Premiering tomorrow, July 24, is the NBC drama Midnight, Texas developed by Monica Owusu-Breen based on the book series by Charlaine Harris and starring François Arnaud, Sarah Ramos, Arielle Kebbel, Peter Mensah, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Dylan Bruce. The show’s original music is composed by Jacob Groth (The Girl with the Dragon TattooDead Man DownUnforgettable). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air Monday nights on NBC.

Also premiering tomorrow is the ABC drama Somewhere Between created by Stephen Tolkin (Taxi BrooklynBrothers & Sisters) and starring Paula Patton, Devon Sawa and J.R. Bourn. James Jandrisch (Houdini & DoyleReasonable Doubt) is composing the show’s original music. The series is based on a Korean format and revolves around a mother who travels back in time to prevent the murder of her daughter. The drama will air Tuesday nights following its premiere tomorrow on ABC. Visit the official show website for more information. Read the rest of this entry »

Academy Award winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire127 HoursCouples RetreatThe Hundred Foot Journey) has composed the music for the new Netflix docu-series Daughters of Destiny. The show is directed by Vanessa Roth who received an Academy Award for her documentary short Freeheld in 2008 and follows five girls from India’s most impoverished families attend a boarding school designed to create opportunities as they strive for a brighter future. Roth is also executive producing the 4-parter.  Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Russo has been hired to score the upcoming sci-fi drama Star Trek: Discovery. The show is set a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and follows the crew of the USS Discovery during the Federation-Klingon cold war.The series stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, James Frain, Michelle Yeoh and Anthony Rapp. Alex Kurtzman (The Mummy, Now You See Me) and Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) are executive producing the CBS Television production with Heather Kadin (Scorpion, Sleepy Hollow), Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts (Revenge, Reign), Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend), Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. Read the rest of this entry »

We Are Dark Angels (aka Deantoni Parks & Nicci Kasper) are reteaming with director Paul Schrader on the upcoming drama First Reformed. The film is written and directed by Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging BullAffliction) and stars Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Gaston and Cedric the Entertainer. The movie centers on the relationship between an ex-military chaplain who is wrecked by grief over the death of his son and a member of his church whose husband commits suicide. Gary Hamilton (A Few Best Men), David Hinojosa (Beatriz at DinnerGoat), Victoria Hill, Frank Murray and Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Still Alice) are producing the Killer Films production. Read the rest of this entry »

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden and Barry Keoghan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark KnightInceptionInterstellarGladiatorThe Lion King). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets directed by Luc Besson and starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu and Rutger Hauer. Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest HotelThe King’s SpeechHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) has composed the film’s original music. EuropaCorp has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Alexiane, Julien Rey, David Bowie, Bob Marley & The Wailers & more. Click here for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Big Machine Records will release a new soundtrack album for the CMT original series Nashville. The album features more songs from the show’s fifth season performed by cast members including Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, Chris Carmack and Lennon & Maisy, as well as Rhiannon Giddens. The Season 5 – Volume 3 soundtrack will be released on August 11, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released two albums featuring the songs from the fifth season, as well as multiple soundtracks for the previous four seasons.  Read the rest of this entry »

Wayfind Records will release a soundtrack album for the indie drama Menashe. The album features the film’s original music composed by Aaron Martin & Dag Rosenqvist. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 28, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Menashe is co-written and directed by Joshua Z Weinstein and stars Menashe Lustig, Ruben Nyborg, Yoel Weisshaus and Meyer Schwartz. The movie is set within the New York Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn and follows a kind but hapless grocery store clerk trying to maintain custody of his son after his wife passes away. Read the rest of this entry »

Producer Jeph Loeb announced at Comic-Con today that Sean Callery is scoring Marvel’s upcoming TV series Inhumans and is recording his music for the project with a 70-piece orchestra. The show developed by Scott Buck (DexterIron Fist) based on the comic book series of the same title stars Anson Mount, Iwan Rheon, Serinda Swan, Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Ken Leung, Ellen Woglom, Sonya Balmores and Mike Moh. The show explores the adventure of the royal family including Black Bolt, the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. Buck is also executive producing the Marvel Television and ABC Studios production with Loeb & Jim Chory (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Read the rest of this entry »

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller 47 Meters Down. The album features the film’s original music composed by tomandandy (The StrangersThe Mothman PropheciesThe Rules of AttractionWish Upon). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 28, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon47 Meters Down is directed by Johannes Roberts and stars Mandy Moore, Claire Holt and Matthew Modine. The movie follows two sisters vacationing in Mexico are who are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. Read the rest of this entry »

Ricky Reed has recorded the original song Good Vibrations for Sony Pictures Animation’s The Emoji Movie. The track is being released digitally tomorrow and will also be included on the soundtrack album, which will be released next week by Sony Music. The album also features the movie’s original score composed by Patrick Doyle. Check out our previous article for the full album details (updated with additional tracks and run times). The Emoji Movie directed by Tony Leondis and featuring the voices of T.J. Miller, Anna Faris, James Corden, Patrick Stewart, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Rob Riggle, Jennifer Coolidge, Jake T. Austin, Sofia Vergara and Christina Aguilera will be released in theaters nationwide on July 28, 2017 by Sony Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »