Premiering tonight is the Fox holiday event A Christmas Story Live! starring Matthew Broderick, Andy Walken, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, Ken Jeong and David Alan Grier. The television special’s music is composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) based on their work on the Broadway musical of the same title. They also wrote several new songs. Arts Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the event tomorrow. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 18, is the BBC mini-series Gunpowder created by Ronan Bennett & Daniel West and starring Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, In Dubious Battle, The Current War) has composed the original music for the 3-parter. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week.Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premieres stateside on HBO.
Arts Music will release a soundtrack album for the Fox holiday special event A Christmas Story Live! The album features the songs from the television special composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen), including several new tracks written for the production, and performed by the project’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 19 and is now available for pre-order on 
Magic Light Pictures will release a soundtrack album for the BBC animated holiday special The Highway Rat. The album features the original music from the short composed by R
Sony Masterworks will release a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series Gunpowder. The album features the original music from the historical thriller composed by Academy Award nominee Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, In Dubious Battle, The Current War, The Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 15. The download link will be added to this article within the next day. Gunpowder is created by Ronan Bennett & Daniel West and stars Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. The 3-parter follows British activist Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial English Catholics as they plan to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in the early 17th century. 
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack album for the new Amazon original series Jean-Claude Van Johnson. The album features selections from the original music from the show’s first season composed by Joseph Trapanese (Straight Outta Compton, Oblivion, The Greatest Showman, Insurgent, Only the Brave). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 15 and is now available for pre-order on 
David Norland is reteaming with director Sacha Gervasi on the upcoming HBO original movie My Dinner with Hervé. The film starring Peter Dinklage & Jamie Dornan centers on the unlikely friendship that evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world’s most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both. Andy Garcia, Mireille Enos, Oona Chaplin, Harriet Walter and David Strathairn are co-starring. Gervasi (Hitchcock) also wrote the teleplay based on a story by himself and Sean Macaulay. 
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack album for the Nickelodeon original movie Tiny Christmas. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award nominee Ryan Shore (The Shrine, Prime, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, Harvard Man, Julie’s Greenroom). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 15 and will be available to download on 
Anne Dudley has recently recorded her score for the BBC family comedy drama Grandpa’s Great Escape. The film is directed by Elliot Hegarty (The Bad Education Movie) and stars Tom Courtenay, Kit Connor, Jennifer Saunders, Samantha Spiro and David Walliams. The movie is based on an original book by Walliams and tells the story of a World War II flying ace who now suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and when his family can no longer look after him he is moved to an old people’s home called Twilight Tower. 
Premiering on Friday, December 15, is the new Amazon original series Jean-Claude Van Johnson created by Dave Callaham and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kat Foster, Moises Arias and Phylicia Rashad. The show’s original music is composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, Only the Brave, The Greatest Showman). The comedy follows a global martial arts and film sensation who is operating under the simple alias of “Johnson,” the most dangerous undercover private contractor in the world. The show’s full first season will be available to stream on Friday on Amazon Prime. 
Madison Gate Records has released the main title theme from the second season of the Hulu original series Shut Eye. The track is written by Melpo Mene and is now available to download as a digital single on