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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 15, 2020)

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Premiering on Wednesday, March 18, is the Hulu limited series Little Fires Everwhere created by Liz Tigelaar based on Celeste Ng’s novel of the same title and starring Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. The show’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle) & Florence + the Machine’s Isabella Summers. Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama and check back on this page within the next few days for more information about a soundtrack release.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the Freeform original series Motherland: Fort Salem created by Eliot Laurence and starring Taylor Hickson, Ashley Nicole Williams, Lyne Renee and Jessica Sutton, Brandon Roberts (Underwater, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, TURN: Washington’s Spies, The Twilight Zone, Little Evil) is composing the show’s original music. Visit the official show website for more information about the drama, which follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem, and which will air every Wednesday night on Freeform.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 1, 2020)

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Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere created by Jason Segel and starring Segel himself, André Benjamin, Sally Field, Octavio Coleman, Richard E. Grant and Eve Lindley. The show’s original music is composed by Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Triple 9, Broken City). Check out our previous article for more information about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC.

Premiering tomorrow, March 2 is the FX original series Breeders created by Simon Blackwell ,Chris Addison & Martin Freeman and starring Freeman himself, Daisy Haggard, George Wakeman, Jayda Eyles, Michael McKean, Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong. Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, Episodes, Plebs) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which is premiering on FX tomorrow and will also be available to stream on Hulu the following day.

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Apple TV+’s ‘Amazing Stories’ to Feature Music by Harry Gregson-Williams, Ramin Djawadi, Mark Isham & Others

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The full composer line-up of the first episodes of Apple TV+’s reboot of the anthology series Amazing Stories has been revealed. Nicholas Pike (Critters 2, Return to Me, Captain Ron) has scored the first episode, The Cellar (premiering on March 6), directed by Chris Long (The Americans) and starring Victoria Pedretti and Dylan O’Brien. Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man) & Brandon Campbell (Slender Man, The Thinning) have co-scored the second episode, The Heat (premiering on March 13), directed by Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard, The Losers) and starring E’myri Crutchfield, Hailey Kilgore and Shane Paul McGhie. Episode 3, entitled Dynoman and the Volt (premiering on March 20), directed by Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) and starring Robert Forster & Tyler Crumley  is scored by Noah Sorota (Falling Skies, Jinn).

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Mark Isham & Isabella Summers Scoring Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere’

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Composer Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle) is teaming up with Florence + the Machine member Isabella Summers to score the upcoming Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere. The show is created by Liz Tigelaar (Life Unexpected, Casual) and stars Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. The drama is based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller of the same title and follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.

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‘Togo’ Soundtrack Details

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Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney+ original movie Togo. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Miracle, The Accountant). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 20 and will be available to stream/download here. Togo is directed by Ericson Core and stars Willem Dafoe, Julianne Nicholson, Christopher Heyerdahl, Michael Gaston, Thorbjorn Harr, Michael McElhatton and Jamie McShane. The movie is set in 1925 during the Nome Serum Run, when dog sleds transported diphtheria serum over nearly 700 miles to save Nome, Alaska, from an epidemic, and centers on the unlikely friendship between sled dog Togo and his driver.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 15, 2019)

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Premiering on Thursday, December 19, is the mini-series A Christmas Carol written by Steven Knight based on Charles Dickens’ story and starring Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Charlotte Riley, Joe Alwyn, Vinette Robinson, Jason Flemyng and Kayvan Novak. Dustin O’Halloran & Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, The Art of Racing in the Rain) have composed the original music for the 3-parter. Check out our previous article to learn more about the show, which will premiere in the U.S. on FX.

Premiering on Friday, December 20, is the Disney+ original movie Togo directed by Ericson Core and starring Willem Dafoe, Thorbjorn Harr and Michael Gaston. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle). Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the adventure drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

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Score Album for Epix’s ‘Godfather of Harlem’ to Be Released

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Sony Classical will release a score album for the Epix original series Godfather of Harlem. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (Crash, A River Runs Through It, Once Upon a Time, The Accountant, Miracle). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 29 and will be available to stream/download here. Godfather of Harlem is created by Chris Brancato & Paul Eckstein and stars Forest Whitaker, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ilfenesh Hadera, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucy Fry, Paul Sorvino, Giancarlo Esposito, Nigél Thatch and Rafi Gavron.

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Mark Isham to Score Dean Parisot’s ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’

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Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant) has signed on to score the upcoming sci-fi comedy sequel Bill & Ted Face the Music. The film is directed by Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest, RED 2) and stars Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Samara Weaving, Jillian Bell, Kristen Schaal, Anthony Carrigan, Kid Cudi, William Sadler, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Amy Stoch, Hal Landon Jr., Erinn Hayes, Beck Bennett. The movie follows the title characters when they are visited by a messenger from the future who warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon (Men in Black, Now You See Me) wrote the screenplay.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 29, 2019)

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Premiering tonight is the Epix original series Godfather of Harlem created by Chris Brancato & Paul Eckstein and starring Forest Whitaker, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ilfenesh Hadera, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Nigél Thatch, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucy Fry, Paul Sorvino, Giancarlo Esposito and Rafi Gavron. The show’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, The Accountant, Once Upon a Time). Epic Records has released the drama’s main titles song Just In Case performed by Swizz Beatz, Rick Ross & DMX and will release a full soundtrack album soon (click here for more details).

Also premiering tonight is the Fox animated comedy Bless the Harts created by Emily Spivey and starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz. Andrew Sherman (Game Day, A Very Serious Person) is composing the show’s original music and has also composed the theme. Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air every Sunday night on Fox.

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Mark Isham to Score Mark Williams’ ‘Honest Thief’

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Mark Isham has been hired to score the upcoming crime thriller Honest Thief. The film is directed by Mark Williams (Ozark) and stars Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Anthony Ramos, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan and Jeffrey Wright. The movie centers on a bank robber who tries to turn himself in because he’s falling in love with a woman. Steve Allrich wrote the screenplay. Williams is also producing the project with Tai Duncan (Proud Mary, How It Ends), Myles Nestel & Craig Chapman (Laggies, Wheelman) are producing the project.

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