Lakeshore Records will release two soundtrack albums for the Syfy original movies Sharknado and Sharknado 2: The Second One. The albums features the original music from the first part of the series composed by Ramin Kousha and the score for the second installment composed by Chris Ridenhour and Christopher Cano. Both soundtracks will be released digitally on October 14, 2014 and physically on November 11. Sharknado directed by Anthony C. Ferrante and starring Ian Ziering and Tara Reid premiered last year on Syfy. The sequel, which also stars Vivica A. Fox, Kari Wuhrer and Mark McGrath premiered this past summer.
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‘Operation Change’ Soundtrack Announced
Momentum RLP Records will release a soundtrack album for the OWN docu-series Operation Change. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Tin Cup, Ladder 49) and Alex Kovacs. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 6, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Listen to audio clips after the jump. Operation Change follows Bill & Tani Austin and Steven Sawalich from the Starkey Hearing Foundation, a global non-profit organization that gives free hearing aids to those in need, as they are joined by celebrities and philanthropists to tackle some of the most challenging issues plaguing our world today.
‘The Driver’ Soundtrack Released
14th Street Music has released a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series The Driver. The album features the series’ original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Megamind, The Penguins of Madagascar, Ironclad, The Dilemma, The Frozen Ground, Salinger). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Driver is created by Danny Brocklehurst & Jim Poyser and stars David Morrissey, Claudie Blakeley, Sacha Parkinson, Ian Hart, Colm Meaney, Shaun Dingwall and Lee Ross. The three-part series centers on a taxi driver who blames himself for a family mystery and accepts an offer to start driving for a criminal gang.
Marcelo Zarvos to Score Showtime’s ‘The Affair’
Marcelo Zarvos has been hired to score the upcoming Showtime original series The Affair. The show is created by Hagai Lemi (In Treatment) & Sarah Treem (House of Cards) and stars Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney and Joshua Jackson. The drama explores the emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital affair, told separately from the male and female perspectives and follows young woman waiting tables at a Hamptons diner, who begins an affair with a public school teacher and aspiring novelist. Treem and Levi are also executive producing the project with Eric Overmyer (The Wire) and director Jeffrey Reiner (Friday Night Lights).
‘Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever’ Soundtrack Details
Caroline Records will release a soundtrack album for the Lifetime original movie Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever. The album features original and traditional Christmas songs performed by such artists as Chris Mann, The Bird and the Bee, KT Tunstall, The Brian Setzer Orchestra and more. The soundtrack will be released on November 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever is directed by Tim Hill (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Hop) and stars Aubrey Plaza as the voice of Grumpy Cat. The movie scored by Paul Leonard-Morgan follows a pet-store cat that forms a unique friendship with a 12-year old girl.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 28, 2014)
Premiering on Tuesday, September 30, on ABC is the new comedy Manhattan Love Story created by Jeff Lowell (John Tucker Must Die) and starring Analeigh Tipton, Jake McDorman, Nicolas Wright, Jade Catta-Preta, Chloe Wepper and Kurt Fuller. The show’s original music is composed by Alec Puro (The Fosters, The Art of Getting By, The First Time). To learn more about the series, which follows a young couple embarking on a new relationship, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Manhattan Love Story will air every Tuesday night on ABC.
Also premiering on Tuesday on ABC is the new comedy Selfie created by Emily Kapnek and starring Karen Gillan, John Cho, Tim Peper, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Allyn Rachel and David Harewood. Jared Faber (Suborgatory, As Told by Ginger) is composing the show’s original music. Selfie follows a self-obsessed twentysomething who is more concerned with “likes” than being liked. The comedy will air every Tuesday night on ABC. To learn more about the series, visit the official show website.
John Frizzell Scoring CBS Drama ‘Stalker’
John Frizzell is composing the music for the new CBS drama Stalker. The show is created by Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawson’s Creek, I Know What You Did Last Summer) and stars Maggie Q, Dylan McDermott, Victor Rasuk and Mariana Klaveno. The psychological thriller follows two detectives who investigate stalking incidents – including voyeurism, cyber harassment and romantic fixation – for the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD. Williamson is executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production. Frizzell has previously collaborated with Williamson on his directorial debut Teaching Mrs. Tingle starring Helen Mirren, as well as on the TV shows The Secret Circle and Fox’s The Following, which will return for a third season in early 2015.
‘Metal Hurlant Chronicles’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Sumthing Else Music Works will release a new soundtrack album for the sci-fi action series Metal Hurlant Chronicles. The album features selections of the original music from the second season of the show composed by Jesper Kyd (Assassin’s Creed, Hitman, Borderlands video game). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 30, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring music from the first season. Metal Hurlant Chronicles is a live-action adaptation of stories from the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, the magazine that gave birth in the United States to Heavy Metal.
Marty Beller Scoring Fox’s ‘Gracepoint’
Marty Beller is the composer of the new Fox mystery event series Gracepoint. The show created by Chris Chibnall (United, Camelot) is a remake of the critically acclaimed British TV series Broadchurch and stars David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Michael Peña, Kevin Zegers, Nick Nolte, Jacki Weaver, Kevin Rankin, Jessica Lucas, Jack Irvine, Virginia Kull, Sarah-Jane Potts and Josh Hamilton. The crime drama follows the tragic death of a young boy, and the major police investigation and nationwide media frenzy that subsequently overtake a picturesque seaside town, where anyone is a suspect. Chibnall is also executive producing the Shine America, Kudos and Imaginary Friends production with Anya Epstein (In Treatment, Homicide) & Dan Futterman (Capote, In Treatment), Jane Featherstone, John Goldwyn (Dexter) and Carolyn Bernstein (The Bridge).
‘The Honorable Woman’ Soundtrack Released
Du Vinage Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the mini-series The Honorable Woman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Martin Phipps (Brighton Rock, Harry Brown, Peaky Blinders) and performed by The Chamber Orchestra of London. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Honorable Woman is created by Hugo Blick and stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lindsay Duncan, Janet McTeer, Lubna Azbal, Andrew Buchan, Katherine Parkinson and Tobias Menzies. The BBC production centers on Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed her father’s assassination.