Dominik Scherrer has recently recored his score for the upcoming BBC mini-series One of Us. The show is created by Jack & Harry Williams (The Missing) and stars Laura Fraser, Juliet Stevenson, Joanna Vanderham, John Lynch, Adrian Edmondson, Georgina Campbell, Kate Dickie, Joe Dempsie, Julie Graham, Gary Lewis and Steve Evets. The drama is set in rural Scotland and explores the fallout for the grieving relatives of a horrific double murder that rocks the lives of two families living side-by-side. Jack & Harry Williams are also executive producing the project with Christopher Aird (Call the Midwife, Hunted).
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 3, 2016)
Premiering tomorrow, April 4, is the HBO original movie Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures directed by Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato. The film’s original music is composed by David Benjamin Steinberg. The documentary centers on Robert Mapplethorpe and profiles the controversial artist from early childhood, to his beginnings in NYC and his meteoric rise in the art world, to his untimely death in 1989. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was also shown at the Berlin Film Festival. To learn more about the film, visit HBO’s official website.
Starz’s ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ to Feature Music by Shane Carruth
Shane Carruth is composing the music for the new Starz original series The Girlfriend Experience. The show is created by Amy Seimetz & Lodge Kerrigan (Keane) inspired by Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 feature and stars Riley Keough, Paul Sparks, Mary Lynn Rajskub, James Gilbert and Kate Lyn Sheil. The drama follows a law student and intern at a prestigious firm who enters the world of transactional relationships. Seimetz & Kerrigan are also executive producing the project with Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich), Philip Fleishman, Gary Marcus (CQ, The Grand).
Soundtrack for Hulu’s ‘11.22.63’ to Be Released
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series 11.22.63. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Rite, State of Play). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 1, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. 11.22.63 is based on Stephen King’s 2011 novel of the same title and stars James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Josh Duhamel, T.R. Knight, Daniel Webber, Chris Cooper, Cherry Jones, George MacKay, Lucy Fry, Jack Fulton and Leon Rippy. The show developed by Bridget Carpenter and executive produced by J.J. Abrams follows a high school English teacher who travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Sacha & Evgueni Galperine to Score Barry Levinson’s HBO Movie ‘The Wizard of Lies’
Sacha and Evgueni Galperine are currently scoring the HBO original movie The Wizard of Lies. The film is directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Donnie Brasco, Sleepers) and stars Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer as Bernie and Ruth Madoff. Hank Azaria, Alessandro Nivola, Lily Rabe and Kristen Connolly are co-starring. The movie centers on Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff’s family. John Burnham Schwartz (Reservation Road), Sam Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Levinson have written the script based on the book The Wizard of Lies by Diana Henriques. Levinson is also executive producing the project with De Niro, Jane Rosenthal (Meet the Parents, Analyze This) and Berry Welsh.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’ Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Making a Murderer. The album features the show’s themes composed by Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Motorcycle Diaries, 21 Grams), as well as selections from the series’ original score composed by Kevin Kiner (CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels, Jane the Virgin). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 6, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Making a Murderer is written and directed by Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos and explores the story of Steven Avery, who spent 18 years in prison for rape and was freed after DNA linked another man to the crime.
Soundtrack for Spike TV’s ‘Tut’ Released
Pickford Studios Recordings has released a soundtrack album for the Spike TV mini-series Tut. The album features the original music from the 6-parter written by Emmy Award-nominated composer Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, The Returned). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. Tut is directed by David Von Ancken and stars Avan Jogia, Ben Kingsley, Alexander Siddig, Peter Gadiot, Nonso Anozi, Iddo Goldberg, Sibylla Deen and Kylie Bunbury. The series tells the story of Tutankhamun, aka King Tut, the youngest Pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt, whose famous golden sarcophagus has become one of the symbols of the ancient civilization.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 27, 2016)
Premiering on Wednesday, March 30, is the new Hulu original series The Path created by Jessica Goldberg, executive produced by Jason Katims and starring Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Hugh Dancy and Rockmond Dunbar. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (Another Earth, I Origins, The Magicians). To learn more about the drama, which follows a family at the center of a controversial cult movement, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Premiering on Thursday, March 31, is the CBS drama Rush Hour developed by Bill Lawrence & Blake McCormick based on Brett Ratner’s hit film franchise and starring Justin Hires, John Foo, Wendie Malick, Aimee Garcia, Page Kennedy and Jessika Van. The composer duo of WAZ-Jackson (Scrubs, Cougar Town, Undateable) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air every Thursday night on CBS, visit our previous news article.
‘Empire’ Season 2 Volume 2 Soundtrack Announced
Columbia Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the Fox hit series Empire. The album features the song Never Let It Die by Jussie Smollett and Yazz, and the first radio single, All Night, featuring Yazz, Serayah and Jamila Velazquez. Also included are more songs from the second part of the second season of the drama. The Season 2 Volume 2 soundtrack will be released on April 29, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released soundtracks featuring music from the first season and the first part of the second season. Empire created by Lee Daniels & Danny Strong follows the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
‘Rogue’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Entertainment One TV has released a new soundtrack album for the DirecTV original series Rogue. The album features selections from the original score of the show’s second season composed by Jeff Toyne (Dirty Girl, Blooded). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the composer’s music from the first season. Rogue is created by Matthew Parkhill and stars Thandie Newton, Sarah Jeffrey and Cole Hauser.