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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 12, 2020)

January 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Outsider developed by Richard Price based on Stephen King’s novel and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Cynthia Erivo, Jason Bateman, Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Paddy Considine, Julianne Nicholson and Yul Vázquez. The show’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, The Gift, Enemy, Ozark). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.

Also premiering tonight in the U.S. is the ITV/PBS Masterpiece series Sanditon developed by Andrew Davies based on Jane Austen’s novel and starring Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid, Kris Marshall, Kate Ashfield, Jack Fox, Charlotte Spencer, Lily Sacofsky and Adrian Scarborough. Ruth Barrett (Bodyguard, Victoria, Collateral, Harry Brown) has composed the show’s original music. NW1 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 (January 6, 2018)

January 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: ABC, Amazon, CBS, Daniel Wohl, Fam, Freeform, Gabriel Mann, Good Trouble, History, Ilan Eshkeri, Informer, Jay Weigel, Michael Brook, Michael Wandmacher, Netflix, Project Blue Book, Schooled, The Last Laugh

Premiering on Tuesday, January 8, is the History original series Project Blue Book created by David O’Leary, executive produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Aidan Gillen, Laura Mennell, Michael Harney, Ksenia Solo and Michael Malarkey. The show’s original music is composed by Daniel Wohl (Search Party, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead). The drama is based on the true, top-secret investigations into Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and related phenomena conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1969. Visit the official show website for more information about the series, which will every Tuesday night on History.

Another show premiering on Tuesday is the Freeform original series Good Trouble created by Joanna Johnson, Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige and starring Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Zuri Adele, Sherry Cola and Roger Bart. Michael Brook (Brooklyn, The Fighter, Into the Wild, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) is composing the show’s original score. Check out our previous news article to learn more about The Fosters spinoff, which will air Tuesday nights on Freeform.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 16, 2018)

November 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald directed by David Yates and starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Zoë Kravitz and Callum Turner. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the crime thriller Widows directed by Steve McQueen and starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Robert Duvall and Liam Neeson. Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, Inception, The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Dunkirk) has composed the film’s original score. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song by Sade. Click here for the full album details.

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