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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 19, 2016)

the-tunnelPremiering today in the U.S. is the British/French TV series The Tunnel based on the Scandinavian drama The Bridge and starring Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy. The music from the show’s first season is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots, Bridesheads Revisited, Dancing on the Edge) and the second season is scored by Ben Bartlett (Walking with Dinosaurs, The Mark of Cain). The drama follows two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel. The series will air in the U.S. on PBS. Visit the official show website for more information.

suitedPremiering tomorrow, June 20, is the documentary Suited directed by Jason Benjamin and produced by Lena Dunham. Owen Pallett (Her, Life, The Box) has composed the film’s original music. The movie centers on Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that is known for making custom suits for a growing legion of gender-nonconforming clients. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and premieres on HBO. Visit the official movie website to learn more about  the film.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score CBS’ ‘Training Day’ TV Series

training-dayJeff Cardoni has been tapped to score the upcoming CBS drama Training Day. The show is created by Will Beall (Gangster Squad) and stars Drew Van Acker, Bill Paxton, Katrina Law, Lex Scott Davis, Julie Benz, Justin Cornwell and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The series is inspired by the 2001 feature starring Denzel Washington & Ethan Hawke and follows a young, idealistic police officer who goes undercover in the elite Special Investigation Section of the LAPD and is tasked with spying on his new partner, a seasoned detective who engages in questionable methods.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 12, 2016)

braindeadPremiering tomorrow, June 13, is the new CBS drama BrainDead created by Robert & Michelle King and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Tveit, Danny Pino, Nikki M. James and Tony Shalhoub. The show’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Nice Guys, Jason Bourne, The Forbidden Kingdom, From Paris with Love) who previously scored CBS’ The Good Wife for the creators. To learn more about the show, check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official series website.

animal-kingdomPremiering on Tuesday, June 14, is the TNT original series Animal Kingdom developed by Jonathan Lisco based on the 2010 Australian feature of the same title and starring Ellen Barkin, Scott Speedman and Shawn Hatosy. Alexis & Sam (Equity, Lila & Eve, We’ll Never Have Paris) are scoring the show and Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Book of Eli) has composed the series’ main titles theme. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Tuesday night on TNT.

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Raney Shockne to Score CBS’ ‘Kevin Can Wait’ & USA’s ‘Queen of the South’

Raney Shockne has been tapped to score the upcoming CBS comedy Kevin Can Wait. The show is created by Bruce Helford, Rock Reuben (The King of Queens, Zookeeper, Here Comes the Boom) and Kevin James who also stars in the series with Erinn Hayes, Taylor Spreitler, Ryan Cartwright, Mary-Charles Jones, James DiGiacomo, Leonard Earl Howze, Gary Valentine and Lenny Venito. The comedy follows a newly retired police officer who looks forward to spending more quality time with his family only to discover he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.

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‘Jesse Stone’ – The Ultimate Collection Soundtrack Details

jesse-stoneThe full details of the new soundtrack album for the television movie series Jesse Stone have been revealed. The album features selections of the music from the film series composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Pollock, Carnivale, Rome, Monk). Jesse Stone – The Ultimate Collection will be released as a 2-CD set on July 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a limited edition soundtrack featuring music from the first six parts in the series back in 2009. The content of the earlier release is featured on the first disc of the new collection. The Jesse Stone series stars Tom Selleck as the police chief of a small New England town.

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Jeff Russo to Score CBS’ ‘American Gothic’ & ABC’s ‘Time After Time’

american-gothicJeff Russo has been tapped to score the upcoming CBS drama American Gothic. The show is created by Corinne Brinkerhoff (The Good Wife, Boston Legal) & James Frey and stars Juliet Rylance, Anthony Starr, Virginia Madsen, Justin Chatwin, Megan Ketch, Elliot Knight, Stephanie Leonidas and Gabriel Bateman. The series centers on a prominent Boston family reeling in the wake of the chilling discovery that someone in their midst is linked to an infamous string of murders. Brinkerhoff and Frey are also executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Amblin Television production with Justin Falvey & Darryl Frank (The Americans, Under the Gun) and Todd Cohen.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 27, 2016)

the-pathPremiering on Wednesday, March 30, is the new Hulu original series The Path created by Jessica Goldberg, executive produced by Jason Katims and starring Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Hugh Dancy and Rockmond Dunbar. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (Another Earth, I Origins, The Magicians). To learn more about the drama, which follows a family at the center of a controversial cult movement, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

rush-hourPremiering on Thursday, March 31, is the CBS drama Rush Hour developed by Bill Lawrence & Blake McCormick based on Brett Ratner’s hit film franchise and starring Justin Hires, John Foo, Wendie Malick, Aimee Garcia, Page Kennedy and Jessika Van. The composer duo of WAZ-Jackson (Scrubs, Cougar Town, Undateable) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air every Thursday night on CBS, visit our previous news article.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 13, 2016)

and-then-there-were-nonePremiering tonight on Lifetime is the British mini-series And Then There Were None developed by Sarah Phelps based on Agatha Christie’s novel and starring Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Noah Taylor and Aidan Turner. The 3-parter’s original music is composed by Stuart Earl (Lilting, My Brother the Devil). Visit the composer’s official website to listen to audio samples from the score. To learn more about the series, which follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island in 1939, visit Lifetime’s official website.

crowdedPremiering on Tuesday, March 15 is the new NBC comedy Crowded created by Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland, The Client List) and stars Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove, Mia Serafino, Stacy Keach and Carlease Burke. Chris Alan Lee (Younger, The Jim Gaffigan Show) is composing the show’s original score and Jesse Novak (BoJack Horseman, The Mindy Project) has written the series’ theme. To learn more about the comedy, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

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David Buckley to Score CBS’ ‘BrainDead’

david-buckleyDavid Buckley has been tapped to score the upcoming CBS drama BrainDead. The show is created by Robert & Michelle King and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Tveit, Danny Pino, Nikki M. James and Tony Shalhoub. The series follows a fresh-faced Hill staffer whose first job in D.C. leads her to discover two things: The government has stopped working, and alien spawn have come to Earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of congressmen and Hill staffers. Robert and Michelle King are also executive producing the CBS Television Studios production with Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker (The Man in the High Castle, Numb3rs) and Brooke Kennedy (Pushing Daisies, Third Watch).

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‘Person of Interest’ Season 3 & 4 Soundtrack Details

person-of-interest-3-4Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the third soundtrack album for the CBS drama Person of Interest. The album features selections of original music from the show’s third and fourth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, Iron Man, The Strain). The soundtrack will be released The soundtrack will be released on February 12, 2016 (pushed back two weeks from its original release date) and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score from the first and second season of the series. Person of Interest created by Jonathan Nolan and starring Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Sarah Shahi & Amy Acker will return for a fifth and likely final season later this year. 

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