Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) will release a soundtrack album for the Australian TV series Mystery Road. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Matteo Zingales (99 Homes, Fahrenheit 451) & Antony Partos (Animal Kingdom, The Rover). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 2 and will be available to stream/download here. Mystery Road is a spin-off of Ivan Sen’s 2013/2016 features Mystery Road & Goldstone and stars Aaron Pedersen, Judy Davis, Deborah Mailman, Colin Friels, Wayne Blair, Anthony Hayes and Ernie Dingo. The crime drama follows two detectives as they investigating the mysterious disappearance of two young men from a remote Australian Outback town (in the first season) and the mystery of a decapitated body which turns up in the mangroves (in the second season).
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Jeff Cardoni to Score Peacock’s ‘Saved by the Bell’ Revival Series
Jeff Cardoni (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Silicon Valley, CSI Miami, Just Friends) has been tapped to score the upcoming Peacock original series Saved by the Bell. The show is developed by Tracey Wigfield inspired by the classic 80s/90s sitcom of the same name and stars original cast members Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen, as well as new cast additions Dexter Darden, Josie Totah, Haskiri Velazquez, Mitchell Hoog, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Belmont Cameli and John Michael Higgins. The comedy revolves around a new group of California low-income high school students who are transferred to Pacific Palisades’ wealthy Bayside High.
Keegan DeWitt Scoring FX on Hulu’s ‘A Teacher’
Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, Gemini, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Divorce, Her Smell, Sorry for Your Loss) is the composer of the upcoming FX on Hulu limited series A Teacher. The show is created by Hannah Fidell (6 Years) based on her 2013 feature of the same title (scored by Brian McOmber) and stars Kate Mara and Nick Robinson. The drama examines the complexities and consequences of an illegal relationship between a female teacher and her male high school student. Fidell and Mara are also executive producing the project with Danny Brocklehurst (Safe, The Stranger), Michael Costigan (Stoker, Cyrus) and Jason Bateman (Ozark, The Outsider).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2020)
Premiering on Thursday, September 3 is the HBO Max original series Raised by Wolves created by Aaron Guzikowski and starring Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Matias Varela, Niamh Algar, Jordan Loughran, Felix Jamieson, Aasiya Shah, Ethan Hazzard, Ivy Wong and Travis Fimmel. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Frost (Dark, Sleeping Beauty, Super Dark Times, Fortitude) & Marc Streitenfeld (Prometheus, American Gangster, Robin Hood, Body of Lies). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the sci-fi drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Netflix original film Love, Guaranteed directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Heather Graham and Damon Wayans Jr. Ryan Shore (Prime, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, The Shrine, Harvard Man, Numb, Headspace, Julie’s Greenroom) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the romantic comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Matti Bye Scoring Netflix’s ‘Young Wallander’
Matti Bye (Everlasting Moments, The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared, A Serious Game, One Last Deal, Faro) has composed the original music for the new Netflix original series Young Wallander. The show is developed by Ben Harris (Devils) based on Henning Mankell’s best-selling Kurt Wallander novels and stars Adam Pålsson, Richard Dillane, Leanne Best, Yasen Atour, Charles Mnene, Jacob Collins-Levy, Alan Emrys and Kiza Deen. The drama is set in contemporary Sweden and focuses on the formative experiences – professional and personal – faced by Kurt as a recently graduated police officer in his early twenties.
‘We Belong’ & Passenger Seat’ by Brianna Hildebrand & Kat Cunning from ‘Trinkets’ Season 2 Released
Maisie Music Publishing has released two songs from the second season of the Netflix original series Trinkets. Available to stream/download now is the cover version of Pat Benatar’s We Belong (originally written by Daniel Navarro & David Eric Lowen) and performed by lead actress Brianna Hildebrand, as well as Passenger Seat written by Mal Blum performed by Hildebrand & Kat Cunning. Listen to both tracks after the jump. Trinkets is created by Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer & Kirsten Smith and also stars Kiana Madeira, Quintessa Swindell, Brandon Butler, Odiseas Georgiadis, Larry Sullivan, Dana Green, Linden Ashby and October Moore .
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera is reuniting with writer/director Scott Frank on the upcoming Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit. The show is co-written and directed by Frank (Logan, The Lookout) and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Moses Ingram, Rebecca Root, Bill Camp, Marielle Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harry Melling, Isla Johnston, Christiane Seidel, Chloe Pirrie and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd. The drama based on Walter Tevis’s novel of the same title is set during the Cold War era and tells the story of an orphan chess prodigy from the age of eight to twenty-two, as she struggles with addiction in a quest to become the greatest chess player in the world.
‘Steven Universe’ Season 4 Score Album Details
The full details of the fourth 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 fourth season season composed by Aivi & Surasshu (aka Aivi Tran & Steven “Surasshu” Velema). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 28 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. The label has previously released three albums featuring the composers’ music from Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3. One more soundtrack featuring the composers’ score from the fifth and final season will be released next month. Steven Universe is created by Rebecca Sugar and stars Zach Callison, Michaela Dietz Estelle, and Deedee Magno Hall.
Jeff Russo Scoring Starz’s ‘Power Book II: Ghost’
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Picard, Legion, The Umbrella Academy, The Night Of) is composing the original score for the new Starz original series Power Book II: Ghost. The show is created by Courtney A. Kemp and stars Michael Rainey Jr., Naturi Naughton, Mary J. Blige, Shane Johnson, Gianni Paolo, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Daniel Bellomy, Paige Hurd,” Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Melanie Liburd, Justin Marcel McManus, Woody McClain, Lovell Adams-Gray and LaToya Tonodeo. The drama is a spin-off of Starz’s Power, which premiered between 2014 and 2019, and picks up shortly after the events of the original series as Tariq St. Patrick grapples with a new world order: his father dead and his mother facing charges for the murder her son committed.
‘Julie and the Phantoms’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Columbia Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Julie and the Phantoms. The album features 15 songs from the musical show performed by the cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 10, 2020 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. A first song from the series, Edge of Great, performed by is already available now as a digital single. Also listen to the track after the jump. Julie and the Phantoms is developed by Dan Cross & David Hoge based on the original Brazilian series Julie e os Fantasmas and stars Madison Reyes, Charlie Gillespie, Owen Patrick Joyner, Jeremy Shada, Booboo Stewart, Cheyenne Jackson, Carlos Ponce, Sonny Bustamante, Jadah Marie, Sacha Carlson and Savannah Lee May.