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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 1, 2022)

May 1, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Anna Waronker, Ben Onono, Danny Bensi, HBO Max, Heather McIntosh, I Love That for You, Jeff Russo, Nami Melumad, Netflix, Orbital, Paramount+, PBS, Ridley Road, Saunder Jurriaans, Sheryl, Showtime, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Pentaverate, The Staircase

Premiering today is the Showtime original series I Love That for You created by Vanessa Bayer & Jeremy Beiler and starring Bayer herself, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Matt Rogers, Ayden Mayeri and Punam Patel. The show’s original music is composed by Anna Waronker (Yellowjackets, Shrill, Call Me Kat, Santa, Inc., The Republic of Sarah, Harriet the Spy). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday on Showtime.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Ridley Road written by Sarah Solemani based on Jo Bloom’s novel of the same title and starring Agnes O’Casey, Tom Varey, Rory Kinnear, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Eddie Marsan, Samantha Spiro and Rita Tushingham. Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Safe, Paranoid, Trust Me) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which premiered in the UK last fall on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

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Jeff Russo’s ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Theme Revealed

April 29, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 3 comments

Tags: Jeff Russo, Paramount+, Star Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Paramount+ has released the opening titles sequence for the streamer’s original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, The Night Of, The Umbrella Academy, The Man Who Fell to Earth) who previously wrote the themes and scores for Star Trek: Discovery and Picard has composed the main title theme, which features elements of Alexander Courage’s theme from the original Star Trek series. Watch the full sequence after the jump. Russo has also composed the end titles music and Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Prodigy) has written the score for the show.

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Details for ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Revealed

April 28, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Jeff Russo, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack, Star Trek, Star Trek: Picard

The full details of the new soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Picard have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Discovery, Fargo, Legion, The Night Of, The Umbrella Academy, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Lucy in the Sky). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, April 29 by Lakeshore Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon any other major digital music platforms. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 back in 2020. Star Trek: Picard is created by Alex Kurtzman, Kirsten Beyer, Akiva Goldsman & Michael Chabon and stars Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Harry Treadaway, Evan Evagora, Jeri Ryan, Brent Spiner and Orla Brady.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 24, 2022)

April 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering today is the Starz limited series Gaslit created by Robbie Pickering based on the first season of the Slow Burn podcast and starring Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens, Shea Whigham, Betty Gilpin and Darby Camp. The show’s original music is composed by Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, Feud: Bette and Joan, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Politician, Ratched). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday on Starz.

Also premiering today is the Showtime original series The Man Who Fell to Earth developed by Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet based on the Walter Tevis novel and the 1976 film of the same name and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Jimmy Simpson, Rob Delaney, Sonya Cassidy, Joana Ribeiro, Clarke Peters, Annelle Olaleye, Kate Mulgrew and Bill Nighy. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, Lucy in the Sky, The Umbrella Academy) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the sci-fi drama, which will air Sundays on Showtime.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 3, 2022)

April 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Danny Bensi, H. Scott Salinas, HBO, HBO Max, Jeff Cardoni, Jeff Russo, Perrine Virgile, Saunder Jurriaans, Spectrum, The Invisible Pilot, Tokyo Vice, Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Premiering tomorrow, April 4 is the Spectrum original series Long Slow Exhale created by Pam Veasey and starring Rose Rollins, Josh Lucas, Ian Harding, Samantha Bartow, Shalini Bathina, Tony Gonzalez, Lyriq Bent and Famke Janssen. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Lucy in the Sky, The Act) & Perrine Virgile (The Umbrella Academy). The drama, which follows a successful head coach of a competitive women’s college basketball team who finds herself in the middle of a potentially career-shattering sexual abuse scandal, will be available to stream on Spectrum.

Also premiering tomorrow is the HBO docuseries The Invisible Pilot directed by Phil Lott & Ari Mark and executive produced by themselves, Adam McKay, Todd Schulman, Craig Hodges and Jon Bryant Crawford. H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, Warrior, A Private War, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Birth of the Dragon, Cartel Land, Baghdad Central) has composed the show’s original music. The 3-parter, which tells the true story of a charismatic, daredevil husband and father who unexpectedly jumped off a bridge in 1977, despite a seemingly happy home life and a lucrative career as a pilot, will premiere on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

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Jeff Russo Scoring Showtime’s ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’

February 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Alex Kurtzman, Jeff Russo, Showtime, The Man Who Fell to Earth

Jeff Russo (Fargo, The Night Of, Legion, Lucy in the Sky, The Act) is the composer of the upcoming Showtime original series The Man Who Fell to Earth. The show is developed by Alex Kurtzman (Now You See Me, Eagle Eye) & Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Maried) and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Jimmy Simpson, Sonya Cassidy, Rob Delaney, Joana Ribeiro, Annelle Olaleye, Clarke Peters, Kate Mulgrew and Bill Nighy. The sci-fi drama is based on the Walter Tevis novel and the 1976 film of the same title starring David Bowie and follows a new alien character who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.

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Nami Melumad Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

February 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Jeff Russo, Nami Melumad, Paramount+, Star Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Nami Melumad (An American Pickle, Absentia, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond) is the score composer of the upcoming Paramount+ original score Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. She has been recording her score for the show’s first season over the last couple of months in Los Angeles. Jeff Russo (Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Fargo, Legion) has composed the main and end titles music. The Discovery spin-off is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise and stars Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock.

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‘Lorelei’ Soundtrack to Be Released

October 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Jeff Russo, Lorelei, Sabrina Doyle, score, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Lorelei. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Legion, The Umbrella Academy, Lucy in the Sky). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 15 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. Lorelei is written and directed by Sabrina Doyle and stars Jena Malone, Pablo Schreiber, Amelia Borgerding, Chancellor Perry and Parker Pascoe-Sheppard. The movie centers on a man who is released from prison after 15 years and reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three.

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Jeff Russo Scoring Netflix’s ‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’

August 11, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Brand New Cherry Flavor, Jeff Russo, Netflix, Nick Antosca

Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Legion, The Umbrella Academy, The Night Of) is the composer of the new Netflix limited series Brand New Cherry Flavor. The show is created by Lenore Zion & Nick Antosca based on the novel by Todd Grimson and stars Rosa Salazar, Eric Lange, Catherine Keener, Jeff Ward, Manny Jacinto, Hannah Levien and Patrick Fischler. The 8-part psychological horror drama follows a filmmaker who heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie, but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge – and kittens.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 30, 2021)

July 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide today:

Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Jungle Cruise directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, Jesse Plemons, Jack Whitehall and Paul Giamatti. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, The Sixth Sense, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive, The Village). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is also available to stream on Disney+ with Premiere Access today.

Also opening wide is the fantasy adventure The Green Knight written and directed by David Lowery and starring Dev Patel, Joel Edgerton, Alicia Vikander,Sean Harris, Sarita Choudhury, Barry Keoghan, Kate Dickie and Ralph Ineson. Daniel Hart (A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man and the Gun, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Strange Angel) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details, to listen to a track from the score and for more information about the movie, which is being released by A24.

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