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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 21, 2025)

September 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering on Tuesday, September 23 is the FX original series The Lowdown created by Sterlin Harjo and starring Ethan Hawke, Keith David, Kyle MacLachlan, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kaniehtiio Horn, Tim Blake Nelson, Michael “Killer Mike” Render and Tracy Letts. The show’s original music is composed by singer/songwriter and guitarist JD McPherson who has made his scoring debut on the project. The neo-noir crime drama, which revolves around a self-proclaimed Tulsa “truthstorian” whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble, will air every Tuesday night on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu.

Premiering on Wednesday, September 24, is the Prime Video original series Hotel Costiera created by Elena Bucaccio & Francesco Arlanch and starring Jesse Williams, Maria Chiara Giannetta, Jordan Alexandra, Antonio Gerardi, Sam Haygarth, Tommaso Ragno, Amanda Campana, Pierpaolo Spollon, Alejandra Onieva and Jean-Hugues Anglade. Anton Sanko (The Possession, Rabbit Hole, Ouija, Big Love, The Silent Hour, Fractured, The Half of It) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-part action drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

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Soundtrack Album for ‘Alien: Earth’ Episode ‘In Space, No One…’ to Be Released

September 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Alien: Earth, FX, Hulu, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack

Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the FX original series Alien: Earth. The album features the original music from the fifth episode of the show (entitled In Space, No One…) composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery/Picard, Legion, Ripley, Untamed, For All Mankind, The Night Of, Zero Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring selections of Russo’s score from the full season, as well as a digital single of the composer’s cover of Cream’s Strange Brew. Alien: Earth is created by Noah Hawley and stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, Adrian Edmondson and Lily Newmark.

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‘Strange Brew’ Cover from ‘Alien: Earth’ Released

August 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Alien: Earth, FX, Hulu, Jeff Russo, Noah Hawley

Hollywood Records has released the full cover version of Cream’s Strange Brew (teased at the beginning of every episode) from the FX original series Alien: Earth. The track (originally written by Eric Clapton, Felix Pappalardi & Gail Collins) and performed by the show’s creator Noah Hawley and composer Jeff Russo (who also produced the cover) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album featuring Russo’s original score from the sci-fi drama was released earlier this month. Alien: Earth is created by Hawley and stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Babou Ceesay, Samuel Blenkin, Essie Davis, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Lily Newmark, David Rysdahl and Kit Young.

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‘Alien: Earth’ Soundtrack Album Details

August 11, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Alien: Earth, FX, Hulu, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack

Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the FX original series Alien: Earth. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Ripley, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, Untamed, For All Mankind, Zero Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to two tracks below. Alien: Earth is created by Noah Hawley and stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Essie Davis, Adrian Edmondson, Lily Newmark, Adarsh Gourav, David Rysdahl, Erana James, Jonathan Ajayi, Diêm Camille, Kit Young, Moe Bar-El and Sandra Yi Sencindiver.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 10, 2025)

August 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tomorrow, August 11, is the Acorn TV original series Irish Blood created by Christina Ray & Aaron Martin and starring Alicia Silverstone, Jason O’Mara, Simone Kirby, Wendy Crewson, Ruth Codd, Leonardo Taiwo and Dearbhla Molloy. The show’s original music is composed by Ames Bessada (I Used to Be Funny, Black Mirror: Joan Is Awful & Common People, Astrid and Lilly Save the World, Holly Hobbie). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Acorn TV.

Premiering on Tuesday, August 12, is the FX original series Alien: Earth created by Noah Hawley and starring Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Babou Ceesay, Samuel Blenkin, Adrian Edmondson, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Lily Newmark, Adarsh Gourav, Erana James, Jonathan Ajayi, Kit Youn, Moe Bar-El, Diêm Camille and Sandra Yi Sencindiver. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, Ripley, The Night Of, Zero Day, Untamed, For All Mankind) has composed the show’s original music. The sci-fi drama, which follows a hybrid prototype and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers as they make a fateful discovery when a mysterious deep space research vessel crash-lands on Earth that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat, will air every Tuesday on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu.

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Theme Song ‘Bad Advice’ from FX’s ‘Adults’ Released

June 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Adults, bby, FX

Hollywood Records has released the theme song from the new FX original series Adults. The track, entitled Bad Advice, is written and performed by the indie pop band bby (Benjy Gibson, Deon Graham, Tom Parkin, Jessy Jacquet-Cretides & Tommaso Medica) and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Adults is created by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw and stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Amita Rao, Jack Innanen and Owen Thiele.

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Christopher Bear Scoring FX’s ‘Adults’

May 27, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Adults, Christopher Bear, FX

Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, High Maintenance, Mother, Couch, Swallowed, The Passenger) is the composer of the new FX original series Adults. The show is created by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw and stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao and Owen Thiele. The comedy revolves around five twenty-somethings in New York who are crashing together in one of the group’s childhood home, where they share their meals, anxieties and, occasionally, toothbrushes.

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‘Dying for Sex’ Soundtrack Album Details

April 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Ariel Marx, Dying for Sex, FX, Hulu, score, Soundtrack

Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the FX limited series Dying for Sex. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, Candy, Sanctuary, Happy Face, A Small Light, The Tale, A Friend of the Family). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 4 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Dying for Sex is created by Kim Rosenstock & Elizabeth Meriwether based on Nikki Boyer’s Wondery’s Podcast and stars Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass, Kelvin Yu, Rob Delaney, Esco Jouléy, David Rasche and Sissy Spacek. The comedy follows a woman who receives a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer and decides to leave her husband to explore the full breadth of her sexual desires for the first time in her life.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 30, 2025)

March 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering today is the new AMC+ original series The Last Anniversary developed by Samantha Strauss based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel by and starring Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald, Uli Latukefu, Helen Thomson, Susan Prior, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Xavier Samuel and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. The show’s original music is composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which will be available to stream in the U.S. exclusively on AMC+.

Also premiering today is the Paramount+ original series MobLand created by Ronan Bennett and starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Paddy Considine, Lara Pulver, Joanne Froggatt, Anson Boon, Daniel Betts, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, Lisa Dwan, Geoff Bell and Emily Barber. Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria, Still Alice, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Kick-Ass) & Matt Bellamy (of the rock band Muse) are composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.

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Ariel Marx Scoring FX’s ‘Dying for Sex’

March 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Ariel Marx, Dying for Sex, FX, Hulu

Ariel Marx (Candy, Shiva Baby, Sanctuary, A Small Light, A Friend of the Family, Birth/Rebirth, The Tale) is the composer of the upcoming FX limited series Dying for Sex. The show is created by Kim Rosenstock & Elizabeth Meriwether (The Dropout, New Girl) based on the Podcast by Wondery & Nikki Boyer and stars Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass, Kelvin Yu, Esco Jouléy, David Rasche, Rob Delaney and Sissy Spacek. The comedy drama revolves around a woman who after receiving a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer decides to leave her husband begins to explore the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life.

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