Jeff Beal has composed the music for the upcoming documentary The Bleeding Edge. The film is directed by Academy Award nominee Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground, The Invisible War, This Film is Not Yet Rated) and follows the personal stories of those affected by medical technology gone wrong, giving voice to injured victims and uncovering frightening instances of corporate malpractice and the complex legal loopholes that have allowed them to go unpunished.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 15, 2018)
Premiering tonight is the fourth season of the AMC original series Fear the Walking Dead created by Robert Kirkman & Dave Erickson and starring Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Rubén Blades, Colman Domingo and Danay García. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (The Gift, Ozark, Enemy, Martha Macy May Marlene) are the new composers of the show. Check out our previous news article for the full story. Season 4 of the series will air every Sunday night on AMC.
Premiering on Friday, April 20, is the Amazon original movie Pass Over directed and produced by Spike Lee and starring Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan and Blake DeLong. The film’s original music is composed by Howard Drossin (The Man with the Iron Fists, The Protector). The filmed staged play written by Antoinette Nwandu centers on two young men as they pass the time dreaming of the promised land. The movie premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Easy’ to Be Released
BMG will release the first soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Easy. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Beasts of No Nation, The Good Doctor, Atypical, Digging for Fire). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 13 and will be available to download on Amazon. Easy is created by Joe Swanberg and follows a group of diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture. Among the cast members starring in the first season are Marc Maron, Elizabeth Reaser, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jake Johnson, Dave Franco, Hannibal Buress, Kiersey Clemons, Orlando Bloom and Malin Akerman.
The Newton Brothers to Score Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
The Newton Brothers are reuniting with Mike Flanagan on the upcoming Netflix original series The Haunting of Hill House. The show is a modern re-imagining of Shirley Jackson’s classic 1959 novel and stars Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser, Kate Siegel, Timothy Hutton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Lulu Wilson, Victoria Pedretti, Paxton Singleton, Julian Hilliard, Violet McGraw and Mckenna Grace. Flanagan is writing and directing the 10-parter and is also executive producing the Paramount Television and Amblin Television production with his producing partner Trevor Macy (The Raven, The Bye Bye Man), as well as Darryl Frank & Justin Falvey (The Americans, Falling Skies).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 8, 2018)
Premiering tonight is the Starz limited series Howards End developed by Kenneth Lonergan and starring Hayley Atwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Julia Ormond, Philippa Coulthard, Joseph Quinn, Rosalind Eleazar, Tracey Ullman and Alex Lawther. The 4-parter’s original music is composed by Nico Muhly (The Reader, Kill Your Darlings, Margaret, Joshua). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and visit the official show website for more information about the drama.
Also premiering tonight is the new BBC America original series Killing Eve created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and starring Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, David Haig, Kim Bodnia, Darren Boyd, Sean Delaney, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Owen McDonnell. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Analyze That, Haywire, Out of Sight) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article and the official show website to learn more about the series, which has already been renewed for a second season.
Jeff Danna to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘3 Below’
Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Boondock Saints, Storks, Tyrant, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television series 3 Below. The show is created by Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) and follows two royal teen aliens who crash land on Arcadia and struggle to blend in as they evade intergalactic bounty hunters. The project marks the second series in del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia trilogy following Netflix’s Trollhunters, which is scored by Tim Davies and features themes by Alexandre Desplat. Check out a trailer for the trilogy after the jump.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Lost in Space’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Lost in Space. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award nominee Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Agent Carter, Supernatural, Ride Along, Baywatch). The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 13, 2018 (click here to download) and physically a couple of weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Check out the main titles sequence after the jump. Lost in Space is developed by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless based on the 1960s sci-fi classic series and stars Toby Stephens, Molly Parker, Ignacio Serricchio, Taylor Russell, Maxwell Jenkins, Parker Posey and Mina Sundwall.
Pinar Toprak Scoring Ariel Vromen’s ‘The Angel’
Pinar Toprak is scoring the upcoming Netflix original movie The Angel. The film is directed by Ariel Vromen (The Iceman, Criminal) and stars Marwan Kenzari, Toby Kebbell, Sasson Gabai, Waleed Zuaiter, Hannah Ware, Mickey Leon, Ori Pfeffer and Maisa Abd Elhadi. The spy thriller is based on Uri Bar-Joseph’s bestselling novel The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel and tells the true story of high-ranking Egyptian official Ashraf Marwan, who became a spy for Israel despite being the son-in-law of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and close adviser of his successor, Anwar Sadat.
Ilan Eshkeri Scoring BBC’s & Netflix’s ‘Watership Down’ Mini-Series
Ilan Esherki is composing the music for the upcoming BBC and Netflix animated mini-series Watership Down. The 4-parter is written by Tom Bidwell (My Mad Fat Diary) based on Richard Adams’ novel, directed by Noam Murro (300: Rise of the Empire) and features the voices of James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Miles Jupp, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff. The series is set in the idyllic rural landscape of southern England and follows a band of rabbits on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 1, 2018)
Premiering in the U.S. today is the BBC movie The Child in Time directed by Julian Farino and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore and Saskia Reeves. The film’s original music is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Kinky Boots). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official movie website to learn more about the drama, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Also premiering tonight is the NBC television event Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert executive produced by Webber, Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan & Neil Meron. Sony Masterworks Broadway will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the TV special written by Andrew Llyod Webber and Tim Rice and performed by John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles and other cast members this coming Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.