Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Happyish created by Shalom Auslander and starring Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, Bradley Whitford, Sawyer Shipman, Carrie Preston, Molly Price and Andre Royo. The show’s original music is composed by Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, Margin Call, The Skeleton Twins). For more information about the series about a couple who face obsolescence in a youth-obsessed culture, check out scoring assignment announcement. Happyish will air every Sunday night on Showtime.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Netflix’s ‘Between’ to Feature Music by Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith is scoring the upcoming Netflix original series Between. The show is created by Michael McGowan (Still Mine, One Week) and stars Jenette McCurdy, Jesse Carere, Jack Murray, Justin Kelly, Krystal Nausbaum, Brooke Palsson, Jim Watson, Wesley Morgan, Michael Reventar, Kyle Mac, Ryan Allen and Michael Boisvert. The sci-fi thriller takes place in a town is under siege from a mysterious disease that has killed everybody — except for those 21 years old and younger. McGowan is also executive producing the project with Don Carmody (Resident Evil series, Pompeii, Silent Hill), David Cormican and Naveen Prasad.
Joseph LoDuca to Score Starz’s ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ TV Series
Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Joseph LoDuca will be providing the score for the upcoming Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead. The show is the follow-up to the classic film franchise The Evil Dead and stars Bruce Campbell who will be reprising his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo and Jill Marie Jones are c0-starring. Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Oz: The Great and Powerful) is directing the pilot episode and is also executive producing the project with Rob Tapert (Drag Me to Hell, The Grudge), Campbell and Craig DiGregorio who will also serve as the showrunner of the project.
Blake Neely Scoring CBS’ ‘Supergirl’
This week, Blake Neely has recorded his score for the pilot of the new CBS drama Supergirl. The show based on the DC Comics property centers on Kara Zor-El ,Superman’s cousin, who escaped from on the planet Krypton and was taken in by a foster family on Earth who taught her to be careful with her extraordinary powers. Melissa Benoist stars in the title role, alongside Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant, Mehcad Brooks as Jimmy Olsen, David Harewood as Hank Henshaw and Chyler Leigh as Alexandra “Alex” Danvers. Supergirl Helen Slater and former Superman Dean Cain are guest starring in the pilot.
‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ TV Series Soundtrack Announced
Chingon Music will release a soundtrack album for the El Rey Network original series From Dusk Till Dawn. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time Mexico, Kill Bill Vol. 2), Carl Thiel (Last Man Standing, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Shorts) and Chingon (Machete). Also included is a Spanish version of After Dark performed by Tito & Tarrantula. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 5, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. From Dusk Till Dawn is created by Robert Rodriguez based on his 1996 cult film of the same title and stars D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Jesse Garcia, Don Johnson, Robert Patrick, Madison Davenport, Jake Busey, Brandon Soo Hoo and Wilmer Valderrama.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 19, 2015)
Available now to stream on Yahoo! is the new comedy Other Space created by Paul Feig and starring Karan Soni, Bess Rous, Eugene Cordero, Milana Vayntrub, Neil Casey, Joel Hodgson, Conor Leslie and Trace Beaulieu. The show’s original music is composed by Orr Rebhun & Erica Weis (The Crazy Ones, 1600 Penn, Enlisted, Ass Backwards). Other Space follows a misfit group of space adventurers who stumble upon an alternate universe. The comedy premiered this past Tuesday, April 14 on Yahoo! Screen and is now available to stream. Click here for more information.
‘Orphan Black’ Score Album Details
The details of the first score album for the BBC America original series Orphan Black. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Trevor Yuile (Being Erica, King). Also included is the drama’s main titles theme by Two Fingers. The soundtrack will be released on May 19, 2015 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Orphan Black is co-created by Graeme Manson (Flashpoint) and John Fawcett (Spartacus) and stars Tatiana Maslan, Jordan Gavaris, Dylan Bruce, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Michael Mando, Kevin Hanchard (Republic of Doyle) and Skyler Wexler.
‘Orphan Black’ Soundtrack Announced
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the BBC America original series Orphan Black. The album features the songs from the show by artists including Young Empires, The Ettes, Matthew Dear, Humans, Tears for Fears, Elliott Brood, Foxygen, Meredith Brooks & more, as well as the series’ theme by Two Fingers. The soundtrack will be released on May 19, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Orphan Black created by Graeme Manson & John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany centers on an orphan outsider who witnesses the suicide of a stranger who looks just like her and assumes her identity hoping that cleaning out the dead woman’s bank account will solve all of her problems.
‘Poldark’ Soundtrack Announced
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the BBC series Poldark. The album features selections from the show’s original music written by Academy Award-winning composer Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, Black Book, American History X). The soundtrack will be released overseas on May 11, 2015 and in the U.S. on June 8. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Poldark is created by Debbie Horsefield and stars Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ruby Bentall, Beatie Edney, Jack Farthing and Heida Reed. The show based on the novels by Winston Graham centers on Ross Poldark, a redcoat who returns to Cornwall after the American Revolutionary War to discover that his father is dead, his lands are ruined, and his true love is about to marry his first cousin.
NBC’s ‘Mr. Robinson’ to Feature Music by Rickey Minor
Rickey Minor has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming NBC comedy Mr. Robinson. The show is created by Robb & Mark Cullen (Back in the Game, Cop Out) and stars Craig Robinson, Ben Koldyke, Amandla Stenberg, Brandon T. Jackson, Peri Gilpin, Spencer Grammer and Tim Bagley. The series follows a man who jams in a rock band called Nasty Delicious that has been unsuccessfully trying to break out for a decade at night and also has a gig as a substitute music teacher with the Chicago School District by day. Robb and Mark Cullen are also executive producing the Universal Television and 3 Arts Entertainment production with Howard Klein (The Office, Parks and Recreation, The Mindy Project), Mark Schulman and Andy Ackerman (Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine) who also directed the pilot episode.