Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu limited series Dopesick. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 12 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Dopesick is created by Danny Strong inspired by Beth Macy’s book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America and stars Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rosario Dawson, Kaitlyn Dever, Will Poulter and John Hoogenakker. The 8-parter examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history.
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Lorne Balfe Scoring Hulu’s ‘Dopesick’
Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life) has recently been scoring the new Hulu limited series Dopesick. The show is written by Danny Strong (Recount, Game Change, Empire) and stars Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosario Dawson, Will Poulter and John Hoogenakker. The 8-part drama is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy and examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history.
Bear McCreary Scoring Fox’s ‘Proven Innocent’
Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Happy Death Day, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) is the composer of the new Fox drama Proven Innocent. The show is created by David Elliot (Four Brothers, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) and stars Rachelle Lefevre, Russell Hornsby, Vincent Kartheiser, Riley Smith, Kelsey Grammer, Nikki M. James and Clare O’Connor. The series follows an underdog criminal defense firm led by a fierce and uncompromising lawyer who, earlier in her life, wass wrongfully convicted in a sensational murder case that made her an infamous media obsession, a household name and a national cause célèbre.
Bear McCreary to Score Danny Strong’s ‘Rebel in the Rye’
Bear McCreary has signed on to score the upcoming drama Rebel in the Rye. The film is written and directed by Danny Strong (Recount, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Empire) and stars Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Zoey Deutch, Hope Davis and Victor Garber. The movie centers on the life and mind of reclusive author J.D. Salinger and goes from the bloody front lines of World War II to his early rejections and the PTSD-fueled writer’s block that led to his iconic novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Strong is also producing the project with Bruce Cohen (Silver Linings Playbook, American Beauty), Jason Shuman (The Messengers, Darkness Falls), as well as Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill & Trent Luckinbill (Sicario, Demolition).
Lee Daniels’ ‘Empire’ to Feature Music by Timbaland
Timbaland has signed on as a songwriter and song producer for the Fox pilot Empire. The show is created by Lee Daniels (The Butler, Precious) and Danny Strong (Game Change, The Butler) and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson The drama is set in the world of a hip hop-empire and follows a charismatic, savvy music superstar who is about to take his company, Empire Entertainment, public. Daniels and Strong are also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Entertainment production with Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, 24) and Francie Calfo.