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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 9, 2022)

January 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the new Fox comedy Pivoting created by Liz Astrof and starring Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, JT Neal, Tommy Dewey and Marcello Reyes. The show’s original music is composed by Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Rectify, The Unicorn, Rosewood). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will move to its regular time slot on January 13 and will air every Thursday night on Fox.

Premiering on Tuesday, January 11, is the CW drama Naomi developed by Ava DuVernay & Jill Blankenship based on DC Entertainment’s comic book series of the same name and starring Kaci Walfall, Mary-Charles Jones, Cranston Johnson, Alexander Wraith, Camila Moreno, Mouzam Makkar, Barry Watson, Will Meyers and Aidan Gemme. Amanda Jones (Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Twenties, Cherish the Day) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on CW.

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Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury Scoring Netflix’s ‘Archive 81’

January 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Archive 81, Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow, Netflix

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Hanna, Luce, Free Fire) are the composers of the new Netflix original series Archive 81. The show is inspired by the popular horror podcast of the same name and stars Mamoudou Athie, Dina Shihabi, Evan Jonigkeit, Matt McGorry, Martin Donovan, Julia Chan and Ariana Neal. The supernatural thriller follows an archivist who takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

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‘Devs’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released

April 30, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Alex Garland, Ben Salisbury, Devs, Geoff Barrow, Hulu, score, Soundtrack, The Insects

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the FX on Hulu original series Devs. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Hanna, Luce, Free Fire) and The Insects (Hanna). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 1 and will be available to stream/download here. CD and vinyl editions are also in the works. Devs is created by Alex Garland and stars Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny and Alison Pill. The sci-fi thriller follows a young software engineer who investigates the secret development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in Silicon Valley, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.

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Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury to Score Paul Schrader’s ‘The Card Counter’

April 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow, Paul Schrader, The Card Counter

Director Paul Schrader has revealed in a recent interview with Vulture that Geoff Barrow is set to compose music for the upcoming thriller The Card Counter. It is expected that the composer will be teaming up with his regular collaborator Ben Salisbury (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Free Fire, Luce) to score the film written and directed by Schrader (First Reformed, Taxi Driver, Affliction) and starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe. The movie revolves around a card player on the casino trail who sees a chance at redemption when he’s approached by a young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 1, 2020)

March 1, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere created by Jason Segel and starring Segel himself, André Benjamin, Sally Field, Octavio Coleman, Richard E. Grant and Eve Lindley. The show’s original music is composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Triple 9, Broken City). Check out our previous article for more information about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC.

Premiering tomorrow, March 2 is the FX original series Breeders created by Simon Blackwell ,Chris Addison & Martin Freeman and starring Freeman himself, Daisy Haggard, George Wakeman, Jayda Eyles, Michael McKean, Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong. Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, Episodes, Plebs) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which is premiering on FX tomorrow and will also be available to stream on Hulu the following day.

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Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury Scoring FX’s ‘Devs’

October 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 3 comments

Tags: Alex Garland, Ben Salisbury, Devs, FX, Geoff Barrow

Composers Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury (Hanna, Luce, Free Fire) are reteaming with writer/director Alex Garland on the upcoming FX limited series Devs. The show is created by Garland and stars Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny and Alison Pill. The sci-fi thriller revolves around a young computer engineer as she investigates the secretive development division of her employer who she believes are behind the murder of her boyfriend.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 2, 2019)

August 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: 15 Minutes of War, Anton Yelchin, Ben Salisbury, Fabien Kourtzer, Frank Ilfman, Garth Stevenson, Geoff Barrow, Hobbs & Shaw, Jed Kurzel, Love Antosha, Luce, Marcelo Zarvos, Mike Kourtzer, Otherhood, The Nightingale, The Operative, Them That Follow, Tyler Bates

The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw directed by David Leitch and starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby and Helen Mirren. The film’s original score is composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, John Wick, 300). Back Lot Music has released two soundtrack album for the movie, featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details) and the songs from the movie (click here for more information).

Opening in limited release is the psychological thriller Luce directed by Julius Onah and starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer and Tim Roth. Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Hanna, Free Fire) have composed the film’s original score. Lakeshore Records & Invada Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack album announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Neon release.

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‘Luce’ Soundtrack Details

July 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow, Julius Onah, Luce, score, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records & Invada Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller Luce. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Hanna, Free Fire). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 2 and is now available to download on Amazon. Luce is directed by Julius Onah and stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer and Tim Roth. The movie based on J.C. Lee’s play of the same title and centers on a former child soldier living in a suburb and his relationship to a teacher who becomes aware of his views on political violence.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 24, 2019)

March 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Abby's, Amazon, Ben Salisbury, Brian H. Kim, Geoff Barrow, Hanna, History, Jason Akana, Knightfall, Natalie Holt, NBC, Netflix, Nitin Sawhney, Tacoma FD, Traitors, truTV

Premiering tomorrow, March 25 is the second season of the History original series Knightfall created by Don Handfield & Richard Rayner and starring Tom Cullen, Mark Hamill, Bobby Schofield, Sabrina Bartlett, Julian Ovenden, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Tom Forbes and Genevieve Gaunt. Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, The Honourable Woman, Beecham House) has composed the original music for the new season. Click here to learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on History.

Premiering on Thursday, March 28, is the new NBC comedy Abby’s created by Josh Malmuth and starring Natalie Morales, Neil Flynn, Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts and Kimia Behpoornia. The show’s original music is composed by Brian H. Kim (Hello, My Name Is Doris, Search Party, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, G.B.F.). Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air every Thursday night on NBC.

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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Hanna’ TV Series to Be Released

March 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Amazon, Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow, Hanna, score, Simon Ashdown, Soundtrack, The Insects, Yann McCullough

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the new Amazon originals series Hanna. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Free Fire), The Insects, Simon Ashdow and Yann McCullough. Also included is Karen O’s original song Anti-Lullaby and her cover of The Smashing Pumpkins’ Bullet With Butterfly Wings. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 29 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Hanna is developed by David Farr based Joe Wright’s 2011 feature of the same title and stars Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman and Esme Creed-Miles.

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