Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, 2 Guns) is the new composer of the ABC drama Quantico. The composer is scoring the third season of the show created by Joshua Safran and starring Priyanka Chopra, Jake McLaughlin, Johanna Braddy, Russell Tovey, Alan Powell, Marlee Matlin and Blair Underwood. Michael Seitzman, Russell Lee Fine, Adam Armus, Robert Sertner, Mark Gordon & Nicholas Pepper are executive producing the ABC Studios production. Joel J. Richard (John Wick) has previously scored the first season of the series and Joseph Trapanese (Straight Outta Compton, Oblivion) composed the music for the second season.
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ABC’s ‘Splitting Up Together’ to Feature Music by Jared Faber
Jared Faber is composing the score for the upcoming ABC comedy Splitting Up Together. The show is developed by Emily Kapnek based on the Mette Heen-created Danish TV series Bedre skilt end aldrig and stars Jenna Fischer, Oliver Hudson, Bobby Lee, Lindsay Price, Olivia Keville, Van Crosby and Sander Thomas. The series follows a couple whose marriage is reignited by their divorce. Kapnek & Heeno are also executive producing the with Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman (Little Big Shots) & Dean Holland (Parks and Recreation, Love), as well as Mie Andreasen & Hella Joof.
Score Album for ABC’s ‘Scandal’ to Be Released
Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the ABC drama Scandal. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Chad Fischer (Garden State, Private Practice, Chasing Mavericks, The Catch). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 19 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The release marks the second soundtrack for the hit series following an album featuring songs from the drama that was released in 2013. Scandal is created by Shonda Rhimes and stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, a former media relations consultant to the President who left the White House to open her own firm, hoping to start a new career and a new personal life.
‘The Goldbergs’ Mixtape to Be Released
Madison Gate Records will release the first official soundtrack album for the ABC hit comedy The Goldbergs. The album features a selections of the songs from the show performed by cast members Hayley Orrantia, Troy Gentile, AJ Michalka and Sam Lerner. Also included is the series’ main title theme Rewind by I Fight Dragons and Kurtis Blow’s D&D from the episode Dungeons & Dragons, Anyone?. The Goldbergs Mixtape will be released digitally tomorrow, December 6 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Goldbergs is created by Adam F. Goldberg and also stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff Garlin, Sean Giambrone and George Segal.
ABC’s ‘Harmony’ to Feature Music by Stephen Schwartz & Jon Ondrasik
Stephen Schwartz (The Prince of Egypt, Pocahontas, Enchanted) and singer/songwriter Jon Ondrasik (aka Five for Fighting) will be composing original music for the ABC musical drama Harmony. The show created by Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg (The Fosters) and Jacob Chase is set in the town of Harmony, New York, where residents are known to sing and dance to express their emotions and follows a detective who left the town as a teenager who must return to help solve a crime.
Songs from ABC’s ‘The Mayor’ to Be Released
ABC has announced that Sub Pop Records will release music from the ABC comedy The Major every Friday, preceding each Tuesday night episode throughout the season. The first two tracks, Right Here from the pilot episode is now available to download on iTunes and the song Brokenomics from The Filibuster episode can be downloaded here. The songs are performed by Brandon Micheal Hall (aka Courtney Rose) and members of the cast, written by Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes (of the group Clipping).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 1, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the new ABC drama Ten Days in the Valley created by Tassie Cameron and starring Kyra Sedgwick, Felix Solis, Erika Christensen, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Kick Gurry, Ella Thomas and Emily Kinney. The show’s original music is composed by W.G. Snuffy Walden (The West Wing, Friday Night Lights, Nashville, Under the Dome). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on ABC.
Blake Neely Scoring ABC’s ‘Kevin (Probably) Saves the World’ & ‘Deception’
Blake Neely is scoring the new ABC comedy drama Kevin (Probably) Saves the World. The show is created by Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters (Marvel’s Agent Carter, Resurrection, Reaper) and stars Jason Ritter, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Chloe East, J. August Richards, Dustin Ybarra and India de Beaufort. The series evolves around a down-and-out guy who’s visited by a celestial being and given a mission to save the world. Fazekas & Butters are also executive producing the ABC Studios production.
Soundtrack for ‘Black-ish’ Episode ‘Juneteenth’ Released
Hollywood Records has released the soundtrack for next week’s Black-ish episode Juneteenth. The 3-track release features the original songs I’m Just a Slave performed by The Roots, as well We Built his and Juneteenth performed by the show’s cast. The soundtrack is now available to download as digital single on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. In the episode, Dre enlists Aloe Blacc to help him create a catchy song to raise awareness for a holiday worth celebrating. Fonzworth Bentley serves as the executive music producer of Juneteenth, which features original music written by Aloe Blacc, The Roots, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Peter Saji and Dave Frishberg.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 24, 2017)
Premiering tonight is sci-fi drama Star Trek: Discovery developed by Alex Kurtzman & Bryan Fuller and starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, James Frain, Michelle Yeoh and Anthony Rapp. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, The Night Of, Snowfall, Power). Check out our previous article for a video from the recording sessions of the composer’s theme for the show and click here to watch the main titles sequence. The series is premiering on CBS tonight and the rest of the episodes will be available to stream on CBS All Access.
Premiering tomorrow, September 25, is the NBC drama The Brave created by Dean Georgaris and starring Anne Heche, Mike Vogel, Sofia Pernas, Tate Ellington, Natacha Karam, Demetrius Grosse, Noah Mills and Hadi Tabbal. Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Burn Notice, Beyond, Unforgettable, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air Monday nights on NBC.