Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British comedy Back to Life created by Laura Solon & Daisy Haggard and starring Haggard herself, Geraldine James, Richard Durden, Adeel Akhtar, Jamie Michie, Souad Faress and Jo Martin. The show’s original music is composed by Solomon Grey (The Last Post, The Casual Vacancy). A soundtrack album featuring the score was released earlier this year when the series premiered in the UK on BBC (click here for the full album details). The comedy is making its U.S. debut on Showtime.
Also premiering stateside tonight is the crime series Dublin Murders developed by Sarah Phelps based on Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad crime series and starring Killian Scott, Sarah Greene, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Leah McNamara, Ian Kenny, Eugene O’Hare, Jonny Holden, Conleth Hill and Peter McDonald. Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Adrift, Patrick Melrose, Gunpowder) has composed the show’s original music. The drama is premiering in the U.S. on Starz following its debut in the UK on BBC One last month. Visit the official show website for more information.
Mondo has released a new soundtrack album for the comedy Ingrid Goes West. The album features the film’s original music composed by Islands frontman Nick Thorburn and Jonathan Sadoff (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Meddler, The Mick). The soundtrack is now available to download on 
Jonathan Sadoff has recently scored the Amazon comedy pilot Love You More. The show is created by Bobcat Goldthwait (God Bless America), Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City, 2 Broke Girls), Carolyn Strauss (Game of Thrones, Treme) & Bridget Everett who also stars in the series alongside Karen Pittman and Loni Anderson. The comedy revolves around a New York City cabaret sensation who works as a counselor at a group home for young adults with Down syndrome. King and Goldthwait are also executive producing the project for MPK Productions, Warner Bros. Television and Amazon Studios. 
Expected to top the weekend box office is the horror movie Annabelle: Creation directed by David Sandberg and starring Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Anne Coulthard, Grace Fulton, Lou Lou Safran, Samara Lee, Tayler Buck, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (Hidden Figures, Lights Out, It, A Cure for Wellness, Bitter Harvest). Watertower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out 
Also opening wide is the animated feature The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature directed by Cal Brunker and featuring the voices of Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Moynihan, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Isabel Moner, Sebastian Maniscalo and Jackie Chan. Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, he Angry Bird Movie, he Smurfs) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the sequel, which is being released by Open Road Films, visit the 
