Nathan Larson (Boys Don’t Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, Margin Call, Juliet, Naked) is composing the original score for the new Hulu original series High Fidelity. The show is developed by Sarah Kucserka & Veronica West and stars Zoë Kravitz, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, David H. Holmes, Jake Lacy and Kingsley Ben-Adir. The comedy is inspired by Nick Hornby’s 1995 book and Stephen Frears’ 2000 feature of the same title and follows a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn who revisits past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
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Kris Bowers to Score FX on Hulu’s ‘Mrs. America’
Kris Bowers (Green Book, Dear White People, When They See Us, Monsters and Men) has been tapped to score the upcoming FX limited series Mrs. America. The show is written by Dahvi Waller (Mad Men) and stars Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Sarah Paulson, Margo Martindale, Uzo Aduba, Elizabeth Banks and Tracey Ullman. The drama tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly.
‘Find Me in Paris’ Season 2 Soundtrack to Be Released
22D Music will release a new soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Find Me in Paris. The album features selection so fthe original score from the show’s second season composed by Norbert Gilbert. Also included are songs by Christy O’Donnell, Giacomo Lecchi D’Alessandro, Lucie Guillem and Charlotte Barban-Dangerfield. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 24, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released an album featuring music from the show’s first season. Find Me in Paris is created by Jill Girling & Lori Mather and stars Jessica Lord, Hannah Dodd, Rory J. Saper, Eubha Akilade, Hiran Abeysekera and Eubha Akilade.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 8, 2019)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series The L Word: Generation Q created by Ilene Chaiken & Marja-Lewis Ryan and starring Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Arienne Mandi, Leo Sheng, Jacqueline Toboni, Rosanny Zayas and Sepideh Moafi. The show’s original score is composed by Heather McIntosh (Compliance, Z for Zachariah) & Allyson Newman (Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Kusama: Infinity). Click here to learn more about the drama.
Also premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Work in Progress created by Abby McEnany & Tim Mason and starring McEnany herself, alongside Theo Germaine, Karin Anglin, Celeste Pechous, Julia Sweeney and Alison Gates. Ethan Stoller is composing the show’s original music. The comedy centers on a middle-aged lesbian who gives herself 180 days to fix her life. Visit the official show website for more information about the series, which will air Sunday nights on Showtime.
Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) Scoring Hulu’s ‘Reprisal’
Bobby Krlic (aka The Haxan Cloak) (Midsommar, Triple 9, Seven Seconds, Shooter) is the composer of the new Hulu original series Reprisal. The show is created by Josh Corbin and stars Abigail Spencer, Rodrigo Santoro, Mena Massoud, Rhys Wakefield, Madison Davenport, Gilbert Owuor, David Dastmalchian and W. Earl Brown. The neo-noir drama follows a relentless femme fatale who, after being left for dead, sets out to take revenge against her brother and his bombastic gang of gear-heads.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 17, 2019)
Premiering today is the third season of the Netflix original series The Crown created by Peter Morgan and starring Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O’Connor and Erin Doherty. Martin Phipps (Woman in Gold, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Brighton Rock, Harry Brown) has composed the original music for the new season. Sony Classical will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.
Premiering on Wednesday, November 20, is Spectrum’s reboot of the 90s comedy Mad About You developed by Peter Tolan and starring Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, Abby Quinn, Anne Ramsey, John Pankow and Richard Kind. The show’s original score is composed by Steven Argila (Basmati Blues, Wayne, Max Steel, The Thing About My Folks). Madison Gate Records has released a new version of the title song Final Frontier from the original series performed by Lyle Lovett & Kecia Lewis (click here for more information).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 10, 2019)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British comedy Back to Life created by Laura Solon & Daisy Haggard and starring Haggard herself, Geraldine James, Richard Durden, Adeel Akhtar, Jamie Michie, Souad Faress and Jo Martin. The show’s original music is composed by Solomon Grey (The Last Post, The Casual Vacancy). A soundtrack album featuring the score was released earlier this year when the series premiered in the UK on BBC (click here for the full album details). The comedy is making its U.S. debut on Showtime.
Also premiering stateside tonight is the crime series Dublin Murders developed by Sarah Phelps based on Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad crime series and starring Killian Scott, Sarah Greene, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Leah McNamara, Ian Kenny, Eugene O’Hare, Jonny Holden, Conleth Hill and Peter McDonald. Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Gunpowder) has composed the show’s original music. The drama is premiering in the U.S. on Starz following its debut in the UK on BBC One last month. Visit the official show website for more information.
‘Looking for Alaska’ Score Album Released
Paramount Music has released a score album for the Hulu limited series Looking for Alaska. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways, The Royals). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Milan Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the drama. Looking for Alaska is developed by Josh Schwartz based on the best-selling novel of the same title by John Green and stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones and Timothy Simons.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2019)
Premiering tonight is the Discovery docu-series Why We Hate directed by Geeta Gandbhir & Sam Pollard and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Alex Gibney & Frank Marshall. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Underground, Paris Can Wait, Step, Taken, Black Nativity). Check out our previous news article and the official show website to learn more about the 6-parter, which examines the concept of hatred throughout human evolution through a variety of lenses.
Premiering on Tuesday, October 15, is the USA original series Treadstone developed by Tim Kring based on the Bourne movies and starring Jeremy Irvine, Michelle Forbes, Patrick Fugit, Michael Gaston, Shruti Haasan, Hyo Joo Han, Tess Haubrich and Tracy Ifeachor. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of, Legion) and Jordan Gagne (The Rookie) are composing the show’s original music and Russo has also composed the main title theme. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the thriller.
Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Looking for Alaska’ to Be Released
Milan Records/Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu limited series Looking for Alaska. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists such as Bloc Party, Miya Folick, The Strokes, Rilo Kiley, José González, Kat Cunning, BEGINNERS & others. Also included is a score suite by the drama’s composer Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 18, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Looking for Alaska is created by Josh Schwartz based on the best-selling John Green novel of the same name and stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones and Timothy Simons.