Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Vice Principals created by Jody Hill & Danny McBride who also stars in the show alongside Walter Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham and Sheaun McKinney. The comedy’s original music is composed by Joey Stephens who previously scored Hill’s feature Observe and Report starring Seth Rogen, as well as numerous episodes of HBO’s Eastbound and Down. To learn more about the series, check out our previous news article and HBO’s official show website.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 10, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Night Of executive produced by Peter Moffat, Richard Price, Steven Zaillian James Gandolfini & Jane Tranter and starring John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Michael Kenneth Williams, Bill Camp and Payman Maadi. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, About Cherry). The drama centers around an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets in over his head when he takes on the case of a Pakistani man accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on HBO, visit the official show website.
‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Soundtrack Details
The details of the sixth soundtrack album for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones have been revealed. The album features selections of original music from the show’s sixth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, Warcraft). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 24 and physically on July 29. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Game of Thrones is created by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss based on the novels by George R. R. Martin and stars Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Aidan Gillen, Kit Harington, Diana Rigg, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 19, 2016)
Premiering today in the U.S. is the British/French TV series The Tunnel based on the Scandinavian drama The Bridge and starring Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy. The music from the show’s first season is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots, Bridesheads Revisited, Dancing on the Edge) and the second season is scored by Ben Bartlett (Walking with Dinosaurs, The Mark of Cain). The drama follows two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel. The series will air in the U.S. on PBS. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering tomorrow, June 20, is the documentary Suited directed by Jason Benjamin and produced by Lena Dunham. Owen Pallett (Her, Life, The Box) has composed the film’s original music. The movie centers on Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that is known for making custom suits for a growing legion of gender-nonconforming clients. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and premieres on HBO. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the film.
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘All the Way’ to Be Released
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie All the Way. The album features the film’s original music composed by James Newton Howard (King Kong, The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, Maleficent, The Fugitive, Signs). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. All the Way is directed by Jay Roach and stars Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root, Marque Richardson, Aisha Hinds, Todd Weeks, Mo McRae, Spencer Garrett and Frank Langella. The movie is based on Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning play of the same title and follows President Lyndon B. Johnson’s first year in office as he takes the oath in the wake of President Kennedy’s assassination, navigates the escalation of the Vietnam War and balances opposing interests to launch his landmark civil rights bill.
Keegan DeWitt to Score HBO’s ‘Divorce’ & Fox’s ‘Making History’
Keegan DeWitt has been hired to score the upcoming HBO original series Divorce. The show is created by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) and stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam and Tracy Letts. The comedy follows a woman who suddenly begins to reassess her life and her marriage, and finds that making a clean break and a fresh start is harder than she thought. Horgan is also executive producing the project with Parker, Paul Simms (Girls), Alison Benson and Aaron Kaplan (The Mysteries of Laura, The Neighbors).
WaterTower Music to Release ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Soundtrack
WaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s sixth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Warcraft). The soundtrack will be released digitally within the next few weeks and physically on July 29, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Check back on this page for the full album details. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the third, fourth and fifth season, while Varese Sarabande released the official soundtrack albums for Season 1 and Season 2.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 15, 2016)
Premiering on Friday, May 20 is the Netflix original series Lady Dynamite created by Mitchell Hurwitz & Maria Bamford and stars Bramford, Fred Melamed Dean Cain and Ana Gasteyer, as well as guest stars including Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate, Mira Sorvino, Patton Oswalt, Jon Cryer, Brandon Routh,Tig Notaro & more. The show’s original music is composed by David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Reaper, Northern Expose). The comedy’s full first season will be available to stream this Friday on Netflix.
‘Vinyl’ – Best of Season 1 Soundtrack Announced
Atlantic Records will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Vinyl. The album features musical highlights from the show’s first season, including songs by Elvis Costello, Charlie Wilson, Charli XCX, Iggy Pop, Trey Songz, Chris Cornell, The Arcs, Ty Taylor & more. The Essentials: Best of Season 1 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring more songs from the drama. Vinyl is created by Terence Winter and stars Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Juno Temple, Ato Essandoh, P. J. Byrne, J. C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Paul Ben-Victor. The drama executive produced by Martin Scorsese is set in 1970s New York and tells the story of a record executive trying to resurrect his label and find the next new sound.
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Confirmation’ Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Confirmation. The album features the film’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 15, 2016 and physically on May 27. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Confirmation is directed by Rick Famuyiwa and stars Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Eric Stonestreet, Jennifer Hudson, Dylan Baker, Erika Christensen, Kimberly Elise, Grace Gummer, Bill Irwin, Zoe Lister-Jones, Treat Williams and Alison Wright. The drama details the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings and revisits the national debate over race relations and sexual harassment sparked during the hearings when law professor Anita Hill testified about her experiences with Thomas.