David Schwartz has been hired to score the upcoming NBC comedy The Good Place. The show is created by Michael Schur (Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and stars Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto and D’Arcy Carden. The series follows a young woman from New Jersey who comes to realize that she hasn’t been a very good person and decides to turn over a new leaf by learning what it actually means to be “good” or “bad”. Schur is also executive producing the NBC Universal Television production with David Miner (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
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Robert Duncan to Score NBC’s ‘Timeless’
Robert Duncan is set to score the upcoming NBC drama Timeless. The show is created by Eric Kripke (Supernatural, Revolution) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Visnjic, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit. The series follows a scientist, a soldier and a history professor who are traveling through time to battle unknown criminals in order to protect history as we know it. Ryan and Kripke are also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with John Davis (I, Robot, Chronicle, Waterworld) & John Fox (The Blacklist) and Marney Hochman (The Get Down).
Siddhartha Khosla to Score NBC’s ‘This Is Us’
Siddhartha Khosla has been tapped to score the upcoming NBC comedy drama This Is Us. The show is created by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Bolt, Cars, Danny Collins, Galavant) and stars Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia and Sterling K. Brown. The series centers around a group of people born on the same day, including a married couple expecting triplets in Pittsburgh and a television actor growing bored of his fly bachelor lifestyle. Fogelman is also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Jess Rosenthal, Charlie Gogolak, as well as John Requa & Glenn Ficarra (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Focus, I Love You Phillip Morris) who also directed the pilot episode.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 17, 2016)
Premiering on Tuesday, April 19, is the mini-series The Night Manager directed by Susanne Bier and starring Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki, David Harewood, Neil Morrissey, Katherine Kelly and Tobias Menzies. The 6-parter’s original music is composed by Victor Reyes (Buried, Grand Piano, Red Lights). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the show. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which airs in the U.S. on AMC.
Also premiering on Tuesday is the new CW drama Containment created by Julie Plec based on the Belgian TV series Cordon and starring David Gyasi, Christina Moses, Chris Wood, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Kristen Gutoskie, George Young, Claudia Black and Trevor St. John. Michael Suby (The Vampire Diaries, The Butterfly Effect, The Originals, Pretty Little Liars) is composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on The CW, visit our scoring assignment announcement from last year.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 20, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the Fox television event The Passion hosted by Tyler Perry and starring Yolanda Adams, Seal, Chris Daughtry, Trisha Yearwood, Prince Royce and Jencarlos who are performing contemporary hits such as My Love Is Your Love, Love Can Move Mountains & more. Adam Anders (Glee, Rock of Ages) serves as the project’s music producer. Virgin Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the special. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Also premiering tonight is the TV special Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade directed by Ricardo Curtis and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Taraji P. Henson, Seth Green, Wendy Williams, Gabriel Iglesias, Lili Estefan, Blake Anderson, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Keke Palmer and Queen Latifah. The animated special’s original music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Rugrats Movie, Hotel Transylvania) who previously scored the Ice Age short Ice Age: Cosmic Scat-tastrophe, which played in front of The Peanuts Movie.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 13, 2016)
Premiering tonight on Lifetime is the British mini-series And Then There Were None developed by Sarah Phelps based on Agatha Christie’s novel and starring Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Toby Stephens, Maeve Dermody, Burn Gorman, Noah Taylor and Aidan Turner. The 3-parter’s original music is composed by Stuart Earl (Lilting, My Brother the Devil). Visit the composer’s official website to listen to audio samples from the score. To learn more about the series, which follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to Soldier Island in 1939, visit Lifetime’s official website.
Premiering on Tuesday, March 15 is the new NBC comedy Crowded created by Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland, The Client List) and stars Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove, Mia Serafino, Stacy Keach and Carlease Burke. Chris Alan Lee (Younger, The Jim Gaffigan Show) is composing the show’s original score and Jesse Novak (BoJack Horseman, The Mindy Project) has written the series’ theme. To learn more about the comedy, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Trevor Morris to Score NBC’s ‘Emerald City’
Trevor Morris has been tapped to score the upcoming NBC drama Emerald City. The show executive produced by David Schulner (Do No Harm), Shaun Cassidy (Invasion) & Matt Arnold (Siberia) is inspired by L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and follows a 20-year-old Dorothy Gale and her K9 police dog who are transported to a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy. Tarsem Singh (The Cell, Mirror Mirror) who previously collaborated with the composer on 2011’s Immortals is set to direct all episodes. The project produced by Universal Television has been picked up for a 10-episode season.
NBC’s ‘Crowded’ to Feature Theme by Jesse Novak and Score by Chris Alan Lee
Jesse Novak has written the theme for the upcoming NBC comedy Crowded. Chris Alan Lee is scoring the show, which is created by Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland, The Client List) and stars Patrick Warburton, Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove, Mia Serafino, Stacy Keach and Carlease Burke. The series follows two recent empty-nesters whose plans change when their children and their parents move back home. Martin is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner (Grimm) and James Burrows (Will & Grace, Cheers, Mike & Molly).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 24, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the revival mini-series of The X-Files created by Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, as well as guest stars including Joel McHale, Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose. Mark Snow (Millennium, Smallville, Blue Bloods, Ghost Whisperer) who previously scored all episodes of the original series, as well as the two movie adaptations, returns as the composer of the 6-part series. Visit NPR and Musique Fantastique for recent interviews with the composer about his work on the new episodes. The X-Files premieres tonight and the other five episodes will air every Monday night on Fox. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering tomorrow, January 25, is new Fox drama Lucifer based on the DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth & Mike Dringenberg, developed by Tom Kapinos and starring Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Rachael Harris, DB Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Kevin Alejandro and Scarlett Estevez. The show’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (The Wolverine, Scream, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) and Dennis Smith. For more information about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 10, 2016)
Premiering on Tuesday, January 12, is the new Freeform/ABC Family original series Shadowhunters based on the young adult fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments and starring Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Isaiah Mustafa, David Castro and Harry Shum Jr. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Decter (CSI: Cyber, Hostages, Extant). To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on Freeform, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Premiering on Wednesday, January 13, is the new Fox drama Second Chance created by Rand Ravich, produced by Howard Gordon and starring Rob Kazinsky, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan, Tim DeKay and Ciara Bravo. John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Where the Game Stands Tall, Dragons: Riders of Berk) is composing the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which follows a morally corrupt cop who is given a second chance when he’s brought back, visit the official show website. Second Chance will air Wednesday nights on Fox.