MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series The Game. The album features the show’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (The Counselor, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Awakening). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Game is created by Toby Whithouse and stars Tom Hughes, Brian Cox, Paul Ritter, Shaun Dooley, Chloe Pirrie, Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Aris and Judy Parfitt. The spy drama centers on secret committee of intelligence officers who are assembled to investigate a KGB attack threatening Britain and the world.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Paul Englishby to Score ‘The Musketeers’ Season 2
Paul Englishby has been hired to score the second season of the BBC original series The Musketeers. The show is created by Andrew Hodges (My Week With Marilyn, Primeval) and stars Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Howard Charles, Peter Capaldi, Maimie McCoy, Tamla Kari and Hugo Speer. The series is set on the streets of 17th century Paris and follows the adventures of Athos, Aramis and Porthos. Hodges is executive producing the project with Jessica Pope. Murray Gold (Doctor Who) has composed the music for the first season, which premiered earlier this year.
William Ross & Jerome Leroy Scoring Hallmark Hall of Fame’s ‘One Christmas Eve’
William Ross and Jerome Leroy have recently composed the score for the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame movie One Christmas Eve. The film is directed by Jay Russell (The Water Horse) and stars Anne Heche as a recently-divorced mom who wants her two kids’ first Christmas without their father to be perfect. Holly Goldberg Sloan (Made in America, Angels in the Outfield) has written the script. Paula Mazur (Nim’s Island, Corinna, Corinna), Brent Shields (Christmas in Conway, Remember Sunday) and Mitchell Kaplan are executive producing the project. Ross has previously collaborated with Russell on such features as My Dog Skip, Tuck Everlasting and Ladder 49.
‘Christmas with Nashville’ Soundtrack Announced
A new soundtrack album will be released for the ABC drama Nashville. The album features 12 holiday standards and originals performed by the show’s cast including Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson, Aubrey Peeples, Will Chase and Lennon & Maisy. The Christmas with Nashville soundtrack will be released both digitally and physically on November 4, 2014. The CD version be available in the U.S. exclusively at Target. Big Machine Records has previously released a number of soundtracks for the ABC show. Check out our previous news article for more information. The third season of Nashville created by Callie Khouri currently airs every Wednesday night on ABC.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 26, 2014)
Premiering tonight on PBS as part of Masterpiece is the two-part movie Death Comes to Pemberlay directed by Daniel Percival and starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Rhys, Matthew Goode, Jenna Coleman, Trevor Eve, Rebecca Front, James Fleet, Tom Ward, Tom Canton and Eleanor Tomlinson. The film’s original music is composed by The Insects. Visit Soundcloud to stream the score. Death Comes to Pemberley is a murder mystery continuation of the events of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice incorporating the same characters. To learn more about the film, which premiered on BBC in the UK earlier this year as a three-part series, visit the official PBS website.
Matthew Sklar & Christopher Guardino Scoring NBC’s ‘Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas’
NBC announced today that Matthew Sklar and Christopher Guardino are composing the score for the upcoming NBC holiday event Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas. The stop-motion animated special is directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh and features the voice talent of Jim Parsons, Mark Hamill, Ed Asner, Fred Armisen, Jay Leno, Matt Lauer, Rachael MacFarlane, Max Charles, Gilbert Gottfried, Kate Micucci and Steve Higgins. The hour-long special is based on Jon Favreau’s hit 2003 hit film starring Will Ferrell and the Broadway show Elf: The Musical and tells the story of Buddy’s travels to New York City to meet the father he never knew he had.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 19, 2014)
Premiering on Friday, October 24, is the new NBC drama Constantine based on the DC Comics Hellblazer series, developed by Daniel Cerone& David S. Goyer and starring Matt Ryan, Harold Perrineau and Charles Halford. Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci’s Demons) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series and to watch a video featuring footage of the composer conducting his main theme for the show. Constantine will air Friday nights on NBC.
Toby Chu to Score NBC’s ‘State of Affairs’
Toby Chu has been tapped to score the upcoming NBC drama State of Affairs. The show is created by Alexi Hawley (Castle, Exorcist: The Beginning) and stars Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard, Sheila Vand, Adam Kaufman, Cliff Chamberlain, Tommy Savas and David Harbour. The series follows a top CIA analyst who assembles the president’s Daily Briefing, which lists the most vital security issues facing the nation. Heigl is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds), Dario Scardapane (The Bridge, Trauma), Nancy Heigl, Robert Simonds (The Wedding Singer, Cheaper by the Dozen), Julia Franz (Men at Work), Henry Crumpton, Rodney Faraon and Sophie Watts. Joe Carnahan (Narc, Smokin’ Aces, The A-Team) has directed the pilot episode and also serves as an exec producer.
Joseph LoDuca to Score TNT’s ‘The Librarians’
Joseph LoDuca has been hired to score the upcoming TNT original series The Librarians. The show is based on The Librarian television franchise and stars Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth, John Kim and John Larroquette. Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin are reprising their roles from the film trilogy. The drama centers on an ancient organization hidden beneath the Metropolitan Public Library dedicated to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality hidden all around. Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate, The Patriot), John Rogers (The Core, Catwoman) and Marc Roskin (Leverage, Geostorm) are also executive producing the Electric Entertainment production with Wyle.
‘Boardwalk Empire’ Volume 3 Soundtrack Announced
(UPDATED on October 22, 2014 with complete track list:) ABKCO Records will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Boardwalk Empire. The Volume 3 album features new versions of 1920’s and 1930’s songs performed by such artists as Elvis Costello, Regina Spektor, David Johansen, Loudon Wainwright III, cast members Margot Bingham (Daughter Maitland) and Stephen DeRosa (Eddie Cantor) and Boardwalk Empire house band Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks. The soundtrack will be released on October 27, 2014. A CD version is set to be released on January 13, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the Volume 2 soundtrack, while Elektra/Asylum Records released the first soundtrack album. Boardwalk Empire executive produced by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, Atlantic City’s undisputed czar at a time when Prohibition proved to be a major catalyst.