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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 19, 2020)

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Premiering tomorrow, July 20, is the new Quibi original series Die Hart created by Tripper Clancy & Derek Kolstad and starring Kevin Hart,John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jean Reno and Josh Hartnett. The show’s original music is composed by Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, F*&% the Prom). Check out our previous news article for more information about the action comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Quibi.

Premiering on Friday, July 24, is the Netflix original film The Kissing Booth 2 directed by Vince Marcello and starring Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Meganne Young, Carson White, Taylor Perez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Molly Ringwald. Patrick Kirst (Inherit the Viper, Grace Stirs Up Success) who previously scored the 2018 original film has composed the film’s original music. Click here to learn more about the romantic comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Jeff Danna & John Fee Scoring Netflix’s ‘Wizards: Tales of Arcadia’

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Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Boondock Saints) & John Fee (Bad Country, Living on One Dollar) have composed the original score for DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Wizards: Tales of Arcadia. The show is the third installment in Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia saga and features the voices of Emile Hirsch, Lexi Medrano, Steven Yeun, Charlie Saxton, Lena Headey, David Bradley, Clancy Brown, Fred Tatasciore, Diego Luna, Mark Hamill, and Kelsey Grammer who are reprising their roles from the previous installments. They are joined by new cast members Alfred Molina, Stephanie Beatriz, James Faulkner and John Rhys Davies. The series follows Merlin’s apprentice as he joins Arcadia’s heroes on a time-bending adventure in Camelot, where conflict is brewing between the human, troll and magical worlds.

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Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Solar Opposites’ to Be Released

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Hollywood Records will release the first soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Solar Opposites. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Chris Westlake (Castle Rock, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Before We Go, Transit, Small Town Crimes) . The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. Solar Opposites is created by Justin Roiland & Mike McMahan and features the voices of Roiland himself, Sean Giambrone, Thomas Middleditch and Mary Mac. The animated comedy follows a team of four aliens who escape their exploding home world only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America.

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‘Showbiz Kids’ Soundtrack Details

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WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO documentary Showbiz Kids. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and his sons Spencer Tweedy & Sammy Tweedy. Also included is the new song At a Distance by Jeff Tweedy. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 17 and will be available to stream/download here. Showbiz Kids is written and directed by Alex Winter and centers on the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child. The movie is executive produced by Bill Simmons and features interviews with Henry Thomas, Mara Wilson, Todd Bridges, Cameron Boyce, Milla Jovovich,Evan Rachel Wood, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Wheaton, among others.

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Soundtrack Album for Epix’s ‘War of the Worlds’ TV Series to Be Released

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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Epix original series War of the Worlds. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by David Martijn (De Dag, The Twelve). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 24, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. War of the Worlds is created by Howard Overman based on H.G. Wells’ classic novel of the same name and stars Gabriel Byrne, Elizabeth McGovern, Léa Drucker, Adel Bencherif, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Emilie de Preissac, Natasha Little and Ty Tennant. T

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‘The 100’ Season 6 Soundtrack Album Details

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WaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for the CW drama The 100. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s sixth season composed by Tree Adams (Californication, Perception, NCIS: New Orleans, Swelte). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 17 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released thee soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s music from the series’ third, fourth and fifth season. The 100 is developed by Jason Rothenberg based on the book by Kass Morgan and stars Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Christopher Larkin, Henry Ian Cusick, Richard Harmon, Tasya Teles, Shannon Kook and Lindsey Morgan.

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Chris Westlake Scoring CBS All Access’ ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’

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Chris Westlake (Castle Rock, Before We Go, Transit, Small Town Crimes) is the composer of the upcoming CBS All Access animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks. The show is developed by Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty) and features the voices of Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero, Dawnn Lewis, Jerry O’Connell, Fred Tatasciore and Gillian Vigman. The animated comedy focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. McMahan is also producing the project for CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, alongside Secret Hideout’s Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek Into Darkness, Now You See Me) & Heather Kadin (Scorpion, Sleepy Hollow), Roddenberry Entertainment’s Rod Roddenberry & Trevor Roth (Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard), as well as Katie Krentz.

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Katherine Langford’s Song ‘I Could Be Your King’ from Netflix’s ‘Cursed’ Released

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Maisie Music Publishing has released the original song I Could Be Your King from the new Netflix original series Cursed. The track, which is performed by lead actress Katherine Langford, is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Cursed is created by Frank Miller & Tom Wheeler and also stars Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgård, Peter Mullan, Daniel Sharman, Lily Newmark, Sebastian Armesto, Emily Coates, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Catherine Walker and Billy Jenkins.

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Soundtrack Albums for Adult Swim’s ‘The Shivering Truth’ Released

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WaterTower Music has released two soundtrack albums for the Adult Swim original series The Shivering Truth. The albums feature the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Heather Christian (Lemon). Visit Amazon to stream/download the Season 1 album and click here to stream/download the Season 2 soundtrack. The Shivering Truth is created by Vernon Chatman and features the voices of Chatman himself, Janeane Garofalo, Kevin Breznahan, Trey Parker, Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Miriam Tolan, Starlee Kine, Zack Pearlman, Maria Bamford, Richard Steven Horvitz, Conner O’Malley, David Cross, Peter Serafinowicz, Martha Plimpton and Jordan Peele.

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‘Perry Mason’ Chapter 4 Soundtrack Released

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WaterTower Music has released the fourth soundtrack album for the HBO original series Perry Mason. The album features the original music from Episode 4 of the show composed by Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X,  25th Hour, Red Tails, Inside Man). The soundtrack is now available to to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. The label has previously released three albums featuring the music from the first, second and third episode of the drama and will release a full soundtrack featuring the composer’s score from all eight episodes at the season’s end. Perry Mason is developed by Ron Fitzgerald & Rolin Jones and stars Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Shea Whigham, Tatiana Maslany, Stephen Root, John Lithgow,  Chris Chalk and Nate Corddry.

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