Category: TV Scoring Assignments

Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 17, 2019)

November 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Amazon, Dolly Parton's Heartstrings, Hulu, Jon Opstad, Mad About You, Mark Leggett, Martin Phipps, Netflix, Roger Bellon, Spectrum, Steven Argila, Stuart Earl, The Accident, The Crown, The Feed, The Knight Before Christmas, Velton Ray Bunch

Premiering today is the third season of the Netflix original series The Crown created by Peter Morgan and starring Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O’Connor and Erin Doherty. Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown) has composed the original music for the new season. Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Premiering on Wednesday, November 20, is Spectrum’s reboot of the 90s comedy Mad About You developed by Peter Tolan and starring Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Abby Quinn, Anne Ramsey, John Pankow and Richard Kind. The show’s original score is composed by Steven Argila (Basmati Blues, Wayne, Max Steel, The Thing About My Folks). Madison Gate Records has released a new version of the title song Final Frontier from the original series performed by Lyle Lovett & Kecia Lewis (click here for more information).

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‘The Dragon Prince’ Season 3 Soundtrack Details

November 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Frederik Wiedmann, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Dragon Prince

Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series The Dragon Prince. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Frederik Wiedmann (Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Field of Lost Shoes, Hangman, Doom: Annihilation, Intruders, Acts of Vengeance). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 22 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s music from Season 1 and 2.

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‘The Mandalorian’ Chapter 2 Soundtrack Released

November 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Disney, Ludwig Göransson, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Mandalorian

Walt Disney Records has released the second soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian. The album features the original music from the show’s second episode composed by Academy Award winner Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Community, Venom, Fruitvale Station). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music. The label has previously released the soundtrack for the series’ first episode earlier this week. The Mandalorian is written and executive produced by Jon Favreau and stars Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, Werner Herzog and Nick Nolte.

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‘Lost’ Concert Album Released

November 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: ABC, Lost, Michael Giacchino, Soundtrack

Hollywood Records has released the full concert album for the ABC drama Lost. We Have to Go Back: The LOST Concert features the Emmy Award-winning music from the hit series composed and conducted by Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) recorded this past June at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also listen to audio samples. A vinyl edition is being released by Mondo.

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‘This Is Us’ Season 3 Score Album Released

November 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: NBC, score, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack, This Is Us

Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack album for hit NBC drama This Is Us. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Siddhartha Khosla (Runaways, Looking for Alaska, The Royals) who has received his first Emmy Award nomination for his music from last season. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Universal Music has previously released a score album featuring the composer’s music from the first seasons last year. Season 4 of This Is Us created by Dan Fogelman and starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Sullivan currently airs every Tuesday night on NBC.

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Nathan Barr to Score Netflix’s ‘Hollywood’

November 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Hollywood, Ian Brennan, Nathan Barr, Netflix, Ryan Murphy

Nathan Barr (True Blood, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, The Americans, Hostel, Cabin Fever) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original series Hollywood. The show is created by Ryan Murphy (American Crime Story, American Horror Story) & Ian Brennan (Glee, The Politician) and stars Darren Criss, Jeremy Pope, David Corenswet, Samara Weaving, Maude Apatow, Laura Harrier, Jim Parsons, Joe Mantello, Dylan McDermott, Patti LuPone, Jake Picking and Holland Taylor. No plot details have been announced yet, but the drama has been describe as “a love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown” set in the 1940s.

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‘The Crown’ Season 3 Soundtrack Details

November 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Martin Phipps, Netflix, Peter Morgan, score, Soundtrack, The Crown

Sony Classical will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Brighton Rock, Peaky Blinders, Harry Brown). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on Friday, November 22. Click here to stream/download the album and visit Amazon to order the CD version. Season 3 of The Crown created by Peter Morgan stars Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth, Tobias Menzies as Prince Phillip, Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, as well as Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles and Erin Doherty as Princess Anne.

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‘The Mandalorian’ Chapter 1 Soundtrack Released

November 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Disney, Ludwig Göransson, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Mandalorian

Walt Disney Records has released the first soundtrack album for the first ever live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian. The album features the music from the first episode of the show composed by Academy Award winner Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Venom, Community, Fruitvale Station). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Music from the rest of the series is expected to be released weekly as new episodes premiere on Disney+. The Mandalorian is written and executive produced by Jon Favreau and stars Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog and Nick Nolte.

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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Gold Digger’ Released

November 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 2 comments

Tags: BBC, Gold Digger, Marnie Dickens, score, Soundtrack, Stuart Earl

WTW Music has released a soundtrack album for the BBC limited series Gold Digger. The album features the show’s original music composed by Stuart Earl (And Then There Were None, My Brother the Devil, Ordeal by Innocence, Rillington Place). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Gold Digger is written and created by Marnie Dickens and stars Julia Ormond, Ben Barnes, Sebastian Armesto, Jemima Rooper, Archie Renaux, Alex Jennings, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Julia McKenzie. The 6-parter centers on a a woman falling in love with a much younger man and the affect it has on her already damaged family.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 10, 2019)

November 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British comedy Back to Life created by Laura Solon & Daisy Haggard and starring Haggard herself, Geraldine James, Richard Durden, Adeel Akhtar, Jamie Michie, Souad Faress and Jo Martin. The show’s original music is composed by Solomon Grey (The Last Post, The Casual Vacancy). A soundtrack album featuring the score was released earlier this year when the series premiered in the UK on BBC (click here for the full album details). The comedy is making its U.S. debut on Showtime.

Also premiering stateside tonight is the crime series Dublin Murders developed by Sarah Phelps based on Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad crime series and starring Killian Scott, Sarah Greene, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Leah McNamara, Ian Kenny, Eugene O’Hare, Jonny Holden, Conleth Hill and Peter McDonald. Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Gunpowder) has composed the show’s original music. The drama is premiering in the U.S. on Starz following its debut in the UK on BBC One last month. Visit the official show website for more information.

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