Lionsgate Records will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series The Studio. The album features the show’s original music composed by Grammy Award winner Antonio Sánchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Get Shorty, Stags, The Anarchists). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Studio is created by Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg & Frida Perez and stars Rogen himself, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders. The comedy follows the newly appointed head of a movie studio as he – together with a team of executives – wrangles corporate overlords and narcissistic artists in the pursuit of making great films.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 23, 2025)
Premiering in the U.S tonight is the British TV series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light adapted for television by Peter Straughan, directed by Peter Kosminsky and starring Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Harriet Walter, Timothy Spall, Charlie Rowe, Kate Phillips, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Lilit Lesser, Harry Melling and Alex Jennings. The show’s original music is composed and conducted by Debbie Wiseman (Wilde, Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Dickensian, Father Brown, Vampire Killers, Haunted, Flood). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the 6-part drama, which premiered in the UK last fall on BBC and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 26, is the Apple TV+ original anthology series Side Quest based on the streamer’s Mythic Quest and starring Rob McElhenney, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, Shalita Grant, Rome Flynn, Bria Henderson, Ramon Reed, William Stanford Davis and Leonard Robinson. Takeshi Furukawa (Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Last Guardian, Planet of Lana) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 4-part comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 10, 2022)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original docuseries The Anarchists directed by Todd Schramke and executive produced by Jason Blum, Jeremiah Crowell, Kim Kylland, Mary Lisio, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, James Buddy Day, Andre Gaines & Allen Bain. The show’s original music is composed by Antonio Sanchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Get Shorty, Politics, Instructions Manual). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-parter, which is premiering on HBO today and will also available to stream on HBO Max.
Also in the U.S. today is the Canadian TV series SkyMed created by Julie Puckrin and starring Natasha Calis, Ace “Aason” Nadjiwon, Morgan Holmstrom, Praneet Akilla, Thomas Elms, Kheon Clarke, Mercedes Morris and Braeden Clarke. Peter Chapman & Robert Carli (Wynonna Earp, Workin’ Moms) are composing the show’s original music. The drama, which follows the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying air ambulances in remote Northern Canada, is premiering today in Canada on CBC and is making its U.S. debut on Paramount+.
Antonio Sanchez Scoring HBO’s ‘The Anarchists’
Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and composer Antonio Sanchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Get Shorty, Politics, Instructions Manual) has written the original score for the new HBO original documentary series The Anarchists. The show is directed by Todd Schramke and tells the story of “Anarchapulco,” an event that was originally created as a conference held in Acapulco, Mexico, promoting the ideals of pure anarchy. The 6-parter follows individuals engaged in this movement with full access to the drama that ensues as a community tries to live alongside tourists and drug cartels with only the principles of anarchy as their guideposts.
Antonio Sanchez to Score Shyam Madiraju’s ‘Harami: The Bastard’
Antonio Sanchez has signed on to score the upcoming drama Harami: The Bastard. The film is co-written directed by Shyam Madiraju (Eden) and stars Emraan Hashmi Emraan Hashmi and Subrat Dutta. The movie revolves around an orphan teenage pickpocket working the trains of Mumbai along with his gang whose life takes a turn when he meets the daughter of one of his victims who committed suicide after being robbed. Mohit Rastogi, Parvesh Kumar and Dori Zuckerman are producing the Gobsmack Entertainment production.The project marks the jazz drummer/composer’s second narrative feature scoring assignment following Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), for which he received a Golden Globe Awards nomination and a Grammy Award.
Soundtrack Album for Epix’s ‘Get Shorty’ to Be Released
Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album for the Epix original series Get Shorty. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Grammy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee Antonio Sanchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)). The soundtrack will be released this Friday, January 26 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Get Shorty is created by Davey Holmes inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 1990 bestselling thriller comedy novel and stars Chris O’Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers, Megan Stevenson, Goya Robles, Lucy Walters, Sarah Stiles, Antwone Tanner and Carolyn Dodd.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 13, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the Epix original series Get Shorty created by Davey Holmes and starring Chris O’Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers, Megan Stevenson, Goya Robles, Lucy Walters, Sarah Stiles, Antwone Tanner and Carolyn Dodd. The show’s original music composed by Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez (Birdman) who makes his television scoring debut on the project. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the show’s official website to learn more about the series inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 1990 novel.
Premiering on Wednesday, August 16, is the new NBC comedy Marlon created by Christopher Moynihan & Marlon Wayans and starring Wayans, Essence Atkins, Notlim Taylor, Amir O’Neil, Bresha Webb and Diallo Riddle. Dwayne Wayans (Dance Flick, My Wife and Kids) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous new article to learn more about the series, which will air every Wednesday night on NBC.
Antonio Sanchez to Score Epix’s ‘Get Shorty’ TV Series
Antonio Sanchez is scoring the upcoming Epix original series Get Shorty. The show is created by Davey Holmes (Shameless) inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 1990 bestselling thriller comedy novel and stars Chris O’Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers, Megan Stevenson, Goya Robles, Lucy Walters, Sarah Stiles, Antwone Tanner and Carolyn Dodd. The series follows a hitman from Nevada who tries to become a movie producer in Hollywood as a means to leave his criminal past behind.
Antonio Sanchez wins Grammy Award for ‘Birdman’
Antonio Sanchez has won the Grammy Award for his music for Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Birdman in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. The other nominated composers in the category included Hans Zimmer (Interstellar), Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything), Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash) and Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game). The jazz drummer/composer accepted his award in person. In the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media, Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith & John Stephen won the award for the song Glory from Ava DuVernay’s feature Selma. Paramount Pictures’ Randy Spendlove accepted the award on their behalf.
Michael Giacchino Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards
Michael Giacchino has been named Film Composer of the Year 2015 at the 15th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 42nd Ghent Film Festival. The composer’s output over the last year includes such titles as Inside Out, Tomorrowland, Jupiter Ascending and this year’s highest grossing film, Jurassic World. Giacchino previously received a World Soundtrack Award in the Discovery of a Year category back in 2006. In the Best Original Film Score of the Year category, Antonio Sanchez was honored for his score to this year’s Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards, Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). The jazz drummer/composer also received the award in 2015’s Discovery of the Year category.