Emile Mosseri (Minari, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Homecoming, Kajillionaire, When You Finish Saving the World) has signed on to score the upcoming Amazon original series Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The show is created by Donald Glover (Atlanta), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) & Francesca Sloane and stars Glover himself, Maya Erskine, Parker Posey and Wagner Moura. The spy comedy is based on Doug Liman’s 2005 feature of the same title (scored by John Powell) about two rival spies who discover they have been contracted to assassinate each other.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 26, 2023)
Premiering today is the Paramount+ original series Rabbit Hole created by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Charles Dance, Enid Graham, Meta Golding, Walt Klink, Jason Butler Harner and Rob Yang. The show’s original music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Runaways, Queenpins, Looking for Alaska, Your Place or Mine). Check out our previous article to learn more about the thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Also premiering today is the FX/BBC limited series Great Expectations developed by Steven Knight based on Charles Dickens’ novel and starring Fionn Whitehead, Olivia Colman, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Johnny Harris, Ashley Thomas, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Tom Sweet and Matt Berry. Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, True Detective, Made for Love, London Spy, Nashville, Diana, The Fall) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 6-part drama, which is premiering in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Hulu.
Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Reggie’ Documentary to Be Released
Bullet Shields (aka Ryan Shields) (Aviva, Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy) will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon original documentary Reggie. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally on April 24, 2023. Visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack. Reggie is directed by Alexandria Stapleton and explores the life and career of baseball icon and 5-time World Series champion Reggie Jackson as he contemplates his legacy as a trailblazing Black athlete fighting for dignity, respect, and a seat at the table.
‘No Traces’ (‘Sin Huellas’) Soundtrack Album Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish Amazon original series No Traces (Sin huellas). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by J.J. Luna. Also included is the Delaporte’s Las Tontas cover created for the comedy. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. No Traces is created by Sara Antuña, Carlos de Pando & Héctor Beltrán Gimeno and stars Carolina Yuste, Camila Sodi, Silvia Alonso, Borja Luna, Álex Gadea, Adriana Torrebejano, Adrian Grösser, Leonardo Ortizgris and Pastora Vega.
Soundtrack EP for Amazon’s ‘Swarm’ Released
RCA Records has released a soundtrack EP for the new Amazon original series Swarm. The 6-track EP features the songs from the show produced by series co-creator Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) & score composer Michael Uzowuru and performed by the fictional pop star Ni’Jah (voiced by KIRBY). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all six tracks below. Swarm is created by Janine Nabers & Glover and stars Dominique Fishback, Chloë Bailey and Damson Idris. The 7-part horror thriller is set between 2016-2018 and follows an obsessed fan of the world’s biggest pop star who sets off on an unexpected cross-country journey.
‘Dark Hearts’ Soundtrack Album Released
Mandarin Television has released a soundtrack album for the French Amazon original series Dark Hearts (Cœurs Noirs). The album features the show’s original score composed by Eric Neveux (The Attack, SamSam, Zombillennium, The Illegal, Intimacy, A Stork’s Journey). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Dark Hearts is directed by Ziad Doueiri and stars Nicolas Duvauchelle, Marie Dompnier, Tewfik Jallab, Nina Meurisse, Victor Pontecorvo, Jérémy Nadeau, Thierry Godard, Quentin Faure, and Moussa Maaskri. The 6-parter is set on the eve of the battle for Mosul in 2016 and follows the lives of the members of commando group deployed in Iraq to fight ISIS.
Songs from ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Episodes 1, 2 & 3 Released
Atlantic Records has released the songs from the first three episodes of the Amazon limited series Daisy Jones & The Six. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are the soundtracks for Episode 1 – Come and Get It, Episode 2 – I’ll Take You There and Episode 3 – Somebody Saved My Life Tonight featuring the songs from the titular band (which have also been released as part of the Aurora album), The Dunne Brothers (the original “The Six”) and other characters from the show. Seven more albums featuring the songs from Episodes 4-10 are expected to come out over the next couple of weeks. Daisy Jones & The Six is developed by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid and stars Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Will Harrison, Suki Waterhouse, Josh Whitehouse.
Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Luden’ to Be Released’
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the German Amazon original series Luden. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Julian Scherle (Missing, Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche, Heart of the Champions, Princess of the Row). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 3 and will be available to stream/download here. Luden is created by Niklas Hoffmann, Peter Kocyla & Rafael Parente and stars Aaron Hilmer, Jeanette Hain, Lena Urzendowsky, Noah Tinwa, Henning Flüsloh und Nicki von Tempelhoff. The 6-part drama is set in the red light district in Hamburg during the late 1970s and centers on the rise of young man who is made into a pimp by a tough prostitute and founds the “Nutella” gang.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 26, 2023)
Premiering on Wednesday, March 1, is the new CBS drama True Lies developed by Matt Nix inspired by James Cameron’s 1994 movie and starring Steve Howey, Ginger Gonzaga, Erica Hernandez, Omar Miller, Mike O’Gorman, Lucas Jaye and Annabella Didion.The show’s original music is composed by Toby Chu (Bao, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, Covert Affairs, Found, Fistful of Vengeance, Unforgettable). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on CBS.
Also premiering on Wednesday in the U.S. is the British horror comedy series Wreck created by Ryan J. Brown and starring Oscar Kennedy, Thaddea Graham, Jack Rowan, Anthony Rickman, Louis Boyer, Alice Noakes, Miya Ocego, Peter Claffey and Jodie Tyack. Steve Lynch (Let Us Prey, Boys from Hell) is composing the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 was released last December. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the series, which premiered in the UK on BBC Three last fall and is making its worldwide debut on Netflix.
Tom Howe Scoring Amazon’s ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Early Man, The Amazing Maurice) is the composer of the new Amazon limited series Daisy Jones & the Six. The show is created by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (500 Days of Summer, The Fault in Our Stars) based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel of the same title and starring Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Suki Waterhouse, Josh Whitehouse, Will Harrison, Nabiyah Be, Tom Wright, Sebastian Chacon, Teddy Price and Timothy Olyphant. The musical drama tells the story of how an iconic 1970s band imploded at the height of its powers.