Todor Kobabkov has been tapped to score the upcoming BET mini-series Madiba. The drama is directed by Kevin Hooks (Prison Break, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and stars Laurence Fishburne as Nelson Mandela, alongside Orlando Jones, David Harewood, Michael Nyqvist and Terry Pheto. The 3-parter is based on two Mandela autobiographies, Conversations With Myself and Nelson Mandela by Himself and tells the story of a younger Nelson Mandela during the early-60s as he deals with the political unrest engulfing South Africa.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 15, 2015)
Premiering tomorrow, February 16, is the BET mini-series The Book of Negroes directed by Clement Virgo and starring Aunjanue Ellis, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Gossett Jr., Lyriq Bent, Jane Alexander, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco and Greg Bryk. Philip Miller (Catch a Fire, The Girl, Mary and Martha) has composed the project’s original music. The 3-parter is based on the novel by Lawrence Hill and tells the story of Aminata Diallo after her capture and the pain she endured as part of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The mini-series will air on three consecutive nights from Monday to Wednesday on BET. To learn more about the project, visit the official series website.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 5, 2014)
Premiering on Tuesday, January 7, is the new CBS drama Intelligence created by Michael Seitzman, executive produced by Tripp Vinson and David Semel and starring Josh Holloway, Meghan Ory, John Billingsley, PJ Byrne, Michael Rady and Marg Helgenberger. The show’s original score is composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, 2 Guns). To learn more about the series, which follows a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, check out our previous news article. Intelligence will air every Tuesday night on CBS.