WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series AJ and the Queen. The album features the songs from the show’s first season performed by RuPaul. Also included are selections from the comedy’s original score composed by Lior Rosner (Will & Grace, Seconds Apart). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. AJ and the Queen is created by Michael Patrick King & RuPaul Charles who also stars in the series alongside Izzy G, Josh Segarra, Michael-Leon Wooley, Katerina Tannenbaum and Tia Carrere.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Christophe Beck to Score Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘WandaVision’
Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has revealed in a recent interview with SESAC that he will be scoring Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ original series WandaVision. The show is developed by Jac Schaeffer (The Hustle) based on the Marvel Comics characters Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch and Vision and stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kat Dennings and Randall Park who are reprising their roles from the Marvel feature films.
‘Sex Education’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Bella Union will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Sex Education. The album features the original songs from the show by singer/songwriter Ezra Furman. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical version is set to come out on April 10. Sex Education is created by Laurie Nunn and stars Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells, Emma Mackey and Kedar Williams-Stirling. The series revolves around a socially awkward high school virgin who lives with his sex therapist mother and teams up with a rebel girl to form a school sex-therapy clinic.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ to Be Released
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Witcher. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli (The Mist, Sacred Lies, The Romanoffs). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Witcher is created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski and stars Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan and Jodhi May. The drama follows a mutated monster-hunter for hire as he journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Jeff Beal to Reteam with Oliver Stone on ‘JFK: Destiny Betrayed’
Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Rome, Monk, Carnivale, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm) is reuniting with Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon) on the upcoming docu-series JFK: Destiny Betrayed. The show follows Stone and writer James DiEugenio (author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case) as they place now declassified files related to President Kennedy’s assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963. Beal has previously collaborated with Stone on the Showtime series The Putin Interviews, for which he earned an Emmy nomination for Best Theme Music in 2018.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 19, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Avenue 5 created by Armando Iannucci and starring Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy Nakamura, Lenora Crichlow, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Ethan Phillips. The show’s original score is composed by Adem Ilhan (The Ones Below, Free Rainer). Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on HBO.
Also premiering tonight is the Fox drama 9-1-1: Lone Star created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Tim Minear and starring Rob Lowe, Liv Tyler, Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra McClain, Jim Parrack, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Julian Works and Rafael Silva. Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, Feud: Bette and Joan), Todd Haberman (Hemlock Grove, 9-1-1) & Justin Burnett (Dungeons & Dragons, Getaway) are composing the show’s original music. Click here to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights after tonight’s series premiere.
Mac Quayle, Todd Haberman & Justin Burnett Scoring Fox’s ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’
Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story, American Crime Story), Todd Haberman (Hemlock Grove, Greenleaf) & Justin Burnett (Dungeons & Dragons, After) are scoring the new Fox drama 9-1-1: Lone Star. The show is created by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk (Glee, American Horror Story) and Tim Minear (Angel, Firefly) and stars Rob Lowe, Liv Tyler, Ronen Rubinstein, Sierra McClain, Jim Parrack, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Julian Works and Rafael Silva.
Adem Ilhan Scoring HBO’s ‘Avenue 5’
Adem Ilhan is the composer of the new HBO original series Avenue 5. The show is created by Armando Iannucci (Veep, The Death of Stalin) and stars Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy Nakamura, Lenora Crichlow, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Ethan Phillips. The comedy is set 40 years in the future and revolves around the confident and suave captain of a space cruise ship with luxury amenities like gourmet buffets, a spa, an observation deck and yoga classes.
Alex Somers Scoring Apple TV+ Short ‘Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth’
Apple TV+ announced today the Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, Honey Boy, Aloha, Manhattan) has composed the original score for the upcoming animated short Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth. The film is directed by Philip Hunt, narrated by Meryl Streep and features the voices of Chris O’Dowd, Jacob Tremblay and Ruth Negga. The short based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same title by Oliver Jeffers follows a precocious seven-year-old who, over the course of Earth Day, learns about the wonders of the planet from his parents – and from a mysterious exhibit at the Museum of Everything.
Soundtrack Album for Discovery’s & BBC’s ‘Serengeti’ Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the Discovery & BBC docu-series Serengeti. The album features the film’s original music produced and composed by Will Gregory (Nowhere Boy, My Summer of Love) and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, as well as additional music & vocals by Cathy Dennis, Lola Lennox and Joshua Ledet. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio clips. Seregenti is created by Simon Fuller, directed by John Downer, narrated by Lupita Nyong’o and follow a cast of African wildlife, including lions, zebras, baboons and cheetahs, over the course of a year.