Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the action comedy Playdate. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, Heels, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Ransom Canyon, White House Plumbers, Ghosts, CSI: Miami, The Franchise, Just Friends). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first and final track after the jump. Playdate is directed by Luke Greenfield and stars Alan Ritchson, Kevin James, Sarah Chalke, Stephen Root, Alan Tudyk, Banks Pierce, Hiro Kanagawa, Benjamin Pajak and Isla Fisher. The movie follows an out-of-work accountant who agrees to a playdate with a suburbanstay-at-home dad and their sons and unexpectedly gets thrust into a chaotic scramble to stay alive as they are pursued by a ruthless team of mercenaries.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 9, 2025)
Premiering tomorrow, November 10, is the Prime Video original animated series Bat-Fam developed by Mike Roth & Jase Ricci and staring Luke Wilson, Yonas Kibreab, James Cromwell, Haley Tju, London Hughes, Bobby Moynihan, Michael Benyaer, Reid Scott, Diedrich Bader, Kevin Michael Richardson and Natasha Leggero. Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump (Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Merry Little Batman, Gnome Alone, Sick Girl, Black Friday, Changeland) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the DC & Warner Bros. Animation production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Premiering on Wednesday, November 12, is the Prime Video original movie Playdate directed by Luke Greenfield and starring Alan Ritchson, Kevin James, Sarah Chalke, Stephen Root, Alan Tudyk, Banks Pierce, Hiro Kanagawa, Benjamin Pajak and Isla Fisher. The film’s original music is composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, White House Plumbers, The Kominsky Method, Heels, CSI: Miami, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Ghosts, Just Friends). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the action comedy, which will also be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Jeff Cardoni Scoring Steve Carr’s Netflix Film ‘A Merry Little Ex-Mas’
Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, White House Plumbers, Heels, The Kominsky Method, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Franchise, CSI: Miami, Just Friends) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix original film A Merry Little Ex-Mas. The movie is directed by Steve Carr (Daddy Day Care, Paul Blart: Mall Cop) and stars Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, Melissa Joan Hart, Jameela Jamil and Pierson Fode. The romantic comedy revolves around a recently divorced woman who is determined to pull off one last perfect family holiday before selling her beloved home, but her holiday dream spirals into chaos when her ex-husband shows up with his younger, picture-perfect new girlfriend.
Jeff Cardoni Scoring Luke Greenfield’s ‘Playdate’
Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, White House Plumbers, Heels, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, CSI: Miami, The Franchise, Just Friends) has composed the original music for the upcoming action comedy Playdate. The film is directed by Luke Greenfield (Let’s Be Cops, The Girl Next Door) and stars Alan Ritchson, Kevin James, Sarah Chalke, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, Banks Pierce, Benjamin Pajak, Hiro Kanagawa and Isla Fisher. The movie follows a recently unemployed accountant who agrees to a playdate with a charismatic stay-at-home dad and their sons and unexpectedly gets thrust into a chaotic scramble to stay alive as they are pursued by a ruthless team of mercenaries.
Weekly Music TV Music Roundup (April 13, 2025)
Premiering on Wednesday, April 16, in the U.S. is the British limited series Towards Zero written by Rachel Bennette based on Agatha Christie’s novel, directed by Sam Yates and starring Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland, Clarke Peters, Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan, Jack Farthing, Grace Doherty, Jackie Clune, Khalil Gharbia and Adam Hugill. The show’s original music is composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Wicked Little Letters, Emma,Vita & Virginia, The Phantom of the Open, Three Women) and Benji Merrison & Will Slater (Dynasties, The Green Planet). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 3-parter, which premiered in the UK and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ original series Government Cheese created by Paul Hunter & Aeysha Carr and starring David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Bokeem Woodbine, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Julien Heron, Louis Cancelmi, Evan Ellison, Jeremy Bobb, Thomas Beaudoin, Louis Ferreira, Djilali Rez-Kallah, Kyle Mac, John Ortiz and Adam Beach. Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Paradise, The Idea of You, Welcome to Chippendales, Rabbit Hole) and Alan DeMoss have composed the show’s original score. Pharrell Williams has contributed the project’s theme song. Click here for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
‘Ransom Canyon’ Soundtrack Album Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original series Ransom Canyon. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Heels, The Kominsky Method, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, White House Plumbers, Ghosts, CSI: Miami, The Franchise, Just Friends). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track after the jump. Ransom Canyon is created by April Blair and stars Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, James Brolin, Eoin Macken, Lizzy Greene, Andrew Liner, Marianly Tejada, Garrett Wareing and Jack Schumacher. The western drama is set in a small Texas town and follows three ranching dynasties as they fight for their land, their legacies and the people they lov..
Jeff Cardoni Scoring Netflix’s ‘Ransom Canyon’
Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, Heels, White House Plumbers, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Franchise, CSI: Miami, Just Friends) is composer of the upcoming Netflix original series Ransom Canyon. The show is created by April Blair (All American, Gossip Girl) and stars Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, James Brolin, Lizzy Greene, Eoin Macken, Andrew Liner, Garrett Wareing, Marianly Tejada and Jack Schumacher. The western drama charts the intersecting lives and loves of three ranching families set against the sweeping tundras and rolling rivers of Texas hill country.
Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘The Franchise’ Released
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO original series The Franchise. The album features the show’s main title theme written by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul, Gone Girl, Challengers, Mank). Also included are selections of the comedy’s original score composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, White House Plumbers, Heels, The Kominsky Method, CSI :Miami, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the theme (in two versions) and first score track below. The Franchise is created by Jon Brown and stars Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adefope, Isaac Powell and Darren Goldstein.
Soundtrack Album for Prime Video’s ‘Cruel Intentions’ TV Series to Be Released
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the Prime Video original series Cruel Intentions. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method, Heels, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, White House Plumbers, Young Sheldon, The Franchise, CSI :Miami). Also included is a cover of Bill Withers’ Lean on Me performed by Jules Larson and Cardoni’s arrangement of The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 21 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Cardoni’s main titles track and both covers below. Cruel Intentions is developed by Phoebe Fisher & Sara Goodman based on Roger Kumble’s 1999 feature of the same name and stars Sarah Catherine Hook, Zac Burgess, Savannah Lee Smith, John Harlan Kim, Sara Silva, Sean Patrick Thomas, Khobe Clarke and Brooke Lena Johnson.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 17, 2024)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Dune: Prophecy developed by Diane Ademu-John & Alison Schapker inspired by Brian Herbert’s & Kevin J. Anderson’s novel Sisterhood of Dune and starring Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Jodhi May, Travis Fimmel, Mark Strong, Josh Heuston, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Chloe Lea, Faoileann Cunningham, Jade Anouka, Edward Davis and Aoife Hinds. The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Conclave, Hotel Mumbai, The Old Guard, Adrift). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first episodes this past Friday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the sci-fi drama, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Also premiering today is the Paramount+ original series Landman created by Taylor Sheridan and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Mark Collie, Paulina Chávez and Demi Moore. Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Lioness, Rampage, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Major of Kingstown, Atlas) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.