Memory Bulldozer Records will release a sore album for the HBO original docu-series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Bryan Lee Brown. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 16, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes, where you can also check out audio clips. Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways is directed by Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl and documents the eight-city recording odyssey that produced their latest, and eighth, studio album.
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‘The Marriage of Reason & Squalor’ to Feature Music by Ilan Eshkeri & Dinos Chapman
Ilan Eshkeriand Dinos Chapman have composed the music for the British mini-series The Marriage of Reason & Squalor. The 4-parter is based on the 2008 novel by Jake Chapman who is also directing the project and stars Rhys Ifans, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Michael Fitzgerald and Noma Dumezweni. The series follows a woman whose dashing surgeon fiancé has given her a desert island as a wedding present and travels to the island to wait for him, but meets a reclusive and misshapen author instead. Colin Vaines is producing the project for Morass Productions.
Paul Haslinger to Score AMC’s ‘Fear the Walking Dead’
Paul Haslinger is set to score the upcoming AMC original series Fear the Walking Dead. The show is a spin-off of AMC’s hit drama The Walking Dead and stars Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Mercedes Mason. The series is set in Los Angeles and focuses on new characters and story lines. Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator, Armageddon, Aliens), Robert Kirkman, Greg Nicotero, David Alpert and showrunner David Erickson (Marco Polo, Sons of Anarchy) are executive producing the AMC Studios production.
Harry Escott to Score BBC’s ‘River’
Harry Escott is composing the music for the upcoming BBC original series River. The show is written and created by Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Shame, The Invisible Woman) and stars Stellan Skarsgård, Nicola Walker, Adeel Akhtar, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Sorcha Cusack and Georgina Rich. The drama follows a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault-line is the fragility of his mind – a man haunted by the murder victims whose cases he must lay to rest. Morgan is also executive producing the project with Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch, Life on Mars), Manda Levin and Lucy Richer (Top of the Lake, The Hour).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 7, 2015)
Premiering tomorrow, June 8, is the Bravo original series Odd Mom Out created by Jill Kargman who also stars in the show alongside Abby Elliott, Andy Buckley, Sean Kleier, KK Glick and Joanna Cassidy. The show’s original music is composed by John Dragonetti (The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists). Odd Mom Out follows a woman who is forced to navigate the wealthy mommy clique that reside in New York’s Upper East Side, which is one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in town. For updates on the comedy, which will air every Monday night on Bravo, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tomorrow is the second season of TNT’s Murder in the First created by Steven Bochco & Eric Lodal and starring Taye Diggs, Kathleen Robertson, A.J. Buckley, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Laila Robins, Mo McRae and Mateus Ward. H. Scott Salinas (The Square, Allegiance, The Assets) is the new composer of the show and follows The Hat who scored the first season of the drama. Season 2 of Murder in the First follows homicide detectives Terry English and Hildy Mulligan working on a new case. To learn more about the show, which will air Monday nights on TNT, visit the official series website.
‘Indian Summers’ Soundtrack Announced
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for PBS’ and Channel 4’s mini-series Indian Summers. The album features selections from the 10-parter’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Quills, Billy Elliot, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin). The soundtrack will be released overseas on July 29, 2015 and in the U.S. on August 21. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Indian Summers is created and written by Paul Rutman, directed by Anand Tucker and stars Julie Walters, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Nikesh Patel, Roshan Seth, Lillete Dubey, Alexander Cobb, Craig Parkinson, Fiona Glascott, Amber Rose Revah, Aysha Kala, Olivia Grant and Edward Hogg. The series tells the story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.
Disney Channel’s ‘Tangled’ TV Series to Feature Music by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater and Kevin Kliesch
Disney announced today that composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater will be composing new songs for the upcoming animated series Tangled based on the 2010 hit movie of the same title. Kevin Kliesch is set to compose the original score for the show, which will feature the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi who are reprising their roles of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. The series is set between the feature film and the 2012 short film Tangled Ever After and unfolds as Rapunzel acquaints herself with her parents, her kingdom and the people of Corona.
‘Millennium’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Announced
La-La Land Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Fox series Millennium created by Chris Carter and starring Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher and Terry O’Quinn. The 2-CD set features more selections of the show’s original score composed by Mark Snow (The X-Files, The Lone Gunman, Elementary). The Vol. 2 soundtrack is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio clips. La-La Land Records has also reissued the Vol. 1 soundtrack album, which features the same content as the previously sold-out 2008 release.
‘Game of Thrones ‘ Season 5 Soundtrack Details
The details of the fifth soundtrack album for HBO’s Game of Thrones have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the fifth season of the show composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Person of Interest, Westworld). The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 9, 2015 and physically on July 17. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Check out audio clips after the jump. Game of Thrones is created by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss based on the novels by George R. R. Martin and stars Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aidan Gillen, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Stephen Dillane, Liam Cunningham and Carice van Houten.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 31, 2015)
Premiering tomorrow, June 2, is the ABC drama The Whispers created by Soo Hugh, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Lily Rabe, Barry Sloane, Derek Webster, Milo Ventimiglia, Brianna Brown, Kylie Rogers, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf and Catalina Deni. The show’s original music is composed by Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Last Resort, The Unit). The Whispers is based on the short story Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury and chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to achieve world domination using the planet’s most unlikely resource: the children. The drama will air every Monday night on ABC. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tomorrow is the Lifetime original series UnReal created by Marti Noxon & Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and starring Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, Craig Bierko, Freddie Stroma, Josh Kelly and Nathalie Kelley. Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, Shameless) has composed the show’s original music. UnReal is based on Shapiro’s short Sequin Raze and follows a young staff member on a hit competition dating show who does everything she can to help please the show’s executive producer. The series will air every Monday night on Lifetime. Visit the official show website for more information.