Tag: National Geographic

Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 22, 2018)

Premiering tonight is the National Geographic television special Symphony for Our World. Bleeding Fingers Music’s Austin Fray & Andrew Christie have composed the project’s original music and have also collaborated with the rock band X Ambassadors on several tracks. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the music from the television event. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the project.

Premiering on Thursday, April 26, is the third season of the ABC drama Quantico created by Joshua Safran and starring Priyanka Chopra, Jake McLaughlin, Johanna Braddy, Russell Tovey, Alan Powell, Marlee Matlin and Blair Underwood. Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, 2 Guns, The Expanse, Pompeii, Colony) is composing the original music of the third season and follows Joel J. Richard and Joseph Trapanese who previously scored the first two seasons. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information.

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Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Symphony for Our World’ to Be Released

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for National Geographic’s Symphony for Our World. The album features the music from the television event composed by Austin Fray & Andrew Christie for Bleeding Fingers Music. They have collaborated with the rock band X Ambassadors on several tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 20 and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Check out the title track in the trailer after the jump. Symphony for Our World is a 90-minute live orchestral performance, which will be presented in concert venues around the world with imagery and storytelling from 130 years of National Geographic history matched in perfect synchronization with a live orchestra and choir.

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‘One Strange Rock’ Soundtrack Announced

National Geographic and Lakeshore Records have announced a soundtrack album for the docu-series One Strange Rock. The album features the show’s original music composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., All the Money in the World, Molly’s Game, The Counselor). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 30, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. One Strange Rock show is executive produced by Darren Aronofsky & Jane Root, hosted by Will Smith and tells the extraordinary story of Earth, told from the only people who have ever left it: astronauts. The 10-part series, which was filmed across 45 countries, on six continents and from outer space, reveals the twists of fate that have allowed life to emerge, survive and thrive on Earth.

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Daniel Pemberton Scoring Darren Aronofsky’s ‘One Strange Rock’ Series

Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Molly’s Game, All the Money in the World, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) has announced on Twitter that he has scored the new National Geographic docu-series One Strange Rock. The show is executive produced by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) & Jane Root, hosted by Will Smith and tells the extraordinary story of Earth, told from the only people who have ever left it: astronauts. The 10-part series, which was filmed across 45 countries, on six continents and from outer space, reveals the twists of fate that have allowed life to emerge, survive and thrive on Earth.

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Marco Beltrami Scoring National Geographic’s ‘Free Solo’

Marco Beltrami is composing the music for the upcoming National Geographic documentary Free Solo. The film is directed by Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Meru) and revolves around rock climber Alex Honnold as he is training on Freerider for the first ever rope-free climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Chin & Chai Vasarhelyi are also producing the project with Evan Hayes, Walter Parkes & Laurie MacDonald (Men in Black, The Ring, Flight) and Shannon Dill.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 23, 2017)

mary-kills-peoplePremiering tonight is the new Lifetime original series Mary Kills People created by Tara Armstrong and starring Caroline Dhavernas, Jay Ryan, Richard Short, Lyriq Bent, Greg Bryk and Charlotte Sullivan. The show’s original music is composed by John Rowley (Defendor, Weirdsville). Mary Kills People centers on a single mother who is an ER doctor by day, but by night, she and her partner, a former plastic surgeon, moonlight as underground angels of death and help terminally ill patients slip away on their own terms. To learn more about the comedy drama, which will air Sunday nights on Lifetime, visit the official show website.

geniusPremiering on Tuesday, April 25, is National Geographic’s first scripted series Genius executive produced by Brian Grazer & Ron Howard and starring Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Emily Watson, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley, Jon Fletcher, Richard Topol and Alicia von Rittberg. Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys) is composing the show’s music and Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Gladiator) wrote the main titles theme. Milan Records will release a soundtrack EP for the show this Friday, April 28 and a full soundtrack album is in the works for a release later this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 13, 2016)

marsPremiering tomorrow, November 14, is the National Geographic originals series Mars directed by Everardo Gout and executive produced by Ron Howard & Brian Grazer about a fictional astronaut crew on the very first human Mars mission in 2033. The show’s original music is composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Lawless, Hell or High Water). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

shooterPremiering on Tuesday, November 15, is the USA original series Shooter based on the novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter and starring Ryan Phillippe, Omar Epps, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Shantel VanSanten and Eddie McClintock. Bobby Krlic (aka Haxan Cloak) (Triple 9, Almost Holy) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air Tuesday nights on USA.

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Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Mars’ Announced

marsMilan Records will release a soundtrack album for the National Geographic original series Mars. The album features the show’s original music composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Lawless, Hell or High Water, The Proposition). The soundtrack will be released on November 11, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Mars is directed by Everardo Gout, produced by Ron Howard & Brian Grazer and tell the story of a fictional astronaut crew on the very first human Mars mission in 2033. The six-part series combines interviews with real-world space experts ranging from The Martian author Andy Weir to Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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