Gabriel Mann has been hired to score the upcoming Nickelodeon original series School of Rock. The show is created by Jim & Steve Armogida based on the hit 2003 feature comedy starring Jack Black and centers on the misadventures of a down-on-his-luck rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school as he teaches his eccentric, unconventional and overachieving students to play and love rock ‘n’ roll. The show stars Tony Cavalero in the lead role. The Armogida Beothers (Crash & Bernstein) are also executive producing the Paramount Television production with the film’s director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused) and Scott Rudin (No Contry for Old Men, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Social Network).
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Jeff Richmond Scoring Netflix’s ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’
Jeff Richmond is composing the score for the new Netflix original comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The show is created by Tina Fey & Robert Karlock (30 Rock) and stars Ellie Kemper, Jane Krakowski, Tituss Burgess, Lauren Adams, Sara Chase, Sol Miranda and Carol Kane. The series follows a young woman who, after living in a cult for fifteen years, decides to reclaim her life and start over in New York City and quickly finds a new job, a new roommate and a new beginning. Fey & Karlock are also executive producing the Universal Television production, which was originally developed for NBC, with Richmond, Jack Burditt (The Mindy Project, Last Man Standing) and David Miner (Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine).
Soundtrack for Fox’s ‘Empire’ Announced
Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album for the Fox hit drama Empire. The album features songs from the show by cast members including Jussie Smollett (Jamal Lyon) and Bryshere Gray a.k.a. Yazz (Hakeem Lyon), alongside Terrence Howard (Lucious Lyon) and guest stars Courtney Love, Juicy J, Jennifer Hudson, Estelle, Mary J. Blige and Rita Ora. The soundtrack will be released on March 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A digital version featuring seven additional tracks will also be released on the same date and is available for pre-order on iTunes. 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.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 15, 2015)
Premiering tomorrow, February 16, is the BET mini-series The Book of Negroes directed by Clement Virgo and starring Aunjanue Ellis, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Gossett Jr., Lyriq Bent, Jane Alexander, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco and Greg Bryk. Philip Miller (Catch a Fire, The Girl, Mary and Martha) has composed the project’s original music. The 3-parter is based on the novel by Lawrence Hill and tells the story of Aminata Diallo after her capture and the pain she endured as part of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The mini-series will air on three consecutive nights from Monday to Wednesday on BET. To learn more about the project, visit the official series website.
Soundtrack for BBC’s ‘The Missing’ to Be Released
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British mini-series The Missing. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Dominik Scherrer (Primeval, Ripper Street, Agatha Christie’s Marple). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 10, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump.The Missing is created by Harry & Jack Williams and stars James Nesbitt, Frances O’Connor, Tcheky Karyo, Jason Flemyng, Ken Stott and Arsher Ali. The show’s The series follows a father who is desperate to locate his missing five-year-old son when he disappears during a French vacation.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 8, 2014)
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Better Call Saul created by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould and starring Bob Odenkirk. The show is a spin-off of AMC’s Breaking Bad and features original music composed by Dave Porter (The Blacklist). Better Call Saul focuses on the character of attorney Saul Goodman from the Emmy-winning hit drama, which was also scored by Porter for its full five season run. To learn more about the drama, visit our previous news article, where you can also listen to an original song performed by Junior Brown, which the composer co-wrote for a promotional video.
Rupert Gregson-Williams & Chris Willis to Score HBO’s ‘Virtuoso’
Rupert Gregson-Williams revealed on Twitter that he will be co-scoring the upcoming HBO drama pilot Virtuoso with Chris Willis. The show is created by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, American Beauty, True Blood) and stars Peter Macdissi, Alex Lawther, Francois Civil, Nico Mirallegro, Lindsay Farris and Iva Babic. The period drama is set in 18th century Vienna and follows a class of musicians from all across Europe at the prestigious Academy of Musical Excellence. Ball is also executive producing the project with singer/songwriter Elton John, David Furnish & Steve Hamilton Shaw (Gnomeo & Juliet, It’s a Boy Girl Thing).
Jon Ehrlich Scoring NBC’s ‘The Slap’
Jon Ehrlich is composing the music for the upcoming NBC mini-series The Slap. The 8-parter is directed by Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right, Olive Kitteridge) and stars Peter Saarsgard, Thandie Newton, Uma Thurman, Zachary Quinto, Melissa George, Thomas Sadoski and Brian Cox. The drama is based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian television series of the same title and centers on a once happy family that suddenly begins to fall apart following a seemingly minor incident in which a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child.
Benjamin Wallfisch to Score ‘The Enfield Haunting’
Benjamin Wallfisch has been tapped to score the upcoming British mini-series The Enfield Haunting. The supernatural drama is directed by Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) and stars Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson and Matthew Macfadyen. The 3-parter is based on real events that allegedly happened at a North London house in 1977 and follows a rookie paranormal researcher who is drawn to the house on Green Street after disturbing reports of a desperate family terrorized by malevolent unseen forces. Joshua St. Johnston (Walking on Sunshine) has written the scripts based on Guy Lyon Playfair’s book This House is Haunted. Adrian Sturges (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) is producing the project for Eleven Film.
The CW’s ‘The Messengers’ to Feature Music by Paul Haslinger
Paul Haslinger is composing the score for the upcoming CW drama The Messengers. The show is created by Eoghan O’Donnell and stars Shantel VanSanten, Jon Fletcher, Sofia Black-D’Elia, JD Pardo, Joel Courtney, Anna Diop and Diogo Morgado. The series takes place after a mysterious object crashes down to earth and follows a group of seemingly unconnected strangers who die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending Apocalypse. Trey Callaway (Revolution, CSI: NY) and Basil Iwanyk (The Town, Clash of the Titans, John Wick) are producing the CBS Television Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Thunder Road Pictures production.