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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 4, 2018)

Premiering on Wednesday, March 7, in the U.S. is the crime drama series Hard Sun created by Neil Cross and starring Agyness Deyn, Jim Sturgess and Nikki Amuka-Bird. The show’s original music is composed by Neil Davidge (Unleashed, Push, Monsters: Dark Continent, Britannia, Good People). The series, which follows detective who seeks to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to certain destruction, premiered in January in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Wednesday on Hulu.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the new CW comedy drama Life Sentence created by Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith and starring Lucy Hale, Carlos PenaVega, Elliot Knight, Dylan Walsh, Gillian Vigman, Jayson Blair and Brooke Lyons. The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack) is composing the show’s original music. The series follows a young woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying”. To learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on the CW, visit the official show website.

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NBC’s ‘Champions’ to Feature Music by Jesse Novak

Jesse Novak is scoring the new NBC comedy Champions. The show is created by Charlie Grandy & Mindy Kaling and stars Anders Holm, Fortune Feimster, Andy Favreau, J.J. Totah and Mouzam Makkar. The series follows a washed-up high school baseball star who reluctantly gave up his dreams to take over the family gym in Brooklyn. Grandy and Kaling are also executive producing the Universal Television & 3 Arts Entertainment production with Howard Klein, Matt Warburton and Michael Spiller.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 24, 2017)

Premiering tonight is sci-fi drama Star Trek: Discovery developed by Alex Kurtzman & Bryan Fuller and starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, James Frain, Michelle Yeoh and Anthony Rapp. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, The Night Of, Snowfall, Power). Check out our previous article for a video from the recording sessions of the composer’s theme for the show and click here to watch the main titles sequence. The series is premiering on CBS tonight and the rest of the episodes will be available to stream on CBS All Access.

Premiering tomorrow, September 25, is the NBC drama The Brave created by Dean Georgaris and starring Anne Heche, Mike Vogel, Sofia Pernas, Tate Ellington, Natacha Karam, Demetrius Grosse, Noah Mills and Hadi Tabbal. Toby Chu (Covert Affairs, Burn Notice, Beyond, Unforgettable, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which will air Monday nights on NBC.

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Netflix’s ‘Neo Yokio’ Features Music by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, BATHS, Dev Hynes & Jesse Novak

EDM producer and DJ Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (aka Orlando Tobias Edward Higginbottom) has composed the original music for the first episode of the new Netflix original series Neo Yokio. Jesse Novak (BoJack Horseman, The Mindy Project) has scored the second and sixth episode of the series and EDM artist BATHS (aka Will Wiesenfeld) composed the music for the third episode and also contributed a piece for the sixth episode. The anime series’ fourth episode features original music by singer/songwriter Dev Hynes (also known as Blood Orange). 

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‘BoJack Horseman’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman. The album features Patrick Carney’s theme from the show, Grouplove’s end credits song Back in the 90’s & more. Also included are selections from the show’s original score composed by Jesse Novak (The Mindy Project). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 8, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A CD version is set to come out on September 29 and can be pre-ordered here. BoJack Horseman is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and features the voice talent of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie and Aaron Paul. The animated comedy centers around whiskey-drinking humanoid horse and former TV star BoJack who deals with his personal crises with a human sidekick and a feline agent and ex-lover.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 13, 2016)

and-then-there-were-nonePremiering tonight on Lifetime is the British mini-series And Then There Were None developed by Sarah Phelps based on Agatha Christie’s novel and starring Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Noah Taylor and Aidan Turner. The 3-parter’s original music is composed by Stuart Earl (Lilting, My Brother the Devil). Visit the composer’s official website to listen to audio samples from the score. To learn more about the series, which follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island in 1939, visit Lifetime’s official website.

crowdedPremiering on Tuesday, March 15 is the new NBC comedy Crowded created by Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland, The Client List) and stars Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove, Mia Serafino, Stacy Keach and Carlease Burke. Chris Alan Lee (Younger, The Jim Gaffigan Show) is composing the show’s original score and Jesse Novak (BoJack Horseman, The Mindy Project) has written the series’ theme. To learn more about the comedy, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

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NBC’s ‘Crowded’ to Feature Theme by Jesse Novak and Score by Chris Alan Lee

crowdedJesse Novak has written the theme for the upcoming NBC comedy Crowded. Chris Alan Lee is scoring the show, which is created by Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland, The Client List) and stars Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove, Mia Serafino, Stacy Keach and Carlease Burke. The series follows two recent empty-nesters whose plans change when their children and their parents move back home. Martin is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner (Grimm) and James Burrows (Will & Grace, Cheers, Mike & Molly).

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 17, 2014)

happy-valleyPremiering on Wednesday, August 20, on Netflix in the U.S. is the BBC mini-series Happy Valley created by Sally Wainwright (Last Tango in Halifax) and starring Sarah Lancashire, Steve Pemberton, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan and Joe Armstrong. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Foster (Torchwood, Hidding Kingdoms). Happy Valley centers around the personal and professional life of hardworking, dedicated policewoman in a small town where alcoholics, drug addicts and pregnant teens are a way of life. The crime drama premiered this spring in the UK and all six episodes will be available to stream on Netflix starting Wednesday.

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Jesse Novak to Score Netflix’s ‘BoJack Horseman’

bojack-horsemanJesse Novak has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman. The show is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and features the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie and Aaron Paul. The animated comedy centers around whiskey-drinking humanoid horse and former TV star BoJack who deals with his personal crises with a human sidekick and a feline agent and ex-lover. Bob-Waksberg is also executive producing the project with Arnett, Paul, Steven A. Cohen (Jack & Bobby, Commander-in-Chief) and Noel Bright. The first season of BoJack Horseman is set to premiere on August 22, 2014 on Netflix.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 30, 2012)

Only one new network drama is making its series debut this week:

Premiering tonight is the mystery drama 666 Park Avenue created by David Wilcox (Fringe) and starring Rachael Taylor, Dave Annable, Vanessa Williams, Terry O’Quinn, Mercedes Masöhn, Robert Buckley, Helena Mattsson, Erik Palladino and Samantha Logan. The show’s music is composed by Trevor Morris (Immortals, The Borgias, The Tudors). To find out more about the series and the music, check out our previous article. The show about a couple who learns that the Manhattan building complex that they just moved into might be possessed by a mysterious demonic force will be airing every Sunday night on ABC.

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