Category: TV Scoring Assignments

Soundtrack Album for Channel 5’s ‘The Deceived’ Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Channel 5 drama The Deceived. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Hannah Peel (Game of Thrones: The Last Watch). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. The Deceived is written by Lisa McGee & Tobias Beer and stars Emily Reid, Emmett J. Scanlan, Catherine Walker, Eleanor Methven, Ian McElhinney, Shelley Conn, Dempsey Bovell and Paul Mescal. The 4-part psychological thriller directed by Chloe Thoma follows an English student who falls in love with her married lecturer.

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‘Perry Mason’ Chapter 7 Soundtrack Released

WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Perry Mason. The album features the original music from the seventh episode of the show’s first season composed by Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Inside Man, Red Tails). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon. The label has previously released the composer’s score from the first six episodes and will release a full soundtrack album following the season finale next week. Perry Mason is developed by Ron Fitzgerald & Rolin Jones and stars Matthew Rhys,Juliet Rylance, Tatiana Maslany, John Lithgow, Shea Whigham, Stephen Root, Chris Chalk and Robert Patrick.

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BBC America’s ‘Planet Earth: A Celebration’ to Feature New Compositions by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea & Bleeding Fingers Music

BBC America announced today that Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea and the team at Bleeding Fingers Music have created new compositions for BBC America’s upcoming television event Planet Earth: A Celebration, which highlights eight of the most extraordinary sequences from the Emmy-winning docu-series Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II. They have also rearranged the original scores from the two shows for the new TV special. The string section of the score is performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, accompanied by Brit and Mercury Award-winning UK rapper, Dave, who performs on the grand piano.  Sir David Attenborough has provided new narration for the project.

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Jonathan Sanford Scoring Netflix’s ‘Teenage Bounty Hunters’

Jonathan Sanford (Dare Me, That Moment When) is scoring the new Netflix original series Teenage Bounty Hunters. The show is created by Kathleen Jordan and stars Maddie Phillips, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Kadeem Hardison, Virginia Williams, Mackenzie Astin, Method Man, Myles Evans, Spencer House, Devon Hales and Shirley Rumierk. The comedy follows two twin sisters as they balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as butt-kicking bounty hunters. Jenji Kohan (Orange Is the New Black, Weeds, Glow) is producing the project with Tara Herrmann, Robert Sudduth, and Blake McCormick.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 2, 2020)

Premiering tomorrow, August 3, is the Quibi original series The Fugitive created by Nick Santora based on the 1993 feature of the same title and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Boyd Holbrook, Natalie Martinez, Brian Geraghty, Genesis Rodriguez, Tiya Sircar and Keilani Arellanes. The show’s original music is composed by Tony Morales (Elena of Avalor, Scorpion, Bloodline, The Bag Man, An Actor Prepares, In Your Eyes). Check out our previous news article for more information about the thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Quibi.

Also premiering tomorrow is the Netflix docu-series Immigration Nation directed by Shaul Schwarz & Christina Clusiau and executive produced by Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill & Christian Thompson about the processes, pitfalls and pain of immigration in America. Jeremy Turner (Five Came Back, Come As You Are, Trophy, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez) has composed the show’s original music. Click here to learn more about the 6-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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‘Everything’s Magic’ Cover from Disney Channel’s ‘Upside-Down Magic’ Released

Walt Disney Records has released the cover version of  Angels & Airwaves’ Everything’s Magic from the Disney Channel original movie Upside-Down Magic. The track, which was originally written by Tom DeLonge, is performed by cast members Izabela Rose, Siena Agudong, Elie Samouhi, Alison Fernandez and Max Torina. The song is now available to stream and download as a digital single on Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. Upside-Down Magic is directed by Joe Nussbaum and tells the story of a 13-year-old girl who discovers that she can flux into animals, and her best friend, and who can manipulate flames, as they enter Sage Academy for magical studies.

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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘SS-GB’ Released

Wave Theory Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series SS-GB. The album features the Ivor Novello- and RTS Award-nominated music from the show composed by Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Empire, World on Fire, Lady Macbeth, Any Human Heart) and performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (conducted by Elizabeth Purnell). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. SS-GB is written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade based on Len Deighton’s 1978 novel and stars Sam Riley, Kate Bosworth, Rainer Bock, Lars Eidinger, Maeve Dermody and James Cosmo. The 5-parter is directed by Philipp Kadelbach and follows a British homicide detective as he investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II.

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‘Steven Universe’ Season 3 Score Album Details

The details of the third 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 third season season composed by Aivi & Surasshu (aka Aivi Tran & Steven “Surasshu” Velema). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 31 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The label has previously released two albums featuring the composers’ music from Season 1 and Season 2. Two more soundtracks featuring the score from the fourth and fifth seasons will be released over the next two months. Steven Universe is created by Rebecca Sugar and stars Zach Callison,Estelle, Michaela Dietz and Deedee Magno Hall.

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‘4 Blocks’ Soundtrack Album Released

recordJet has released the first soundtrack album for the German TV series 4 Blocks. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Stefan Will (Freud, Phoenix, Transit, Rammbock). Visit Amazon to stream/download the soundtrack. 4 Blocks is developed by Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad, Richard Kropf & Marvin Kren and stars Kida Khodr Ramadan, Frederick Lau, Veysel Gelin, Almila Bagriacik, Maryam Zaree, Karolina Lodyga and Massiv. The gangster drama revolves around the leader of a crime family and drug cartel in Berlin, who is forced to live an ordinary life after his brother is arrested.

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‘Expecting Amy’ Soundtrack Album Released

BANG NY has released a soundtrack album for the HBO Max docu-series Expecting Amy. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Timo Elliston & Brian Jones (Abstract: The Art of Design). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Expecting Amy is directed by Alexander Hammer & Ryan Cunningham and executive produced by Amy Schumer. The 3-parter takes viewers behind-the-scenes as Amy Schumer goes through a difficult pregnancy and a new marriage while on tour – from hospitalizations to going out in front of a crowd of thousands, to quiet moments at home with her family.

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