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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 18, 2019)

Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series The Righteous Gemstones created by  Danny McBride and starring himself, John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Adam Devine, Cassidy Freeman, Tony Cavalero, Tim Baltz and Greg Alan Williams. The show’s original music composed by Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Flower, Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official show website to learn more about the comedy, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.

Premiering on Wednesday, August 21, is the Hulu original series This Way Up created by Aisling Bea who also stars in the comedy alongside Sharon Horgan, Aasif Mandvi, Tobias Menzies, Indira Varma, Sorcha Cusack, Chris Geere, Kadiff Kirwan, Ricky Grover and Daniela Spataru. Vince Pope (Misfits, Undercover, Bedlam) is composing the show’s original music. The comedy, which is co-produced by Channel 4, follows a whip-smart English-as-a-foreign language teacher as she is trying to pull her life back together after a nervous breakdown. The comedy will be available to stream stateside exclusively on Hulu.

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Soundtrack Album for Showtime’s ‘Hitsville: The Making of Motown’ Announced

Motown Records will release a soundtrack album for the Showtime original documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown. The album features a selection of songs from the film by Motown artists including The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Jackson 5, The Isley Brothers, Four Tops & others. The soundtrack will be released in two different versions on August 16, 2019. Visit Amazon to pre-order the regular version and click here to order the deluxe edition. A 2-CD version is available to order here and a vinyl edition (coming out on September 27) can be ordered here.

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