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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 10, 2016)

January 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Ben Decter, Clinton Shorter, Colony, Fox, Freeform, Jeff Russo, John Paesano, Joshua Funk, NBC, Second Chance, Shades of Blue, Shadowhunters, Teachers, TV Land, USA, Wendy Melvoin

Premiering on Tuesday, January 12, is the new Freeform/ABC Family original series Shadowhunters based on the young adult fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments and starring Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Isaiah Mustafa, David Castro and Harry Shum Jr. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Decter (CSI: Cyber, Hostages, Extant). To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on Freeform, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

Premiering on Wednesday, January 13, is the new Fox drama Second Chance created by Rand Ravich, produced by Howard Gordon and starring Rob Kazinsky, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan, Tim DeKay and Ciara Bravo. John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Where the Game Stands Tall, Dragons: Riders of Berk) is composing the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which follows a morally corrupt cop who is given a second chance when he’s brought back, visit the official show website. Second Chance will air Wednesday nights on Fox.

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Marco Beltrami & Dennis Smith to Score Fox’s ‘Lucifer’

January 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Dennis Smith, Fox, Lucifer, Marco Beltrami

Marco Beltrami and Dennis Smith are composing the music for the new Fox drama Lucifer. The show is based on the DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth & Mike Dringenberg and stars Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Rachael Harris, DB Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Kevin Alejandro and Scarlett Estevez. The series centers around the Lord of Hell as he resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he opens an exclusive piano bar called Lux and helps the LAPD punish criminals. Tom Kapinos (Californication) wrote and executive produced the pilot episode of the Warner Bros. Television production.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 3, 2016)

January 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Angel from Hell, Bordertown, CBS, Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life, Danny Lux, Felix Erskine, Fox, Gabriel Mann, Jeff Cardoni, Mark Mothersbaugh, MTV, NBC, Orphan, Telenovela, The Shannara Chronicles

Premiering tonight is the Fox comedy Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life created by Jay Lacopo and starring Jack Cutmore-Scott, Meaghan Rath, Charlie Saxton, James Earl, Justin Bartha and Maureen Sebastian. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Cardoni (The Grinder, CSI: Miami, Silicon Valley, Just Friends). For more information about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on Fox, visit our scoring assignment announcement.

Also premiering tonight is the animated series Bordertown created by Mark Hentemann, executive produced by Seth MacFarlane and featuring the voice talent of Hank Azaria, Alex Borstein, Missi Pyle, Judah Friedlander and Nicholas Gonzalez. Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Hotel Transylvania, The Royal Tenenbaums, 21/22 Jump Street) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on Fox, visit our previous article.

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Mark Mothersbaugh Scoring Fox’s ‘Bordertown’

December 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Bordertown, Fox, Mark Mothersbaugh, Seth MacFarlane

Mark Mothersbaugh is scoring the new Fox animated series Bordertown. The show is created by Mark Hentemann (Family Guy) and features the voices of Hank Azaria, Alex Borstein, Missi Pyle, Judah Friedlander and Nicholas Gonzalez. The series centers on two families living in a Southwest desert town on the United States-Mexico border, one headed by a border patrol agent, the other by an industrious Mexican immigrant. Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad, Ted, A Million Ways to Die in the West) is executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Hentemann.

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‘Empire’ Season 2 – Volume 1 Soundtrack Details

October 28, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Empire, Fox, Soundtrack

Columbia Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Fox hit drama Empire. The album features more songs from the show by cast members including Terrence Howard (Lucious Lyon), Jussie Smollett (Jamal Lyon) and Bryshere Gray a.k.a. Yazz (Hakeem Lyon), as well as Timbaland, Pitbull, Sereyah, Bre-Z & more. The Season 2 – Volume 1 soundtrack will be released on November 20, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the first season. Empire is created by Lee Daniels & Danny Strong and follows the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 27, 2015)

September 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: ABC, Blood & Oil, CBS, Clinton Shorter, Code Black, Dr. Ken, Fox, Gabriel Mann, Grandfathered, Indian Summers, Jeff Cardoni, Joel J. Richard, Mark Isham, PBS, Quantico, Siddhartha Khosla, Stephen Warbeck, The Grinder

Premiering tonight is the new ABC drama Quantico created by Joshua Safran and starring Priyanka Chopra, Jake McLaughlin, Aunjanue Ellis, Yasmine Al Massri, Johanna Braddy, Tate Ellington and Graham Rogers. The show’s original music is composed by Joel J. Richard (John Wick, The Andromeda Strain, Ravenswood). To learn more about the series, which follows a group of young FBI recruits, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia, check out our previous article. Quantico will air Sunday nights on ABC.

Also premiering tonight on ABC is the new drama Blood & Oil created by Josh Pate & Rodes Fishburne and starring Don Johnson, Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Delroy Lindo, Scott Michael Foster, India de Beaufort, Amber Valletta, Adan Canto, Yani Gellman and Caitlin Carver. Mark Isham (Once Upon a Time, American Crime, Crash, A River Runs Through It) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about Blood & Oil, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 20, 2015)

September 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering on Monday, September 21, is the new NBC drama Blindspot created by Martin Gero, executive produced by Greg Berlanti and starring Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, The Mentalist, Everwood, Brothers & Sisters). To learn more about the series, which will air every Monday night on NBC, visit our previous news article.

Also premiering on Monday is the new Fox drama Minority Report executive produced by Max Borenstein, Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Mark Mylod & Kevin Falls and starring Stark Sands, Meagan Good, Wilmer Valderrama, Daniel London, Laura Regan, Li Jun Li and Zhane Hall. Sean Callery (24, Homeland, Bones, Jessica Jones) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score Fox’s ‘The Grinder’

September 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Fox, Jeff Cardoni, The Grinder

Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the new Fox comedy The Grinder. The show is created by Andrew Mogel & Jarrad Paul (The D Train, Yes Man) and stars Rob Lowe, Fred Savage, William Devane, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Natalie Morales, Hana Hayes and Connor Kalopsis. The series follows a TV lawyer, known as The Grinder, who returns to his small-town home after his show is cancelled to work for his family’s real-life law firm. Mogel and Paul are also executive producing the project with Jess Wexler (The Comedians) and Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher, Walk Hard, New Girl) who also directed the pilot episode.

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‘Scream Queens’ Title Song ‘You Belong to Me’ Revealed

September 2, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 1 comment

Tags: Fox, Heather Heywood, Mac Quayle, Scream Queens

Ryan Murphy has published an extended version of the main titles sequence for the new Fox series Scream Queens. The opening titles feature the original song You Belong to Me, which was co-written by the show’s composer Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story: Freak Show & Hotel), singer Heather Heywood and executive producer Alexis Woodall. Heywood is also performing the track. Check out the titles sequence and song after the jump.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score Fox’s ‘Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life’

July 29, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life, Fox, Jeff Cardoni, Where the Bad Kids Go

Jeff Cardoni is composing the music for the upcoming Fox comedy Guide to Surviving Life. The show is created by Jay Lacopo (The Third Wheel) and stars Jack Cutmore-Scott, Meaghan Rath, Charlie Saxton, James Earl, Justin Bartha and Maureen Sebastian. The series follows a group of friends post-college who are still trying to figure out what life is all about. Lacopo is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Gail Berman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Jeff Morton (Modern Family).

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