husband) has been tapped to score the upcoming HBO Max animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. The show is developed by Tze Chun and features the voices of Izaac Wang, Ming-Na Wen, BD Wong, James Hong, Gabrielle Green, A.J. LoCascio and Matthew Rhys. The Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television production based on Joe Dante’s 1984 feature (scored by Jerry Goldsmith) is set in 1920s Shanghai and tells the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo.
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s & Sundance Now’s ‘Des’ Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the ITV mini-series Des. The album features the show’s original music composed by Sarah Warne (Prey, Humans, Dark Money, Time, She’s French, The Drowning). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 7, 2021 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other major digital music outlets. Des is written by Luke Neal & Kelly Jones based on the novel Killing For Company by Brian Masters and stars David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Alex Bhat, Jay Simpson, Gerard Horan and Ron Cook. The 3-parter directed by Lewis Arnold is based on real life events, the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen and one of the most infamous criminal cases in UK history, and focuses on Nilsen’s capture and subsequent trial.
Additional Track from Christophe Beck’s ‘WandaVision’ Score Released
Hollywood Records and Marvel Music have released the previously unreleased track Family TV Night from the eighth episode (Previously On) of Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series WandaVision. The cue was missing from the official Episode 8 soundtrack album and is now available to stream/download as a digital single on all major digital music services (including Amazon). Also listen to the full track after the jump. Beck’s score and Kristen Anderson-Lopez’s & Robert Lopez’s original songs from all episodes have been released earlier this year (click here for a full listing) and the full series is now available to stream on Disney+.
Details for ‘All American’ Seasons 1 & 2 Soundtrack Albums Revealed
The details of the first two soundtrack albums for the CW drama All American have been revealed. The Season 1 album features selections of the original score from the first season composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, The Flight Attendant, Greyhound, The Pacific, Everwood), as well Chelsea Tavares’ cover of Leon Bridges’ River. The Season 2 features Neely’s music the second season, as well as three songs by Bre-Z, Tavares, Tia P. & Lil Fizz. Both soundtracks will be released digitally tomorrow, April 9 by WaterTower Music. Click here to stream/download the Season 1 album and click here for the Season 2 album. All American is created by April Blair and stars Daniel Ezra, Bre-Z, Greta Onieogou, Samantha Logan, Monet Mazur, Michael Evans Behling, Cody Christian, Taye Diggs, Karimah Westbrook, Tavares and Jalyn Hall.