Rob Lane (John Adams, Merlin, Atlantis, The Damned United, Beowulf) has recently scored the new MGM+ original series The Winter King. The show is developed by Kate Brooke (Bancroft, Mr Selfridge) & Ed Whitmore (Manhunt, Identity) based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles and stars Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Ellie James, Stuart Campbell, Nathaniel Martello-White, Daniel Ings, Jordan Alexandra, Valene Kane and Simon Merrells. The drama is set in the fifth century, long before Britain was united, and follows Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 30, 2023)
Premiering on Tuesday, August 1, is the thriller River Wild directed by Ben Ketai and starring Adam Brody, Leighton Meester and Taran Killan. The film’s original music is composed by Tristan Clopet (StartUp). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream on Netflix and will also be coming out on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD on the same day.
Premiering on Friday, August 4, is the Australian Amazon limited series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart directed by Glendyn Ivin and starring Sigourney Weaver, Asher Keddie, Frankie Adams, Leah Purcell, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Xavier Samuel, Alyla Browne and Sebastián Zurita. Polish pianist, singer and composer Hania Rani (I Never Cry, Subuk) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the 7-part drama , which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
‘The Portable Door’ Soundtrack Album Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian fantasy adventure comedy The Portable Door. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Speed (52 Tuesdays, Monolith). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The Portable Door is directed by Jeffrey Walker and starring Patrick Gibson, Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz, Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Jessica De Gou, Chris Pang and Rachel House. The movie follows two interns who begin working at a mysterious London firm and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 2, 2023)
Premiering in the U.S. today is the Norwegian limited series War Sailor, a new version of last year’s feature of the same title, written and directed by Gunnar Vikene and starring Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen and Ine Marie Wilmann. The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, The Old Guard). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last December. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the war drama, which will be available to stream on Netflix.
Premiering on Wednesday, April 5, is the Disney+ original series The Crossover created by Kwame Alexander and starring Derek Luke, Jalyn Hall, Amir O’Neil, Sabrina Revelle, Deja Monique Cruz, Skyla I’Lece and Trevor Bush. KOVAS (On My Block, Freeridge, Boo, Bitch, Fantasy Football) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
‘Godfather of Harlem’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Epic Records has released a new soundtrack album for the MGM+ (formerly Epix) original series Godfather of Harlem. The album features the songs from the third season of the drama by the project’s executive music producer Swiss Beatz, as well as Busta Rhymes feat. Bilal, Snoop Dogg, Mike Dimes, Dave East, Lord Afrixana, Jadakiss, BEAM & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released an album featuring the songs from Season 2, as well as multiple digital singles featuring music from all three seasons. Godfather of Harlem is created by Chris Brancato & Paul Eckstein and stars Forest Whitaker, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lucy Fry, Ilfenesh Hadera, Giancarlo Esposito, Whoopi Goldberg and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 12, 2023)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series A Spy Among Friends created by Alexander Cary based on Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book and starring Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, Stephen Kunken, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Adrian Edmondson. The show’s original music is composed by Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Like Crazy, Transparent, The Old Guard, Ammonite, The Essex Serpent). Check out our previous article to learn more about the Nick Murphy-directed 6-parter, which premiered in the UK last fall on ITVX and is making its U.S. debut on MGM+.
Premiering on Friday, March 17, is the Hulu original movie Boston Strangler written and directed by Matt Ruskin and starring Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, David Dastmalchian, Morgan Spector, Robert John Burke and Chris Cooper. Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Dynasty, Tales from the Loop, Wormwood) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 20th Century Studios production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
First Song from ‘Godfather of Harlem’ Season 3 Soundtrack Released
Epic Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the third season of the MGM+ original series Godfather of Harlem. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Hustle, Repeat co-written (with Avery Chambliss aka “Avenue Beatz”) and performed by Swiss Beatz (who serves as the show’s executive music producer) and Jadakiss. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more music from the new season is expected to be released later this year.