National Geographic announced today that Hans Zimmer (Interstellar, Dune, Inception, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rain Man, Man of Steel) has teamed up with Bleeding Fingers Music’s Niccolò Pacella & George Hutson Warren to score the new National Geographic original documentary series Lion. The Nairobi Chamber Chorus has provided additional vocals and Lebo M (The Lion King) & Andrew Christie (Prehistorical Planet, The Americas) have written the theme, alongside Zimmer, for the show, which is narrated by O.J. Lynch and chronicles the remarkable four-year journey of a tiny lion cub named Kio as he becomes a king. Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Elf) who has previously collaborated with Zimmer on 2019’s The Lion King remake is executive producing the project with BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s creative director Mike Gunton (Planet Earth II, Dynasties).
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Hans Zimmer & Bleeding Fingers Music to Score Netflix’s ‘All the Sinners Bleed’
Netflix announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune, Man of Steel, Rain Man) & his Bleeding Fingers Music collective have been hired to compose the music for the upcoming Netflix original series All the Sinners Bleed. The show is developed by Joe Robert Cole (All Day and a Night, Black Panther) based on S.A Crosby novel of the same title and stars Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, John Douglas Thompson, Nicole Beharie, Andrea Cortés, Daniel Ezra, Murray Bartlett and Leila George. The thriller follows first Black Sheriff in a small Bible Belt county haunted by his devout mother’s untimely death who must lead the hunt for a serial killer that has been preying on his Black community for years in the name of God.
Hans Zimmer & Bleeding Fingers Music to Score HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series
HBO announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, As Good As It Gets, Inception, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Man of Steel, Rain Man) and Bleeding Fingers will compose the score for the upcoming HBO original Harry Potter series. Zimmer will be collaborating with his Bleeding Fingers Music team, including including composers Kara Talve (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Faraway Downs) & Anže Rozman (Prehistoric Planet, Beckham, Universe) to score the show written by Francesca Gardiner (His Dark Materials) based on J.K. Rowling’s bestselling novels and starring Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout, Arabella Stanton, John Lithgow, Paapa Essiedu, Janet McTeer and Nick Frost.
‘Exterritorial’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the German Netflix original film Exterritorial. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Sara Barone (Planet Earth III, Grimcutty, Silver and the Book of Dreams) for Bleeding Fingers Music. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Sara Wolf) below. Exterritorial is written and directed by Christian Zübert and stars Jeanne Goursaud, Dougray Scott, Lera Abova, Annabelle Mandeng, Kayode Akinyemi, Rickson Guy Da Silva and Rada Rae. The thriller follows an ex-special forces soldier who has to do everything in her power to find her missing son after he vanishes inside a US consulate — and uncovers a dark conspiracy.
Hans Zimmer & James Everingham (feat. Shashwat Sachdev) to Compose Title Theme & Score for BBC’s ‘Virdee’
BBC announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar) & James Everingham (Apollo: Missions to the Moon, The Real Right Stuff) feat. Shashwat Sachdev (Uri: The Surgical Strike, Selection Day) will compose the title theme and original score for the upcoming BBC series Virdee for Bleeding Fingers Music. Trainees from Screen Academy Bradford will also be joining Bleeding Fingers to get a hands-on experience of composing for screen and to assist with the composing of the series score. The show is created by AA Dhand based on his own novels and stars Staz Nair, Aysha Kala, Nina Singh, Kulvinder Ghir, Vikash Bhai and Sudha Bhuchar. The 6-part crime thriller directed by Mark Tonderai (Spell, House at the End of the Street) follows a cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying a Muslim who must hunt down a serial killer targeting the Asian community.
BBC’s ‘Planet Earth III’ to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Sara Barone, Russell Emanuel & Bastille’s Dan Smith
BBC announced today that Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, The Dark Knight, Inception), Jacob Shea (Seven Worlds One Planet, Blue Planet II), Sara Barone (Grimcutty), producer Russell Emanuel (of Bleeding Fingers Music) and Bastille’s Dan Smith have collaborated to create the score for the upcoming nature documentary series Planet Earth III. Smith’s vocals will also be featured on the show’s opening title theme song, as well as within all episodes of the series and a reworking of Bastille’s single, Pompeii entitled Pompeii MMXXIII, plays during the project’s end credits. A first track (entitled Mother Nature) created and performed by Zimmer, singer/songwriter RAYE and Bastille, in collaboration with composer collective Bleeding Fingers Music, can be heard in the first teaser trailer (embedded below).
Kara Talve to Score Hulu’s ‘Faraway Downs’ for Bleeding Fingers Music
Kara Talve (Prehistoric Planet, The Simpsons) has been tapped to score the upcoming Hulu limited series Faraway Downs. The show is a new serialized and expanded version of Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 feature Australia scored by David Hirschfelder and starring Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman. Talve is composing and recording a new score for the 6-part drama, which tells the story of an English aristocrat who inherits the titular cattle ranch in Australia following the death of her husband and reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover to protect her property when a group of Australian cattle barons plot to take her land.
‘Frozen Planet II’ Soundtrack Album Details
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Frozen Planet II. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Dune, The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight), Adam Lukas (Primates) & James Everingham (Apollo: Missions to the Moon, The Real Right Stuff) for Bleeding Fingers Music feat. Norwegian singer/songwriter AURORA. The opening titles music is written by Zimmer and Anže Rozman (Prehistoric Planet, The Planets). Russell Emanuel serves as the score producer and Greg Rappaport & Marsha Bowe are the score supervisors. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A 2-CD version will be coming out on October 21.
Soundtrack Album for BBC Earth’s ‘The Planets’ Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC Earth docu-series The Planets. The album features selections of the original music composed by Anže Rozman (Great Bear Rainforest) and Andrew Christie (The Flood), as well as Jacob Shea (Seven Worlds One Planet, Planet Earth II) and David Fleming (Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II) for Bleeding Fingers Music. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 5, 2021. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music service to stream/download the album. The Planets is narrated by Professor Brian Cox (in the original UK version) & Zachary Quinto (in the U.S. version) and follows the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets that make up our solar system through five episodes.
Soundtrack Album for BBC Earth’s ‘Primates’ Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC Earth docu-series Primates. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by Adam Lukas (Being The Queen, Roman Empire II) & Denise Santos (Gathering Storm, Savage Kingdom, Apollo: The Forgotten Films) for Bleeding Fingers Music. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 5, 2021 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Primates created by the BBC Studios Natural History and narrated by Chris Packham follows our closest animal relatives and reveals how much we have in common with them.