Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Tales from the Loop, Wormwood) has been hired to score the upcoming crime drama Boston Strangler. The film is written and directed by Matt Ruskin (Crown Heights) and stars Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, Morgan Spector, David Dastmalchian, Robert John Burke and Chris Cooper. The 20th Century Studios production tells the true story of Loretta McLaughlin, the first reporter to connect the infamous Boston Strangler murders in the 1960s and break the story.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 24, 2022)
Premiering on Tuesday, July 26, is the Argentine limited series Santa Evita developed by Marcela Guerty & Pamela Rementaria and starring Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, Francesc Orella, Diego Velázquez and Darío Grandinetti. The show’s original music is composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, Watership Down, Kidnap, The Head, Loving Pablo, Life Itself). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream in the U.S. on Hulu.
Premiering on Wednesday, July 27, is the Disney+ documentary series Light & Magic directed by Lawrence Kasdan, executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Justin Wilkes, Kathleen Kennedy & Michelle Rejwan about Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, The Fugitive, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Sixth Sense, Maleficent) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-parter will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Steve Martin’s ‘Angel in Flip-Flops’ Song from ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 2 Released
Hollywood Records has released the the original song Angel in Flip-Flops from the latest episode (Here’s Looking at You) from the Hulu original series Only Murders in the Building. The track is written by Steve Martin (who performs the song as his character Charles-Haden Savage) & Kirker Butler, produced by Paul Shaffer and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Only Murders in the Building is created by Martin & John Hoffman and also stars Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne.
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘The Princess’ to Be Released
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original film The Princess. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Journey’s End, Knightfall, Herself, Fever Dream, Victoria, Beecham House). Also included is Bukola’s cover of Billy Idol’s White Wedding arranged and co-produced by Holt. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 15 and will be available to stream/download here. The Princess is directed by Le-Van Kiet and stars Joey King, Dominic Cooper, Olga Kurylenko and Veronica Ng. The 20th Century Studios production tells the story of a strong-willed princess who is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle after she refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed.
Hulu’s ‘Maggie’ to Feature Score by Rob Simonsen & Duncan Blickenstaff
Duncan Blickenstaff (Hollywood Stargirl, Alex, Inc., Outmatched) has composed the original score for the new Hulu original series Maggie. He co-scored the pilot with Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Way Back, The Spectacular Now, Foxcatcher, The Adam Project, Love, Simon) and wrote the music for the rest of the first season of the show created by Justin Adler & Maggie Mull and starring Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Del Rio, Nichole Sakura, Angelique Cabral, Leonardo Nam, Chloe Bridges, Ray Ford, Kerri Kenney and Chris Elliott. The comedy follows a psychic who is struggling with her own future, despite her ability to read everyone else’s young, and whose life is forever changed when she has a prediction she didn’t see coming.
Federico Jusid Scoring Hulu’s & Star+’s ‘Santa Evita’
Federico Jusid (The Secret In Their Eyes, Kidnap, Watership Down, The Head, Life Itself, Loving Pablo, Misconduct) is the composer of the new Argentine limited series Santa Evita. The show is developed by Marcela Guerty & Pamela Rementaria and stars Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, Diego Velázquez, Francesc Orella and Darío Grandinetti. The 7-part drama is based on the best-selling book of the same title by Tomás Eloy Martínez and tells the story of Eva Perón’s embalmed body, which remained unburied for three years awaiting the construction of a monument that was never completed.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 26, 2022)
Premiering on Wednesday, June 29, is the Disney+ animated shorts series Baymax! created by Don Hall and starring Scott Adsit, Maya Rudolph, Ryan Potter, Lilimar, Zeno Robinson, Emily Kuroda and Jaboukie Young-White. The show’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, The King’s Man, Peter Rabbit, Bullet Train, Money Monster, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween). Check out our previous news articles to learn more about the series, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Premiering on Friday, July 1, is the Amazon original series The Terminal List created by Jack Carr and starring Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jai Courtney, JD Pardo, Arlo Mertz, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Stephen Bishop and Alexis Louder. Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Victoria, Collateral, Harry Brown, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Sanditon) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
‘Fresh’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy thriller Fresh. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, Honey Boy, Together, Together, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Aloha, Miss Americana, Charm City Kings). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Fresh is directed by Mimi Cave and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Charlotte Le Bon, Jojo T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang and Dayo Okeniyi. The movie follows a woman who accepts an invitation to an impromptu weekend getaway with her new boyfriend, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.
Sarah Schachner Scoring Dan Trachtenberg’s ‘Prey’
Sarah Schachner (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Assassin’s Creed Origins, The Lazarus Effect) has composed the original score for the upcoming action thriller Prey. The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) and stars Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush and Julian Black Antelope. The fifth installment in the Predator series is set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago during 1719 and follows a fierce and highly skilled warrior who sets out to protect her people when danger threatens her camp.
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Candy’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu limited series Candy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, The Tale, To Dust, Rebel Hearts, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, The Devil Has a Name). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 17 and will be available to stream/download here. Candy is created by Nick Antosca & Robin Veith and stars Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy Simons, Pablo Schreiber and Raúl Esparza. The 5-part drama tells the true story of 1980 housewife and mother Candy Montgomery who killed her friend Betty Gore with an ax.