Premiering on Wednesday, December 6, is the History original series Knightfall created by Don Handfield & Richard Rayner and starring Tom Cullen, Bobby Schofield, Sabrina Bartlett, Julian Ovenden, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Padraic Delaney, Simon Merrells and Olivia Ross. The show’s original music is composed by Andy Price (Robin Hood, Law & Order: UK). The drama chronicles the true accounts of the Knights Templar, the elite warriors of the Crusades during the 14th century. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and History’s official show website to learn more about the series.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the new Syfy original series Happy! developed by Grant Morrison & Brian Taylor and starring Chris Meloni, Lili Mirojnick, Joseph Reitman, as well as Patton Oswalt as the voice of the title character. Blair Mowat (Class) is composing the show’s original music. The series is based on Morrison’s & Darick Robertson’s graphic novel of the same name and follows an intoxicated, corrupt ex-cop turned hit man who is adrift in a world of casual murder, soulless sex and betrayal. For more information about the comedy drama, visit Syfy’s official show website. Read the rest of this entry »
John Ottman is attached to compose the music for the upcoming animated series The Gang’s All Here. The show developed by Byron Burton and voice actor Rob Paulsen centers on an animal cast of actors as they star in their own films and navigate the pitfalls of the entertainment industry. Voice actors Kevin Conroy, Cal Dodd and Andrea Romano are also involved in the project. Burton has previously served as an assistant to Ottman and wrote the lyrics to the song Rest Young Child (performed by Michael Fassbender’s Magneto) from X-Men: Apocalypse. 
Ropeadope Records has released a new soundtrack album featuring music composed by David Cieri (Oklahoma City) from several docu-series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick & produced by Florentine Films. Notes from the Underscore: 10 Years with Florentine Films includes selections of his scores from this year’s PBS series The Vietnam War, 2011’s Prohibition and 2014’s The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. The soundtrack is now available to download on 
Opening in New York before being released in Los Angeles next week and in other markets later this month is the fantasy drama The Shape of Water co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones and Octavia Spencer. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as tracks by Andy Williams, Carmen Miranda & more. 
Also opening in limited release is the comedy drama The Disaster Artist directed by 
The full details of the soundtrack album for Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Counselor, Gold). The soundtrack will be released on January 5, 2018 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order on 
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the western The Ballad of Lefty Brown. The album features the film’s original music composed by H. Scott Salinas (Birth of the Dragon, City of Ghosts, Cartel Land, Murder in the First). Also included is the original title song written and performed by Maiah Wynne. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 15, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on 
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for the animated movie Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom. The album features the film’s original music composed by George Streicher who previously scored last year’s Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom. The soundtrack is now available to download on 
The full details of the soundtrack album for the second soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Crown have been revealed. The album features selections from the original music from the show’s second season composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan) who was honored with an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the drama’s first season (
Discovery Channel will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed series Manhunt: Unabomber. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Gregory Tripi (Dark Places, Rememory). Also included is the main titles theme written by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl) & Nick Chuba. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 15, 2017. The download link will be added to this page within the next two weeks. Manhunt: Unabomber is created by Andrew Sodroski and stars Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, Chris Noth, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jane Lynch, Mark Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Elizabeth Reaser and Rebecca Henderson. 
Brian Tyler is reteaming with director Stephanie Soechtig on the upcoming documentary The Devil We Know. The movie centers on one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, as a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical – now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans – into the local drinking water supply. Soechtig (Fed Up) is also producing the project with Kristin Lazure, Joshua Kunau and Carly Palmour. Tyler has previously collaborated with filmmaker on the 2016 documentary Under the Gun. 