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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 4, 2022)

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Opening in theaters nationwide today is the Japanese anime fantasy adventure One Piece Film: Red is directed by Gorō Taniguchi and starring Mayumi Tanaka, Shuichi Ikeda, Kaori Nazuka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura and Kappei Yamaguchi. The film’s original score is composed by Yasutaka Nakata. Virgin Music has released a soundtrack album featuring songs from the movie performed by Ado. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Crunchyroll release.

Opening semi-wide in a few hundred U.S. theaters today is the British comedy The Estate written and directed by Dean Craig and starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kathleen Turner and Ron Livingston. Will Bates (Unbelievable, The Path, The Magicians, Away, The Looming Tower, I Origins) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the movie.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 2, 2022)

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Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Interview with the Vampire created by Rolin Jones based on Anne Rice’s classic novel of the same name and starring Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Assad Zaman, Bailey Bass and Eric Bogosian. The show’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, The Green Knight, The Old Man and the Gun, A Ghost Story, Strange Angel). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will air Sundays on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.

Also premiering tonight is the CBS drama East New York created by William Finkelstein & Mike Flynn and starring Amanda Warren, Jimmy Smits, Richard Kind, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Kevin Rankin, Olivia Luccardi, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and Lavel Schley. Pierre Charles (Inventing Anna, White Coat Rebels) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the series, which will air every Sunday night on CBS.

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Ariel Marx Scoring Peacock’s ‘A Friend of the Family’

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Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, Rebel Hearts, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer) has been tapped to score the upcoming Peacock limited series A Friend of the Family. The show is created by Nick Antosca (Channel Zero, The Act) and stars Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Mckenna Grace, Austin Stowell, Hendrix Yancey, Patrick Fischler Bree Elrod and Philip Ettinger. The 9-part drama tells the true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.”

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Soundtrack Album for FX’s ‘Children of the Underground’ to Be Released

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Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the FX docuseries Children of the Underground. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ariel Marx (Candy, Shiva Baby, Rebel Hearts, The Tale, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer). The soundtrack will released digitally tomorrow, August 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Children of the Underground is directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite & Ted Gesing and tells the story of vigilante Faye Yager who built an underground network that hid hundreds of mothers and children, saving them from the alleged abuse of husbands and fathers.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 7, 2022)

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Premiering on Wednesday, August 10, is the Disney+ animated shorts series I Am Groot written and directed by Kirsten Lepore and starring Vin Diesel. The show’s original music is composed by Daniele Luppi (Assassination of a High School President, Magic City, Hell Ride). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a digital single featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement to listen to both tracks on the single and to learn more about the Marvel Studios production, which will be available to stream on Disney+.

Premiering on Friday, August 12, is the Apple TV+ limited series Five Days at Memorial created by John Ridley & Carlton Cuse and starring Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Julie Ann Emery, Adepero Oduye, Joe Carroll, Michael Gaston, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Molly Hager. Torin Borrowdale (Searching, Locke & Key, Run, The Toll) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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Billie Eilish, Finneas, Dan Romer, Nathan Johnson, Natalie Holt, Amie Doherty & Others Invited to Join Academy

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academyThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 397 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Luca), Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Looper), Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, Herself), Amie Doherty (Spirit Untamed, Happiest Season), Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, Rebel Hearts), Nerida Tyson-Chew (H Is for Happiness, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid), Hesham Nazih (The Guest, Born a King), Leo Heiblum & Jacobo Lieberman (Maria Full of Grace) and Lili Haydn (Strip Down, Rise Up, Broken Kingdom).

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Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Candy’ to Be Released

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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu limited series Candy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, To Dust, Rebel Hearts, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, The Devil Has a Name). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 17 and will be available to stream/download here. Candy is created by Nick Antosca & Robin Veith and stars Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy Simons, Pablo Schreiber and Raúl Esparza. The 5-part drama tells the true story of 1980 housewife and mother Candy Montgomery who killed her friend Betty Gore with an ax.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 8, 2022)

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Premiering tomorrow, May 9, is the Hulu limited event series Candy created by Robin Veith and starring Jessica Biel, Timothy Simons, Pablo Schreiber, Melanie Lynskey and Raúl Esparza. The show’s original music is composed by Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, American Horror Stories, Rebel Hearts, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, To Dust, The Devil Has a Name). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the true crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

Premiering on Wednesday, May 11, is the Netflix original documentary Our Father directed by Lucie Jourdan and produced by Jason Blum. Gregory Tripi (Ma, Manhunt: Unabomber, Warning, Rememory, Dark Places, The Fix) has composed the film’s original music. The Blumhouse production, which tells the story of a woman who – after an at-home DNA test reveals she has multiple half-siblings – discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor, will be available to stream on Netflix.

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Ariel Marx Scoring Hulu’s ‘Candy’

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Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, Rebel Hearts, To Dust, American Horror Stories, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, The Devil Has a Name) has composed the original music for the upcoming Hulu limited event series Candy. The show is created by Robin Veith and stars Jessica Biel, Timothy Simons, Melanie Lynskey, Pablo Schreiber and Raúl Esparza. The 5-part true crime drama tells the true story of Candy Montgomery, a 1980 housewife and mother who killed her friend Betty Gore with an ax.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 25, 2022)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the adventure comedy The Lost City directed by Adam Nee & Aaron Nee and starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt, Patti Harrison, Oscar Nuñez and Bowen Yang. The film’s original score is composed by Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel,  Us Again, Stargirl, Krypton, The Angel, McMillions). Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as three original songs written by Cheche Alara today. La-La Land Records will release a CD version next week. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures production.

Also opening wide is the survival drama Infinite Storm ddrected by Małgorzata Szumowska and starring Naomi Watts, Billy Howle, Denis O’Hare and Parker Sawyers. Lorne Balfe (Black Widow, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time) has composed the film’s original score. Eliot Sumner has contributed an original song. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street.

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