Benjamin Wallfisch has been tapped to score the BBC original movie The Thirteenth Tale. The film is based on Diane Setterfield’s novel of the same title and has been adapted for television by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement, The Quiet American). The drama is directed by James Kent (The White Queen, Inside […]
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Benjamin Wallfisch to Score BBC’s ‘The Thirteenth Tale’
Posted: August 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Benjamin Wallfisch, Desert Dancer, The Thirteenth Tale
‘Luther’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: August 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, BBC America, Luther, Paul Englishby, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack release for the BBC series Luther. The album features selections from the show’s original score of the first three seasons composed by Paul Englishby (An Education, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day), as well as songs featured in the series by artists including Massive Attack, Nina Simone, Emiliana […]
Nicholas Hooper to Score BBC’s ‘The Escape Artist’
Posted: August 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Nicholas Hooper, The Escape Artist
Nicholas Hooper has signed on to score the upcoming BBC three part drama The Escape Artist. The legal thriller is created and written by David Wolstencroft (Spooks, Shooting Dogs) and stars David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Sophie Okonedo and Ashley Jensen. The mini-series follows a talented junior barrister who specializes in spiriting people out of tight […]
Paul Englishby Scoring BBC’s ‘The Great Train Robbery’
Posted: July 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, David Hare, Paul Englishby, Salting the Battlefield, The Great Train Robbery, Turks & Caicos
Paul Englishby has recently recorded his score for the upcoming BBC mini-series The Great Train Robbery. The two-part movie written by Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Camelot) centers the most infamous heist in British history, involving the fleecing of the Royal Mail train in 1963 by a team of thieves that made off with millions of dollars. The first part, A […]
‘Burton & Taylor’ to Feature Music by John Lunn
Posted: July 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Burton & Taylor, John Lunn, Starz, The Lady Vanishes, The White Queen
John Lunn has composed the score for the BBC original movie Burton & Taylor. The film is directed by Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York, Effie Gray) and stars Dominic West as Richard Burton and Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor. The movie centers on the famously tumultuous relationship of the Hollywood power couple […]
Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘The Hour’ and ‘The Paradise’ Announced
Posted: July 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Daniel Giorgetti, Kevin Sargent, Maurizio Malagnini, score, Soundtrack, The Hour, The Paradise
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the Golden Globe-, Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated BBC series The Hour. The album features selections from the score of the first season of the show composed by Daniel Giorgetti and from the second season composed by Kevin Sargent. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on […]
‘Restless’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: March 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Lorne Balfe, Restless, score, Soundtrack, Sundance Channel
Endor Productions will release a soundtrack album for the British mini-series Restless. The album features more than 2 hours of the two-part movie’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Megamind, Ironclad). The soundtrack will be released on March 12, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are available after the jump. Restless […]
‘Frozen Planet’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Frozen Planet, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC series Frozen Planet. The album features selections from the show’s score composed and conducted by George Fenton (Gandhi, Cry Freedom, The Fisher King) who has previously scored the nature documentary series The Blue Planet and Planet Earth. The music is performed by the BBC […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 20, 2013)
Posted: January 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Dominik Scherrer, Fox, John Frizzell, Lifetime, Prosecuting Casey Anthony, Richard Marvin, Ripper Street, The Following
Premiering tomorrow night is the new Fox drama The Following created by Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawson’s Creek) and starring Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Jeananne Goossen, Maggie Grace, Natalie Zea, Adan Canto, Nico Tortorella and Shawn Ashmore. The show’s music is composed by John Frizzell (Alien: Resurrection, Dante’s Peak). The series follows an ex-FBI agent who is recruited […]
‘Call the Midwife’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Call the Midwife, PBS, Soundtrack
DMG TV will release a soundtrack album for the BBC original series Call the Midwife. The 2-CD set features all the key songs and incidental music from series 1, 2 and the Christmas Special, including classic songs performed by Doris Day, Malcolm Vaughan, Elvis Presley, Perry Como and Andy Williams. The soundtrack will be released […]