Category: TV Scoring Assignments

Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 7, 2021)

Premiering on Wednesday, February 10, is the Netflix docu-series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel directed by Joe Berlinger, executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes, Jon Doran, Jon Kamen & Ryan Miller about Downtown Los Angeles’ Cecil Hotel. The show’s original score is composed by Wendy Blackstone (A Girl in the River, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Lost in Florence). Cesar Davila-Irizarry has provided the project’s main titles theme. Check out our previous article to learn more about the 4-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Premiering on Friday, February 12, is the Amazon original movie The Map of Tiny Perfect Things directed by Ian Samuels and starring Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami, Josh Hamilton, Cleo Fraser and Jorja Fox. Tom Bromley (Angelfish) has composed the film’s original music. The romantic comedy drama, which follows a quick-witted teen who is contentedly living the same day in an endless loop when his world is turned upside-down by a mysterious girl, also stuck in the same loop, will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.

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Netflix’s ‘Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel’ to Feature Theme by Cesar Davila-Irizarry by & Score by Wendy Blackstone

Cesar Davila-Irizarry, best known for his main titles theme for FX’s American Horror Story, has composed the theme music for Netflix’s Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, the first season in a new docu-series that deconstructs the mythology and mystery surrounding infamous locations in contemporary crime. Wendy Blackstone (A Girl in the River, Lost in Florence, Criminal Passion) has provided the original score for the show’s first season, which is directed by Joe Berlinger (Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Paradise Lost trilogy, Brother’s Keeper) and focuses on the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, which has been linked to some of the city’s most notorious activity, from untimely deaths to housing serial killers, including the disappearance of college student Elisa Lam in 2013.

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HBO’s ‘Allen v. Farrow’ to Feature Original Score by Michael Abels

HBO announced today that Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, See You Yesterday) is the composer of the new HBO docu-series Allen v. Farrow. The show is directed by Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground, The Bleeding Edge) & Amy Ziering (On the Record) and focuses on the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial, the revelation of Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed. The 4-parter interweaves new investigative work with exclusive, in-depth interviews on the subject with Mia, Dylan & Ronan Farrow, family friend Carly Simon, among others.

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Soundtrack EP for ‘Legacies’ Special Episode ‘Salvatore: The Musical!’ to Be Released

WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack EP for tonight’s special episode of the CW drama Legacies. The 6-track EP features the songs from Salvatore: The Musical! composed by episode writer Thomas Brandon & Chris Read and performed by cast members Danielle Rose Russell, Kaylee Bryant, Jenny Boyd, Chris Lee, Ben Levin, as well as guest star T.J. Ramini & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 5 and will be available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Legacies is created by Julie Plec and also stars Aria Shahghasemi, Quincy Fouse, Peyton Alex Smith and Matt Davis. Tonight’s episode follows the students as they prepare to put on a musical about the founding of the Salvatore School at the behest of their mysterious new guidance counselor.

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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer’ to Be Released

Maisie Music Publishing will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix docu-series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, Hold the Dark, The Informer, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Blue Ruin). Also included is the Night Stalker-inspired song Under Your Skin by moa. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 5 and will be available to stream/download here. Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer is directed by Tiller Russell and tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice.

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Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Finding Alice’ to Be Released

Dubois Records will release a soundtrack album for the ITV drama Finding Alice. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Edmund Butt (Life on Mars, Origin, Bancroft, Ashes to Ashes, Mistress). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other digital music stores. Finding Alice is created by Roger Goldby, Keeley Hawes & Simon Nye and stars Hawes herself, alongside Joanna Lumley, Nigel Havers, Gemma Jones, Jason Merrells, Isabella Pappas, Kenneth Cranham, Sharon Rooney and Rhashan Stone. The 6-part drama centers on a woman’s journey of grief, love and life after her partner falls down the stairs and dies soon after the couple move into the dream home he designed.

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‘WandaVision’ Episode 4 Soundtrack Album Details

The details of the fourth soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series WandaVision have been revealed. The albums feature the original score from the fourth episode of the show composed by Christophe Beck (Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Frozen, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover, The Peanuts Movie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 5 by Marvel Music/Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music store. The composer’s score from the first three episodes, as well as Kristen Anderson-Lopez’s & Robert Lopez’s theme songs have previously been released last month. WandaVision is created by Jac Schaeffer based on the Marvel Comics characters, directed by Matt Shakman and stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany,  Kat Dennings, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris and Randall Park.

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’30 Coins’ Episode 2 Soundtrack Album Released

Meliam Music has released the second soundtrack album for the HBO Europe original series 30 Coins (30 Monedas). The album features the original music from the show’s second episode (Ouija) composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Machinist, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Come Play). Visit Amazon or any other major digital service to stream/download the album and to check out the full track list. The label has previously released the composer’s score from Episode 1 last week and will release the music from the rest of the episodes over the next couple of weeks. 30 Coins is directed by Álex de la Iglesia, co-written by the director & Jorge Guerricaechevarría and stars Eduard Fernández, Megan Montaner, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Macarena Gómez, Pepón Nieto and Manolo Solo.

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Ramin Djawadi to Score HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel ‘House of the Dragon’

Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time) is set to score the upcoming HBO original series House of the Dragon. The show is created by George R.R. Martin & Ryan Condal and stars Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith. The fantasy drama based on Martin’s book Fire & Blood takes place 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen (a.k.a. the House that gave us the Mother of Dragons herself, Daenerys Targaryen). Miguel Sapochnik (BIOS, Repo Men) & Condal (Colony, Rampage) serve as the showrunners and are also executive producing the project with Martin, Vince Gerardis (Flashforward), Sara Lee Hess and Ron Schmidt.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 31, 2021)

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series The Long Song created by Andrea Levy, directed by Mahalia Belo and starring Tamara Lawrance, Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden, Jordan Bolger, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Gordon Brown, Ayesha Antoine, Leo Bill, Sir Lenny Henry and Madeleine Mantock. The show’s original music is written by late composer Jonathan Rhys Hill (The Trial of Christine Keeler). The 5-part drama, which centers on an indomitable, young slave who works on a sugarcane plantation with her detestable mistress, premiered in the UK in 2018 on BBC One and is making its domestic debut as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series.

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, February 1, is the Scandinavian limited series The Investigation directed by Tobias Lindholm and starring Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård, Laura Christensen, Anders Juul, Henrik Birch, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Dulfi Al-Jabouri and Charlotte Munck. Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (Before the Frost) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-part drama, which explores the complex real-life investigation surrounding the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, one of the most notorious criminal cases in Danish media history, is making its U.S. debut on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

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