Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Home Fires starring Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis, Ed Stoppard, Ruth Gemmell, Claire Rushbrook, Frances Grey, Clare Calbraith and Rachel Hurd-Wood. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (Awake). Home Fires based on the book Jambusters by Julie Summers is set during World War II and follows a group […]
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 4, 2015)
Posted: October 4, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A&E, BBC America, Benjamin Wallfisch, Casual, Deborah Lurie, Disney Channel, Home Fires, Hulu, Invisible Sister, John Lunn, Mateo Messina, Netflix, Niall Byrne, PBS, Samuel Sim, The Enfield Haunting, The Last Kingdom, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, The Outfit, The Widower
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 18, 2015)
Posted: January 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Backstrom, Fox, Grantchester, John Lunn, PBS, Sean Callery
Premiering tonight in the U.S. on PBS is the British drama Grantchester created by Daisy Coulam and stars James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver and Pheline Roggan. The show’s original music is composed by John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the […]
John Lunn to Score BBC America’s ‘The Last Kingdom’
Posted: January 5, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, BBC America, John Lunn, The Last Kingdom
John Lunn has been tapped to score the upcoming historical drama series The Last Kingdom. The show stars Alexander Dreymon, Rutger Hauer, David Dawson, Emily Cox, Matthew Macfadyen, Ian Hart, Tobias Santelmann, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Peter Gantzler, Joseph Millson, Alexandre Willaume, Rune Temte and Henning Valin Jakobsen. The 8-parter based on Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling novels The Saxon Stories […]
‘Grantchester’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 8, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Grantchester, John Lunn, PBS, score, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British series Grantchester. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen). Also included are songs by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Gloria Dee. The soundtrack will be released overseas on December 22, 2014 and […]
‘Electricity’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Electricity, John Lunn, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Electricity. The album features the film’s original music written by Emmy Award-winning composer John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The White Queen). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips are embedded after the jump. Electricity is directed […]
‘The White Queen’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: May 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: John Lunn, score, Soundtrack, Starz, The White Queen
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the British mini-series The White Queen. The album features selections from the series written by Emmy Award-winning composer John Lunn (Downton Abbey). The soundtrack will be released on June 30, 2014. The White Queen is based on Philippa Gregory’s historical novel series The Cousins’ War and […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2013)
Posted: October 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Adrian Johnston, BBC America, Burton & Taylor, Dancing on the Edge, Hallmark Channel, John Lunn, Lee Holdrige, Michael Giacchino, Reign, Starz, The CW, Toy Story of Terror, Trevor Morris, When Calls the Heart
Premiering on Thursday, October 17, on ABC is the Halloween special Toy Story of Terror directed by Angus MacLane and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal and Carl Weathers. Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has composed the music for the short. Walt Disney Records will […]
Mychael Danna, Bear McCreary and John Lunn Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, Bear McCreary, David Javerbaum, Elliot Lawrence, Emmy Awards, John Lunn, Mychael Danna
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out this afternoon at the NOKIA Theatre LA LIVE in Downtown Los Angeles. John Lunn has received his second Emmy for his music for Downtown Abbey in the Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) category after last year’s win. Mychael Danna won his first Emmy Award for the mini-series World Without End […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 4, 2013)
Posted: August 4, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC America, Broadchurch, Clear History, HBO, John Lunn, Ludvic Bource, Ólafur Arnalds, Starz, The White Queen
Premiering on Wednesday, August 7 in the US is the British mini-series Broadchurch created by Chris Chibnall (United, Torchwood) and starring David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Vicky McClure, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Will Mellor and Arthur Darvill. Ólafur Arnald (Another Happy Day) has composed the original score for the series. Mercury Records has released a soundtrack EP featuring […]
‘Burton & Taylor’ to Feature Music by John Lunn
Posted: July 21, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Burton & Taylor, John Lunn, Starz, The Lady Vanishes, The White Queen
John Lunn has composed the score for the BBC original movie Burton & Taylor. The film is directed by Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York, Effie Gray) and stars Dominic West as Richard Burton and Helena Bonham Carter as Elizabeth Taylor. The movie centers on the famously tumultuous relationship of the Hollywood power couple […]
