Don’t Panic Records has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Spides. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Mario Grigorov (Precious, Shadowdancer, The Paperboy, Kill Chain, Petals on the Wind) & Steven Schwalbe. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Spides is created by Rainer Matsutani and stars Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Falk Hentschel, Damian Hardung, Florence Kasumba, Désirée Nosbusch, Susanne Wuest and Aleksandar Jovanovic. The 8-parter is set in modern-day Berlin and follows a woman who falls into a coma after taking an unknown drug and wakes with no memory of her previous life.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Stephanie Economou Scoring Netflix’s ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’
Stephanie Economou (Manhunt: Deadly Games, Step Up: High Water) is scoring the upcoming Netlix original series Jupiter’s Legacy. The show is based on the graphic novels by Mark Millar & Frank Quitely and stars Josh Duhamel, Leslie Bibb, Ben Daniels, Elena Kampouris, Andrew Horton, Mike Wade and Matt Lanter. Millar, James Middleton, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Dan McDermott and Frank Quitely. The superhero drama revolves around the world’s first generation of superheroes who – after nearly a century of keeping mankind safe – must look to their children to continue the legacy.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 1, 2020)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British political thriller Roadkill created by David Hare and starring Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Saskia Reeves, Patricia Hodge, Sarah Greene, Ophelia Lovibond, Katie Leung, Iain De Caestecker, Olivia Vinall, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Pip Torrens.. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, A Mighty Heart). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (to be released by Silva Screen Records) will be announced soon. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK last month on BBC and is making its domestic debut on PBS.
Premiering on Thursday, November 5, is the Netflix original film Operation Christmas Drop directed by Martin Wood and starring Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig, Virginia Madsen, Janet Kidder, Jeff Joseph, Bethany Brown, Trezzo Mahoro, Rohan Campbell, Aliza Vellani, Aaron Douglas, Xavier de Guzman and Bruce Best. Hamish Thomson (Chesapeake Shore , Love Locks) has composed the movie’s original score. The romantic comedy, which follows a by-the-book political aide who falls for a big-hearted Air Force pilot while looking to shut down his tropical base and its airborne Christmas tradition, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
‘Suburra’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
La Grande Onda has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original series Suburra: Blood on Rome (Suburra – La serie). The album features the songs from the show’s third and final season by Piotta (aka Tommaso Zanello). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Suburra: Blood on Rome is developed by Daniele Cesarano & Barbara Petronio based on the 2015 feature Suburra and stars Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, Francesco Acquaroli, Filippo Nigro and Claudia Gerini. Season 3 of the drama continues the deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican as the fight to conquer Rome becomes more open and ruthless than ever.
‘The Undoing’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO limited series The Undoing. The album features the show’s original music composed by Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Family, Radioactive, Loveless, The Wizard of Lies, By the Grace of God, Madame Bovary). Also included is the opening titles cover version of Dream a Little Dream performed by lead actress Nicole Kidman. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 30 and will be available to stream/download here. The Undoing is created by David E. Kelley based on the novel You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz and also stars Hugh Grant, Edgar Ramirez, Noah Jupe, Noma Dumezweni, Lily Rabe, Matilda De Angelis, Ismael Cruz Córdova and Donald Sutherland.
Soundtrack Album for Nickelodeon’s ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ to Be Released
Viacom International will release a soundtrack album for Nickelodeon’s revival of the horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Project Power, Straight Outta Compton, The Greatest Showman, Lady and the Tramp) & Jason Lazarus (Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 3 and will be available to stream/download here. Season 1 of Are You Afraid of the Dark? is written by BenDavid Grabinski, directed by Dean Israelite and stars Rafael Casal, Lyliana Wray, Miya Cech, Sam Ashe Arnold and Jeremy Ray Taylor.
Soundtrack Album for Showtime’s ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Showtime original series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed and conducted by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, When the Game Stands Tall, Tesla, The Star). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 30 and will be available to stream/download here. Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is created by John Logan and stars Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, Kerry Bishé, Brent Spiner, Amy Madigan, Lin Shaye, Rory Kinnear, Piper Perabo, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Rodriguez, Lorenza Izzo, Dominic Sherwood, Ethan Peck, Michael Gladis and Nathan Lane. The Penny Dreadful spin-off isset in 1938 Los Angeles after a grisly murder shocks the city and follows a detective and his partner as they become embroiled in a story that reflects the rich history of LA.
‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, The Act) & Perrine Virgile. The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 6, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring Russo’s score from Season 1. The Umbrella Academy is developed by Steve Blackman based on the comics and graphic novels created by Gerard Way and stars Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland and Kate Walsh.
Laura Karpman to Score Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘What If…?’
Variety is reporting that Laura Karpman (Lovecraft Country, Step, Set It Up, Why We Hate, Underground) has been tapped to score Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ animated series What If…?. The show is created by A.C. Bradley based on the Marvel Comics series of the same title and features the voices of Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher, as well as Michael B. Jordan, Sebastian Stan, Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Hayley Atwell, Karen Gillan, , Natalie Portman Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Neal McDonough, Dominic Cooper, Sean Gunn, Taika Waititi, Toby Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Jeff Goldblum and Michael Rooker who all reprise their roles from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
‘Romulus’ Soundtrack Album Released
Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Sky Italia series Romulus. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Mokadelic (Gomorrah, The Immortal, Sanctuary). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out the track list and for audio samples. Romulus is developed and co-directed by Matteo Rovere and stars Andrea Arcangeli, Marianna Fontana and Francesco Di Napoli. The historical drama is set eight centuries before Christ in a primitive and brutal world where a man’s fate is decided by the merciless power of nature and the gods and tells the story of the foundation of Rome, as seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness and violence.