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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 17, 2016)

April 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Amazon, AMC, Antony Partos, Ben Foster, Containment, Discovery Channel, Game of Silence, John Debney, Michael Suby, NBC, Nick Foster, Sherpa, The CW, The Night Manager, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Victor Reyes

Premiering on Tuesday, April 19, is the mini-series The Night Manager directed by Susanne Bier and starring Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly and Tobias Menzies. The 6-parter’s original music is composed by Victor Reyes (Buried, Grand Piano, Red Lights). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the show. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which airs in the U.S. on AMC.

Also premiering on Tuesday is the new CW drama Containment created by Julie Plec based on the Belgian TV series Cordon and starring David Gyasi, Christina Moses, Chris Wood, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Kristen Gutoskie, George Young, Claudia Black and Trevor St. John. Michael Suby (The Vampire Diaries, The Butterfly Effect, The Originals, Pretty Little Liars) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on The CW, visit our scoring assignment announcement from last year.

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Dave Porter Scoring AMC’s ‘Preacher’

March 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: AMC, Dave Porter, Evan Goldberg, Preacher, Seth Rogen

Dave Porter is composing the music for the new AMC original series Preacher. The show is developed by Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen (This Is the End, The Interview) and show runner Sam Catlin based on the comic book franchise of the same title and stars Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Lucy Griffiths, Anatol Yusef, Tom Brooke, W. Earl Brown, Ian Colletti and Derek Wilson. The drama follows a West Texas preacher who is inhabited by a mysterious entity which causes him to develop a highly unusual power. Goldberg, Rogen & Catlin are also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios production with Neal Moritz (Fast & Furious series, 21/22 Jump Street), James Weaver (Neighbors, The Night Before), Vivian Cannon (The Big C), Ori Marmur (Battle Los Angeles, Jack the Giant Slayer), Jason Netter (Wanted) and Ken Levin.

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‘The Night Manager’ Soundtrack Details

March 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 5 comments

Tags: AMC, score, Soundtrack, The Night Manager, Victor Reyes

The details of the soundtrack album for the AMC and BBC mini-series The Night Manager have been revealed. The album features the show’s original music composed by Victor Reyes (Buried, Grand Piano, Red Lights). The soundtrack will be released on March 25, 2016 by Silva Screen Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Night Manager is based on the novel by John Le Carre and stars Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly and Tobias Menzies. The 6-parter directed by Susanne Bier follows a former British soldier who is recruited by an intelligence operative to navigate the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade.

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Victor Reyes to Score AMC’s & BBC’s ‘The Night Manager’

December 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: AMC, BBC, Susanne Bier, The Night Manager, Victor Reyes

Victor Reyes is currently scoring the upcoming AMC and BBC original mini-series The Night Manager. The 6-parter is directed by Susanne Bier (In a Better World, After the Wedding) and stars Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly and Tobias Menzies. The series is based on the novel of the same title by John Le Carre (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Constant Gardener) and follows a former British soldier who is recruited by an intelligence operative to navigate the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 15, 2015)

November 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Into the Badlands created by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and starring Daniel Wu, Marton Csokas, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger and Orla Brady. The show’s original music is composed by David Shephard (Longmire). Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has written the drama’s title theme. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on AMC, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

Premiering on Tuesday, November 17, is the new NBC drama Chicago Med created by Michael Brandt & Derek Haas and starring Oliver Platt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Colin Donnell, Torrey DeVitto and Rachel DiPillo. Atli Orvarsson (Vantage Point, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) who is also scoring NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC.

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AMC’s ‘Into the Badlands’ to Feature Music by David Shephard

November 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Tags: Alfred Gough, AMC, David Shephard, Into the Badlands, Miles Millar

David Shephard has composed the score for the first season of the new AMC original series Into the Badlands. The show is created by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Smallville, Shanghai Knights) and stars Daniel Wu, Marton Csokas, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger and Orla Brady. The drama is loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West and tells the story of a ruthless, well-trained warrior and a young boy who embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. Gough and Millar are also executive producing the project with David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Shanghai Knights), Stacey Sher & Michael Shamberg (Pulp Fiction, Contagion), and Stephen Fung & Wu. Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda (The Raid: Redemption) has written the show’s title theme.

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‘Humans’ Soundtrack Details

October 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: AMC, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Humans, score, Soundtrack

The details of the soundtrack album for the sci-fi series Humans have been announced. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Utopia). The soundtrack will be released on December 4, 2015 by Silva Screen Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Humans is created by Jonathan Brackley & Sam Vincent and stars Gemma Chan, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Goodman-Hill, William Hurt, Will Tudor, Rebecca Front and Colin Morgan. The show based on the Swedish TV series Real Humans is set in a parallel present in London where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a Synth – a highly developed, artificially intelligent servant similar to its living counterpart.

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‘Better Call Soundtrack’ Details

October 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: AMC, Better Call Saul, Soundtrack

Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the AMC original series Better Call Saul. The album features a selection of the songs featured in the first season of the show by artists including Bobby Bare and The Hillsiders, Henry Mancini, Esquivel, Galt Macdermot, The Ink Spots, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills, Junior Brown, The Dave Brubeck Quartet & more. Also included is the series’ main title theme by Little Barrie. The soundtrack will be released on November 6, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Better Call Saul created by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould and starring Bob Odenkirk focuses on the character of attorney Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad.

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Retrospective: The Music of ‘Mad Men’ Soundtrack Announced

September 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: AMC, David Carbonara, Mad Men, Soundtrack

Republic Records, in partnership with Chop Shop Music and Lionsgate Entertainment will release a new soundtrack album for the AMC hit series Mad Men. The album features a collection of songs from all seven seasons of the show by artists including Bob Dylan, Roberta Flack, The Beach Boys, Bobby Helms, RJD2, Frank Sinatra, The New Seekers, Vic Damone, as well as actors Christina Hendricks, Robert Morse, Jessica Paré & more. Also included are two suites from the drama’s original score composed by David Carbonara. Retrospective: The Music of Mad Men will be released digitally on October 9, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mad Men created by Matthew Weiner and starring Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Batt, Michael Gladis, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Maggie Siff and John Slattery aired between 2007 and 2015 on AMC.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 23, 2015)

August 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: ABC, AMC, Brent Belke, Craig Northey, Fear the Walking Dead, Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm, Lifetime, Narcos, Netflix, Paul Haslinger, Pedro Bromfman, PT Walkley, Public Morals, Terence Blanchard, The Unauthorized Full House Story, TNT

Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Fear the Walking Dead starring Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Mercedes Mason. The spin-off of the hit series The Walking Dead features original music composed by Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, Death Race, The Three Musketeers). To learn more about the show, which is set in Los Angeles and focuses on new characters and story lines, check out our previous news article. The series will air every Sunday night on AMC.

Also premiering tonight is the ABC special Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm, which follows ABC anchor and Mississippi Gulf Coast native, Robin Roberts who returns to the region to explore Hurricane Katrina’s legacy, examine the remarkable recovery, where it has fallen short, and celebrate the indomitable spirit that runs through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Terence Blanchard (Inside Man, The 25th Hour, Malcolm X, Red Tails) who previously scored Spike Lee’s Katrina documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts has composed the special’s original music. To learn more about the project, visit ABC News’ official website.

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