Nainita Desai (For Sama, Fierce Queens, Enemy Within, Darkness Visible, Untamed Romania) has composed the original music for the new BBC series Unprecedented: Theatre from a State of Isolation. The show features more than 10 new plays, which were written in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and rehearsed/filmed using digital conferencing technology. Among the participating actors are Gemma Arterton, James Norton, Lennie James, Julian Barratt, Rory Kinnear, Meera Syal and Alison Steadman. The plays will respond to how our understanding and experiences of community, education, work, relationships, family, culture, climate and capitalism are evolving on an unprecedented scale.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 5, 2020)
Premiering in the U.S. is the World War II drama World on Fire written by Peter Bowker and starring Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer-King, Helen Hunt, Blake Harrison, Zofia Wichłacz, Brian J. Smith, Parker Sawyers, Tomasz Kot, Bruno Alexander, Patrick Kennedy, Johannes Zeiler and Eugénie Derouand. Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Empire, Any Human Heart, Lady Macbeth, The Miniaturist) has composed the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the selections of the drama’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Also premiering tonight is the British drama The Windermere Children directed by Michael Samuels and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Tim McInnerny, Iain Glen, Tomasz Studzinski, Anna Maciejewska, Kuba Sprenger, Marek Wrobelewski and Kacper Swietek. Alex Baranowski (Nureyev: Lifting the Curtain) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC Two and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.
Nainita Desai Scoring Quibi’s ‘Fierce Queens’
Nainita Desai (For Sama, Enemy Within, Telling Lies, Darkness Visible) is the composer of the upcoming Quibi original series Fierce Queens. The show is narrated by Reese Witherspoon and takes an in depth look at female animals: the rebel matriarchs, powerful leaders and dangerous lovers of the natural world. The docu-series aims to depict the most dramatic natural history stories from a fresh female perspective. Jo Shinner (Earth from Space) is executive producing the BBC Studios Natural History Unit production.
‘Darkness Visible’ Soundtrack Released
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Darkness Visible. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (Enemy Within, For Sama, Telling Lies). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also listen to audio samples. Darkness Visible is co-written and directed by Neil Biswas and stars Jaz Deol, Sayani Gupta, Neil Bhoopalam, Salóme R. Gunnarsdóttir and Seema Biswas. The movie follows a London-raised man as he returns to his home in India to discover his mother has died in mysterious circumstances. and uncovers a series of similar past murders.
‘Untamed Romania’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the nature documentary Untamed Romania. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (For Sama, Enemy Within, Telling Lies) who recorded her score with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 4 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Untamed Romania is directed by Tom-Barton Humphries and narrated by Mark Strong. The movie, which unravels over a year and explores all four seasons, celebrates Romania’s astounding mountains, ancient forests and sweeping wetlands that provide undisturbed habitats to many of the Europe’s endangered creatures.
‘For Sama’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary For Sama. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (Enemy Within, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, Darkness Visible). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. For Sama is directed by Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts and tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.
‘Enemy Within’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the World War II drama Enemy Within. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nainita Desai (The Confessions of Thomas Quick, Darkness Visible). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 24 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Enemy Within is written and directed by Gabriel Robertson and stars Joseph Naufahu, Kazuma Sano, Beulah Koale, Rila Fukushima and Melissa Paulo. The movie is based on a true story and follows a Japanese pilot who crash-lands on the tiny Hawaiian island of Niʻihau and is met with courtesy and traditional Hawaiian hospitality from the locals – until they discover he was part of the recent attack on Pearl Harbor.