Dave Porter has taken over scoring duties on the NBC hit drama The Blacklist. The show is created by Jon Blokenkamp and stars James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Harry Lennix and Parminder Nagra. The series follows an ex-government agent on the FBI’s most wanted list who surrenders with an offer to catch the most wanted terrorists. Bokenkamp (Taking Lives) is also executive producing the Davis Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television production with John Eisendrath (Alias, Felicity), John Davis (Predator, I, Robot, Waterworld), John Fox (Ironside) and Joe Carnahan (The A-Team, Narc). Porter who recently finished scoring AMC’s Breaking Bad is replacing James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck) who scored the first couple episodes of the series.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
T Bone Burnett to Score HBO’s ‘True Detective’
T Bone Burnett is set to score the upcoming HBO original series True Detective. The show stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as two cops whose lives intersect during a 17-year serial killer investigation in Louisiana. Michelle Monaghan, Jay O. Sanders, Lili Simmons, Alexandra Daddario, Michael Potts, Kevin Dunn, Tory Kittles, Elizabeth Reaser and Brad Carter are co-starring. Nic Pizzolatto is writing the scripts for all episodes and Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre, Jane Eyre) is directing the entire series. Pizzolatto is also executive producing the project with Steve Golin (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Babel) and Scott Stephens (Elightened, Hung).
Carter Burwell to Score HBO’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’
Carter Burwell has been hired to score the upcoming HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge. The series directed by Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon, High Art) is based on the Pulitzer Price-winning novel of the same title by Elizabeth Strout and stars Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan, John Gallagher Jr., Jesse Plemons and Brady Corbet. The two-parter takes place in a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center. Jane Alexander (It Could Happen to You, Normal) has adapted the material for television. Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (The Pacific, John Adams) are executive producing the project with McDormand and Anderson. Burwell has previously collaborated with Cholodenko on the Academy Award-nominated indie dramedy The Kids Are All Right.
Blake Neely to Score Docuseries ‘The Sixties’
Blake Neely has been tapped to score the upcoming documentary series The Sixties. The show explores key moments of the 1960s through archival newsreel footage, personal movies, and interviews with eyewitnesses to history. The 10-part series features expert commentary from historians, including David McCullough, Robert Dallek, and Robert Caro, as well as recollections from journalists, such as Dan Rather, Robert MacNeil. The docudrama is executive produced by Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman (The Pacific, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Larry Crowne) for Playtone and Mark Herzog for Herzog & Company. Neely whose scoring credits include such TV shows as The Mentalist, Arrow and Everwood and features including Life As We Know It has previously scored Playtone’s HBO series The Pacific, the documentary Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D and the feature dramedy The Great Buck Howard.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 27, 2013)
Making its U.S. premiere on Thursday, October 31 on the Sundance Channel is the French zombie drama The Returned (Les revenants) created by Fabrice Gobert and starring Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme and Guillaume Gouix. The show’s original music is composed by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. Sub Pop Music has released an album featuring the band’s score for the show. Visit Amazon to listen to audio clips and download the music. The eight-part series is set in a French mountain town where a seemingly random group of people find themselves in a state of confusion as they attempt to return to their homes. The Returned will air Thursday nights on the Sundance Channel. To learn more about the series, Sundance Channel’s official show website.
‘Cuban Fury’ to Feature Music by Daniel Pemberton
Daniel Pemberton has composed the score for the upcoming British comedy Cuban Fury. The film is directed by James Griffiths and stars Nick Frost, Chris O’Dowd, Olivia Colman, Rashida Jones, Ian McShane, Rory Kinnear, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Alexandra Roach. The movie follows a down-on-his-luck man who reignites his long-dormant passion for salsa dancing after falling for his gorgeous American boss. Jon Brown (Misfits, Fresh Meat) has written the screenplay. James Biddle and Nira Park (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul) are producing the project for Big Talk Productions. Pemberton has previously collaborated with the producers on Big Talk’s In Fear, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and which will open in British theaters next month. Cuban Fury is set to be released on February 14, 2014 in the UK.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 20, 2013)
Premiering on Friday, October 25 is the new drama Dracula created by Daniel Knauf (Carnivàle) and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Katie McGrath, Thomas Kretschmann and Nonso Anozie. Trevor Morris (The Borgias, Immortals, Olympus Has Fallen) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which follows Dracula as he arrives in 1890s London posing as an American entrepreneur and hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier. Dracula will air every Friday night on NBC.
‘Arrested Development’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed comedy Arrested Development. The album features selections from the original score and songs from all four seasons of the show composed by David Schwartz (Deadwood, Northern Exposure). Also included is the song Boomerang performed by Lucy Schwartz, which was featured in the season finale of the fourth season. The soundtrack will be released on November 19, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Arrested Development is created by Mitchell Hurwitz, produced and narrated Ron Howard and stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter. The fourth season premiered this summer on Netflix.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2013)
Premiering on Thursday, October 17, on ABC is the Halloween special Toy Story of Terror directed by Angus MacLane and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal and Carl Weathers. Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has composed the music for the short. Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Tuesday, October 15. To learn more about the Pixar special and check out the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement.
Laurent Eyquem Scoring ’14 Diaries of the Great War’
Laurent Eyquem is currently scoring the upcoming documentary mini-series 14 Diaries of the Great War. The docudrama tells the story of World War I through the eyes of those who lived through it from opposite sides of the conflict. 14 stories from seven different countries have been selected from more than 1,000 accounts contained in diaries and letters, including the story of a German soldier, a French child and a British lady who volunteered as a war nurse. Jan Peter is directing the series and Florian Dedio & Elisabeth Kiledjian are producing the project with Gunnar Dedio, Serge Lalou & Paul Cadieux executive producing. 14 Diaries of the Great War is set to premiere in time for the centenary of the outbreak of WWI in 2014 and will air internationally on BBC, ARTE France, Arte Germany, RAI and more than 40 other countries.