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‘The Stolen Girl’ Soundtrack Album Released

Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the British Disney+/Freeform limited series The Stolen Girl. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ben Onono (Missing You, Half of a Yellow Sun, Safe, Ridley Road, Spell, Paranoid, Trust Me). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Lulu Rose) after the jump. The Stolen Girl is developed by Catherine Moulton based on Alex Dahl’s bestselling novel Playdate, directed by Eva Husson and stars Holliday Grainger, Denise Gough, Ambika Mod, Jim Sturgess, Michael Workéyè and Bronagh Waugh. The 5-part psychological drama follows a couple whose mundane existence spirals into chaos when their daughter goes missing after what appears to be a normal sleepover with a school friend and the mother is forced to embark on a chase across Europe to discover the truth about her disappearance.

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Ben Onono Scoring Disney+’s & Freeform’s ‘The Stolen Girl’

Ben Onono (Missing You, Half of a Yellow Sun, Ridley Road, Safe, Spell, Paranoid, Trust Me) has recently scored the new British Disney+/Freeform limited series The Stolen Girl. The show is developed by Catherine Moulton based on the best-selling novel by Alex Dahl and stars Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger , Jim Sturgess, Ambika Mod, Bronagh Waugh and Michael Workéyè. The 5-part psychological drama directed by Eva Husson (Mothering Sunday, Girls of the Sun) and follows a couple whose mundane existence spirals into chaos when their daughter goes missing after what appears to be a normal sleepover with a school friend and the mother is forced to embark on a cat-and-mouse chase across Europe to discover the shocking truth about her disappearance.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 29, 2024)

Premiering in the U.S. today is the British limited series Protection created by Kris Mrksa and starring Siobhan Finneran, Nadine Marshall, Barry Ward, Katherine Kelly, Chaneil Kular, Nichola Burley, David Hayman and Akiya Henry. The show’s original music is composed by Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, The Tourist, Requiem, The Widow, Primeval, The Serpent, Baptiste, Ripper Street, No Escape). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-parter, which is making its U.S. debut on BritBox and will premiere in the UK on ITV and ITVX.

Premiering on Wednesday, January 1, is the British Netflix limited series Missing You created by Harlan Coben based on his novel of the same name and starring Rosalind Eleazar, Ashley Walters, Richard Armitage,  Sir Lenny Henry, Jessica Plummer, Samantha Spiro, Marc Warren, Steve Pemberton, Mary Malone, Lisa Faulkner and James Nesbitt. Ben Onono (Ridley Road, Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Paranoid, Safe, Trust Me) has composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the 5-part thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Ben Onono Scoring Netflix’s ‘Missing You’

Composer Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Ridley Road, Spell, Paranoid, Safe, Trust Me) is reuniting with author/writer/producer Harlan Coben on the upcoming British Netflix limited series Missing You. The show is based on Coben’s novel of the same name and stars Rosalind Eleazar, Ashley Walters, Richard Armitage, Jessica Plummer, Sir Lenny Henry, Marc Warren, Steve Pemberton, Samantha Spiro, Lisa Faulkner, Mary Malone and James Nesbitt. The 5-part mystery thriller follows a detective who matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before and forces her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 1, 2022)

Premiering today is the Showtime original series I Love That for You created by Vanessa Bayer & Jeremy Beiler and starring Bayer herself, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Matt Rogers, Ayden Mayeri and Punam Patel. The show’s original music is composed by Anna Waronker (Yellowjackets, Shrill, Call Me Kat, Santa, Inc., The Republic of Sarah, Harriet the Spy). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday on Showtime.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Ridley Road written by Sarah Solemani based on Jo Bloom’s novel of the same title and starring Agnes O’Casey, Tom Varey, Rory Kinnear, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Eddie Marsan, Samantha Spiro and Rita Tushingham. Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Safe, Paranoid, Trust Me) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which premiered in the UK last fall on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

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Ben Onono Scoring BBC’s ‘Ridley Road’

Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Safe, Paranoid, Trust Me) has composed the original score for the new BBC series Ridley Road. The show is written by Sarah Solemani based on the novel of the same title by Jo Bloom and stars Agnes O’Casey, Tom Varey, Rory Kinnear, Tamzin Outhwaite, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Eddie Marsan, Samantha Spiro and Rita Tushingham. The 4-part thriller is set against the backdrop of a swinging sixties London and tells the story of a young Jewish woman who –  after falling in love with a member of the ‘62 Group – infiltrates the NSM, a neo-Nazi movement which is becoming increasingly prominent in the city.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 30, 2020)

The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Come Play written and directed by Jacob Chase (based on his short story of the same title) and starring Azhy Robertson, Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr.. The film’s original music is composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, In the Heart of the Sea, Evil Dead, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Machinist, Sexy Beast). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official movie website to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features.

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the horror thriller Spell directed by Mark Tonderai and starring Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, John Beasley and Lorraine Burroughs. Ben Onono (Safe, Paranoid, Half of a Yellow Son) has composed the film’s original music. Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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‘Spell’ Soundtrack Album Details

Paramount Music will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller Spell. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ben Onono (Safe, Half of a Yellow Son, Paranoid). Also included is the original song DoSheLoveMe performed by lead actor Omari Hardwick feat. La’Chaz Holloway, Loretta Devine & Lorraine Burroughs. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 30 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Spell is directed by Mark Tonderai (House at the End of the Street) and follows a man who awakens from a plane crash, held by a mysterious elderly woman practicing Hoodoo as he tries to outwit and break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual.

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Ben Onono Scoring Mark Tonderai’s ‘Spell’

Ben Onono (Safe, Half of a Yellow Son, Paranoid) has composed the original score for the upcoming horror thriller Spell. The film is directed by Mark Tonderai (House at the End of the Street) and stars Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, John Beasley and Lorraine Burrough. The movie follows a man who crashes his plane while en route to rural Appalachia with his family for a funeral and awakens wounded, alone and trapped in the attic of a woman who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from his blood and skin. Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium, Law Abiding Citizen) wrote the screenplay.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 6, 2018)

Premiering tonight is the new Starz original series Vida created by Tanya Saracho and starring Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Karen Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon, Carlos Miranda and Maria Elena Laas. The show’s original music is composed by Germaine Franco (Dope, Tag). To learn more about the drama, which follows two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles who are forced to return to their old neighborhood, visit the official show website.

Also premiering tonight is the Starz original series Sweetbitter created by Stephanie Danler and starring Ella Purnell, Tom Sturridge, Caitlin FitzGerald, Paul Sparks and Evan Jonigkeit. Will Bates (The Looming Tower, I Origins, The Path, The Magicians, Rise) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on Starz.

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