Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, The After Party) & Laure Karpman (What If…?, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Why We Hate) are teaming up to co-score the upcoming AMC original series 61st Street. The show is created by Peter Moffat (The Night Of, Your Honor) and stars Courtney B. Vance, Aunjanue Ellis, Mark O’Brien, Holt McCallany, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Tosin Cole and Bentley Green. The thriller examines the infamous Chicago criminal justice system as police and prosecutors investigate a deadly drug bust that threatens to unravel the police department’s code of silence.
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Matthew Herbert Scoring BBC’s ‘The Responder’
Matthew Herbert (A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience, The Beast Must Die, Gloria Bell, The Cave, Port Authority, Temple) is the composer of the new BBC drama The Responder. The show is written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher and stars Martin Freeman, Ian Hart, Adelayo Adedayo, Warren Brown, MyAnna Buring, Romi Hyland-Rylands, Emily Fairn, Josh Finan, Rita Tushingham, Elizabeth Berrington and David Bradley. The series revolves around a morally compromised and unconventional urgent response officer tackling a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool who is forced to take on a new rookie partner while trying to keep his head above water both personally and professionally.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 16, 2022)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Somebody Somewhere created by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen and starring Bridget Everett, Jeff Hiller, Mary Catherine Garrison, Mike Hagerty, Danny McCarthy, Murray Hill add Jon Hudson Odom. The show’s original score is composed by Amanda Jones (Naomi, Twenties, Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Cherish the Day). The comedy, which centers on a true Kansan on the surface who struggles to fit the hometown mold, will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Tuesday, January 18, is the Hulu original series How I Met Your Father developed by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and starring Hilary Duff, Kim Cattrall, Francia Raisa, Chris Lowell, Suraj Sharma, Tom Ainsley and Tien Tran. Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, CSI: Miami, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Heels) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous news article for more information about the How I Met Your Mother sequel, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
‘A Discovery of Witches’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
Dubois Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Sky original series A Discovery of Witches. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third and final season composed by Rob Lane (John Adams, Merlin, The Damned United, Atlantis, MotherFatherSon, Beowulf). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released two soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 and Season 2. A Discovery of Witches is is based on Deborah Harkness’ historical fantasy novel and stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Alex Kingston,Malin Buska, Valarie Pettiford, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Trevor Eve, Steven Cree, Paul Rhys, Adelle Leonce and Lindsay Duncan.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 5, 2021)
Premiering tomorrow, December 6, is HBO limited series Landscapers created by Ed Sinclair and starring Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O’ Flynn, Samuel Anderson, Dipo Ola, David Hayman, Felicity Montagu and Daniel Rigby. The show’s original music is composed by Arthur Sharpe (The Electrical Life of Arthur Wain, Flowers, Guilt, The Darkest Universe, Ghosts). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part drama, which is making its U.S. debut on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Also premiering tomorrow is the HBO original documentary The Forever Prisoner directed and produced by Alex Gibney about Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA’s program of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques who was later identified as torture by those outside the agency. Will Bates (Unbelievable, Away, The Magicians, The Path, I Origins, The Looming Tower, Another Earth) who previously scored numerous documentaries by Gibney (including Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks & Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine) has composed the film’s original music. The movie will premiere on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
‘The North Water’ Soundtrack Album Released
Lakeshore Records and INVADA Records have released a soundtrack album for The North Water. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by electronic music artist Tim Hecker (The Free World). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A vinyl edition is also in the works for a release in early 2022. The North Water is developed by Andrew Haigh based on Ian McGuirand’s best-selling novel of the same title and stars Jack O’Connell, Colin Farrell, Peter Mullan, Stephen Graham, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller. The 5-parter is set in Hull, England, and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s and tells the story of a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic.
David Holmes Scoring RTÉ’s & AMC+’s ‘Kin’
David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Haywire, No Sudden Move, Analyze That) is the composer of the new Irish TV series Kin. The show is created by Peter McKenna (Red Rock) & Ciarán Donnelly (Harley and the Davidsons, Titanic: Blood and Steel) and stars Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne, Aidan Gillen, Ciarán Hinds, Sam Keeley, Emmett J. Scanlan, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Hannah Adeogun and Yasmin Seky. The crime drama charts the lives of a small but tight-knit crime family embroiled in a war against a powerful drug kingpin.
AMC+’s to ‘Ultra City Smiths’ to Feature Original Songs by Steven Conrad & Brad Jones
Steven Conrad and Brad Jones have written original songs to the new AMC+ original series Ultra City Smiths. The stop-motion animated comedy is created by Conrad himself and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords) and features the voices of Damon Herriman, Bebe Neuwirth, John C. Reilly, Alia Shawkat, Melissa Villaseñor, Tim Heidecker, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Debra Winger, Terry O’ Quinn, Tim Meadows, Hana Mae Lee, Luis Guzman, Chris Conrad, Sunita Mani, Jason Mantzoukas, Caleb McLaughlin, Julian Barratt, Kurtwood Smith and Tom Waits.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 11, 2021)
Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The White Lotus created by Mike White and starring Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Alexandra Daddario, Jennifer Coolidge, Jake Lacy, Fred Hechinger, Brittany O’Grady, Sydney Sweeney, Natasha Rothwell and Steve Zahn. The show’s original music is composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Utopia, The Girl with All the Gifts, Hunters, The Third Day, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency). Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the satire, which will air Sunday nights on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Thursday, July 15, is the Peacock original series Dr. Death based on Wondery’s podcast and starring Joshua Jackson, Grace Gummer, Christian Slater, AnnaSophia Robb and Alec Baldwin. Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Mank, Soul, Gone Girl), Leopold Ross (The Book of Eli, Broken City) & Nick Chuba (Operation Varsity Blues) are composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock.
Tim Hecker Scoring BBC’s & AMC+’s ‘The North Water’
Electronic music artist Tim Hecker (The Free World) has composed the original score for the new BBC and AMC+ original series The North Water. The show is developed by Andrew Haigh (Lean on Pete, 45 Years, Weekend) based on the best-selling novel by Ian McGuirand and stars Jack O’Connell, Colin Farrell, Stephen Graham, Peter Mullan, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller. The 5-part drama is set in Hull, England, and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s and tells the story of a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic.