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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 19, 2021)

Premiering tonight is the PBS documentary Muhammad Ali directed and executive produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon about the iconic heavyweight boxing champion who became an inspiration to people everywhere. The film’s original music is composed by songwriter and hip hop record producer Jahlil Beats. A soundtrack album featuring the artist’s music has been released today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 4-parter, which will air over the next four days on PBS.

Premiering tomorrow, September 20 is the Fox comedy drama The Big Leap created by Liz Heldens and starring Scott Foley, Simone Recasner, Piper Perabo, Jon Rudnitsky, Ser’Darius Blain, Raymond Cham, Jr., Kevin Daniels, Mallory Jansen, Anna Grace Barlow and Teri Polo. Joe Wong (The Midnight Gospel, Master of None, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Russian Doll) is composing the show’s original score. A first song from the series (Just Like Heaven produced by Wong and performed by Eryn Allen Kane) was released this past week. Click here to listen to the track and for more information about the dramedy, which will air Monday nights on Fox.

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Marvin Hamlisch’s ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘Save the Tiger’ Scores to Be Released

ordinary-peopleLa-La Land Records has released the world premiere release of the score for the Academy Award-winning 1980 drama Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton. The album features the film’s original music written and conducted by Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting, The Way We Were, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Informant!). The soundtrack also features the world premiere release of the composer’s score for the 1973 drama Save the Tiger directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Jack Lemmon. The release, which is limited to 1500 copies, will be available to order tomorrow, April 19 on the label’s official website.

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