Alec Puro is scoring the new ABC Family drama The Fosters. The show is created by Bradley Bredeweg and Peter Paige and stars Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Jake T. Austin, Hayden Byerly, David Lambert, Maia Mitchell, Danny Nucci and Cierra Ramirez. The series follows a multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids who are being raised by two moms. Jennifer Lopez serves as an executive producer alongside Bredeweg & Paige, as well as Joanna Johnson (Hope & Faith), Elaine Goldsmith Thomas (Maid in Manhattan, Mona Lisa Smile), Benny Medina and Greg Gugliotta. The Fosters is set to premiere on June 3, 2013 and will air every Monday night on ABC Family.
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Gabriel Mann Scoring ABC Family’s ‘Twisted’
Gabriel Mann has been tapped to score the upcoming ABC Family mystery drama Twisted. The show is created by Adam Milch and stars Avan Jogia, Maddie Hasson, Kylie Bunbury, Kimberly Quinn, Sam Robards, Ashton Moio and Denise Richards. The series follows a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past, who recently reconnected with his two female best friends from childhood and becomes the prime suspect when a fellow student is found dead in her home. Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Sommersby, The Core) has directed the pilot episode. Gavin Polone (Zombieland, Gilmore Girls) and David Babcock are executive producing the project with Milch. Mann has previously scored the Polone-produced ABC Family series Jane by Design.
Sam Phillips Reuniting with Amy Sherman-Palladino on ABC Family’s ‘Bunheads’
Sam Philipps has reunited with Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino to score the new ABC Family drama Bunheads. The show marks Phillips’ first TV scoring assignment since her work on all seven seasons of the critically acclaimed WB series. Bunheads stars Sutton Foster as a Las Vegas showgirl who impulsively marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town, and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-in-law’s dance school. Kaitlyn Jenkins, Julia Goldani Telles, Bailey Buntain and Emma Dumont are co-starring and Kelly Bishop (Gilmore Girls) is guest starring. Sherman-Palladino is executive producing the drama and has also directed the pilot episode.
George S. Clinton to Score ‘Gods Behaving Badly’
George S. Clinton has been hired to score the comedy Gods Behaving Badly. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated producer Marc Turtletaub (Little Miss Sunshine) and follows a young couple who encounter a full panoply of gods living in a New York brownstone. Alicia Silverstone and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are starring in the film alongside Christopher Walken as Zeus, John Turturro as Hades, Sharon Stone as Aphrodite, Oliver Platt as Apollo, Edie Falco as Artemis, Phylicia Rashad as Demeter, Nelsan Ellis as Dionysus, Gideon Glick as Eros, Henry Zebrowski as Hermes and Rosie Perez as Persepho. The comedy is based on a novel by Marie Phillips and has been adapted for the screen by Turtletaub and Josh Goldfaben. Turtletaub is producing the Big Beach Films production with Peter Saraf (Sunshine Cleaning, Away We Go).
Gabriel Mann to Score NBC’s ‘Bent’ and ABC Family’s ‘Jane by Design’
Gabriel Mann is scoring a couple of new TV shows that are set to premiere in 2012. Among the composer’s new projects is the half-hour comedy Bent. The series is created by Tad Quill (Scrubs, Spin City) and stars Amanda Peet as a recently divorced lawyer and David Walton as an irresponsible contractor and recovering gambling addict who is hired to remodel her kitchen. Jeffrey Tambor, Margo Harshman and Joey King are co-starring. Craig Zisk (Nurse Jackie, Weeds) directed the first two episodes. The Universal Media Studios-produced show is set to premiere as a mid-season replacement this spring on NBC.
John Swihart Scoring ABC Family’s ‘Switched at Birth’
John Swihart is the composer on the new ABC Family drama Switched at Birth. The show centers around two teen girls who discover that they were accidentally switched at birth. One girl grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and two brothers, while the other one, who lost her hearing as a child due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a poor neighborhood. The series is created and produced by Lizzy Weiss (Blue Crush) and stars Vanessa Marano, Katie Leclerc, Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson and Lucas Grabee. Steve Miner (Halloween H2O, Forever Young) directed the pilot. Also producing are Paul Stupin (Dawson’s Creek) and John Ziffren (Melissa & Joey).