Tag: James S. Levine

Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 9, 2020)

Premiering on Tuesday, February 11, is the ABC drama For Life created by Hank Steinberg and starring Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Mary Stuart Masterson, Boris McGiver, Glenn Fleshler, Dorian Missick, Tyla Harris and Timothy Busfield. The show’s original music is composed by Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Transparent, Like Crazy, A Christmas Carol, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will Tuesday nights on ABC.

Premiering on Wednesday, February 12, is the Netflix original movie To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You directed by Michael Fimognari and starring Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Jordan Fisher, Anna Cathcart, Janel Parrish, Madeleine Arthur, John Corbett and Holland Taylor. Joe Wong (Master of None, Russian Doll) who has previously scored the 2018 original film (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) has composed the film’s original score. Capitol Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie. Click here for the full album details.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 22, 2019)

Premiering on Thursday, December 26, is DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers based on Universal Pictures’ feature film franchise and starring Tyler Posey, Camille Ramsey, Luke Youngblood, Charlet Chung, Jorge Dia and Manish Dayal. The show’s original score is composed by Jay Vincent (Ninjago, Harvey Girls Forever!) and Ryan Lofty (The Crystal Maze). Back Lot Music has released the original song Chasing Legacy performed by Shaylin Becton and Tha Vil from the series. Click here for more information.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 21, 2019)

Premiering tomorrow, April 22, is the HBO and BBC series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Gemma Whelan, Timothy West, Jeremy Lister and Gemma Jones. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Death at a Funeral, A Very English Scandal). Check out our previous news article and also visit the official show website to learn more about the drama, which will air in the U.S. Monday nights on HBO and will premiere in the UK on BBC later this spring.

Premiering on Friday, April 26, is the Netflix original series Chambers created by Leah Rachel and starring Sivan Alyra Rose, Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn. James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, Running with Scissors, Damages, The Weather Man) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the supernatural drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ to Feature Music by James S. Levine

James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, The Weather Man) is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series Chambers. The show is created by Leah Rachel and stars Sivan Alyra Rose, Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn. The supernatural drama follows a teenager – haunted by eerie visions and sinister impulses after a heart transplant – as she tries to unmask the truth behind her donor’s mysterious death. Rachel is also executive producing the project with Wolfgang Hammer (This Close) & Winnie Kemp for Super Deluxe, Stephen Gaghan (Syriana, Gold) for Super Emotional and Akela Coooper.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 15, 2018)

Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters Pixar’s animated feature Incredibles 2 directed by Brad Bird and featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner and Samuel L. Jackson. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, Inside Out, Star Trek, Lost, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the comedy Tag directed by Jeff Tomsic and starring Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Jake Johnson, Jon Hamm, Annabelle Wallis, Rashida Jones and Leslie Bibb. Germaine Franco (Dope, Vida) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 18, 2018)

Premiering tonight is the new CBS drama Instinct created by Michael Rauch and starring Alan Cumming, Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews and Sharon Leal. The show’s original music is composed by James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, Damages, Star, The Last Ship, Bloodline, Major Crimes). To learn more about the series, which follows a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer, and which will air Sunday nights on CBS, check out our previous news article.

Premiering on Wednesday, March 21, is the new Syfy original series Krypton developed by David S. Goyer & Cameron Welsh and starring Cameron Cuffe, Georgina Campbell, Elliot Cowan, Ann Ogbomo, Aaron Pierre, Rasmus Hardiker, Wallis Day, Blake Ritson, Ian McElhinney and Shaun Sipos. Pinar Toprak (The Lightkeepers, The Wind Gods, The Challenger) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air Wednesday nights on Syfy.

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CBS’ ‘Instinct’ to Feature Music by James S. Levine

James S. Levine is scoring the new CBS drama Instinct. The show is created by Michael Rauch and stars Alan Cumming, Bojana Novakovic, Daniel Ings, Naveen Andrews and Sharon Leal. The series follows a former CIA operative who is lured back to his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer. Rauch is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios production with Cumming, Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek: Discovery, The Mummy), Heather Kadin (Scorpion, Sleepy Hollow), Bill Robinson, James Patterson & Leopoldo Gout (Zoo, Alex Cross) and Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man, 500 Days of Summer) who also directed the pilot episode.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 29, 2013)

masters-of-sexPremiering tonight is the new Showtime original series Masters of Sex created by Michelle Ashford and starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson, as well as Caitlin Fitzgerald, Nicholas D’Agosto and Teddy Sears. The show’s original score is  composed by Michael Penn (Girls, Boogie Nights, Sunshine Cleaning). John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) has directed the pilot episode. To learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime, visit our previous news article.

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James S. Levine Scoring NBC’s ‘Ironside’

ironsideJames S. Levine is scoring the new NBC cop drama Ironside. The show created by Michael Caleo (The Family, Rescue Me, The Sopranos) is a remake of the classic Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated drama starring Raymond Burr, which aired from 1967 to 1975 and featured a theme by Quincy Jones. The series stars Blair Underwood in the title role as a tough detective who is relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting but continues to pursue difficult cases. Brent Sexton, Pablo Schreiber, Spencer Grammer, Neal Bledsoe and Kenneth Choi are co-starring. Caleo is also executive producing the Universal Television, Yellow Brick Road Productions and Davis Entertainment production with Teri Weinberg (Ugly Betty, The Tudors), John Davis (Predator series, Waterworld, I Robot), John Fox, Ron West (Man Up) and David Semel (No Ordinary Family).

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Composers on USA’s ‘Suits’, ‘Necessary Roughness’ and ‘Covert Affairs’

Christopher Tyng (Futurama , Rescue Me) is scoring the new legal drama Suits. The show created by Aaron Korsh and starring Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Rick Hoffman and Gina Torres centers on a top Manhattan corporate lawyer who recruits a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout as a new associate. Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) who has worked with Tyng on multiple TV shows, including The OC, Knight Rider and Covert Affairs is executive producing the show. Kevin Bray directed the pilot. Suits (formerly known as A Legal Mind) is set to premiere on June 23, 2011 on USA and the first season of 12 episodes will be airing every Thursday night.

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