Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the first official soundtrack album for the NBC hit drama The West Wing. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by W.G. Snuffy Walden (Friday Night Lights, Under the Dome, Nashville) who received an Emmy Award for his main titles theme from the series. The limited edition 2-CD soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website. A digital version will be released by WaterTower Music. The West Wing created by Aaron Sorkin and starring Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen, Janel Moloney and Stockard Channing aired between 1999 and 2006 on NBC.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
‘Mr. Robot’ Vol. 4 Soundtrack Announced
Lakeshore Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the USA original series Mr. Robot. The album features more music from the show’s second season composed by Mac Quayle (American Horror Story, Feud: Bette and Joan, American Crime Story, Scream Queens) who received his first Emmy Award for his work on the drama’s first season. The Volume 4 soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 13, 2017. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. A vinyl release will be coming out later this year. The label has previously released two soundtracks featuring the composer’s score from the first season, as well as an album featuring music from the second season.
‘The Walking Dead’ Score Album Details
The full details of the first score album for the AMC hit series The Walking Dead have been revealed. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day, Battlestar Galactica, Colossal, Outlander). The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 20 by Lakeshore Records. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. A vinyl version is also in the works. The Walking Dead developed by Frank Darabont based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore & Charlie Adlard will return for its eighth season on October 22.
The Silkroad Ensemble’s & Yo-Yo Ma’s Music from ‘The Vietnam War’ to Be Released
In A Circle Records will release a new soundtrack album for the PBS docu-series The Vietnam War. Tthe album features traditional and popular Vietnamese songs, arranged by members of The Silkroad Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, as well as improvisations inspired by the documentary. Also included is an instrumental rendition of We Shall Overcome performed by multi-instrumentalist Vanessa Van-Anh Vo, and Grammy-winning rising star of Folk, Sarah Jarosz. The soundtrack will be released physically on December 8, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Universal Music has previously released two soundtrack albums for the series including the songs and Trent Reznor’s & Atticus Ross’ score from the show.
Chrissy Metz’s ‘Landslide’ Cover from ‘This Is Us’ to Be Released
Universal Music is releasing the cover version of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide as featured in tonight’s episode of NBC’s This Is Us. The track, which is written by Stevie Nicks, is performed by actress Chrissy Metz. The song will be available to download on Amazon. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring songs and score from the first season of the hit drama. The second season of This Is Us created by Dan Fogelman and starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan and Ron Cephas Jones currently airs Tuesday nights on NBC.
Paul Haslinger Scoring CBS ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’
Paul Haslinger is composing the music for the new CBS drama Wisdom of the Crowd. The show is created by Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife) and stars Jeremy Piven, Richard T. Jones, Natalia Tena, Monica Potter and Blake Lee. The series follows a visionary tech innovator who creates a cutting-edge crowdsourcing app to solve his daughter’s murder, and revolutionize crime solving in the process. Humphrey is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios & Universal Television production with Adam Davidson, Avi Nir (Tyrant), Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott (Samantha Who?), Rachel Kaplan, Dror Mishani and Shira Hadad.
Bleeding Fingers Music Taking Over Scoring Duties on ‘The Simpsons’
The music production house Bleeding Fingers Music has taken over scoring duties on the Fox animated series The Simpsons. Hans Zimmer and Russell Emanuel serve as score producers and Steven Kofsky is credited as the score executive producer. The composers are replacing Alf Clausen who has scored most of the episodes of the previous 28 seasons of the series. Danny Elfman’s main titles theme for the show is still being used. Zimmer has previously scored 2007’s The Simpsons Movie.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 1, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the new ABC drama Ten Days in the Valley created by Tassie Cameron and starring Kyra Sedgwick, Felix Solis, Erika Christensen, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Kick Gurry, Ella Thomas and Emily Kinney. The show’s original music is composed by W.G. Snuffy Walden (The West Wing, Friday Night Lights, Nashville, Under the Dome). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on ABC.
Blake Neely Scoring ABC’s ‘Kevin (Probably) Saves the World’ & ‘Deception’
Blake Neely is scoring the new ABC comedy drama Kevin (Probably) Saves the World. The show is created by Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters (Marvel’s Agent Carter, Resurrection, Reaper) and stars Jason Ritter, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Chloe East, J. August Richards, Dustin Ybarra and India de Beaufort. The series evolves around a down-and-out guy who’s visited by a celestial being and given a mission to save the world. Fazekas & Butters are also executive producing the ABC Studios production.
‘The Last Post’ Soundtrack Released
Mercury Classics has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama The Last Post. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Solomon Grey (The Casual Vacancy). The soundtrack is now available digitally overseas (visit the British iTunes store to listen to audio samples). A CD version is set to be released in a couple of weeks and is now available to order on Amazon. The Last Post is created by Peter Moffat and stars Jessica Raine, Jessie Buckley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Ben Miles and Jeremy Neumark Jones. The drama is set in the mid-1960s and centers on the lives of a Royal Military Police unit and their families in Aden, Yemen. series will premiere in the UK this Sunday, October on BBC One. The show will be available in the U.S. on Amazon Prime.