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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 17, 2019)

Premiering on Friday, February 22 is the Netflix original movie Paddleton co-written and directed by Alex Lehmann and starring Mark Duplass, Ray Romano, Ravi Patel and Christine Woods. The film’s original music is composed by Julian Wass (Hit and Run, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Room 104, Insatiable, The Overnight). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the film, which premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Also premiering on Friday in the U.S. is the Spanish drama The Photographer of Mauthausen (El fotografo de Mauthausen) directed by Mar Targarona and starring Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden and Alain Hernández. Diego Navarro (Capture the Flag, Mimesis) has composed the film’s original music. Rosetta Records has released a soundtrack album last fall when the movie opened overseas. Visit Amazon to download the album. The movie, which follows a Catalán prisoner at a Nazi concentration camp who uses his office job to steal photo negatives of the atrocities committed there, will be available to stream stateside exclusively on Netflix.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 10, 2019)

Premiering on Tuesday, February 12 is the TBS original series Miracle Workers created by Simon Rich based on his book What in God’s Name and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni. No composer is credited on the show. Rob Hill serves as the project’s music supervisor. To learn more about the Heaven-set workplace comedy, which will air Tuesday nights on TBS, visit the official show website.

Also premiering on Tuesday is the BET original series Boomerang created by Lena Waithe & Ben Cory Jones based on the 1992 feature of the same title, executive produced by Halle Berry and starring Tequan Richmond, Tetona Jackson, Leland Martin and Lala Milan. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Head (The Family Business, The Man in 3B). Visit the official show website for more information about the series, which will every Tuesday night on BET.

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Joseph Stephens to Score HBO’s ‘The Righteous Gemstones’

Joseph Stephens is set to score the upcoming HBO original series The Righteous Gemstones. The show is created by Danny McBride who also stars in the series, alongside John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Adam Devine, Cassidy Freeman, Tony Cavalero, Tim Baltz and GregAlan Williams. The comedy revolves around a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work – all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. McBride is also producing the project with Jody Hill and David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Halloween).

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Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Vice Principals’ Announced

Waxwork Records has announced the first soundtrack release for the HBO original series Vice Principals. The album features the complete score from the show’s first two seasons composed by Joseph Stephens (Eastbound and Down, Observe and Report, Flower).  The soundtrack will be released as a 180 gram North Jackson Warriors Blue and White colored vinyl (Season 1) and 180 Gram North Jackson Tigers Orange and White colored vinyl (Season 2) and will be available on the label’s official website starting tomorrow, January 29. Listen to five tracks from the album after the jump. Vice Principals is created by Jody Hill & Danny McBride who also stars in the comedy alongside Walter Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham and Sheaun McKinney.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 13, 2019)

Premiering tonight is the National Geographic original series Valley of the Boom created by Matthew Carnahan and starring Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, Lamorne Morris, John Karna, Dakota Shapiro and Oliver Cooper. The show’s original music is composed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things, Butterfly, Native Son). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the project (click here for the full album details), as well as a separate album featuring a selections of songs from the series (click here for more information).

Premiering tomorrow, January 14, is the Fox drama The Passage developed by Liz Heldens based on Justin Cronin’s book series and starring Saniyya Sidney, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Caroline Chikezie, Henry Ian Cusick, Vincent Piazza and Emmanuelle Chriqui. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of) and Jordan Gagne (The Rookie, Waco) are composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox.

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Rupert Gregson-Williams to Score HBO/Sky’s ‘Catherine the Great’

Rupert Gregson-Williams has been hired to score the upcoming HBO/Sky mini-series Catherine the Great. The show is written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, The Name of the Rose) and directed by Philip Martin (The Crown, The Forger) and stars Helen Mirren in the title role, alongside Jason Clarke, Joseph Quinn, Gina McKee, Rory Kinnear, Richard Roxburgh, Kevin R. McNally and Sam Palladio  The 4-parter is set against the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of Russian empress Catherine the Great, who wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century and follows Catherine at the end of her reign during her affair with Grigory Potemkin.

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Miles Hankins Scoring HBO’s ‘The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti’

Miles Hankins (The Night Before, Len and Company) is scoring the upcoming HBO documentary The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti. The film is directed by Bentley Weiner and centers on the 77-year old NFL Hall of Famer, whose story encompasses turns as a linebacker, lawyer, sports agent, broadcaster, executive and philanthropist. Liev Schreiber is narrating the HBO Sports production, which is executive produced by Peter Nelson and Rick Bernstein.

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Daniel Pemberton Scoring HBO’s ‘Brexit’

Daniel Pemberton has announced that he has composed the original score for the upcoming HBO original movie Brexit. The film is directed by Toby Haynes and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings, who spearheaded the Vote Leave campaign and Rory Kinnear as Craig Oliver, Prime Minister David Cameron’s director of communications and head of the Remain campaign. The drama goes behind the scenes, revealing the personalities, strategies and feuds of the Leave and Remain campaigns. James Graham (A Brilliant Young Mind) wrote the script and is also executive producing the HBO Films, BBC Studios and Channel 4 production with Juliette Howell (London Spy) and Tessa Ross.

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Murray Gold Scoring HBO’s & BBC’s ‘Gentleman Jack’

Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Death at a Funeral, A Very English Scandal) is composing the original music for the upcoming HBO and BBC series Gentleman Jack. The drama is created by Sally Wainwright (To Walk Invisible, Happy Valley) and stars Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Gemma Whelan, Timothy West, Jeremy Lister and Gemma Jones. The 8-parter is set in 1832 West Yorkshire, England and centers on landowner and industrialist Anne Lister’s attempt to revitalize her inherited home, Shibdhen Hall.

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Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ to Be Released

Deutsche Grammophon will release a full soundtrack album for the HBO and RAI original series My Brilliant Friend. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Miss Sloane, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released the composer’s main theme (Elena & Lila) last week. My Brilliant Friend is co-written and directed by Saverio Costanzo and stars Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace. 

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