American Broadcasting Music has released the first songs from the new Fox drama Filthy Rich. Available now as digital singles are the original song He Rose written by Travis Howard, as well as the covers of Higher Love (originally written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings) and It Is Well With My Soul (written by Horatio Spafford & Philip Bliss) performed by the show’s cast. Howard has produced all songs. Listen to all three tracks after the jump. Filthy Rich is created by Tate Taylor and stars Kim Cattrall, Gerald McRaney, Melia Kreiling, David Denman, Corey Cott, Aubrey Dollar, Mark L. Young, Olivia Macklin, Benjamin Levy Aguilar and Steve Harris.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 27, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime mini-series The Comey Rule written and directed by Billy Ray and starring Jeff Daniels, Brendan Gleeson, Holly Hunter, Michael Kelly, Jennifer Ehle, Jonathan Banks, Scoot McNairy, Oona Chaplin, Steven Pasquale, Peter Coyote, Amy Seimetz and Kingsley Ben-Adir. The show’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air tonight and tomorrow on Showtime.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 30 is the Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door directed by Jenny Popplewell and executive produced by James Marsh. Nainita Desai (For Sama, Telling Lies, Enemy Within, Fierce Queens, Enslaved) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which centers on the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Morgan Kibby Scoring Netflix’s ‘Grand Army’
Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (Girls of the Sun, Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story), The Short History of the Long Road) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Grand Army. The show is created by Katie Cappiello based on her stage play Slut: The Play and stars Odessa A’zion, Amalia Yoo, Jayson Jackson, Amir Bageria and Odley Jean. The teen drama follows five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn as they take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Monsterland’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Monsterland. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, Narcos: Mexico, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Last of Us, The Book of Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, October 2 and is now available for pre-order here. Monsterland is created by Mary Laws based on the collection of stories from Nathan Ballingrud’s North American Lake Monsters and stars Kaitlyn Dever, Mike Colter, Taylor Schilling, Jonathan Tucker, Kelly Marie Tran, Nicole Beharie, Roberta Colindrez, Charlie Tahan, Adepero Oduye and Hamish Linklater.
‘Steven Universe’ Season 5 Score Album Released
WaterTower Music has released the fifth score album for the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe have been revealed. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s fifth and final season season composed by Aivi & Surasshu (aka Aivi Tran & Steven “Surasshu” Velema). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and all other major digital music serveices. The label has previously released four albums featuring the composers’ music from the first, second, third and fourth season. Another album featuring the composers’ music from Steven Universe Future is in the works. Steven Universe is created by Rebecca Sugar and stars Zach Callison, Michaela Dietz, Estelle and Deedee Magno Hall.
Score Album for ‘L.A.’s Finest’ Season 1 to Be Released
Madison Gate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Fox/Spectrum series L.A.’s Finest. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Raphael Saadiq & Laura Karpman (Lovecraft Country, Underground, Step, Black Nativity, Step Sisters). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 25 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring Jeff Cardoni’s score from the second season earlier this month. LA’s Finest is created by Brandon Margolis & Brandon Sonnier based on the Bad Boys feature films and stars Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Zach Gilford, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson.
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+ Series ‘Tehran’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Tehran. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Mark Eliyahu. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 25 and will be available to stream/download here. Tehran is created by Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden & Maor Kohn and stars Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Navid Negahban, Liraz Charhi, Shervin Alenabi and Menashe Noy. The Israeli thriller tells the story of a Mossad agent who goes deep undercover on a dangerous mission in Tehran that places her and everyone around her in dire jeopardy.
‘Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Dragon’s Domain Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 2004 BBC’s docu-drama Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (aka Voyage to the Planets and Beyond) written and directed by Joe Ahearne and narrated by David Suchet as part of the label’s The Don Davis Collection: Volume 1. The album features the original music from the 2-parter composed by Don Davis (The Matrix series, Jurassic Park 3, Bound, Behind Enemy Lines, Valentine). The limited edition CD is now available to order on buysoundtrax.com, where you can also check out the full details and listen to audio samples.
‘Happily Married’ Soundtrack Album Released
Productions Casablance has released a soundtrack album for the French Canadian TV series Happily Married (C’est comme ça que je t’aime). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Patrick Lavoie (Everything Is Fine, Henri Henri, N.O.I.R., Blue Moon). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full track list. Happily Married is written by François Létourneau, directed by Jean-François Rivard and stars Létourneau himself, alongside Patrice Robitaille, Marilyn Castonguay, Karine Gonthier-Hydman and Sophie Desmarais.
Brian McOmber Scoring Showtime’s ‘Kingdom of Silence’
Brian McOmber (It Comes at Night, Krisha, Blow the Man Down, Little Woods, Mickey and the Bear) is the composer of the new Showtime documentary Kingdom of Silence. The film is directed by Rick Rowley (Dirty Wars) and examines the complex relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and how the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi amplified entanglements between the two countries. Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) is executive producing the Jigsaw production with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower, Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief), Stacey Offman (The Innocence Files, Dirty Money), Richard Perello (Super Troopers, Beerfest) and Vinnie Malhotra (Outcry, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men).