Michael Andrews has composed the music for the pilot episode of Amazon’s The Legend of Master Legend. The show is created by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster (Transparent, The Motel Life) and stars John Hawkes, Dawnn Lewis, Shea Whigham and Anjelika Washington. The comedy centers around the life of Frank Lafount, a.k.a. Master Legend – a homemade superhero whose mission is to protect the people of Las Vegas from evil-doers. James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, The End of the Tour, Smashed) has directed the pilot. Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster are also executive producing the project with Youree Henley (20th Century Women, The Bling Ring), Joshuah Bearman and David Klawans (Nacho Libre).
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‘Fortitude’ Soundtrack Announced
Mute will release a soundtrack album for the Sky Atlantic drama Fortitude. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ben Frost (Sleeping Beauty, The Deep). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 17, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version will also be released overseas. Fortitude is created by Simon Donald and stars Richard Dormer, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Mia Jexen, Alexandra Moen, Sienna Guillory, Luke Treadaway, Nicholas Pinnock, Jessica Raine, Christopher Eccleston, Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon and Dennis Quaid. The serie centers on how a violent murder of a research scientist affects a close-knit community with the unsettling horror threatening the future of the town itself.
Amazon’s ‘The New V.I.P.’s’ to Feature Music by Jeff Cardoni
Jeff Cardoni has composed the music for the Amazon Studios pilot The New V.I.P.’s. The show is created by Steve Dildarian (The Life & Times of Tim) and features the voices of Matt Braunger, Ben Schwartz, Missi Pyle and Jonathan Adams. The animated comedy centers on a group of low-level employees who seize control of a major corporation after accidently murdering their boss. Peter Principato (Central Intelligence, Keanu, Married) is producing the project with Titmouse’s Ben Kalina and Dave Newberg.
Martin Phipps Scoring Amazon’s ‘Oasis’
Martin Phipps has composed the music for Amazon Studios pilot Oasis. The show is created by Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) based on the novel The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber and stars Richard Madden, Anil Kapoor, Michael Shaw, Mark Addy, Haley Joel Osment, Maureen Sebastian, Michael Shaffer and Zawe Ashton. The drama centers on a chaplain who is sent into space to help establish a colony on a distant planet. Charman is also executive producing the Amazon Studios and Left Bank production with Andy Harries (The Queen, The Crown, The Damned United) and Lila Rawlings (Dark River).
‘Hand of God’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Amazon Content Services will release a new soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Hand of God. The album features the songs from the show’s second season by Holly Marilyn Solem. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 10, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring the singer/songwriter’s songs from the first season of the drama. Hand of God is created by Ben Watkins and stars Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Garret Dillahunt, Andre Royo, Alona Tal, Julian Morris, Elizabeth McLaughlin and Hunter Parrish. The show, which follows a corrupt judge who suffers a breakdown and believes God is compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice, will return for its second and final season on March 10.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 19, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original mini-series Big Little Lies directed by Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild), executive produced by David E. Kelley and starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Alexander Skårsgard, Adam Scott, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling. The show doesn’t feature any original score. Susan Jacobs serves as the project’s music supervisor. To learn more about the drama, which is based on the book of the same name by Liane Moriarty, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tonight is the HBO original series Crashing executive produced by Judd Apatow and Pete Holmes who also stars in the show alongside Lauren Lapkus, George Basil, T.J. Miller, Artie Lange, Dave Attell, Hannibal Burress, Sarah Silverman, Gina Gershon. The comedy’s original music is composed by Lyle Workman (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Superbad, Love, Forgetting Sarah Marshall). To learn more about the series, which follows a comedian who, when his wife leaves him, has nowhere to stay but on the couches of New York’s finest comics, visit the official show website.
Soundtrack EP for Amazon’s ‘Patriot’ to Be Released
Amazon Content Services will release a soundtrack for the new Amazon original series Patriot. The EP features the songs from the show performed by actor Michael Dorman. Also included is Vashti Bunyan’s Train Song as features in the pilot episode. The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 24, 2017 and is now available for pre-order here. Patriot is.created by Steve Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Weather Man) and stars Dorman, alongside Terry O’Quinn, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe, Aliette Opheim and Kurtwood Smith. The series follows the complicated life of an intelligence officer whose latest assignment is to prevent Iran from going nuclear.
‘Z: The Beginning of Everything’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the Amazon original series Z: The Beginning of Everything. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, The Affair, Ray Donovan, Remember Me, The Words, The Good Shepherd). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 27 and physically on February 24. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Z: The Beginning of Everything is created by Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin (The Killing) and stars Christina Ricci, Gavin Stenhouse, as well as guest stars David Strathairn, Kristine Nielsen, Maya Kazan, Sarah Schenkkan, Jamie Anne Allman and Holly Curran.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 22, 2017)
Premiering on Thursday, January 26, is the new CW drama Riverdale based on the characters by Archie Comics and starring Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Luke Perry, KJ Apa, Marisol Nichols, Mädchen Amick, Ashleigh Murray, Madelaine Petsch and Camila Mendes. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Blindspot). Check out our previous news article, as well as the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Thursday nights on the CW.
Premiering on Friday, January 27, is the Amazon original series Z: The Beginning of Everything created by Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin and starring Christina Ricci, Gavin Stenhouse, David Strathairn, Kristine Nielsen, Maya Kazan, Sarah Schenkkan, Jamie Anne Allman and Holly Curran. Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, The Affair, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd) is composing the show’s original music. Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Friday. The full album details will be posted on this page this coming week.
‘Sneaky Pete’ Main Title Theme Song ‘Harder Out Here’ Released
Madison Gate Records has released the main title theme song for the new Amazon original series Sneaky Pete. The track, entitled Harder Out Here, is performed by The Bright Light Social Hour. The song is now available to download on Amazon. Sneaky Pete is created by David Shore & Bryan Cranston and stars Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Margo Martindale, Shane McRae, Libe Barer and Peter Gerety. The show follows an ex-convict conman who takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his former cellmate, and gets roped into the family’s bail bond business. The drama’s first season premiered today and is now available to stream on Amazon.