Matt Cartsonis (Chump Change, The Women of Country) is the composer of the new ABC comedy Call Your Mother. The show is created by Kari Lizer (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and stars Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Emma Caymares, Austin Crute and Patrick Brammall. The series revolves around an empty-nester mom who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away and decides to reinserts herself into their lives. Lizer is also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television & ABC Signature production with Tim Kaiser (Will & Grace) and Pam Fryman (How I Met Your Mother, Just Shoot Me!).
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First Songs from ‘A Million Little Things’ Season 3 Soundtrack Released
Hollywood Records has released the first two songs from the soundtrack for the third season of the ABC drama A Million Little Things. Available now to stream/download is the track Would You Still Know Me written by the show’s composer Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Rectify, High School Musical: The Musical:The Series) & Geoffrey Nauffts and performed by Lizzy Greene, as well as a cover version of 10,000 Maniacs’ Trouble Me (written by Dennis Drew & Natalie Merchant) performed by Mann himself. Listen to both songs after the jump. A Million Little Things created by DJ Nash and stars David Giuntoli, Romany Malco, Allison Miller, Christina Moses, Christina Ochoa, James Roday, Stephanie Szostak and Greene herself.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 22, 2020)
Premiering today is the Netflix original film Christmas on the Square directed by Debbie Allen and starring Dolly Parton, Christine Baranski, Treat Williams, Jeanine Mason, Josh Segarra, Mary Lane Haskell and Jenifer Lewis. The film’s original music is composed by Dolly Parton (who wrote 14 original songs for the project) and conducted by Larry Blank. The holiday musical, which follows a small town “Scrooge” as she’s visited by a rhinestone-bedazzled angel who guides her on a musical journey of redemption, is now available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering tomorrow, November 23, is the FX and BBC limited series Black Narcissus developed by Amanda Coe based on the novel of the same title by Rumer Godden and starring Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Diana Rigg, Aisling Franciosi, Jim Broadbent, Rosie Cavaliero, Patsy Ferran, Karen Bryson, Nila Aalia, Kulvinder Ghir, Chaneil Kular, Gina McKee, Soumil Malla, Dipika Kunwar,and Gianni Gonsalves. The show’s original music is composed by Anne Dudley (The Full Monty, American History X, The Crying Game, Poldark, The Hustle). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will air on Monday on FX and will also be available the following day on FX on Hulu.
New Soundtrack Album for ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ Announced
Madison Gate Records has released a new soundtrack album for the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The album features a collection of the famous music cues featured in the hit ITV TV series composed by Keith Strachan and Matthew Strachan. Also included are two previously unreleased remixes of the Millionaire theme. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Celador Productions has previously released a (now out-of-print) CD featuring the composers’ music from the show and Walt Disney Records has released a separate album featuring songs inspired by the show.The new release coincides with the premiere of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: The Million Pound Question, a look back at the tension and jubilation of the 7 past million pound moments from the last 20 years, which will premiere in the UK on November 22 on ITV.
ABC’s ‘Big Sky’ to Feature Original Score by Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris (Vikings, The Tudors, Immortals, The Borgias, Olympus/London Has Fallen) is scoring the new ABC drama Big Sky. The show is created by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, Ally McBeal, The Practice) based on the series of books by C.J. Box, and stars Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Brian Geraghty, Dedee Pfeiffer, Natalie Alyn Lind, Jade Pettyjohn, Jesse James Keitel, Valerie Mahaffey, John Carroll Lynch and Ryan Phillippe. The series follows two private detectives who join forces with an ex-cop to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 12, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the new Starz original series P-Valley created by Katori Hall and stars Brandee Evans, Nicco Annan, Shannon Thornton, Harriett D. Foy, J. Alphonse Nicholso, Parker Sawyers, Skyler Joy, Elarica Johnson, Tyler Lepley and Dan J. Johnson. Reza Safinia (Filly Brown, Warrior, The Trust, Birth of the Dragon) has composed the original score for the first episodes of the show. Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack EP featuring three songs from the drama, including the main titles theme Down in the Valley by Jucee Froot. Check out our previous article for more information.
Premiering on Tuesday, July 14, is the HBO documentary Showbiz Kids written and directed by Alex Winter about the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child. The movie, which features interviews with Henry Thomas, Mara Wilson, Todd Bridges, Cameron Boyce, Milla Jovovich,Evan Rachel Wood, Jada Pinkett Smith, Wil Wheaton, among otherss, features an original score composed by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and his sons Spencer Tweedy and Sammy Tweedy. Visit HBO’s official movie website to learn more about the documentary.
Soundtrack Album for ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ to Be Released
eOne Music will release the first soundtrack album for the ABC comedy drama The Rookie. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Jordan Gagne (Waco, Altered Carbon, Treadstone). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 8 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The Rookie is created by Alexi Hawley and stars Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin, Melissa O’Neil, Mekia Cox and Eric Winter. The series follows a middle-aged small-town guy who – after a life-altering incident – is pursuing his dream of joining the LAPD and is being met with skepticism from those who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 19, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original documentary The Longest War directed by Greg Barker and executive produced by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon about America’s involvement in Afghanistan, now the longest war in U.S. history. The film’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Hercules, Devil). Check our our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will air tonight after the penultimate Homeland episode on Showtime.
Premiering tomorrow, April 20, is the Netflix animated series The Midnight Gospel created by Pendleton Ward & Duncan Trussell and starring Trussell himself, Phil Hendrie, Drew Pinsky, Joey Diaz, Natasha Leggero, Johnny Pemberton, Christina Pazsitzky and Stephen Root. Joe Wong (Master of None, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Russian Doll) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the Titmouse Animation production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Joachim Horsley Scoring ABC’s ‘The Baker and the Beauty’
Joachim Horsley (Spirit Riding Free, Big City Greens, 2307: Winter’s Dream, Rapture-Palooza) is scoring the new ABC comedy drama The Baker and the Beauty. The show is developed by Dean Georgaris (The Meg, The Manchurian Candidate) based on the hit Israeli show created by Assi Azar and stars Victor Rasuk, Nathalie Kelley, Carlos Gómez, Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Vidal, David Del Rio, Belissa Escobedo and Michelle Veintimilla. The series revolves around a blue-collar baker whose life moves into the spotlight when strikes up a relationship with an international superstar.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 9, 2020)
Premiering on Tuesday, February 11, is the ABC drama For Life created by Hank Steinberg and starring Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Mary Stuart Masterson, Boris McGiver, Glenn Fleshler, Dorian Missick, Tyla Harris and Timothy Busfield. The show’s original music is composed by Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Transparent, Like Crazy, A Christmas Carol, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will Tuesday nights on ABC.
Premiering on Wednesday, February 12, is the Netflix original movie To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You directed by Michael Fimognari and starring Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Jordan Fisher, Anna Cathcart, Janel Parrish, Madeleine Arthur, John Corbett and Holland Taylor. Joe Wong (Master of None, Russian Doll) who has previously scored the 2018 original film (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) has composed the film’s original score. Capitol Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie. Click here for the full album details.