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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 4, 2020)

October 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the AMC original series The Walking Dead: World Beyond created by Scott M. Gimple & Matt Negrete and starring Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Annet Mahendru, Nicolas Cantu, Hal Cumpston, Nico Tortorella and Julia Ormond. The show’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Detachment, Life of Crime, Oculus). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about The Walking Dead spin-off, which will air every Sunday night on AMC.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Cobra created by Ben Richards and stars Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton, Richard Dormer, David Haig, Marsha Thomason and Lucy Cohu. Rob Lane (Merlin, A Discovery of Witches, John Adams, The Damned United, Atlantis) is composing the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the drama’s first season. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on Sky One, is making its U.S. debut on PBS and has already been renewed for a second season.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 27, 2020)

September 27, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the Showtime mini-series The Comey Rule written and directed by Billy Ray and starring Jeff Daniels, Brendan Gleeson, Holly Hunter, Michael Kelly, Jennifer Ehle, Jonathan Banks, Scoot McNairy, Oona Chaplin, Steven Pasquale, Peter Coyote, Amy Seimetz and Kingsley Ben-Adir. The show’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: First Class, Wreck-It-Ralph). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air tonight and tomorrow on Showtime.

Premiering on Wednesday, September 30 is the Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door directed by Jenny Popplewell and executive produced by James Marsh. Nainita Desai (For Sama, Telling Lies, Enemy Within, Fierce Queens, Enslaved) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which centers on the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 31, 2020)

May 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 2 comments

Tags: AMC, Apple TV +, Central Park, Craig Richey, David Menke, Dear..., Elyssa Samsel, Frank Ciampi, HBO Max, Leo Birenberg, Murray Gold, Netflix, Quiz, Ryan Shore, The Last Days of American Crime, The Limiñanas, The Not Too Late Show with Elmo

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Quiz directed by Stephen Frears, written by James Graham and stars Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Sheen, Sian Clifford, Mark Bonnar, Helen McCrory, Michael Jibson and Aisling Bea. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Torchwood, Years and Years). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 3-parter, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on ITV and is making its domestic premiere on AMC. Also visit the official show website for more information.

Premiering on Friday, June 5, is the Apple TV+ docu-series Dear… executive produced by R.J. Cutler, Todd Lubin, Jay Peterson, Jane Cha and Lyle Gamm. Craig Richey (Friends with Money, Lovely & Amazing, The September Issue, Girl on a Bicycle) is composing the show’s original music. The series, which takes an inventive approach to biographies of the most iconic figures in society today by using letters written by those whose lives have been changed through their work and profiles internationally recognized leaders including Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stevie Wonder & others will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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Soundtrack Albums for AMC’s ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’ to Be Released

April 25, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: AMC, Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Leopold Ross, score, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records will release two soundtrack albums for the AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere. The albums feature the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Earthquake Bird, Broken City) . The soundtracks will be released digitally next Friday, May 1. Visit Amazon to order the Music from the Jejune Institute album and click here to order the Music from the Elsewhere Society album. Dispatches from Elsewhere is created by Jason Segel and starring Segel himself, André Benjamin, Sally Field, Richard E. Grant, Octavio Coleman and Eve Lindley. The drama follows four ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life and come to find that the mystery winds deeper than they imagined.

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AMC Greenlights Musical Anthology Series ‘American Anthem’

March 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: AMC, American Anthem, Craig Finn, Scott Z. Burns, T Bone Burnett

AMC has announced today that it has greenlit the musical anthology series American Anthem. Singer/songwriter and The Hold Steady member Craig Finn will compose the original songs and T Bone Burnett (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, True Detective, Nashville) will serve as the project’s music producer. The show is created by Scott Z. Burns (The Report, Contagion) and executive produced The 8-part musical dramedy tells the story of a middle class midwestern family tumbling down the ladder of American society; periodically bursting into song as they struggle to catch themselves. Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Chronicles of Narnia) will be executive producing the AMC Studios production.

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The Newton Brothers Scoring AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’

March 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: AMC, The Newton Brothers, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: World Beyond

The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Oculus) are scoring the upcoming AMC original series The Walking Dead: World Beyond. The show is created by Scott M. Gimple (who served as the showrunner of Seasons 4 through 8 of the original The Walking Dead) & Matt Negrete and stars Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Annet Mahendru, Nicolas Cantu, Hal Cumpston, Nico Tortorella and Julia Ormond. The drama centers on a heroic group of teens who, sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world, receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to save their father – and possibly the world.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 1, 2020)

March 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere created by Jason Segel and starring Segel himself, André Benjamin, Sally Field, Octavio Coleman, Richard E. Grant and Eve Lindley. The show’s original music is composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Triple 9, Broken City). Check out our previous article for more information about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC.

Premiering tomorrow, March 2 is the FX original series Breeders created by Simon Blackwell ,Chris Addison & Martin Freeman and starring Freeman himself, Daisy Haggard, George Wakeman, Jayda Eyles, Michael McKean, Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong. Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, Episodes, Plebs) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which is premiering on FX tomorrow and will also be available to stream on Hulu the following day.

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Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne Scoring AMC’s ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’

February 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: AMC, Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Jason Segel, Leopold Ross

Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Broken City, Earthquake Bird) are scoring the new AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere. The show is created by Jason Segel who also stars in the drama, alongside André Benjamin, Sally Field, Octavio Coleman, Richard E. Grant and Eve Lindley. The AMC Studios production centers around four ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life and come to find that the mystery winds deeper than they imagined.

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Soundtrack Album for AMC’s ‘Lodge 49’ to Be Released

December 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: AMC, Andrew Carroll, Jim Gavin a, Lodge 49, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records will release the first soundtrack album for the AMC original series Lodge 49. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists such as The Squires, The Superimposers, Sid Bradley, The Soundcarriers, Susy Kane, John Myrtle & others. Also included are several tracks by the series’ composer Andrew Carroll, including the Title Theme (I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door!). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 13 and will be available to stream/download here. Lodge 49 is created by Jim Gavin and stars Wyatt Russell, Brent Jennings, Sonya Cassidy, Linda Emond, David Pasquesi and Eric Allan Kramer.

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Soundtrack Album for AMC’s ‘Preacher’ Released

September 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: AMC, Dave Porter, Preacher, score, Soundtrack

Madison Gate Records has released the first soundtrack album for the AMC original series Preacher. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Blacklist, Flesh and Bone). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Preacher is developed by Sam Catlin, Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen based on the comic book franchise of the same name and stars Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Anatol Yusef, W. Earl Brown, Ian Colletti, Graham McTavish, Pip Torrens and Noah Taylor.

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