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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 2, 2016)

westworldPremiering tonight is the new HBO original series Westworld created by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 film and starring Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Tessa Thompson, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The show’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Person of Interest, The Strain). Check out our previous article to learn more about the project and also visit HBO’s official show website for updates on the series, which will air every Sunday night.

timelessPremiering tomorrow, October 3, is the new NBC drama Timeless created by Eric Kripke & Shawn Ryan and starring Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Visnjic, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit. The show’s original score is composed by Robert Duncan (Castle, The Unit, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Last Resort, Mad Dogs). For more information about the series, which follows three main characters traveling through time to battle unknown criminals in order to protect history as we know it, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

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The CW’s ‘No Tomorrow’ to Feature Music by Wendy & Lisa

no-tomorrowWendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have been tapped to score the new CW comedy drama No Tomorrow. The show is created by Corinne Brinkerhoff (American Gothic, Jane The Virgin, The Good Wife) and stars Tori Anderson, Joshua Sasse, Jesse Rath, Amy Pietz, Sarayu Blue and Jonathan Langdon. The series follows a risk-averse procurement manager who falls for a handsome guy who has no job because his mathematical equation proves the world is ending in less than nine months. Brinkerhoff is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television production with Maggie Friedman (Witches of East End), Grace Gilroy (The Fog, Bride of Chucky), Ben Silverman (The Office) and Brad Silberling (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Casper) who also directed the pilot episode. 

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 20, 2015)

blindspotPremiering on Monday, September 21, is the new NBC drama Blindspot created by Martin Gero, executive produced by Greg Berlanti and starring Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (Arrow, The Flash, The Mentalist, Everwood, Brothers & Sisters). To learn more about the series, which will air every Monday night on NBC, visit our previous news article.

minority-reportAlso premiering on Monday is the new Fox drama Minority Report executive produced by Max Borenstein, Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Mark Mylod & Kevin Falls and starring Stark Sands, Meagan Good, Wilmer Valderrama, Daniel London, Laura Regan, Li Jun Li and Zhane Hall. Sean Callery (24, Homeland, Bones, Jessica Jones) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox.

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Wendy & Lisa to Return for NBC’s ‘Heroes Reborn’

Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are returning to provide the original music for the NBC event series Heroes Reborn. The show is created by Tim Kring and stars Zachary Levi, Judith Shekoni, Masi Oka, Jack Coleman, Henry Zebrowski, Robbie Kay, Ryan Guzman, Greg Grunberg, Gatlin Green, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Rya Kihlstedt, Kiki Sukezane and Danika Yarosh. The 13-episode series continues the story from the NBC hit series Heroes, which ran from 2006 to 2010 and follows the heroes who have gone into hiding after they are blamed for a terrorist attack in Texas. 

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Wendy & Lisa, Steven Price, Bear McCreary & Dave Porter Honored at ASCAP Film & TV Music Awards

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Shirley Walker Award winners Wendy & Lisa

Last night, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) held its annual Film & Television Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman received the inaugural ASCAP Shirley Walker Award, which honors those whose achievements have contributed to the diversity of film and television music.  The composer duo, known for their work on such features as Dangerous Minds and Just Wright and TV shows including Heroes, Nurse Jackie and Touch, were presented the award by music supervisor Liza Richardson. Hans Zimmer congratulated the Emmy Award-winning composers via a video message.

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Wendy & Lisa to Receive ASCAP’s Inaugural Shirley Walker Award

wendy-lisaThe American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has announced that Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman will be honored with the inaugural Shirley Walker Award at the 29th annual Film & Television Music Awards on Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The award honors those whose achievements have contributed to the diversity of film and television music. Shirley Walker (Final Destination, Memoirs of an Invisible Man) was the first prominent female film and TV composer. Wendy & Lisa launched their careers in the rock band Prince & The Revolution before pursuing a career path in scoring feature films and television.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 6, 2013)

once-upon-wonderlandPremiering on Thursday, October 10, on ABC is the fantasy drama spin-off Once Upon a Time in Wonderland created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and starring Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot , Emma Rigby and John Lithgow as the voice of the White Rabbit. Mark Isham who is also scoring ABC’s Once Upon a Time, which recently had its third season premiere, is composing the music for the show. To learn more about the show, which will air every Thursday night on ABC, check out our previous news article and also visit the official show website for more information.

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Wendy & Lisa Scoring Lifetime’s ‘Witches of East End’

witches-of-east-endWendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman are scoring the new Lifetime original series Witches of East End. The show is created by Maggie Friedman (Eastwick) and stars Julia Ormond, Mädchen Amick, Jenna Dewan Tatum and Rachel Boston in the titles roles. Also set to star are Eric Winter, Daniel DiTomasso, Jason George and Virginia Madsen. The drama is inspired by the New York Times best-selling novel of the same titles by Melissa de la Cruz about a family of witches living in the secluded seaside town of East Haven. Friedman is executive producing the Fox 21 production with Jonathan Kaplan (Without a Trace, ER), Erwin Stoff (The Matrix) and Josh Reims (Brothers & Sisters). Mark Waters (Mean Girls, The Spiderwick Chronicles) has directed the pilot episode.

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Wendy & Lisa to Score Tim Kring’s ‘Touch’

Wendy & Lisa are set to score the upcoming FOX drama Touch. The series is created by Tim Kring and centers on a widower whose mute 11-year-old son possesses the ability to detect patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events. The show stars Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazuoz, Danny Glover and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) directed the pilot and will also executive produce the project with Sutherland, Peter Chernin & Katherine Pope (Terra Nova) and Suzan Bymel (The War at Home). Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have previously scored Kring’s hit shows Heroes  and Crossing Jordan. Fox has recently ordered a first season of 13 episodes for Touch, which is scheduled to air next spring on the network.

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Wendy & Lisa to Score NBC’s ‘Prime Suspect’

Wendy & Lisa are scoring the upcoming NBC police procedural drama Prime Suspect. The show is based on the BBC series with the same title starring Helen Mirren. Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom) directed the pilot and is also executive producing the project. Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives) has written the pilot’s script and will also be producing the project. The series stars Maria Bello as as Jane Timoney, a female detective struggling to make her bones in a tough New York precinct dominated by men. Aidan Quinn, Kirk Acevedo, Joe Nieves and Brian O’Byrne. The show is produced by Universal Media Studio, for which the composer duo of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have previously scored such shows as Heroes, Bionic Woman and Mercy.

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