Murray Gold is the composer of the new Channel 4 & HBO Max limited series It’s a Sin. The show is created by Russell T. Davies and stars Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howell, Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Tracy Ann Oberman, Shaun Dooley, Nathaniel Curtis and Lydia West. The 5-part drama explores friendship and love during the 1980s AIDS crisis through the eyes of three young gay men as they embark on a new life in London.
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‘Patria’ Soundtrack Album Released
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the HBO Europe original series Patria. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Mama, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Hercules, Devil). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and other digital music stores), where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Patria is created and written by Aitor Gabilondo based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Fernando Aramburu and stars Elena Irureta, Ane Gabarain, Loreto Mauleón, Eneko Sagardoy and Susana Abaitua.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 10, 2021)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series All Creatures Great and Small written by Ben Vanstone based on the classic BBC programme, directed by Brian Percival and starring Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse and Rachel Shenton The show’s original music is composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Escape, Growing Up Wild). All3Media & Playground Television have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score when the drama premiered in the UK last year. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will air in the U.S. on PBS.
Also premiering today is the HBO documentary Tiger directed by Matthew Heineman & Matthew Hamachek about the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods. H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior, Birth of the Dragon, Sea of Shadows) has composed the original music for the 2-parter. Check out our previous news article for more information about the documentary, which is premiering on HBO today and next Sunday, January 17 and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
John Powell Scoring Doug Liman’s ‘Locked Down’
Composer John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Shrek, Chicken Run) is reteaming with director Doug Liman on the upcoming romantic comedy/heist movie Locked Down. The film stars Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a couple who find life has other plans when they are stuck at home in a mandatory lockdown and call a truce to attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at one of the world’s most exclusive department store, Harrods. Ben Stiller, Stephen Merchant, Lucy Boynton, Ben Kingsley, Mindy Kaling and Dule Hill are co-starring. Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Eastern Promises) wrote the screenplay.
‘Let Them All Talk’ Soundtrack to Be Released
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO Max original movie Let Them All Talk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Awards nominee Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, 1917, Wall-E, Skyfall, The Green Mile). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 18 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Let Them All Talk is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges and Gemma Chan. The comedy drama tells the story of a celebrated author who takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds.
Soundtrack Album for HBO Max’s ‘The Flight Attendant’ to Be Released
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO Max original series The Flight Attendant. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, Greyhound, The Pacific, Everwood, Supergirl, Riverdale), including the composer’s main title theme. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 18 and will be available to stream/download here. The Flight Attendant is developed by Steve Yockey based on the novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian and stars Kaley Cuoco, Michiel Huisman, Zosia Mamet, T. R. Knight, Michelle Gomez, Colin Woodell, Merle Dandridge, Griffin Matthews, Nolan Gerard Funk and Rosie Perez. The comedic thriller revolves around a flight attendant who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.
Soundtrack Album for HBO Max’s ‘A World of Calm’ Released
Redrocca has released a soundtrack album for the HBO Max unscripted A World of Calm. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Tom Howe (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Early Man, Ted Lasso, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. A World of Calm combines mesmeric imagery with narration by A-list talent including Mahershala Ali, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Idris Elba, Nicole Kidman, Oscar Isaac, Zoë Kravitz, Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu, Keanu Reeves and Kate Winslet.
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Soundtrack Album Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Lion King, Man of Steel, Gladiator, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean). A first track (Themyscira) was released this past summer and a second track (Open Road) is being released today. Listen to the new track below and visit Amazon to pre-order the soundtrack, which is set to be released digitally and physically on December 16 by WaterTower Music. Wonder Woman 1984 starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Robin Wright, Pedro Pascal and Connie Nielsen follows the title character as she is facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 6, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Your Honor developed by Peter Moffat based on the Israeli series Kvodo and starring Bryan Cranston, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sofia Black-D’Elia, Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg . The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 7, is the British limited series A Suitable Boy written by Andrew Davies, directed by Mira Nair and starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, Roots) and Anoushka Shankar. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.
David Wingo Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults’
David Wingo (Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special, The Report, Kidding, Loving) has composed the original score for the new HBO Max docu-series Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults. The show is directed by Clay Tweel (Gleason, Finders Keepers) and examines the infamous UFO cult through the eyes of its former members and loved ones. The 4-parter uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the cult that started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon and ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil.