Varese Sarabande will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the Showtime original series Shameless. The album features a selection of songs from the show compiled by music supervisor Ann Kline, including the theme song The Luck You Got by The High Strung. Other artists featured on the soundtrack include The Moog, The Wild Yaks, FidLAr, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, JBM and Chris Pureka. The album will be released on April 15, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Shameless is created by Paul Abbott based on the British TV series of the same title and stars William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton and Steve Howey. The comedy drama centers on the dysfunctional family of Frank Gallagher, a single father of six children who spends his days drunk, while his kids learn to take care of themselves. The show’s fourth season currently airs every Sunday night on Showtime.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Carl Thiel Scoring ‘From Dusk Till Dawn: The TV Series’
Carl Thiel is composing the score for From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. The show based on Robert Rodriguez’s 1996 cult film of the same title starring George Clooney & Quentin Tarantino stars D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Jesse Garcia, Don Johnson, Robert Patrick, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo, Jake Busey and Wilmer Valderrama. The 10-episode series follows a bank robber, Seth Gecko and his violent, unpredictable brother, Richard “Richie” Gecko, who are wanted by the FBI and two Texas Rangers after a bank heist left several people dead. Rodriguez is also executive producing the project and has directed the pilot and the second and the fourth episode.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 23, 2014)
Premiering tonight is the new NBC comedy Growing Up Fisher created by DJ Nash, narrated by Jason Bateman and starring J.K. Simmons, Jenna Elfman, Eli Barker, Ava Deluca-Verley and Lance Lim. The show’s original music is composed by Mateo Messina (Juno, Fairly Legal, Butter). The series centers on an 11-year old son who idolizes his blind father and is bemused by his mother’s newfound adolescence. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy. Growing Up Fischer premieres tonight on NBC and will move to its regular time slot this Tuesday, February 25.
‘House of Lies’ Soundtrack Details
Capitol Records will release a soundtrack album for the Showtime original series House of Lies. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists including Gary Clark Jr., Aloe Blacc, Basecamp, Isaac Delusion, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Kim Cesarion, Count Bassie, Thomas Dybdahl and Michael Kiwanuka. The soundtrack will be released on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. House of Lies is created by Matthew Carnahan and stars Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. The comedy follows centers on a self-loathing management consultant from a top tier firm who is never above using any means necessary to get his way with and for his clients. The show’s third season currently airs every Sunday night on Showtime and a fourth season has just been announced earlier this week.
William Ross to Score Hallmark’s ‘In My Dreams’
William Ross has announced on Twitter that he will be scoring the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame romantic comedy In My Dreams. The film is directed by Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun) and stars Katherine McPhee, Mike Vogel and JoBeth Williams. The movie follows a restaurant owner and a bridge architect who throw a penny into the local fountain fabled for bringing lovers together and start having dreams about each other, during which they fall in love. Teena Booth and Brent Shields (Remember Sunday, Christmas in Conway) is executive producing the project. Ross has previously collaborated with Leon on Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias remake.
‘HitRECord on TV’ Soundtrack Announced
A soundtrack album will be released for Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s variety series HitRECord on TV. The album features the songs from the show’s first season, including such tracks as You’re Not the Only One, Oh, It’s Fantastic and Beastly Beauty. Also included is a cue from the series’ score. The soundtrack will be released on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. HitRECord on TV created, executive produced and hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt features a series of short films, animation, music, conversation from thousands of contributors from around the world. The series currently airs every Saturday on Pivot.
Varese Sarabande to Release ‘Bates Motel’ Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the A&E hit drama Bates Motel. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Chris Bacon (Source Code, Alpha & Omega, Smash). The soundtrack will be released on April 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full soundtrack details will be posted on this page within the next couple of weeks. Bates Motel is created by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin & Anthony Cipriano and stars Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell and Mike Vogel. The show is a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and centers on Norman Bates during his teenage years, his relationship with his mother truly is and how she helped forge the most famous serial killer of them all. The series’ first season is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Robert Duncan to Score ABC’s ‘Sea of Fire’ and USA’s ‘Rush’ Pilots
Robert Duncan is set to score the upcoming ABC drama pilot for Sea of Fire. The show is created by Jenna Bans (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy) and stars Jennifer Carpenter, Jack Davenport, Jeffrey Nordling, Isabelle Cornish and Christina Chang. The drama is based on the Dutch series Vuurzee and follows three teenage girls who star in an illicit film, which tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance and a murder. Rob Goldenberg & Alon Aranya (Betrayal), David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman (The Fighter, Warm Bodies, The Muppets), Robert Kievit & Frank Ketelaar and Laurie Zaks (Castle) are executive producing the Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, Scripted World and Mandeville production.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 16, 2014)
Premiering tomorrow, February 17, is the new drama Star-Crossed created by Meredith Averill and starring Aimee Teegarden, Matt Lanter, Grey Damon, Natalie Hall, Malese Jow, Titus Makin, Jr., Chelsea Gilligan and Greg Finley. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Twisted, Rectify, Trophy Wife) is composing the show’s original score. To learn more about the series, which centers on the romance of a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Star-Crossed will air every Monday night on The CW.
Jeff Cardoni to Score HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’
Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming HBO comedy Silicon Valley. The show is created by Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space), John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky (Blades of Glory) and stars T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Josh Brener, Lindsey Broad, Christopher Evan Welch, Amanda Crew, Angela Trimbur, Zach Woods and Kumail Nanjiani. The series follows a group of self-proclaimed sexless, classless geeks as they make their way through the quirky and hilarious world of young tech-entrepreneurship. Judge, Altschuler and Krinsky are also executive producing the project with Scott Rudin (The Social Network, No Country for Old Men, Captain Phillips), Michael Rotenberg (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reign Over Me) and Tom Lassally (Stay, The To Do List).