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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 28, 2021)

February 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tomorrow, March 1, is the NBC mystery drama Debris created by J.H. Wyman and starring Jonathan Tucker, Riann Steele, Norbert Leo Butz and Scroobius Pip. The show’s original music is composed by Raney Shockne (Queen of the South, Anger Management, The To Do List, Kevin Can Wait, The Wedding Year). The series, which revolves around a secretive international agency that is tasked with the mystery of a wreckage that starts falling from the sky, will air every Monday night on NBC. Visit the official show website for updates.

Also premiering tomorrow is the Netflix documentary Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell directed by Emmett Malloy and executive produced by Sean Combs, Voletta Wallace, Mark Pitts, Stanley Buchthal & Brendan Malloy about the life of one of the most influential rappers. Adam Peters (Savages, Icarus, Snowden, Sand Castle, The Dissident) has composed the film’s original score. Rhino Atlantic will release a soundtrack album featuring fourteen tracks by The Notorious B.I.G. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which will be available to stream on Netflix.

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Poo Bear & Joe Wong Scoring NBC’s ‘Kenan’

February 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Joe Wong, Kenan, NBC, Poo Bear

Singer/songwriter and record producer Poo Bear (aka Jason Paul Douglas Boyd) & Joe Wong (Master of None, Russian Doll, The Midnight Gospel, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) are composing the original score for the new NBC comedy Kenan. The show is created by Jackie Clarke (Superstore) & David Caspe (Happy Endings, Black Monday) and stars Kenan Thompson, Don Johnson, Dani & Dannah Lane, Kimrie Lewis and Chris Redd. The series revolves around a widowed dad who’s juggling a high-profile job as the host of an Atlanta morning show and raising his two girls.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 14, 2021)

February 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British/New Zealand mini-series The Luminaries directed by Claire McCarthy, written by Eleanor Catton based on his novel of the same title and starring Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Eve Hewson, Ewen Leslie and Marton Csokas. The show’s original music is composed by David Long (6 Days, McLaren, Ice). Club Champion has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the drama, which is making its U.S. debut on Starz.

Also premiering tonight following two preview episodes earlier this year is the Fox animated comedy The Great North created by Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin & Minty Lewis and starring Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Megan Mullally, Will Forte, Paul Rust, Dulcé Sloan and Aparna Nancherla. John Kimbrough (Man with a Plan, Man Up!) & Scott Seiver are composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air Sunday nights on Fox.

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Nathan Matthew David Scoring NBC’s ‘Young Rock’

February 13, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Nahnatchka Khan, Nathan Matthew David, NBC, Young Rock

Nathan Matthew David (The Last Word, Slice, Deadly Class, Angie Tribeca, Surviving R. Kelly, Satisfaction) is composing the original score for the new NBC comedy Young Rock. The show is created by Dwayne Johnson & Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat, Always Be My Maybe) and stars Johnson himself, Joseph Lee Anderson, Stacey Leilua, Adrian Groulx, Uli Latukefu, Bradley Constant, Ana Tuisila, Fasitua Amosa and John Tui. The series focuses on different chapters of Johnson’s life, from growing up in a strong and resilient family, to being surrounded by the wild characters of his professional wrestling family and to playing football at the University of Miami.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 10, 2021)

January 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series All Creatures Great and Small written by Ben Vanstone based on the classic BBC programme, directed by Brian Percival and starring Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse and Rachel Shenton The show’s original music is composed by Alexandra Harwood (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Escape, Growing Up Wild). All3Media & Playground Television have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score when the drama premiered in the UK last year. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will air in the U.S. on PBS.

Also premiering today is the HBO documentary Tiger directed by Matthew Heineman & Matthew Hamachek about the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods. H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Warrior, Birth of the Dragon, Sea of Shadows) has composed the original music for the 2-parter. Check out our previous news article for more information about the documentary, which is premiering on HBO today and next Sunday, January 17 and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

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Jeff Richmond Scoring NBC’s ‘Mr. Mayor’

January 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Jeff Richmond, Mr. Mayor, NBC, Robert Carlock, Tiny Fey

Jeff Richmond is the composer of the new NBC comedy Mr. Mayor. The show is created by Tina Fey & Robert Carlock and stars Ted Danson, Holly Hunter, Vella Lovell, Kyla Kenedy, Mike Cabellon and Bobby Moynihan. The series follows a retired businessman who runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove he’s “still got it” and, once he wins, has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his biggest critic and connect with his teenage daughter.

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First Songs from ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released

January 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: NBC, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Lionsgate Records has released the first songs from the second season of the NBC musical comedy drama Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Available to stream/download now are the covers from the first episode of Season 2, including Hello, Dolly! from Jerry Herman’s musical of the same title, Jet’s Are You Gonna Be My Girl (performed by Skylar Astin & John Clarence Stewart) and Fun’s Carry On (performed by Andrew Leeds, Mary Steenburgen & Alice Lee). Listen to all three tracks below. More songs from Season 2 will be released weekly over the next weeks. Republic Records has previously released multiple EPs and singles featuring the songs from the show’s first season.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 6, 2020)

December 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Your Honor developed by Peter Moffat based on the Israeli series Kvodo and starring Bryan Cranston, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sofia Black-D’Elia, Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg . The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime.

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 7, is the British limited series A Suitable Boy written by Andrew Davies, directed by Mira Nair and starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, Roots) and Anoushka Shankar. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 11, 2020)

October 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tomorrow, October 12, is the second episode of the AMC anthology series Soulmates created by Will Bridges & Brett Goldstein. Episode 2, entitled The Lovers, is directed by Rob Savage and stars David Costabile, Sonya Cassidy, Karima McAdams and Henry Goodman. Michael Price (Sherlock, Dracula, Wild Target, A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Unforgotten, Another Me) has composed the episode’s original music. Check out our previous article about the show’s first episode (scored by Craig Armstrong) to learn more about the drama, which currently airs every Monday night on AMC.

Premiering on Tuesday, October 13, as part of Amazon’s Welcome to the Blumhouse series, is the supernatural horror thriller Nocturne written and directed by Zu Quirke and starring Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Ivan Shaw and Jacques Colimon. The film’s original music is composed by British EDM artist Gazelle Twin (aka Elizabeth Bernholz). Click here for more information about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.

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‘This Is Us’ Season 4 Score Album Details

July 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: NBC, score, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack, This Is Us

Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the NBC drama This Is Us. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s fourth season composed by Emmy Award nominee Siddhartha Khosla (Runaways, Looking for Alaska, The Royals). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The label has previously released a score album featuring Khosla’s score from Season 3 last year and Universal Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the first two seasons in 2018. This Is Us is created by Dan Fogelman and stars Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Sullivan.

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