Premiering tomorrow, March 30 is the PBS documentary Henry David Thoreau directed by Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers, executive produced by Ken Burns & Don Henley, narrated by George Clooney and featuring the voices of Jeff Goldblum, Meryl Streep, Ted Danson and Tate Donovan. The 2-part film’s original music is composed by David Cieri (The Vietnam War, Hemingway, Oklahoma City, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History). Ropeadope will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score tomorrow. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which will air over two nights on March 30 & 31 on PBS.
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‘Henry David Thoreau’ Soundtrack Album Details
Ropeadope will release a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Henry David Thoreau. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Cieri (The Vietnam War, Oklahoma City, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, Hemingway). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Monday, March 30 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Henry David Thoreau is executive produced by Ken Burns & Don Henley, directed by Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers, narrated by George Clooney and features the voices of Jeff Goldblum (as Henry David Thoreau), Ted Danson (Ralph Waldo Emerson), Tate Donovan (William Ellery Channing) & Meryl Streep (Lidian Emerson,Mary Merrick Brooks, Margaret Fuller & Maria Thoreau). The 3-part film examines the life and work of the titular 19th-century writer in the context of antebellum New England and the larger United States, as well as through the universal themes he focused on in his writings.
Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ to Feature Music by Johnny Gandelsman, Rhiannon Giddens, David Cieri & Others
PBS announced this week that Johnny Gandelsman, Rhiannon Giddens, Jennifer Kreisberg, David Cieri, Yo-Yo Ma and Richard Evans are contributing music to the upcoming documentary series The American Revolution. The show directed and produced by Ken Burns (Brooklyn Bridge, The Vietnam War, The Statue of Liberty), Sarah Botstein (The U.S. and the Holocaust) & David Schmidt, written by long-time collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward and examines how America’s creation turned the world upside-down. The 6-parter is narrated by Peter Coyote and includes the first-person voices of nearly 200 individual historic figures, read by a cast of actors, including Kenneth Branagh, Josh Brolin, Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Alden Ehrenreich, Craig Ferguson, Morgan Freeman, Paul Giamatti, Domhnall Gleeson, Tom Hanks, Ethan Hawke, Maya Hawke, Lucas Hedges, Josh Hutcherson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Joel Kinnaman, Tracy Letts, Damian Lewis, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, David Oyelowo, Mandy Patinkin, Wendell Pierce, Liev Schreiber, Chaske Spencer, Dan Stevens, Meryl Streep, among others.
‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ Soundtrack Album Released
Ropeadope has released a soundtrack album for the PBS documentary Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Cieri (The Vietnam War, Oklahoma City, Hemingway, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Hiding in Plain Sight is directed by Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers, executive produced by Ken Burns and explores America’s mental health crisis through the eyes of more than twenty young people and the advocates, providers, family and friends who support them.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 4, 2021)
Premiering in the U.S. today is the Norwegian mini-series Atlantic Crossing written by Alexander Eik & Linda May Kallestein, directed by Eik and starring Sofia Helin, Kyle MacLachlan and Tobias Santelmann. The show’s original music is composed by Raymond Enoksen (Haunted, Ice Road Rescue). Dreamscore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year when the 8-part drama premiered overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the limited series, which making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Also premiering tonight is the Fox TV special Malika the Lion Queen directed by Karin Slater and narrated by Angela Bassett. Jasha Klebe (Planet Earth II, The Black Godfather, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, Medal of Honor, Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes) has composed the original music for the special. The documentary, which follows a powerful pride of lions in South Africa’s Kruger National Park and explores the exhilarating and harrowing life of lioness Malika, will air on Fox tonight. Click here for more information.
David Cieri’s Score from ‘The Vietnam War’ & Other Documentaries Released
Ropeadope Records has released a new soundtrack album featuring music composed by David Cieri (Oklahoma City) from several docu-series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick & produced by Florentine Films. Notes from the Underscore: 10 Years with Florentine Films includes selections of his scores from this year’s PBS series The Vietnam War, 2011’s Prohibition and 2014’s The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon and iTunes, where you can also listen to audio samples. Separate soundtrack albums for The Vietnam War, featuring Trent Reznor’s & Atticus Ross’ contributions to the series, the pop/rock songs as featured in the show, as well as The Silkroad Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma’s arrangements of traditional Vietnamese songs have been released earlier this year.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 15, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the PBS docu-series The Vietnam War directed by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and David Cieri have composed the show’s original score. Universal Music have released two soundtrack albums, including an album featuring Reznor’s & Ross’ score, as well as a separate album featuring the songs from the series by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon & Garfunkel & more. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the details of both soundtracks.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow is the British mini-series The State written and directed by Peter Kosminsky and starring Sam Otto, Ryan McKen, Shavani Cameron, Ony Uhiara and Nana Agyeman-Bediako. The 4-parter’s original music is composed by Debbie Wiseman (Wolf Hall, Father Brown, Vampire Killers). The show centers on the lives of four British citizens who join ISIS in Syria. The series premiered last month in the UK on Channel 4 and will air in the U.S. on Nat Geo. Click here for more information.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 14, 2014)
Premiering tonight on PBS is the documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait directed by Ken Burns about the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. David Cieri has composed the project’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is being released today. Visit Amazon to download the album. The docu-series, which features the voices of Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti as Eleanor & Theodore Roosevelt will air for two hours a night on seven consecutive nights on PBS. Visit the official website to learn more about the project.