Category: TV Scoring Assignments

Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 8, 2020)

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, March 9, is the British thriller Temple developed by Mark O’Rowe based on the Norwegian series Valkyrien and starring Mark Strong, Carice van Houten and Daniel Mays. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, The Cave, Life in a Day, Gloria Bell). SATV Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the first season. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK on Sky last year and is making its U.S. debut on Charter Communication’s Spectrum.

Also premiering tomorrow is the docu-series Cosmos: Possible Worlds presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and written, directed and executive produced by Ann Druyan & Brannon Braga. Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Polar Express, Captain America: The First Avenger) who previously scored 2014’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey has composed the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which will premiere on National Geographic and will also air on Fox this summer, visit the official show website.

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‘Over Water’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released

VRT MZK has released a new soundtrack album for the Flemish TV series Over Water. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Raf Keunen (Bullhead, Racer and the Jailbird, Just a Sigh). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. A soundtrack featuring Daniel Hart’s score from the first season of the show has previously been released last year. Over Water is written by Tom Lenaerts & Paul Baeten Gronda and stars Tom Dewispelaere, Tom Van Dyck, Natali Broods, Ruth Becquart, Kevin Janssens and Jeroen Perceval.

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Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Float’ Released

Walt Disney Records has a soundtrack EP for Pixar SparkShorts’ Float. The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Barney Jones who previously scored the SparksShorts title Smash and Grab. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Float is written and directed by Bobby Rubio and features the voices of Rubio himself, Eli Fucile, Luna Watson and Mika Kubo. The Pixar Animation Studios production follows a father who discovers that his son floats and must decide whether to run and hide or to accept his son as he is.

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Fil Eisler Scoring NBC’s ‘Council of Dads’

Fil Eisler (Revenge, How to Be Single, UnReal, Proud Mary, CHiPs, Life of the Party) is the composer of the new NBC drama Council of Dads. The show is created by Joan Rater & Tony Phelan (Grey’s Anatomy, Doubt) and stars Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, J. August Richards, Michael O’Neill, Michelle Weaver, Steven Silver, Emjay Anthony, Thalia Tran and Blue Chapman. The series centers on a loving father of five who has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare as he calls on a few of his most trusted friends to step in as back-up dads to help guide and support his growing family.

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‘Doctor Who’ Season 12 Soundtrack Details

Silva Screen Records will release a new soundtrack album for BBC’s Doctor Who.  The album features selections of the original music from the show’s twelfth season composed by Segun Akinola (The Last Tree) who previously scored Season 11 of the series. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 3, 2020. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital version. The label has previously released Akinola’s score from last season, as well as several soundtrack albums featuring Murray Gold’s music from the first ten seasons. Season 12 of Doctor Who is executive produced by Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens & Sam Hoyle and stars Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill.

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Paul Leonard-Morgan Scoring BBC’s ‘The Nest’

Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Wormwood, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D) is currently scoring the upcoming BBC series The Nest. The show is created by Nicole Taylor (Wild Rose, Three Girls) and stars Martin Compston, Sophie Rundle, Mirren Mack, Shirley Henderson, Katie Leung, David Hayman, Fiona Bell, James Harkness, Bailey Patrick, Kate Dickie, Paul Brannigan, Samuel Small, Liz Ewing and Christine Bottomley. The 5-part thriller follows a wealthy couple and a teenage girl who make a pact that will change all of their lives forever.

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Soundtrack Album for OWN’s ‘Love Is_’ Released

Schole Records has released a soundtrack album for the OWN original series Love Is_. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Akira Kosemura. The soundtrack is now available to download/stream here. Also visit Amazon to order a CD and vinyl version. Love Is_ is created by Mara Brock Akil & Salim Akil and stars Michele Weaver, Will Catlett, Wendy Davis, Idara Victor, Tyrone Brown, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Kadeem Hardison and Clarke Peters. The series, which follows a modern-day power couple in Black Hollywood balancing successful careers and family over three decades, premiered in 2018 on OWN.

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Soundtrack for Pixar SparkShorts’ ‘Wind’ Released

Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for Pixar SparkShorts’ Wind. The album features the film’s original music composed by Andrew Jimenez who previously scored the Academy Award-nominated short Kitbull. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Wind is written and directed by Edwin Chang and features the voices of Sonoko Konishi and Emilio Fuentes. The Pixar Animation Studios production focuses on a grandmother and grandson longing to escape an endless chasm, scavenging debris that surrounds them to realize their dream of escaping to a better life.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 1, 2020)

Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere created by Jason Segel and starring Segel himself, André Benjamin, Sally Field, Octavio Coleman, Richard E. Grant and Eve Lindley. The show’s original music is composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Triple 9, Broken City). Check out our previous article for more information about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC.

Premiering tomorrow, March 2 is the FX original series Breeders created by Simon Blackwell ,Chris Addison & Martin Freeman and starring Freeman himself, Daisy Haggard, George Wakeman, Jayda Eyles, Michael McKean, Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong. Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, Episodes, Plebs) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which is premiering on FX tomorrow and will also be available to stream on Hulu the following day.

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H. Scott Salinas Scoring FX’s ‘The Most Dangerous Animal of All’

H. Scott Salinas (A Private War, Cartel Land, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior) has composed the original score for the new FX docu-series The Most Dangerous Animal of All. The show is based on The New York Times best-selling book of the same name and explores one man’s search for the father who abandoned him, only to uncover the worst: he believes his father is the Zodiac killer, one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. The 4-parter is directed by Kief Davidson (A Lego Brickumentary) who is also executive producing the project with Ross M. Dinerstein (The Innocent Man, 6 Balloons, 1922).

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