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.
Ludwig Goransson was honored with his first Academy Award for his score for Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther at tonight’s 91st Oscar ceremony. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman), Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk), Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs) and Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns). 
