Amanda Jones (Twenties, Cherish the Day, Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands) is scoring the new CW drama Naomi. The show is developed by Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) & Jill Blankenship based on DC Entertainment’s comic book series of the same title co-written by Brian Michael Bendis & David F. Walker and illustrated by Jamal Campbell and stars Kaci Walfall, Mary-Charles Jones, Cranston Johnson, Camila Moreno, Barry Watson, Mouzam Makkar, Will Meyers, Aidan Gemme and Alexander Wraith. The series revolves a cool, confident, comic book–loving teenager as she pursues her hidden destiny and sets out the origins of a supernatural event that shakes her hometown of Port Oswego to the core.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 23, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the HBO docu-series The Vow directed and executive produced by Jehane Noujaim & Karim Amer about the self-improvement group NXIVM, whose leaders have been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. The show’s original music is composed by Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Feud: Bette and Joan, Pose, Scream Queens, The Politician). Check out our previous news article for more information about the 9-parter, which will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 26 is the Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix directed by Ian Bonhote & Peter Ettedgui about the Paralympic Games and its evolution from the rubble of World War II to the third biggest sporting event on the planet. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Steve Jobs, Birds of Prey, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword). 1812 Recordings will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Wednesday (click here for the full album details) and the original title song by Pemberton, Georgetragic, Toni Hickman & Keith Jones is already available as a digital single now (click here to listen to the track).
Soundtrack Album for ‘Home’ Episode ‘Maine’ Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for Maine, the fifth episode of the Apple TV+ docu-series Home. The album features the original music from the episode composed by Amanda Jones (Twenties, Cherish the Day) who has received her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, Apple Music and other music stores. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring selections of the music from all episodes of the show. Maine directed by Scott Weintrob premiered this past April as part of Home, which looks inside the world’s most innovative homes and unveils the imagination of the visionaries who dared to dream and build them.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 19, 2020)
Already out on VOD since this past Thursday is the psychological thriller You Should Have Left written and directed by David Koepp and starring Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex and Geoff Bell. The film’s original music is composed by Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Disturbia, The Odd Life of Timothy Green). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Thursday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production/Universal Pictures release.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the Australian comedy drama Babyteeth directed by Shannon Murphy and starring Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis and Ben Mendelsohn. Amanda Jones (Son of a Lion, Look Both Ways) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released. The movie, which revolves around a family that juggles first love, suburban malaise, and heavy pharmaceuticals, premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and is being released in the U.S. by IFC Films. Visit the official movie website for more information.
Soundtrack Album for BET’s ‘Twenties’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the BET original series Twenties. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Amanda Jones (Cherish the Day, Home). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Twenties is created by Lena Waithe and stars Jonica “Jojo” T. Gibbs, Christina Elmore and Gabrielle Graham. The comedy follows a screenwriter and her best friends as they chase their dreams in Los Angeles and try to figure out life, love and the professional world.
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+ Docu-Series ‘Home’ Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ docu-series Home. The album features the selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Garron Chang (Hunting Lands), Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Luke Cage, Run This Town), Bleeding Fingers Music (Planet Earth II), Amanda Jones (Twenties, Cherish the Day), Amritha Vaz (Mira, Royal Detective), John Dragonetti (The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, All About Nina) and Matthew Robert Cooper (Night Comes On). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Home is executive produced by Matthew Weaver, Doug Pray, Bruce Gersh, Ian Orefice, Collin Orcutt, Matt Tyrnauer, Corey Reeser, Joe Poulin and Kim Rozenfeld and looks inside the world’s most innovative homes.