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Weekly Music TV Music Roundup (April 13, 2025)

Premiering on Wednesday, April 16, in the U.S. is the British limited series Towards Zero written by Rachel Bennette based on Agatha Christie’s novel, directed by Sam Yates and starring Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland, Clarke Peters, Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan, Jack Farthing, Grace Doherty, Jackie Clune, Khalil Gharbia and Adam Hugill. The show’s original music is composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Wicked Little Letters, Emma,Vita & Virginia, The Phantom of the Open, Three Women) and Benji Merrison & Will Slater (Dynasties, The Green Planet). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 3-parter, which premiered in the UK and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ original series Government Cheese created by Paul Hunter & Aeysha Carr and starring David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Bokeem Woodbine, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Julien Heron, Louis Cancelmi, Evan Ellison, Jeremy Bobb, Thomas Beaudoin, Louis Ferreira, Djilali Rez-Kallah, Kyle Mac, John Ortiz and Adam Beach. Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Paradise, The Idea of You, Welcome to Chippendales, Rabbit Hole) and Alan DeMoss have composed the show’s original score. Pharrell Williams has contributed the project’s theme song. Click here for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Specials ‘Hyena’ & ‘Macaque’ Released

Silva Screen Records has released two more soundtrack albums for the BBC Earth natural history series Dynasties II. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original music from the specials/episodes Hyena and Macaque composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic, The Beatles and India) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, Africa, The Green Planet). Listen to the first track from each album after the jump. The label has previously released soundtracks featuring the composers’ music from the first Dynasties season back in 2018 and five separate albums for the specials Meerkat, Puma, Elephant & Cheetah. Dynasties II is narrated by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Mike Gunton and provides a fresh insight into the secret lives of some of the most charismatic animals on the planet.

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Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Specials ‘Puma’, ‘Elephant’ & ‘Cheetah’ Released

Over the last couple of weeks, Silva Screen Records has released three new soundtrack albums for the BBC Earth natural history series Dynasties II. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original music from the specials/first three episodes Puma, Elephant and Cheetah composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic, The Beatles and India) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, The Green Planet, Africa). Listen to the first track from each album after the jump. The label has previously released soundtracks featuring the composer’s music from the first season back in 2018 and the Meerkat special in 2021. Dynasties II is executive produced by Mike Gunton, narrated by Sir David Attenborough and provides a fresh insight into the secret lives of some of the most charismatic animals on the planet.

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‘Missile from the East’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Missile from the East. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, The Beatles and India, General Magic) & Will Slater (Dynasties, The Green Planet). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Missile from the East is directed by Justin Stokes and tells the true story of champion East German motorcycle racer Ernst Degner who risked his and his family’s life to defect to West Germany during the Swedish Grand Prix in 1961, taking MZ’s groundbreaking engine technology with him and helping Suzuki win its first Grand Prix Championship.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 3, 2022)

Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, July 6, is the natural history series The Green Planet narrated by David Attenborough and executive produced by Michael Gunton. The show’s original music is composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, General Magic) & Will Slater (Dynasties). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past April. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.

Premiering on Friday, July 8, is the Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird developed by Dennis Lehane and starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi and Ray Liotta. The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (ZeroZeroZero, The Returned, Kin) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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‘The Green Planet’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series The Green Planet. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, General Magic, The Beatles and India) & Will Slater (Dynasties). The soundtrack will be released digitally on Friday, April 22 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Green Planet narrated by David Attenborough and executive produced by Michael Gunton takes place across five worlds – tropical, water, seasonal, desert and human and shows these worlds from a plant’s eye view.

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Daniel Pemberton Named Film Composer of the Year at 2021 World Soundtrack Awards

Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year at the 21st World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 48th Ghent Film Festival, for his scores for Aaron Sorkins’ The Trial of the Chicago 7, Harry Bradbeer’s Enola Holmes and the documentary Rising Phoenix. He previously received his first World Soundtrack Award in the Discovery of the Year category back in 2014. Carlos Rafael Rivera was honored as TV Composer of the Year today for his score for the Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit (for which he recently received his second Emmy Award) and HBO’s Hacks.

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‘The Beatles and India’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary The Beatles and India. The album features the film’s original score composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Dynasties, General Magic, Forces of Nature with Brian Cox) who recorded his music at Abbey Road Studios 2 in London, the legendary home of The Beatles recording sessions, Budapest, Hungary and Pune, India. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 29, 2021 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The Beatles and India is directed by Ajoy Bose & Peter Compton and chronicles the enduring love affair between the Beatles and India that started more than half a century ago.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 16, 2021)

Opening in select theaters today is the horror movie In the Earth written and directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Ellora Torchia and Hayley Squires. The film’s original music is composed by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, The Fountain, Noah, Rebecca, Moon, Titans, Doom Patrol). Lakeshore Records & Invada Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Neon.

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the drama Monday co-written and directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos and starring Sebastian Stan, Denise Gough, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos and Dominique Tipper. Alexis Grapsas (Trigonometry, Big Shot, Teacher) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score next Friday, April 23. Check back on this page for the full album details. The movie, which tells the story of two Americans in their mid-thirties living in Athens who meet in the heat of summer one whirlwind weekend, is being distributed by IFC Films.

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‘SAS: Red Notice’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the British action thriller SAS: Red Notice. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benji Merrison (Dynasties, Strange Magic). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 12 and will be available to stream/download here. SAS: Red Notice is directed by Magnus Martens and stars Sam Heughan, Hannah John-Kamen, Ruby Rose, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, Tom Hopper and Noel Clarke. The movie revolves around a small army of well-trained criminals who hijack the Eurostar deep beneath the English Channel.

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