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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 11, 2025)

Premiering today is the second season of the British TV series The Night Manager created by David Farr based on the characters created by John le Carré and starring Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, Camila Morrone, Olivia Colman, Alistair Petrie, Michael Nardone, Douglas Hodge, Hayley Squires, Indira Varma, Paul Chahid and Noah Jupe. The new season’s original music is composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, A Gentleman in Moscow, A Thousand Blows, The English, The Penguin Lessons, Watership Down, The Eternaut, The Head, Misconduct). Check out our previous article to learn more about the spy thriller, which currently airs in the UK Sunday nights on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Prime Video.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Bookish created by Mark Gatiss and starring Gatiss himself, Polly Walker, Connor Finch, Elliot Levey, Blake Harrison and Buket Kömür. Sarah Warne (Des, Time, The Long Shadow, Humans, Dark Money, Hollington Drive, Steeltown Murders, The Drowning) has composed the show’s original music. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last July when the crime drama premiered in the UK on U&alibi. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the series, which is making its domestic debut on PBS.

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‘Riot Women’ Soundtrack Album Released

Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Riot Women. The album features the show’s original score composed by Ben Foster (Ridley, Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms, Thunderbirds Are Go!, The Good Karma Hotel, Happy Valley, Scott & Bailey). Also included are two original songs written by punk duo ARXX‘s Hannah Pidduck & Clara Townsend and performed by the titular band, as well as Rosalie Craig’s cover of Hole’s Violet. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Riot Women is created by Sally Wainwright and stars Joanna Scanlan, Craig, Tamsin Greig, Amelia Bullmore, Taj Atwal, Lorraine Ashbourne, Chandeep Uppal and Macy Seelochan. The 6-parter follows a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife and a shoplifting freeloader who form a female punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined.

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Ben Foster Scoring BBC’s ‘Riot Women’

Ben Foster (Ridley, Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Hidden Kingdoms, The Good Karma Hotel, Scott & Bailey) is the composer of the new BBC drama Riot Women. The show is created by Sally Wainwright (Gentleman Jack, Renegade Nell) and stars Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, Amelia Bullmore, Lorraine Ashbourne, Taj Atwal, Chandeep Uppal and Macy Seelochan. The punk duo ARXX has contributed original songs to the 6-part series, which follows a teacher, a police officer, a midwife, a pub landlady and a shoplifting freeloader who form a female punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 18, 2023)

Premiering today is the AMC original series The Walking Dead: Dead City developed by Eli Jorné and starring Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Karina Ortiz, Gaius Charles, Zeljko Ivanek, Mahina Napoleon and Jonathan Higginbotham. The show’s original music is composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Dickinson, Rosaline, Night Teeth, I Know What You Did Last Summer, One of Us Is Lying). Check out our previous article to learn more about the, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.

Also premiering in the U.S. today is the British TV series Ridley created by Paul Matthew Thompson & Jonathan Fisher and starring Adrian Dunbar, George Bukhari, Bronagh Waugh, Terence Maynard, Georgie Glen, Julie Graham and Bhavna Limbachia. Ben Foster (Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Hidden Kingdoms, Happy Valley) is composing the show’s original music. The crime drama, which revolves around the title character who has retired from the police force after a 20-year career and resumes his partnership with former protégée when she turns to him for help on a murder investigation, premiered in the UK last year on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.

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‘The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station’ Soundtrack Released

Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Foster (Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Happy Valley, Hidden Kingdoms, Scott & Bailey, The Good Karma Hotel). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station is directed by Clare Lewins and tells the story of the International Space Station told by the men and woman who made the Space Station their home, 250 miles above the earth.

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‘The Good Karma Hospital’ Soundtrack Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the ITV series The Good Karma Hospital. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ben Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go!, Happy Valley, Our Girl, Torchwood). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 20, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Good Karma Hospital is created by Dan Sefton and stars Amanda Redman, Amrita Acharia, Neil Morrisey and James Floyd. The dram follows a disillusioned doctor who heads for South India hoping to make a fresh start.

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‘Happy Valley’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Manners McDade has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC crime drama Happy Valley. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Ben Foster (Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go, Noble). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 1, 2017 and will be available to download on Amazon. Happy Valley is created and written by Sally Wainwright and stars Sarah Lancashire, Steve Pemberton, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan and Charlie Murphy. The series follows Yorkshire police sergeant Catherine Cawood as she pursues the man who assaulted her late daughter, unaware he is now part of a secret kidnapping plot.

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‘Thunderbirds Are Go!’ Volume 2 Soundtrack Announced

Silva Screen Records will release a new soundtrack album for the British animated series Thunderbirds Are Go!. The album features music from the show composed by Ben Foster (Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms, Scott & Bailey) and Nick Foster (The Cube). The Volume 2 soundtrack will be released overseas on November 24, 2017. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring selections of the composers’ score from the first season. Thunderbirds Are Go! based on characters by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson is based on the classic 1960s adventure series and features the voices of Rosamund Pike, Thomas Sangster, Rasmus Hardiker, David Menkin, Kayvan Novak and David Graham.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 17, 2016)

the-night-managerPremiering 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.

containmentAlso 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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‘Thunderbirds Are Go!’ Soundtrack Announced

thunderbirds-are-goSilva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British animated series Thunderbirds Are Go!. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Ben Foster (Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms, Scott & Bailey) and Nick Foster (The Cube) and performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released overseas on December 11, 2015. Thunderbirds Are Go! based on characters by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson is a remake of the classic 1960s adventure series and features the voices of Rosamund Pike, Thomas Sangster, Rasmus Hardiker, David Menkin, Kayvan Novak and David Graham.

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