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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 2, 2024)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological thriller Trap written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill. The film’s original score is composed by Herdís Stefánsdóttir (Knock at the Cabin, Y: The Last Man, The Sun Is Also a Star, The Essex Serpent, We’re Here). Saleka (who stars as the fictional pop star Lady Raven) has contributed the project’s original songs. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the thriller, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Also opening wide is the family adventure Harold and the Purple Crayon directed by Carlos Saldanha and starring Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Tanya Reynolds, Alfred Molina Jemaine Clement, Benjamin Bottani and Zooey Deschanel. Batu Sener (The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Better Man, Ice Age: Scrat Tales) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details) today. Available separately as a digital single is the original song Colors by Boots Ottestad feat. Jordy Searcy. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the Sony Pictures release.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 12, 2024)

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Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow is the British series After the Flood created by Mick Ford and starring Sophie Rundle, Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne, Jonas Armstrong, Nicholas Gleaves, Matt Stokoe, Anita Adam Gabay and Jacqueline Boatswain. The show’s original music is composed by Blair Mowat (Nolly, Class, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Electric Man). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which premiered in the UK this past January on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.

Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, May 14, is the British series The Killing Kind written by Zara Hayes & Jonathan Stewart based on the novel of the same title by Jane Casey and starring Emma Appleton, Colin Morgan, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Olivia D’Lima, Kerr Logan and Sara Powell. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, MaryLand, The Bay, Anne, The Long Call, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-part thriller, which follows a barrister who her client against stalking charges, only for him to turn on her, premiered in the UK last year on Paramount+ and is making its domestic debut on Hulu.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 17, 2024)

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Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series Nolly created by by Russell T. Davies & Nicola Shindler and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Augustus Prew, Mark Gatiss and Con O’Neill. The show’s original music is composed by Blair Mowat (Class, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, Men Up, Electric Man). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last March when the drama premiered in the UK on ITV. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 3-parter, which will air in the U.S. every Sunday on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

Also making its U.S. debut tonight is the British series Alice & Jack created by Victor Levin sand starring Domhnall Gleeson, Andrea Riseborough, Aimee Lou Wood, Aisling Bea and Sunil Patel. Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, Frank, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Quiet Girl, Conversations with Friends) has composed the show’s original music. The composer has released a soundtrack album featuring his score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 6-parter, which premiered in the UK last month on Channel 4 and is also making its domestic debut on PBS.

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‘Men Up’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Blair Mowat (Class, Doctor Jekyll, Nolly, McDonald & Dodds, Electric Man, The Amazing Mr. Blunden) will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Men Up. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, December 29 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Check out the composer’s title track below. Men Up is written by Matthew Barry, directed by Ashley Way and stars Iwan Rheon, Aneurin Barnard, Paul Rhys, Phaldut Sharma, Alexandra Roach, Mark Lewis Jones, Steffan Rhodri and Joanna Page. The movie executive produced by Russell T Davies is set in 1994 Swansea and tells the story of five ordinary Welshmen as they face up to their secrets and lies when they embark on one of the world’s first medical trials for the drug that would become Viagra.

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Blair Mowat Scoring ITV’s ‘After the Flood’

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Blair Mowat (Class, Nolly, Doctor Jekyll, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, McDonald & Dodds, Electric Man) is the composer of the new ITV mystery drama After the Flood. The show is created by Mick Ford and stars Sophie Rundle, Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne, Nicholas Gleaves, Jonas Armstrong, Matt Stokoe, Jacqueline Boatswain and Anita Adam Gabay. The 6-part series is set in a town hit by a devastating flood and follows a police offer who becomes obsessed with discovering what happened to an unidentified man whois found dead in a lift in an underground car park.

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‘Doctor Jekyll’ Soundtrack Released

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Blair Mowat (Class, Nolly, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Electric Man, McDonald & Dodds) has released a soundtrack album for the British horror movie Doctor Jekyll. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s title track below. Doctor Jekyll is directed by Joe Stephenson and stars Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Jonathan Hyde, Simon Callow, Robyn Cara and Morgan Watkins. The Hammer Films production is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and follows Dr. Nina Jekyll who must work together with her newly hired help to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.

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Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘Nolly’ to Be Released

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Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the ITV limited series Nolly. The album features the show’s original music composed by Blair Mowat (Class, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Electric Man, McDonald & Dodds, Happy!). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 17 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Nolly is written by Russell T. Davies & Nicola Shindler and stars Helena Bonham Carter in the title role, alongside Augustus Prew, Mark Gatiss and Con O’Neill. The 3-part drama directed by Peter Hoar tells the true story of Noele Gordon who starred in the hit ITV soap Crossroads before being abruptly axed at the height of the show’s success in the early 1980s.

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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Class’ Announced

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Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for BBC’s Doctor Who spin-off Class. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed and arranged by Blair Mowat (Electric Man, Happy!). The soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on December 7, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (digital version) and here (CD version). A limited vinyl version is set to come out in early January. Class is created by Patrick Ness and stars Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins, Vivian Oparah and Katherine Kelly. The series tells the story of students and staff at Coal Hill Academy, who save London from alien threats.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 3, 2017)

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Premiering on Wednesday, December 6, is the History original series Knightfall created by Don Handfield & Richard Rayner and starring Tom Cullen, Bobby Schofield, Sabrina Bartlett, Julian Ovenden, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Padraic Delaney, Simon Merrells and Olivia Ross. The show’s original music is composed by Andy Price (Robin Hood, Law & Order: UK). The drama chronicles the true accounts of the Knights Templar, the elite warriors of the Crusades during the 14th century. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and History’s official show website to learn more about the series.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the new Syfy original series Happy! developed by Grant Morrison & Brian Taylor and starring Chris Meloni, Lili Mirojnick, Joseph Reitman, as well as Patton Oswalt as the voice of the title character. Blair Mowat (Class) is composing the show’s original music. The series is based on Morrison’s & Darick Robertson’s graphic novel of the same name and follows an intoxicated, corrupt ex-cop turned hit man who is adrift in a world of casual murder, soulless sex and betrayal. For more information about the comedy drama, visit Syfy’s official show website.

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