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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 16, 2020)

Premiering in the U.S. today is the mini-series War of the Worlds created by Howard Overman based on H.G. Wells’ novel of the same name and starring Gabriel Byrne, Elizabeth McGovern, Léa Drucker, Adel Bencherif, Emilie de Preissac, Natasha Little, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Ty Tennant. The show’s original music is composed by David Martijn (De Dag, The Twelve). The 8-parter, which follows a group of astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, premiered in Europe last fall, is making its U.S. debut on Epix. Visit the official show website for more information.

Also premiering tonight is the Fox animated comedy Duncanville created by Mike Scully, Julie Scully & Amy Poehler and starring Poehler herself, Ty Burrell, Riki Lindhome, Betsy Sodaro, Yassir Lester and Zach Cherry. John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak, Office Space, The Following, Beavis and Butthead Do America) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on Fox.

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Stephen James Taylor Scoring Richard Tanne’s ‘Chemical Hearts’

Composer Stephen James Taylor is reteaming with director Richard Tanne on the upcoming coming-of-age drama Chemical Hearts. The film is written and directed by Tanne and stars Lili Reinhart and Austin Abrams. The movie is based on Krystal Sutherland’s novel Our Chemical Hearts and follows a 17-year-old high school student who has never been in love and focuses of his attention on finally becoming the editor of his high school newspaper until he he meets a transfer student on the first day of his senior year. Tanne is also producing the project with  Alex Saks (The Florida Project, Wildlife, Book Club).

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 12, 2020)

Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Outsider developed by Richard Price based on Stephen King’s novel and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Jason Bateman, Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Paddy Considine, Julianne Nicholson and Yul Vázquez. The show’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Ozark). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.

Also premiering tonight in the U.S. is the ITV/PBS Masterpiece series Sanditon developed by Andrew Davies based on Jane Austen’s novel and starring Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid, Kris Marshall, Kate Ashfield, Jack Fox, Charlotte Spencer, Lily Sacofsky and Adrian Scarborough. Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Victoria, Collateral, Harry Brown) has composed the show’s original music. NW1 Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

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Bear McCreary Scoring Amazon’s ‘The Dark Tower’

Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Battlestar Galactica, Happy Death Day) is composing the original music for the Amazon pilot The Dark Tower. The show is developed by Glen Mazzara based on Stephen King’s book of the same title and stars Sam Strike, Jasper Pääkkönen, Michael Rooker, Jerome Flynn and Joana Ribeiro. The fantasy drama tells the origin story of Roland Deschain and chronicles how he became a gunslinger and his first encounter with the villainous Man in Black.

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Soundtrack Album for ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3 to Be Released

Universal Music will release a new soundtrack album for the Amazon original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The album features a selection of songs from the show’s third season by artists such as Blossom Dearie, Kay Starr, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Helen Merrill & others. Also included are original songs written by Curtis Moore & Thomas Mizer and performed by Shy Baldwin (played by Leroy McClain) & The Silver Belles. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 13 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums for the show’s first two seasons.

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‘Seberg’ Soundtrack Details

Music.Film Recordings has announced the official soundtrack album for the dramatic thriller Seberg. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed, The Babadook, The Mustang, The Snowtown Murders). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 13 and will be available to stream/download here. Seberg is directed by Benedict Andrews and stars Kristen Stewart, Jack O’Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Vince Vaughn and Anthony Mackie. The movie tells the true story of French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg, who in the late 1960s was targeted by the FBI because of her support of the civil rights movement and romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal, among others.

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Soundtrack for BBC/Amazon Series ‘Fleabag’ to Be Released

Dubois Records will release a soundtrack EP for the BBC/Amazon original series Fleabag. The 5-track EP features music from the show’s second season composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Vanity Fair, Vita & Virginia, Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, The Split). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 26 and will be available to stream/download here. Fleabag is created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge who also stars in the series, alongside Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Hugh Skinner, Hugh Dennis, Ben Aldridge, Jamie Demetriou, Jenny Rainsford, Andrew Scott, Fiona Shaw and Kristin Scott Thomas.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 17, 2019)

Premiering today is the third season of the Netflix original series The Crown created by Peter Morgan and starring Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O’Connor and Erin Doherty. Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown) has composed the original music for the new season. Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Premiering on Wednesday, November 20, is Spectrum’s reboot of the 90s comedy Mad About You developed by Peter Tolan and starring Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Abby Quinn, Anne Ramsey, John Pankow and Richard Kind. The show’s original score is composed by Steven Argila (Basmati Blues, Wayne, Max Steel, The Thing About My Folks). Madison Gate Records has released a new version of the title song Final Frontier from the original series performed by Lyle Lovett & Kecia Lewis (click here for more information).

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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Carnival Row’ to Be Released

A soundtrack album will be released for the Amazon original series Carnival Row. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award nominee Nathan Barr (True Blood, The Americans, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Hostel, Hemlock Grove). Also included are two songs by Patty Gurdy. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 8 and will be available to stream and download on Amazon Music. Carnival Row is created by Travis Beacham & Rene Echevarria and stars Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Indira Varma and Tamzin Merchant. The series is set in a neo-Victorian city, where mythical creatures who have fled their war-torn homeland are gathered, and follows the investigation into a string of unsolved murders.

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‘The Report’ Soundtrack Details

Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the political thriller The Report. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Wingo (Barry, Mud, Take Shelter, Midnight Special, Kidding). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Report is written and directed by Scott Z. Burns and stars Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Sarah Goldberg, Michael C. Hall, Douglas Hodge, Fajer Kaisi, Ted Levine, Jennifer Morrison, Tim Blake Nelson, Linda Powell, Matthew Rhys, T. Ryder Smith, Corey Stoll and Maura Tierney.

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