Trevor Morris is the new composer of the Freeform original series Shadowhunters. The show is based on the book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare and stars Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Isaiah Mustafa, David Castro and Harry Shum Jr. Morris is scoring the drama’s second season and follows Ben Decter who composed the music for the first season, which premiered earlier this year. Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (Smallville, Defiance, Dominion) have joined the show as new showrunners/executive producers.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 9, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Divorce created by Sharon Horgan and starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam and Tracy Letts. The show’s original music composed by Keegan DeWitt (I’ll Follow You un My Dreams, Morris from America, Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on HBO.
Also premiering tonight is the HBO original series Insecure created by Issa Rae & Larry Wilmore and starring Rae herself, alongside Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis and Lisa Joyce. Raphael Saadiq (Underground, Black Nativity) is composing the show’s original music. The comedy centers on the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman. The series will air every Sunday night on HBO. Visit the official show website for updates.
Soundtrack Details for Marvel’s Netflix Series ‘Luke Cage’
The details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Luke Cage have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Also included are tracks by Raphael Saadiq, Faith Evans, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley, as well as the song Bulletproof Love by the composers & Method Man, which was already released last week as a single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The first season of Luke Cage developed by Cheo Hodari Coker based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Mike Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga premiered last week and is now available to stream on Netflix.
Peter Nashel to Score Syfy’s ‘Incorporated’
Peter Nashel has been hired to score the upcoming Syfy original series Incorporated. The show is created by Alex Pastor & David Pastor (Selfless) and stars Sean Teale, Allison Miller, Eddie Ramos, Julia Ormond and Dennis Haysbert. The thriller is set a near future where corporations have unlimited power and follows a young executive who conceals his true identity to infiltrate a dangerous corporate world to save the woman he loves. Ben Affleck & Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting) are executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable production with Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife) and Jennifer Todd (Alice in Wonderland, Austin Powers series, Memento).
Lifetime’s ‘The 10th Date’ to Feature Music by Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq
Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq are set to compose the music for the upcoming Lifetime original movie The 10th Date. The film is written and directed by Nzingha Stewart (With This Ring) and stars Kelly Rowland, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Cat Deeley, Keri Hilson, Kellee Stewart, Brandon T. Jackson and Meagan Good. The romantic comedy follows a group of women who embark on a journey to successfully get to that elusive 10th date – a holy grail in the dating world when they think a man finally feels committed.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 2, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Westworld created by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 film and starring Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Tessa Thompson, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The show’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Person of Interest, The Strain). Check out our previous article to learn more about the project and also visit HBO’s official show website for updates on the series, which will air every Sunday night.
Premiering tomorrow, October 3, is the new NBC drama Timeless created by Eric Kripke & Shawn Ryan and starring Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Visnjic, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit. The show’s original score is composed by Robert Duncan (Castle, The Unit, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Last Resort, Mad Dogs). For more information about the series, which follows three main characters traveling through time to battle unknown criminals in order to protect history as we know it, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Songs from Fox’s ‘Family Guy’ to Be Released
Beginning today, 20th Century Fox TV Records is releasing a batch of digital song singles from the Fox hit television series Family Guy. Starting with the Family Guy Main Title, composed by Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane and David Zuckerman, songs will be released every other week during the course of the season. Songs coming out this fall include a few of the most requested ones, including A Bag of Weed, The FCC Song, and the Emmy-nominated songs You’ve Got a Lot to See and Down’s Syndrome Girl. The first track is now available to download on iTunes and will also be available from other digital retailers soon.
The CW’s ‘No Tomorrow’ to Feature Music by Wendy & Lisa
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have been tapped to score the new CW comedy drama No Tomorrow. The show is created by Corinne Brinkerhoff (American Gothic, Jane The Virgin, The Good Wife) and stars Tori Anderson, Joshua Sasse, Jesse Rath, Amy Pietz, Sarayu Blue and Jonathan Langdon. The series follows a risk-averse procurement manager who falls for a handsome guy who has no job because his mathematical equation proves the world is ending in less than nine months. Brinkerhoff is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television production with Maggie Friedman (Witches of East End), Grace Gilroy (The Fog, Bride of Chucky), Ben Silverman (The Office) and Brad Silberling (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Casper) who also directed the pilot episode.
‘Bulletproof Love’ from Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage’ Released
Hollywood Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for Marvel’s Netflix original series Luke Cage. The song, entitled Bulletproof Love by Adrian Yoynge and A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad (feat. Method Man) is now available to download on Amazon. A full soundtrack album for the show will be released on October 7, 2016. Check back on this page next week for the full details. Luke Cage developed by Cheo Hodari Coker based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Mike Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga just premiered today.
‘Arrow’ Season 4 Soundtrack Released
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the CW drama Arrow. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s fourth season composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Blindspot, Everwood, The Pacific). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The label has previously released soundtrack albums for the show’s first, second and third season. A physical version will be released on October 11 by La-La Land Records. Arrow based on the DC Comics series starring Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey and Willa Holland will return for its fifth season next Wednesday, October 5.