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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 26, 2026)

Premiering tonight is the Adult Swim original animated series President Curtis created by Dan Harmon & James Siciliano and starring Keith David, Stephanie Beatriz and Jim Rash. The show’s original music is composed by Ryan Elder (Rick and Morty, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Haunted Hotel, Harmontown). The series, which is set in the Rick and Morty universe and follows the title character and his eccentric staff as they tackle crises from interdimensional diplomacy to paranormal investigations and unexplained phenomena, will air every Sunday night on Adult Swim and will also be available to stream the next day on HBO Max.

Premiering tomorrow, July 27, is the Hulu original series Furious created by Elizabeth Meriwether and starring Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Jake Lacy. Ariel Marx (Dying for Sex, Shiva Baby, Candy, Sanctuary, A Small Light,The Last Frontier, Murdaugh: Death in the Family, A Friend of the Family, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Tale) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the crime thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

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‘The Bombing of Pan Am 103’ Soundtrack Album Details

Rock Action Records will release the official soundtrack album for the BBC drama The Bombing of Pan Am 103. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (Black Bird, The Returned, ZeroZeroZero, Kin, Before the Flood). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 18 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the band’s first track below. The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is created by Jonathan Lee, directed by Michael Keillor and stars Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams, Merritt Wever, Eddie Marsan, Peter Mullan, Tony Curran, Kevin McKidd and Nicholas Gleaves. The 6-parter is based on the true story of the bombing of a passenger flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 and the quest to bring its perpetrators to justice.

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Mogwai Scoring BBC’s ‘The Bombing of Pan Am 103’

The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (Black Bird, ZeroZeroZero, The Returned, Kin) has composed the original music for the new BBC drama The Bombing of Pan Am 103. The show is created by lead writer Jonathan Lee (Who Killed Jill Dando?) and stars Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams, Merritt Wever, Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Tony Curran, Nicholas Gleaves and Kevin McKidd. The 6-part series directed by Michael Keillor (Roadkill) is based on the true story of the bombing of a passenger flight over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 and the quest to bring its perpetrators to justice.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 20, 2023)

Premiering today is the MGM+ original series The Winter King developed by Kate Brooke& Ed Whitmore based on Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell and starring Iain De Caestecker, Eddie Marsan, Ellie James, Nathaniel Martello-White, Stuart Campbell, Daniel Ings, Valene Kane, Jordan Alexandra and Simon Merrells. The show’s original music is composed by Rob Lane (John Adams, A Discovery of Witches, The Damned United, Merlin, Atlantis, Beowulf). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on MGM+.

Premiering on Tuesday, August 22, is the Disney+ limited series Ahsoka developed by Dave Filoni and starring Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ivanna Sakhno, Ray Stevenson, Diana Lee Inosanto, Lars Mikkelsen, Eman Esfandi and David Tennant. Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars & The Bad Batch, Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Peacemaker, Making a Murderer). Click here for more information about the Lucasfilm production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

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Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s ‘Black Bird’ to Be Released

Rock Action Records will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Black Bird. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (ZeroZeroZero, The Returned, Kin). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 8 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Black Bird is developed by Dennis Lehane based on James Keene’s & Hillel Levin’s true crime memoir In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption and stars Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi and Ray Liotta. The 6-part thriller follows a high school football hero who is sentenced to ten years in a minimum security prison, when he is given the choice of a lifetime.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 3, 2022)

Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, July 6, is the natural history series The Green Planet narrated by David Attenborough and executive produced by Michael Gunton. The show’s original music is composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, General Magic) & Will Slater (Dynasties). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past April. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.

Premiering on Friday, July 8, is the Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird developed by Dennis Lehane and starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi and Ray Liotta. The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (ZeroZeroZero, The Returned, Kin) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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Mogwai Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Black Bird’

The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai is composing the original music for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird. The show is developed by Dennis Lehane (Shutter Island, The Outsider) based on the true crime memoir In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption by James Keene & Hillel Levin and stars Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta. The 6-part thriller follows a high school football hero who is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison and given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend a suspected serial killer or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole.

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Mogwai to Score Apple TV+’s Carlos Ghosn Docuseries

The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai is set to score an untitled Apple TV+ docuseries about the rise and fall of former Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn. The 4-parter is directed by James Jones (On the President’s Orders) and – with the involvement of the people who were there, alongside the reporting of WSJ reporters Nick Kostov & Sean McLain – will tell the full story of how one of the most admired businessmen on the planet became its most famous international fugitive. James Gay-Rees (Amy, Senna, 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything), Paul Martin (Diego Maradona, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, The Kings) and Martin Conway (Becoming You) are executive producing the Box to Box Films production.

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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘ZeroZeroZero’ Released

Mogwai (The Returned, Kin, Before the Blood) have released their score for the Sky Atlantic and Amazon original series ZeroZeroZero. The album is now available on Bandcamp for one week exclusively on a pay-what-you-can basis with half of proceeds going to Help Musicians and NHS charities. The album will be available to stream/download on Amazon later this month. ZeroZeroZero is created by Stefano Sollima, Leonardo Fasoli & Mauricio Katz based on the novel of the same title by Roberto Saviano and stars Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan and Gabriel Byrne. The crime drama traces the global cocaine trade by following one shipment on its journey around the world. The series premiered earlier this year in the U.S. Spain and Latin America on Amazon Prime and on Sky Atlantic in several European markets.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 31, 2018)

Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the historical thriller Operation Finale directed by Chris Weitz and starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller and Greta Scacchi. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Click here for the full album details.

Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller Kin directed by Jonathan Baker & Josh Baker and starring Jack Reynor, Myles Truitt, Zoë Kravitz, Carrie Coon, Dennis Quaid and James Franco. The post-rock band Mogwai (The Returned, Before the Blood) has composed the film’s original music. Temporary Residence has released a soundtrack album featuring the band’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.

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