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‘Hidden Assets’ Soundtrack Album Released

The Agogolab has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the Irish/Belgian TV series Hidden Assets. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Michel Corriveau (Barrymore, A Breath Away, Ru, Anna, True North). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title and “closing” tracks after the jump. Hidden Assets is created by Peter McKenna and stars Angeline Ball, Simone Kirby, Charlie Carrick, Peter Coonan, Michael Ironside, Davin McElherron, Karine Vanasse, Nora-Jane Noone and Wouter Hendrickx. The crime thriller follows the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and the Belgian Anti-Terrorism Unit (CTU) as they work together to investigate a series of bombings in Antwerp, Belgium that are linked to a small-time drug dealer.

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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Mayflies’ Released

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Mayflies. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time) & Joseph Stevenson. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composers’ title track below. Mayflies is written and adapted for TV by Andrea Gibb based on Andrew O’Hagan’s bestselling novel and stars Martin Compston, Tony Curran, Ashley Jensen, Rian Gordon, Tracy Ifeachor and Tom Glynn-Carney. The 3-part drama tells the story of two men whose 30-year friendship is tested when one of them is facing a terminal cancer diagnosis and asks the other to take him to Switzerland so he can end his life on his own terms.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 30, 2025)

Premiering today is the new AMC+ original series The Last Anniversary developed by Samantha Strauss based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel by  and starring Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald, Uli Latukefu, Helen Thomson, Susan Prior, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Xavier Samuel and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. The show’s original music is composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which will be available to stream in the U.S. exclusively on AMC+.

Also premiering today is the Paramount+ original series MobLand created by Ronan Bennett and starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Paddy Considine, Lara Pulver, Joanne Froggatt, Anson Boon, Daniel Betts, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, Lisa Dwan, Geoff Bell and Emily Barber. Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria, Still Alice, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Kick-Ass) & Matt Bellamy (of the rock band Muse) are composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 16, 2025)

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, February 17, is the British limited series Best Interests created by Jack Thorne and starring Sharon Horgan, Michael Sheen, Alison Oliver, Noma Dumezweni, Niamh Moriarty, Des McAleer, Mat Fraser, Chizzy Akudolu, Gary Beadle, Jack Morris, Pippa Haywood, Lucian Msamati, Shane Zaza and Lisa McGrillis. The show’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks (Normal People, Room, Frank, Conversations with Friends, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Little Stranger, The Quiet Girl) . Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part drama, which premiered in the UK back in 2023 on BBC One and will make its make U.S. debut on Acorn TV.

Also premiering tomorrow is the BritBox original drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s novel A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story and starring Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley and Bessie Carter. Samuel Sim (The Bay, The Spanish Princess, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Domina, Anne, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 4-part series, which will debut in the U.S. on BritBox and will air in the UK later this year on ITV.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2024)

Premiering in the U.S. on Thursday, October 17, is the British sci-fi series Midwich Cuckoos: Village of the Damned developed by David Farr based on John Wyndham’s classic novel of the same title and starring Keeley Hawes, Max Beesley, Synnøve Karlsen, Samuel West, Cherrelle Skeete, Lara Rossi, Aisling Loftus, Ukweli Roach, Rebekah Staton, Lewis Reeves and Anneika Rose. The show’s original music is composed by Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, Scoop, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, Insomnia, The Deceived). Invada Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score when the sci-fi drama premiered in the UK on Sky in 2022. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its U.S. debut on AMC+, Acorn TV and Sundance Now.

Also premiering in the U.S. on Thursday is the British series Passenger created by Andrew Buchan and starring Wunmi Mosaku, David Threlfall, Rowan Robinson, Jo Hartley, Arian Nik, Barry Sloane, Natalie Gavin, Jack James Ryan and Nico Mirralegro. Keaton Henson (Supernova, Anne Boleyn, Something Better to Come) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-part mystery drama, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on ITV (and ITVX_ and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 26, 2023)

Premiering today is the Hulu limited series Faraway Downs co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Ben Mendelsohn and Brandon Walters and Bryan Brown. The reimagined version of the 2008 feature Australia is scored by Kara Talve (Prehistoric Planet, The Tatooist of Auschwitz, The Simpsons) for Bleeding Fingers Music. Sony Music Australia has released a soundtrack album featuring Budjerah’ & Matt Corb’sy  theme song The Way, as well as other songs from the show earlier this week. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream in the U.S. on Hulu.

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, November 27, is the British miniseries Steeltown Murders written by Ed Whitmore and starring Philip Glenister, Steffan Rhodri, Keith Allen, Sharon Morgan, Scott Arthur, Siôn Alun Davies and Priyanga Burford. Sarah Warne (Humans, Time, Des, The Drowning, Hollington Drive, Dark Money) has composed the show’s original music. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past June. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 4-part drama, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC One and is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 29, 2023)

Making its linear premiere tonight is the Showtime limited series Fellow Travelers created by Ron Nyswaner based on the novel by Thomas Mallon and starring Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Allison Williams, Jelani Alladin and Noah J. Ricketts. The show’s original music is composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Dynasty, Boston Strangler). The 8-part drama, which chronicles the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in McCarthy-era Washington, premiered this Friday on Paramount+ with Showtime and will air every Sunday night on Showtime.

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, October 30, is the British limited series Mayflies written by Andrea Gibb based on Andrew O’Hagan’s bestselling novel of the same title and starring Martin Compston, Tony Curran, Ashley Jensen, Rian Gordon, Tracy Ifeachor and Tom Glynn-Carney. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The Wheel of Time, His Dark Materials, Black Widow) & Joseph Stevenson have composed the show’s original music. The 2-parter, which centers on the friendship between two Scottish men, premiered in the UK last year on BBC One and is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 5, 2023)

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, March 6 is the British crime comedy drama Holding based on Graham Norton’s novel and starring Conleth Hill, Siobhán McSweeney, Helen Behan, Charlene McKenna and Amy Conroy. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Gentleman Jack, Quiz, A Very English Scandal, It’s a Sin). The 4-part series, which follows a police offer who is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career, made its UK debut early last year on ITV and is premiering in the U.S on Acorn TV.

Also premiering tomorrow is the HBO/BBC original series Rain Dogs created by Cash Carraway and starring Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing, Ronke Adekoluejo, Adrian Edmondson and Fleur Tashjian. Alex Baranowski (True Things, The Windmere Children, Burial, A Perfect Enemy, A Christmas Carol) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which is making its U.S. debut on HBO (and HBO Max) and will premiere in the UK on BBC One later this year.

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‘London Kills’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released

Creation Destruction has released a new soundtrack album for the Acorn TV original series London Kills. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by  Justine Barker (Casualty, Hope Street, Suspects). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A first soundtrack album featuring Barker’s music from the first two seasons was released last year. London Kills is created by Paul Marquess and stars Hugo Speer, Sharon Small, Bailey Patrick, Tori Allen-Martin, John Michie and Benjamin O’Mahony.

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Soundtrack Album for Acorn TV’s ‘Recipes for Love and Murder’ Released

Both Worlds Music has released a soundtrack album for the Acorn TV original series Recipes for Love and Murder. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Zethu Mashika (The Forgiven, Last Ones Out, Hear Me Move, Queen Sono). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Recipes for Love and Murder is developed by Karen Jeynes based on Sally Andrews’ bestselling novel series and stars Maria Doyle Kennedy, Kylie Fisher and Tony Kgoroge. The crime drama follows an empathetic and accomplished recipe advice columnist and a rookie journalist who team up to solve a small-town murder.

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