Hollywood Records has released the first soundtrack EP for the NBC drama Ordinary Joe. The 4-track EP features four song from the first three episodes of the show performed by James Wolk who plays the title character Joe Kimbreau, including two original songs (Soldier On & Landing) written by Sam Hollander & Josh Edmonson and covers of James Taylor’s Fire and Rain and Bright Eyes’ First Day of My Life. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all four songs below. More songs will be released every Friday following each episode. Read the rest of this entry »

John M. Keane Scoring CBS’ ‘CSI: Vegas’

Posted: October 4, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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John M. Keane (The Amazing Race, Another Way to Die, Martial Law) is returning as the composer for the new CBS drama CSI: Vegas. The show is created by Jason Tracey (Elementary, Burn Notice) and stars William Petersen & Jorja Fox (who are reprising their roles from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), as well as Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria, Mandeep Dhillon and Mel Rodriguez. The series follows a brilliant new team of investigators who must enlist the help of old friends when an existential threatens to bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the animated movie Curious George: Cape Ahoy. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Little Ellen, Echo Boomers). Also included are the original songs from the movie written by Michele Brourman & Amanda McBroom (Curious George: Royal Monkey & Go West Go Wild) and performed by Rob Trow. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Curious George: Cape Ahoy is directed by Doug Murphy and stars Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Christopher Swindle, Rita Moreno, Hiromi Dames, Dee Bradley Baker, Luka Jones and Kimberly D. Broo. Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel Rojas (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts) has been tapped to score the upcoming Hulu animated series Marvel’s Hit-Monkey. The show is created by Josh Gordon & Will Speck (Blades of Glory, Office Christmas Party, The Switch) based on the Marvel Comics characters and features the voices of Fred Tatasciore, Jason Sudeikis, George Takei, Ally Maki, Nobi Nakanishi and Olivia Munn. The series follows a Japanese snow monkey who joins forces with the ghost of an American assassin after his tribe is slaughtered, and together, they begin killing their way through the Yakuza underworld. Read the rest of this entry »

All3Media has released a soundtrack album for the British Amazon original series The Feed. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jon Opstad (Black Mirror, The Woman in White, We Hunt Together, Silent Witness, Safe House). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. The Feed is created by Channing Powell based on Nick Clark Windor’s  novel of the same title and stars Guy Burnet, Nina Toussaint-White, Michelle Fairley and David Thewlis. The sci-fi drama is set in a near future where high-tech implants allow human brains to have direct connections to the internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Dara Taylor (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers, Trial by Media, Wildflower, Colewell) has composed the original score for the upcoming drama The Tender Bar. The film is directed by George Clooney and stars Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd, Lily Rabe, Sondra James, Max Martini and Max Casella. Linda Cohen serves as the music supervisor of the movie, which is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by J.R. Moehringer and tells the story of fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Masterworks has released the first track from the soundtrack for the Netflix original film tick, tick… BOOM!. Available to stream/download now on all major digital streaming platforms is 30/90 originally written for the stage musical by Jonathan Larson and performed by lead actor Andrew Garfield and featuring additional vocals by Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudgens, Mj Rodriguez, Alexandra Shipp and Robin de Jesús. Listen to the full track after the jump and check back on this page for more details about the full soundtrack album for the movie (to be released on November 12). tick, tick… BOOM! is directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and also starsBradley Whitford. Read the rest of this entry »

Premiering on Wednesday, October 6, is the Netflix original film There’s Someone Inside Your House directed by Patrick Brice and starring Sydney Park, Théodore Pellerin, Dale Whibley, Asjha Cooper, Diego Josef, Jesse LaTourette, Burkely Duffield, William MacDonald, Sarah Dugdale, Andrew Dunbar and Markian Tarasiuk. The movie’s original music is composed by Zachary Dawes (Big Time Adolescence, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Deep Murder, Generation). The horror thriller, which follows a teenager and her friends at Osborne High School as they try to identify and stop a masked killer who’s targeting students and exposing their biggest secrets, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the Disney+ docuseries Among the Stars directed by Ben Turner and executive producer by himself, Gabe Turner, Leo Pearlman, Will Gluck and Richard Schwartz. Colin Stetson (HereditaryColor Out of Space, Mayday, The First, Barkskins, Blue Caprice) has composed the show’s original music. The Fulwell 73 production presented by Disney Branded Television follows Captain Chris Cassidy on a quest to get back in his spacesuit for one last mission that risks life, limb and reputation for the greater good of humankind. This 6-part series will be available to stream on Disney+. Read the rest of this entry »

Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Good Girls, AnimalsMy Blind Brother, A.X.L, Die in a Gunfight) is composing the original music for the new Peacock original series One of Us Is Lying. The show is based on Karen M. McManus’ best-selling novel of the same title and stars Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Marianly Tejada, Barrett Carnahan, Cooper van Grootel, Mark McKenna, Melissa Collazo and Jessica McLeod. The drama tells the story of what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Read the rest of this entry »

John Debney (The Jungle Book, The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, The Emperor’s New Groove) is set to return as the composer of the upcoming Disney+ original movie Hocus Pocus 2. The film will be directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses, Step Up) and will star Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker & Kathy Najimy who are reprising their roles of the Sanderson Sisters. The sequel follows three young women who accidentally bring the trio back to modern day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on the world. Lynn Harris (The Notebook, The Shallows) is producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »