Missing from last week’s TV music roundup was the Black Mirror special interactive episode Bandersnatch directed by David Slade, written by Charlie Brooker and starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter and Asim Chaudhry. The episode’s original music is composed by Brian Reitzell (Hannibal, American Godz, Friday Night Lights, 30 Days of Night, Stranger Than Fiction, Boss). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the episode, which premiered this past Friday and is now available to stream on Netflix.
Tag: Into the Dark
Bear McCreary Scoring Nacho Vigalondo-Directed ‘Into the Dark’ Episode ‘Pooka!’
Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Walking Dead, Outlander, Battlestar Galactica) has composed the music for the third episode of the Hulu anthology series Into the Dark. The episode, entitled Pooka!, is directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes) and stars Nyasha Hatendi, Latarsha Rose, Jon Daly, Dale Dickey, Jonny Berryman and Diane Sellers. The Christmas-themed episode follows an actor who is hired to play a life-size version of the holiday’s hottest toy: the pooka doll. Vigalondo is also executive producing the Blumhouse Television production with Jason Blum (Get Out, Halloween), John Hegeman, Gerard Olson (who also wrote the script), Nahikari Ipina and Alexa Faigen.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 30, 2018)
Premiering tonight is the new CBS comedy drama God Friended Me created by Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt and starring Brandon Micheal Hall, Joe Morton, Suraj Sharma, Violett Beane and Javicia Leslie. The show’s original music is composed by Mike Suby (The Butterfly Effect, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Kyle XY). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which follows an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God. The dramedy will air every Sunday night on CBS.
Also premiering tonight following a special premiere earlier this month is the new Fox comedy Rel created by Lil Rel Howery, Kevin Barnett & Josh Rabinowitz and starring Howery, Jordan L. Jones, Jessica ‘Jess Hilarious’ Moore and Sinbad. Derryck ‘Big Tank’ Thornton (My Wife and Kids) is composing the show’s original music. The series, which centers on a newly single father who attempts to make a new start in life on the West Side of Chicago with the assistance of his best friend, younger brother and father, will air Sunday nights on Fox. Visit the official show website for updates.
Hulu’s ‘Into the Dark’ to Feature Music by The Newton Brothers & Michael Wandmacher
The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) have composed the music for the first episode of the upcoming Hulu horror anthology series Into the Dark. The episode, entitled The Body, is directed by Paul Davis and stars Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Aurora Perrineau, David Hull and Ray Santiago. The Body is set in the selfie culture of Los Angeles on Halloween night and follows a sophisticated, overconfident hitman who always carries out his work in style and decides to take things even further one day by transporting his latest victim in plain sight. Michael Wandmacher (Underworld: Blood Wars, Piranha 3D) is scoring the show’s second episode, Flesh & Blood, directed by Patrick Lussier (Dracula 2000) and starring Dermot Mulroney, Diana Silvers and Tembi Locke.