Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series The Chi created by Lena Waithe and starring Jason Mitchell, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Jacob Latimore, Alex Hibbert, Yolonda Ross, Tiffany Boone and Armando Riesco. The show’s original music is composed by Patrick Warren (Bloodworth, According to Spencer). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which follows a group of residents from the south of Chicago and which will air Sunday nights on Showtime.
Tag: Fox
Soundtrack Album for Fox’s ‘The Exorcist’ TV Series Released
Milan Records has released the first soundtrack album for the Fox drama The Exorcist. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, John Wick, Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen). Also included is the series’ main titles theme written by Daniel Hart (Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Exorcist is developed by Jeremy Slater and stars Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels, Kurt Egyiawa and John Cho. The show follows two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession.
Fox’s ‘9-1-1’ to Feature Music by Mac Quayle & Todd Haberman
Mac Quayle and Todd Haberman are scoring the new Fox drama 9-1-1. The show is created by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk (Glee, Nip/Tuck, American Crime Story) and stars Peter Krause, Connie Britton, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi and Rockmond Dunbar. The series is based on the real-life, high-pressure experiences of emergency response providers – cops, paramedics, firefighters – who must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 17, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the Fox holiday event A Christmas Story Live! starring Matthew Broderick, Andy Walken, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, Ken Jeong and David Alan Grier. The television special’s music is composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) based on their work on the Broadway musical of the same title. They also wrote several new songs. Arts Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the event tomorrow. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 18, is the BBC mini-series Gunpowder created by Ronan Bennett & Daniel West and starring Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, In Dubious Battle, The Current War) has composed the original music for the 3-parter. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week.Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premieres stateside on HBO.
‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Soundtrack Announced
Arts Music will release a soundtrack album for the Fox holiday special event A Christmas Story Live! The album features the songs from the television special composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen), including several new tracks written for the production, and performed by the project’s cast. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 19 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. A Christmas Story Live! is executive produced by Marc Platt & Adam Siegel and stars Matthew Broderick, Andy Walken, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, Ken Jeong and David Alan Grier.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 8, 2017)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series The Collection created Oliver Goldstick and starring Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Frances de la Tour, Mamie Gummer, Max Deacon, Irène Jacob, Michael Kitchen and James Cosmo. The show’s original music is composed by Dominik Scherrer (The Missing, Ripper Street, Primeval). The drama premiered last year in the UK on Amazon and is making its domestic debut tonight on PBS. Visit our previous article and the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Wednesday, October 11, is the new CW drama Dynasty created by Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage & Sallie Patrick based on the classic 80s show of the same title and starring Nathalie Kelley, Elizabeth Gillies, Alan Dale, Sam Adegoke, Rob Riley and Grant Show. Paul-Leonard Morgan (Limitless, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, Dredd, The Numbers Station) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on the CW.
John Ottman & David Buckley Scoring Fox’s ‘The Gifted’
John Ottman and David Buckley are scoring the new Fox drama The Gifted. The show is developed by Matt Nix (APB, Burn Notice) based on Marvel’s X-Men properties and stars Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Coby Bell, Emma Dumont, Blair Redford, Natalie Alyn Lind and Percy Hynes White. The series tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Bryan Singer (X-Men, The Usual Suspects) has directed the pilot episode and is executive producing the 20th Century Fox and Marvel Television production with Nix, Lauren Shuler Donner (Deadpool, Logan), Simon Kinberg (The Martian, Logan), Jeph Loeb & Jim Chory (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Legion).
Bleeding Fingers Music Taking Over Scoring Duties on ‘The Simpsons’
The music production house Bleeding Fingers Music has taken over scoring duties on the Fox animated series The Simpsons. Hans Zimmer and Russell Emanuel serve as score producers and Steven Kofsky is credited as the score executive producer. The composers are replacing Alf Clausen who has scored most of the episodes of the previous 28 seasons of the series. Danny Elfman’s main titles theme for the show is still being used. Zimmer has previously scored 2007’s The Simpsons Movie.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 1, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the new ABC drama Ten Days in the Valley created by Tassie Cameron and starring Kyra Sedgwick, Felix Solis, Erika Christensen, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Kick Gurry, Ella Thomas and Emily Kinney. The show’s original music is composed by W.G. Snuffy Walden (The West Wing, Friday Night Lights, Nashville, Under the Dome). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on ABC.
Robert Lydecker Scoring ‘Lethal Weapon’ Season 2
Robert Lydecker is the new composer of the Fox comedy drama Lethal Weapon. The composer is scoring the show’s second season and follows Josh Kramon & Ben Decter who co-scored the first eight episodes and Tree Adams who composed the music for the rest of the first season. Lethal Weapon is developed Matt Miller (Forever, Chuck) and stars Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp and Kevin Rahm. Miller is also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie, Sherlock Holmes), Jennifer Gwartz (Veronica Mars) and McG (Charlie’s Angels).