Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series The Leftovers created by Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Tom Perrotta (Little Children) and starring Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler and Ann Dowd. The show’s original music is composed by Max Richter (Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, The Lunchbox). To learn more about the drama, which takes place in the wake of a global “Rapture” and follows the people who didn’t make the cut, check out our scoring assignment article. The Leftovers will air every Sunday night on HBO.
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‘The Good Wife’ Score Album Announced
CBS Records will release the first soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed CBS drama The Good Wife. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by David Buckley (The Forbidden Kingdom, The Town, From Paris With Love). For the first time during the series’ five seasons, the composer is submitting his baroque, classical score from the latest season for Emmy consideration. The soundtrack will be released digitally on June 2, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Good Wife is created by Robert & Michelle King and stars Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips, Makenzie Vega, Alan Cumming, Josh Charles and Christine Baranski. The show concluded its fifth season earlier this month and will return for a sixth season this fall.
Jeff Beal to Score CBS’ ‘Extant’
Jeff Beal has signed on to score the upcoming CBS sci-fi drama Extant. The show is created by Mickey Fisher and stars Halle Berry as an astronaut who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Goran Visnjic, Pierce Gagnon, Hiroyuki Sanada, Camryn Manheim, Grace Gummer and Michael O’Neill are co-starring. Steven Spielberg is executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Amblin Television production with Fisher, Greg Walker, Brooklyn Weaver, Justin Falvey & Darryl Frank (The Americans, Falling Skies, Under the Dome).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 20, 2014)
Premiering tonight on ABC is the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie In My Dreams directed by Kenny Leon and starring Katherine McPhee, Mike Vogel and JoBeth Williams. The film’s original music is composed by William Ross (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, My Dog Skip, Ladder 49). The composer recorded his score at Abbey Road Studios in London. A soundtrack album featuring Ross’ music will be released soon. Check back on this page for the details. To learn more about the drama, visit ABC’s official movie website.
Lyle Workman Scoring CBS’ ‘Bad Teacher’ TV Series
Lyle Workman is composing the original music for the new CBS comedy Bad Teacher. The show is based on the 2011 feature starring Cameron Diaz and follows a fearless and unapologetic former trophy wife who masquerades as a teacher in order to find a new man after her wealthy husband leaves her penniless. The series stars Ari Graynor, Kristin Davis, David Alan Grier, Sara Gilbert, Ryan Hansen and Sara Rodier. Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg (The Office, Year One) who produced the movie version are executive producing the Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios production with Hilary Winston (Community, My Name is Earl), Jimmy Miller (Step Brothers, The Other Guys), Sam Hansen and Michael Lasker.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 30, 2014)
Premiering tomorrow, March 31 after the series finale of How I Met Your Mother is the new CBS comedy Friends With Better Lives created by Dana Klein and starring Kevin Connolly, Majandra Delfino, James Van Der Beek, Zoe Lister-Jones, Brooklyn Decker and Rick Donald. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Twisted, Rectify) is composing the show’s original score. For more information about the series, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Friends With Better Lives will air every Monday night on CBS.
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.
Gabriel Mann to Score ‘Friends With Better Lives’
Gabriel Mann has been hired to score the upcoming CBS comedy Friends With Better Lives. The show is created by Dana Klein (Friends, Becker) and stars Kevin Connolly, Majandra Delfino, James Van Der Beek, Zoe Lister-Jones, Brooklyn Decker and Rick Donald. The series follows six friends at different stages in their lives – married, divorced, newly engaged and single – who are outwardly happy, but secretly questioning if their friends have it better. Klein is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Aaron Kaplan (Terra Nova, The Neighbors, Back in the Game). James Burrows (Will & Grace, Friends) has directed the pilot episode. Friends With a Better Lives is set to premiere on March 31, 2014 and will air every Monday night on CBS.
Clinton Shorter Scoring CBS’ ‘Intelligence’
Clinton Shorter is composing the music for the upcoming CBS drama Intelligence. The show stars is created by Michael Seitzman (North Country, Here on Earth) and stars Josh Holloway, Meghan Ory, John Billingsley, PJ Byrne, Michael Rady and Marg Helgenberger. The series centers on a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain who is the first human ever to be connected directly into the global information grid and have complete access to Internet, WiFi, telephone and satellite data. Seitzman is also executive producing the ABC Television Studios and CBS Television Studios production with Tripp Vinson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Number 23) and David Semel (Person of Interest, No Ordinary Family) who also directed the pilot episode.
‘Person of Interest’ – Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the second soundtrack album for the CBS drama Person of Interest. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man). The soundtrack will be released on January 14, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring musical highlights from the first season, as well as the main titles theme composed by executive producer J.J. Abrams. Person of Interest is created by Jonathan Nolan and stars Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson and Kevin Chapman. The second season of the Bad Robots production is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD and the show’s third season air every Tuesday night on CBS.