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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 17, 2024)

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series Nolly created by by Russell T. Davies & Nicola Shindler and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Augustus Prew, Mark Gatiss and Con O’Neill. The show’s original music is composed by Blair Mowat (Class, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, Men Up, Electric Man). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last March when the drama premiered in the UK on ITV. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 3-parter, which will air in the U.S. every Sunday on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

Also making its U.S. debut tonight is the British series Alice & Jack created by Victor Levin sand starring Domhnall Gleeson, Andrea Riseborough, Aimee Lou Wood, Aisling Bea and Sunil Patel. Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, Frank, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Quiet Girl, Conversations with Friends) has composed the show’s original music. The composer has released a soundtrack album featuring his score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 6-parter, which premiered in the UK last month on Channel 4 and is also making its domestic debut on PBS.

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‘Nudes’ Soundtrack Album Released

Hippocampus has released a soundtrack album for the French Prime Video original series Nudes. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Revenge, Gretel & Hansel, Horns, Oxygen, Troy: Fall of a City), Nousdeuxtheband (Madame Claude, Stella in Love) & Paul Sabin (Stalk). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Nudes is based on the Norwegian series of the same title created by Nina M. Barbosa Blad, Erika Calmeyer & Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad and stars Baptiste Masseline, Léonie Dahan-Lamort and Nelligan. The drama follows three teens who are in the midst of a life crisis and are forced to to regain control of their own lives when compromising photos spread on social media.

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August Moon’s Original Song ‘Dance Before We Walk’ from Michael Showalter’s ‘The Idea of You’ Released

Arista Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the upcoming romantic comedy The Idea of You. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music is Dance Before We Walk written by Savan Kotecha & Carl Falk and performed by the fictional boy band August Moon. Also check out the official lyric video for the song, which is featured in the just released first trailer for the film, below. A full soundtrack album featuring more songs from the movie will be released on May 3. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album (in digital, CD and vinyl formats) and check back on this page for the full album details. The Idea of You is directed by Michael Showalter (The Big Sick, The Eyes of Tammy Faye) and stars Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott, Viktor White, Raymond Cham and Jaiden Anthony.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 3, 2024)

Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Regime created by Will Tracy, directed by Stephen Frears & Jessica Hobbs and starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Guillaume Gallienne and Hugh Grant.  The show’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) & Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Touching the Void). WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score in the coming weeks. Click here to learn more about the 6-part satire, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Premiering tomorrow, March 4, is the National Geographic original documentary series Queens narrated by Angela Bassett and produced by Wildstar Films. Morgan Kibby (The Watcher, The Power, Mothering Sunday, Girls of the Sun, Wilderness, Grand Army,  Tales of the Walking Dead) has composed the show’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and the main title song Umi,by Alewya this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the series, which will air Mondays on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Hulu and Disney+.

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Dave Palmer Scoring Peter Farrelly’s ‘Ricky Stanicky’

Composer Dave Palmer is reteaming with director Peter Farrelly (Green Book, Dumb and Dumber) on the new comedy Ricky Stanicky. The film starring Zac Efron, John Cena, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, Lex Scott Davis, Jeff Ross, Anja Savcic & William H. Macy follows three childhood best friends who invented the imaginary title character to get them out of trouble after they pull a prank gone wrong, but when their partners become suspicious, they have to hire a washed-up actor to portray their fictional friend. Tom Wolfe & Manish Raval serve as the movie’s music supervisors.

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‘Red Queen’ (‘Reina Roja’) Soundtrack Album Released

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Prime Video original series Red Queen (Reina Roja). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award winner Victor Reyes (The Night Manager, Buried, Red Lights, Grand Piano, Perfect Strangers, Down a Dark Hall). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main titles and end credits tracks below. Red Queen is written by Amaya Muruzábal & Salvador Perpiñá based on the first book in Juan Gómez-Jurado’s hit trilogy and stars Vicky Luengo, Hovik Keuchkerian, Andrea Trepat, Nacho Fresneda, Celia Freijeiro, Karmele Larrinaga and Vicenta N’Dongo.

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Charli XCX to Produce Music for Prime Video’s ‘Overcompensating’

Prime Video announced today that Charli XCX will serve as the executive music producer on the streamer’s upcoming original comedy series Overcompensating. The show is created by Benito Skinner and will star himself in the lead role as a closeted former football player and homecoming king who becomes fast friends with a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. Skinner is also executive producing the A24 and Amazon MGM Studios production with Jonah Hill (Mid 90s), Matt Dines (This Place Rules) and Ali Goodwin (Stutz) of Strong Baby.

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Wendy & Lisa Scoring Prime Video’s ‘The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy’

Wendy Melvoin & Lisa Coleman (Heroes, Dangerous Minds, Crossing Jordan, Nurse Jackie, Firefly Lane, True Story) are scoring the new Prime Video original adult animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy. The show is created by Cirocco Dunlap and features the voices of Stephanie Hsu, Keke Palmer, Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, Kieran Culkin and Sam Smith. The animated comedy follows two best friends, aliens and intergalactically renowned surgeons as they tackle anxiety-eating parasites, illegal time loops, and deep-space STIs.

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‘Expats’ Extended Version Soundtrack Album Released

Milan Records has released an extended version of the soundtrack album for the Prime Video limited series Expats. The album features three previously unreleased songs from the show (in addition to composer Alex Weston’s original score as featured on the original soundtrack), including the cover versions of We’re All Alone (originally written by Boz Scaggs) & Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Happiness Is Me and You produced by Weston and performed by Kennedy Ryon, as well as the cover of Katy Perry’s Roar performed by the “Expats Choir”. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all three new tracks after the jump. Expats is written and directed by Lulu Wang and stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Brian Tee, Jack Huston and Ji-young Yoo.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 18, 2024)

Premiering on Wednesday, February 21, is the Apple TV+ original series Constellation created by Peter Harness and starring Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy, Julian Looman, William Catlett, Barbara Sukowa, Rosie Coleman and Davina Coleman. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, Archive 81, Luce) and Suvi-Eeva Äikäs (Matriarch, Baghead, Hanna). A soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score will be announced soon. Click here for more information about the psychological thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ documentary series Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend executive produced by Tim Pastore, Patrick Milling Smith, Matt Renner,Brian Carmody, Jenna Millman and Juan Camilo Cruz. Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, The Accountant, A River Runs Through It, Miracle, Warrior, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Black Daliah, The Cooler) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the SMUGGLER Entertainment production, which will also be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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