Premiering on Wednesday, March 2, is the SundanceTV original series Hap and Leonard created by Jim Mickle & Nick Damici and stars James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Grace (Night Moves, Meek’s Cutoff, The Innkeepers) who previously scored Mickle’s movies Stake Land, We Are What We Are and Cold in July. To learn more about the drama, which will air Wednesday nights on SundanceTV, visit our scoring assignment announcement.
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Transcenders Scoring ABC’s ‘The Real O’Neals’
The music production team of Transcenders has recently composed the score for the new ABC comedy The Real O’Neals. The show is created by David Windsor & Casey Johnson and stars Martha Plimpton, Jay R. Ferguson, Noah Galvin, Matthew Shively, Bebe Wood and Mary Hollis Inboden. The series centers on a seemingly perfect Catholic family whose lives take an unexpected turn when their son comes out. Windsor and Johnson are also executive producing the ABC Studios production with Brian Pines, Dan McDermott, Todd Holland (Firehouse Dog, Wonderfalls), Stacy Traub (Notes from the Underbelly) and Dan Savage.
Chris Alan Lee to Score ABC’s ‘Uncle Buck’
Chris Alan Lee has signed on to score the upcoming ABC comedy Uncle Buck. The show is developed by Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley and stars Mike Epps, Nia Long, James Lesure, Iman Benson, Sayeed Shahidi and Aalyrah Caldwell. The series is based on the 1989 movie of the same title starring John Candy and follows a fun loving but irresponsible guy who needs a job and a place to stay and moves in with his brother and sister-in-law as their nieces and nephew’s Nanny has just quit. Cragg and Bradley are also executive producing the Universal Television and ABC Studios production with Will Packer (Ride Along, Think Like a Man, The Wedding Ringer).
‘Galavant’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack album for the ABC musical comedy Galavant. The album features the original songs from the show’s second season written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted, Tangled) featuring lyrics by Glenn Slater and performed by the series’ cast, including guest stars Kylie Minogue, Weird Al Yankovic, Eddie Marsan, Reece Shearsmith & more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the songs from the first season. Galavant is created by Dan Fogelman and stars Joshua Sasse, Mallory Jansen, Karen David, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones and Luke Youngblood. The show’s second season premiered this month and the final two episodes will air this coming Sunday. For more information about the series, visit the official show website.
First Songs from ABC’s ‘Galavant’ Season 2 Released
Hollywood Records has released the first three songs from Season 2 of the ABC musical comedy Galavant. The songs are written by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Enchanted) and Glenn Slater and are performed by the series’ cast. The new songs include the track A New Season, which is available to download on Amazon and can be checked out after the jump, as well as the track World’s Best Kiss, which can be downloaded here. Also available now is the song Off with His Shirt, which features guest star Kyle Minogue and is available to download on Amazon. A full soundtrack featuring the songs from the second season will be released later this year. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the music from the first season.
Trevor Morris to Score ABC’s ‘Of Kings and Prophets’
Trevor Morris has been tapped to score the upcoming ABC drama Of Kings and Prophets. The show is created by Adam Cooper & Bill Collage (Exodus: Gods and Kings, Tower Heist) and stars Ray Winstone, Olly Rix, Mohammad Bakri, Simone Kessell, Nathaniel Parker, Haaz Sleiman, James Floyd, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Jeanine Mason and David Walmsley. The biblical drama centers around a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet, and a resourceful young shepherd who are on a collision course with destiny. Cooper and Collage are also executive producing the ABC Studios production with Chris Brancato (Narcos), Jason Reed, Reza Aslan and Mahyad Tousi.
Soundtrack Album for Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’ to Be Released
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for Marvel Television’s ABC series Agent Carter. The album features selections from the original music from the show’s first season composed by Christopher Lennertz (Ride Along, Galavant, Supernatural, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 11. Visit Amazon to download the album and to listen to audio samples. Agent Carter is created by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and stars Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Enver Gjokaj and Chad Michael Murray. The drama is set in the 1940s and follows Peggy Carter as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad and must balance doing administrative work for the covert SSR and going on secret missions for Howard Stark.
ABC’s ‘Dirty Dancing’ to Feature Music by Adam Anders & Peer Astrom
Adam Anders and Peer Astrom have been hired to work on the music for ABC’s upcoming movie musical Dirty Dancing. The film based on the 1987 hit movie starring Patrick Swayze & Jennifer Grey is directed by Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) and is set to star Abigail Breslin in the lead role as Baby whose world is opened when she falls for a dance instructor. Jessica Sharzer (American Horror Story, The L Word) is writing the script. Allison Shearmur (Cinderella, The Hunger Games) is producing the project with Eleanor Bergstein who wrote the screenplay for the original movie.
‘Nashville’ Season 4 – Volume 1 Soundtrack Announced
Big Machine Records will release a new soundtrack album for the ABC drama Nashville. The album features songs from the first part of the show’s fourth season performed by actors Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson, Aubrey Peeples, Clare Bowen, Sam Palladio, Will Chase, Chris Carmack, Riley Smith, Lennon & Maisy Stella, Chaley Rose, as well as guest star Steven Tyler and a track by Mark Collie.The Season 4 – Volume 1 soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums for every of the previous three seasons.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 25, 2015)
Premiering tomorrow, October 26, is the CBS drama Supergirl based on the DC Comics property, developed by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler & Sarah Schechter and starring Melissa Benoist, Calista Flockhart, Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood and Chyler Leigh. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, Blindspot, No Ordinary Family, The Mentalist, Life As We Know It). To learn more about the series, which follows Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, check out our previous news article and visit the official show website. Supergirl will air every Monday night on CBS.
Premiering on Tuesday, October 27, is the new ABC drama Wicked City created by Steven Baigelman and starring Ed Westwick, Erika Christensen, Jeremy Sisto, Taissa Farmiga, Gabriel Luna, Anne Winters, Karolina Wydra, Evan Ross and Jaime Ray Newman. BT (The Fast and the Furious, Monster, Driven, Go, Catch and Release) and Mike DiMattia (Betrayal) are composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on ABC.