Tag: National Geographic

Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 27, 2024)

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series The Marlow Murder Club created by Robert Thorogood based on his own novel and starring Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, Cara Horgan, Natalie Dew, Phillipa Pea and Mark Frost. The show’s original music is composed by Cora Miron. The drama, which follows a retired archaeologist who tries to solve the crime when murder strikes the quiet riverside town of Marlow and begins to uncover a series of puzzling clues and comes to rely on the help of other local women to investigate, premiered earlier this year in the UK on U & Drama and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

Premiering on Wednesday, October 30, is the Netflix original film Time Cut directed by Hannah Macpherson and starring Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Griffin Gluck, Michael Shanks, Rachael Crawford, Samuel Braun, Megan Best, Jordan Pettle,  Kataem O’Connor and Sydney Sabiston. Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Werewolves Within, Sting) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the sci-fi slasher, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Daniel Pemberton Scoring National Geographic’s ‘Endurance’ Documentary

Composer Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Ocean’s 8, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) is reteaming with directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin (Free Solo, Nyad) on the upcoming documentary Endurance. The film is directed by Vasarhelyi & Chin and Natalie Hewit and centers on the titular ship that sank near Antarctica in 1915, with explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew miraculously surviving, and was discovered in 2022.

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Tamar-kali Scoring Edmund Stenson’s & Daniel Roher’s National Geographic Documentary ‘Blink’

Tamar-kali (Mudbound, The Assistant, Shirley, Palmer, The Lie, Come Sunday) has recently scored the upcoming documentary Blink. The film is directed by Edmund Stenson and Daniel Roher (Navalny, Once Were Brothers) and centers on the Pelletier family whose world changes forever when three of their four children are diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment. The movie follows Edith Lemay, Sébastien Pelletier and their children as they set out on a trip around the world to experience all its beauty while they still can.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 18, 2024)

Premiering today is the National Geographic original documentary series OceanXplorers and narrated by James Cameron and executive produced by Cameron, Maria Wilhelm, Roger Webb, Orla Doherty, Ray Dalio, Vincent Pieribone, Mark Dalio, Joe Ruffolo and Kevin Tao Mohs about OceanX’s state-of-the-art scientific research and exploration vessel. The show’s original music is composed by Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Deepest Breath, Nautilus, The Tower, The Reason I Jump, Crossfire, Funny Woman). Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-parter, which will air on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu.

Also premiering today is the HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy directed by Eric Goode and executive produced by Jeremy McBride, Goode, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller & Tina Nguyen about the secretive world of raising chimpanzees and and the colorful and complicated cast of characters that inhabit it. Jonathan Sadoff (The Peanut Butter Falcon,  Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Ingrid Goes West, Dollface, Angelyne, Under the Boardwalk) has composed the show’s original music. Click here to check out the trailer for the 4-parter, which will air on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

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National Geographic’s ‘OceanXplorers’ to Feature Music by Nainita Desai

Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Deepest Breath, The Tower, Crossfire, The Reason I Jump, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Funny Woman) is scoring the upcoming National Geographic documentary series OceanXplorers. The show is executive produced and narrated by James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar, Aliens) and takes audiences aboard the OceanXplorer, OceanX’s state-of-the-art scientific research and exploration vessel, to investigate the farthest frontiers of the world’s oceans, 80% of which are entirely unknown. The BBC Studios Natural History Unit production follows a group of National Geographic Explorers and other ocean experts as they embark on a global odyssey to solve some of the ocean’s greatest mysteries through the lives of its animals and their ecosystems.

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National Geographic’s ‘Photographer’ to Feature Music by Bryce Dessner, Robert Ouyang Rusli & Others

The full composer line-up of the new National Geographic documentary series Photographer has been revealed. The show pairs the world’s most extraordinary visual storytellers with today’s leading documentary filmmakers, with each episode focusing on the story of an iconic photographer. The National’s Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, Cyrano, Bardo, Manhunt, She Came to Me) has composed the score for the episodes Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier: Win or Die directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin about two of the world’s most iconic working ocean photographers, and Dan Winters: Life is once. Forever. directed by Pagan Harleman about the photographer who is widely known for his unusual and iconic portraits of celebrities, street photography, scientific work, illustrations and capturing the “hallowed grounds” of NASA. Robert Ouyang Rusli (Problemista, Test Pattern, Bruiser) has scored the episode Campbell Addy: Feeling Seen directed by Crystal Kayiza & Sam Pollard about the fashion photographer who landed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 3, 2024)

Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Regime created by Will Tracy, directed by Stephen Frears & Jessica Hobbs and starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Guillaume Gallienne and Hugh Grant.  The show’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) & Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Touching the Void). WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score in the coming weeks. Click here to learn more about the 6-part satire, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Premiering tomorrow, March 4, is the National Geographic original documentary series Queens narrated by Angela Bassett and produced by Wildstar Films. Morgan Kibby (The Watcher, The Power, Mothering Sunday, Girls of the Sun, Wilderness, Grand Army,  Tales of the Walking Dead) has composed the show’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and the main title song Umi,by Alewya this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the series, which will air Mondays on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Hulu and Disney+.

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Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Queens’ to Be Released

The details of the full soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Queens have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (The Watcher, Mothering Sunday, The Power, Girls of the Sun, Grand Army, Wilderness, Tales of the Walking Dead). Also included is Alewya’s main title song Umi, which is already out now as a digital single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 1 by Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Queens is narrated by Angela Bassett and leverages cutting-edge technology to reveal insights into how females in the natural world rise to power, often relying on cooperation and wisdom over brute strength to get ahead.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 11, 2024)

Premiering tonight is the CBS drama Tracker developed by Ben Winters based on Jeffery Deaver’s bestselling novel The Never Game and starring Justin Hartley, Fiona Rene, Abby McEnany, Robin Weigert and Eric Graise. The show’s original music is composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, Watchmen, John Wick, 300, X, Primal, Killer Joe, The Punisher). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which is premiering after the Superbowl today and will air every Sunday night on CBS.

Premiering tomorrow, February 12, is the National Geographic documentary The Space Race directed by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza & Lisa Cortés about the experiences of the first Black astronauts. Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within) & Jongnic Bontemps (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, My Name Is Pauli Murray, 4400, Redfall) have composed the film’s original music. Click here for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is making its debut on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu the following day.

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Alewya’s Main Title Song ‘Umi’ from National Geographic’s ‘Queens’ Released

Hollywood Records has released the main title song from the National Geographic documentary series Queens. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Umi (Woman) co-written (with Dean James Barratt) and performed by Alewya. Also check out the official music video after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more music from the show will be released on March 1. Queens is narrated by Angela Bassett and leverages cutting-edge technology to reveal surprising insights into how females in the natural world rise to power, often relying on wisdom and cooperation over brute strength to get ahead.

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