Adam Taylor is composing the music for the upcoming Hulu original series The Handmaid’s Tale. The show is created by Bruce Miller (Alphas, The 100) and stars Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, Joseph Fiennes and Alexis Bledel. The drama is based on the classic novel by Margaret Atwood and tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, an authoritarian theocracy that has supplanted the United States, where women are nothing more than wives, servants, or breeders, referred to as “handmaids.”
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 26, 2017)
Premiering tomorrow, February 27, is the ABC mini-series When We Rise created by Dustin Lance Black and starring Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Rachel Griffiths, Michael K. Williams and Ivory Aquino. The show’s themes and music are composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland) and Chris Bacon (Source Code, Bates Motel). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring a suite from the composers’ score, as well as songs by Jordan Fisher, Fancy, Brandi Carlile and Zella Day. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series.
Also premiering tomorrow is the NBC drama Taken developed by Alexander Cary based on the Luc Besson-produced feature of the same title and starring Clive Standen, Jennifer Beals, Brooklyn Sudano, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Gaius Charles, Michael Irby, James Landry Hébert and Jose Pablo Cantillo. Trevor Morris (Vikings, Immortals, The Borgias, Olympus/London Has Fallen) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air Mondays nights on NBC.
Soundtrack Released for Channel 4 & Hulu’s ‘National Treasure’
Free Run Artists has released a soundtrack album for the Channel 4 mini-series National Treasure. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (Utopia, The Girl with All the Gifts, Humans). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. National Treasure is created by Jack Thorne (A Long Way Down) and stars Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters and Andrea Riseborough. The 4-parter follows one half of a popular, long-running comedy double act who is thrown into chaos when he is accused of historic sexual abuse.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 4, 2016)
Premiering on Wednesday, December 7, is the NBC television event Hairspray LIVE! based on the Broadway musical and starring Maddie Baillio, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth, Harvey Fierstein, Ariana Grande, Garrett Clayton, Derek Hough, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Short, Ephraim Sykes and Shahadi Wright Joseph. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the special’s song written by Marc Shaiman (A Few Good Men, The Bucket List) and Scott Wittman (Smash, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and performed by the cast. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the project.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the new Hulu original series Shut Eye created by Les Bohem and starring Jeffrey Donovan, KaDee Strickland, Isabella Rosselini, David Zayas, Susan Misner and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Decter (CSI: Cyber, Lethal Weapon, Lucifer, Hostages). For more information about the drama, which is set in the world of storefront psychics in Los Angeles, check out our scoring assignment announcement. All episodes of the series’ first season will be available to stream on Wednesday on Hulu.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 16, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the Epix original series Berlin Station created by Olen Steinhauer and starring Richard Armitage, Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Rhys Ifans, Tamlyn Tomita, Leland Orser, Richard Dillane and Bernhard Schütz. The show’s original music is composed by Reinhold Heil (Run Lola Run, The International, Cloud Atlas, Helix, Deutschland 83). To learn more about the drama, which follows a CIA officer who arrives at the CIA foreign station in Berlin, Germany to determine the identity of a now-famous whistleblower, check out our previous news article.
Also premiering tonight is the new Epix original series Graves created by Joshua Michael Stern and starring Nick Nolte, Sela Ward, Skylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Callie Hernandez, Nia Vardalos, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart and Angélica Maria. Mateo Messina (Juno, Superstore, Casual, Butter, Barely Lethal, Harvey and the Davidsons) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on Epix.
Hulu’s ‘Chance’ to Feature Music by Will Bates
Will Bates is composing the score for the new Hulu original series Chance. The show is created by Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives, Prime Suspect) and Kem Nunn and stars Hugh Laurie, Gretchen Mol, Clark Peters, Paul Adelstein, Diane Farr, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Stefania LaVie Owen, Greta Lee and Ethan Suplee. The drama is based on Nunn’s novel and revolves around a forensic neuropsychiatrist who reluctantly gets sucked into a violent and dangerous world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 9, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the new HBO original series Divorce created by Sharon Horgan and starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam and Tracy Letts. The show’s original music composed by Keegan DeWitt (I’ll Follow You un My Dreams, Morris from America, Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on HBO.
Also premiering tonight is the HBO original series Insecure created by Issa Rae & Larry Wilmore and starring Rae herself, alongside Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis and Lisa Joyce. Raphael Saadiq (Underground, Black Nativity) is composing the show’s original music. The comedy centers on the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman. The series will air every Sunday night on HBO. Visit the official show website for updates.
Hulu’s ‘Shut Eye’ to Feature Music by Ben Decter
Ben Decter has signed on to compose the music for the upcoming Hulu original series Shut Eye. The show is created by Les Bohem and stars Jeffrey Donovan, KaDee Strickland, Isabella Rosselini, David Zayas, Susan Misner and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The drama is set in the world of storefront psychics in Los Angeles and centers on a disgruntled former player in the world who begins to experience visions. Bohem is also executive producing the TriStar Television production with Mark Johnson (Rain Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Notebook) and Melissa Bernstein (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul).
Soundtrack for Hulu’s ‘11.22.63’ to Be Released
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series 11.22.63. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Rite, State of Play). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 1, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. 11.22.63 is based on Stephen King’s 2011 novel of the same title and stars James Franco, Sarah Gadon, Josh Duhamel, T.R. Knight, Daniel Webber, Chris Cooper, Cherry Jones, George MacKay, Lucy Fry, Jack Fulton and Leon Rippy. The show developed by Bridget Carpenter and executive produced by J.J. Abrams follows a high school English teacher who travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 27, 2016)
Premiering on Wednesday, March 30, is the new Hulu original series The Path created by Jessica Goldberg, executive produced by Jason Katims and starring Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Hugh Dancy and Rockmond Dunbar. The show’s original music is composed by Will Bates (Another Earth, I Origins, The Magicians). To learn more about the drama, which follows a family at the center of a controversial cult movement, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Premiering on Thursday, March 31, is the CBS drama Rush Hour developed by Bill Lawrence & Blake McCormick based on Brett Ratner’s hit film franchise and starring Justin Hires, John Foo, Wendie Malick, Aimee Garcia, Page Kennedy and Jessika Van. The composer duo of WAZ-Jackson (Scrubs, Cougar Town, Undateable) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air every Thursday night on CBS, visit our previous news article.