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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 6, 2020)

December 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Your Honor developed by Peter Moffat based on the Israeli series Kvodo and starring Bryan Cranston, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sofia Black-D’Elia, Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg . The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime.

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 7, is the British limited series A Suitable Boy written by Andrew Davies, directed by Mira Nair and starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, Roots) and Anoushka Shankar. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 5, 2018)

August 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tomorrow, August 6, is the AMC original series Lodge 49 created by Jim Gavin and starring Wyatt Russell, Brent Jennings, Sonya Cassidy, Linda Emond, David Pasquesi and Eric Allan Kramer. The show’s original music is composed by Andrew Carroll. The series is set in Long Beach, California and centers on a disarmingly optimistic local ex-surfer who’s drifting after the death of his father and collapse of the family business. The drama will air Monday nights on AMC. Visit the official show website for updates.

Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, August 7, is the Canadian drama Carter created by Garry Campbell and starring Jerry O’Connell, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Varun Saranga, Matt Baram, Kristian Bruun and Brenda Kamino. Ian LeFeuvre (Burden of Truth, The Detail) and Ari Posner (Flashpoint, Anne with an E) are composing the show’s original music. The series follows a television actor who returns to his small hometown after a public meltdown and partners with his detective friend to use his acting experience to solve real crimes. The drama premiered earlier this year in Canada on Bravo and is making its domestic debut on WGN America. Visit the official show website for more information.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 22, 2018)

July 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Benjamin Pinkerton, Burden of Truth, Castle Rock, Chris Westlake, Elmo Weber, Extinction, Father of the Year, Hulu, Ian LeFeuvre, Netflix, The CW, The Newton Brothers, Thomas Newman

Premiering on Wednesday, July 25, is the Hulu original series Castle Rock developed by Sam Shaw & Dustin Thomason and starring André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy and Scott Glenn. Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty Finding Nemo) has composed the show’s main titles theme, as well as the first two episodes and Chris Westlake (Before We Go, Small Town Crime) has scored the other eight episodes of the first season. WaterTower Music has released Newman’s main theme and end titles music this past Friday. Check out our previous article for more information.

Also premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday is the Canadian legal drama Burden of Truth created by Brad Simpson and starring Kristin Kreuk, Peter Mooney, Star Slade, Nicola Correia-Damude and David Lawrence Brown. The show’s original music is composed by Ian LeFeuvre (The Detail, Carter) and Benjamin Pinkerton (Lost Girl, Dark Matter). Jody Colero serves as the project’s score producer and Shawn Pierce (The Bridge, Motive) has provided additional score to a few episodes. The series, which follows a big city lawyer who returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness, aired earlier this year in Canada on CBC and is premiering stateside on The CW.

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