WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the Max orginal animated series Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first season composed by Amanda Jones (Naomi, Somebody Somewhere, The Perfect Find, Young Love, Good Trouble, Moving On, Super/Natural). Also included are the songs from Season 1 written by Rebecca Sugar, Zuzu, Kurran Karbal, Half Shy, Joshua Kauffman, Pat McHale and Jones herself. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake is developed by Adam Muto based on characters from the Adventure Time franchise and stars Madeleine Martin, Roz Ryan, Andrew Rannells, Tom Kenny, Donald Glover, Sean Rohani and Kayleigh Mckee.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 17, 2023)
Premiering in the U.S. is the British limited series The Gold written by Neil Forsyth and starring Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Tom Cullen, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Stefanie Martini and Ellora Torchia. The show’s original music is composed by Simon Goff. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year when the drama premiered in the UK on BBC One. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its U.S. debut on Paramount+.
Premiering on Tuesday, September 19, is the Netflix original documentary The Saint of Second Chances directed by Morgan Neville and narrated by Jeff Daniels. Daniel Wohl (Project Blue Book, On the Come Up, The Weekend Away, Tales of the Walking Dead, Search Party, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead) has composed the film’s original score. The movie, which follows Mike Veeck on his journey to redeem himself after he blew up the career of his hustler father, Hall of Fame baseball owner Bill Veeck, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 18, 2023)
Premiering today is the AMC original series The Walking Dead: Dead City developed by Eli Jorné and starring Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Karina Ortiz, Gaius Charles, Zeljko Ivanek, Mahina Napoleon and Jonathan Higginbotham. The show’s original music is composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Dickinson, Rosaline, Night Teeth, I Know What You Did Last Summer, One of Us Is Lying). Check out our previous article to learn more about the, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
Also premiering in the U.S. today is the British TV series Ridley created by Paul Matthew Thompson & Jonathan Fisher and starring Adrian Dunbar, George Bukhari, Bronagh Waugh, Terence Maynard, Georgie Glen, Julie Graham and Bhavna Limbachia. Ben Foster (Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Hidden Kingdoms, Happy Valley) is composing the show’s original music. The crime drama, which revolves around the title character who has retired from the police force after a 20-year career and resumes his partnership with former protégée when she turns to him for help on a murder investigation, premiered in the UK last year on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 17, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods directed by David F. Sandberg and starring Zachary Levi, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona and Djimon Hounsou. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Ant-Man series, Frozen, WandaVision, Free Guy, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover). . WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Opening semi-wide in around 800 theaters is the comedy drama Moving On written and directed by Paul Weitz and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell and Richard Roundtree. Amanda Jones (Naomi, Super/Natural, Twenties, Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Somebody Somewhere) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows two estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower of their recently deceased best friend, premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Roadside Attractions.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 18, 2022)
Premiering tonight is the PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein about the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism in the United States. In a Circle Records will release a soundtrack album featuring original music created for the film by artists including Kinan Azmeh, Shanir Blumenkranz, Mathias Kunzli, Dan Brantigan, Jason Moran, Michael Nicholas, Dana Lyn, Dave Nelson & others this coming Friday, September 23. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 21, is Lucasfilm’s Disney+ original series Andor created by Tony Gilroy and starring Diego Luna, Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Kyle Soller, Denise Gough and Fiona Shaw. The show’s original music is composed by Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, Cruella, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Don’t Look Up, The Underground Railroad). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series and check back on this page for updates on the release of music from the show, which will be available to stream on Disney+.
Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s Disney+ Series ‘Super/Natural’ to Be Released
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for National Geographic’s Disney+ docuseries Super/Natural. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Amanda Jones (Naomi, Twenties, Good Trouble, Somebody Somewhere, Adventure Time: Distant Lands). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 16 and will be available to stream/download here. Super/Natural is executive produced by James Cameron, Maria Wilhelm, Martha Holmes & Tom Hugh-Jones, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and utilizes the latest scientific innovations and filmmaking technology to reveal the secret powers and super-senses of the world’s most extraordinary animals, inviting viewers to see and hear beyond normal human perception to experience the natural world as a specific species does.
‘Home’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Lakeshore Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ docu-series Home. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Garron Chang (Hunting Lands), Amanda Jones (Naomi, Somebody Somewhere), Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear (High Maintenance), Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, Bruised) Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Luke Cage, Run This Town), record producer/songwriter BJ Burton and Camilo Lara & Demián Gálvez (Bronco). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring music from Season 1 back in 2020.
Soundtrack Album for The CW’s ‘Naomi’ to Be Released
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the CW superhero drama Naomi. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Amanda Jones (Somebody Somewhere, Twenties, Good Trouble, Cherish the Day, Adventure Time: Distant Lands). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 6. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Naomi is developed by Ava DuVernay & Jill Blankenship based on DC Entertainment’s comic book series of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis & David F. Walker and stars Kaci Walfall, Cranston Johnson, Mary-Charles Jones, Camila Moreno, Will Meyers, Barry Watson, Aidan Gemme, Mouzam Makkar and Alexander Wraith.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 16, 2022)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Somebody Somewhere created by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen and starring Bridget Everett, Jeff Hiller, Mary Catherine Garrison, Mike Hagerty, Danny McCarthy, Murray Hill add Jon Hudson Odom. The show’s original score is composed by Amanda Jones (Naomi, Twenties, Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Cherish the Day). The comedy, which centers on a true Kansan on the surface who struggles to fit the hometown mold, will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Tuesday, January 18, is the Hulu original series How I Met Your Father developed by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and starring Hilary Duff, Kim Cattrall, Francia Raisa, Chris Lowell, Suraj Sharma, Tom Ainsley and Tien Tran. Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, CSI: Miami, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Heels) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous news article for more information about the How I Met Your Mother sequel, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 9, 2022)
Premiering tonight is the new Fox comedy Pivoting created by Liz Astrof and starring Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, JT Neal, Tommy Dewey and Marcello Reyes. The show’s original music is composed by Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Rectify, The Unicorn, Rosewood). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will move to its regular time slot on January 13 and will air every Thursday night on Fox.
Premiering on Tuesday, January 11, is the CW drama Naomi developed by Ava DuVernay & Jill Blankenship based on DC Entertainment’s comic book series of the same name and starring Kaci Walfall, Mary-Charles Jones, Cranston Johnson, Alexander Wraith, Camila Moreno, Mouzam Makkar, Barry Watson, Will Meyers and Aidan Gemme. Amanda Jones (Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Twenties, Cherish the Day) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on CW.