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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 6, 2020)

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Premiering tonight is the Starz original series Power Book II: Ghost created by Courtney A. Kemp and starring Michael Rainey Jr., Naturi Naughton, Mary J. Blige, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Daniel Bellomy, Paige Hurd,” Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shane Johnson, Gianni Paolo and Melanie Liburd. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Legion, The Umbrella Academy) who previously scored all episodes of the original Power series. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Starz.

Premiering tomorrow, September 7 is DreamWorks Animation’s new TV series Madagascar: A Little Wild executive produced by Johanna Stein & Dana Starfield and starring Tucker Chandler, Amir O’Neil, Shaylin Becton, Luke Lowe, Jasmine Gatewood and Eric Petersen. Frederik Wiedmann (The Dragon Prince, The Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Hangman) who has previously scored DreamWorks Animation TV’s All Hail King Julien is composing the show’s original music. The series, which follows young versions of Alex, Marty, Gloria & Melman from the Madagascar franchise, as they grow up in New York City, will be available to stream on Hulu and Peacock.

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Jeff Cardoni to Score Peacock’s ‘Saved by the Bell’ Revival Series

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Jeff Cardoni (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Silicon Valley, CSI Miami, Just Friends) has been tapped to score the upcoming Peacock original series Saved by the Bell. The show is developed by Tracey Wigfield inspired by the classic 80s/90s sitcom of the same name and stars original cast members Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen, as well as new cast additions Dexter Darden, Josie Totah, Haskiri Velazquez, Mitchell Hoog, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Belmont Cameli and John Michael Higgins. The comedy revolves around a new group of California low-income high school students who are transferred to Pacific Palisades’ wealthy Bayside High.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2020)

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Premiering on Thursday, September 3 is the HBO Max original series Raised by Wolves created by Aaron Guzikowski and starring Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, Winta McGrath, Matias Varela, Niamh Algar, Jordan Loughran, Felix Jamieson, Aasiya Shah, Ethan Hazzard, Ivy Wong and Travis Fimmel. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Frost (Dark, Sleeping Beauty, Super Dark Times, Fortitude) & Marc Streitenfeld (Prometheus, American Gangster, Robin Hood, Body of Lies). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the sci-fi drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.

Also premiering on Thursday is the Netflix original film Love, Guaranteed directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Heather Graham and Damon Wayans Jr. Ryan Shore (Prime, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, The Shrine, Harvard Man, Numb, Headspace, Julie’s Greenroom) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the romantic comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 12, 2020)

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Premiering tonight is the new Starz original series P-Valley created by Katori Hall and stars Brandee Evans, Nicco Annan, Shannon Thornton, Harriett D. Foy, J. Alphonse Nicholso, Parker Sawyers, Skyler Joy, Elarica Johnson, Tyler Lepley and Dan J. Johnson. Reza Safinia (Filly Brown, Warrior, The Trust, Birth of the Dragon) has composed the original score for the first episodes of the show. Lionsgate Records has  released a soundtrack EP featuring three songs from the drama, including the main titles theme Down in the Valley  by Jucee Froot.  Check out our previous article for more information.

Premiering on Tuesday, July 14, is the HBO documentary Showbiz Kids written and directed by Alex Winter about the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child. The movie, which features interviews with Henry Thomas, Mara Wilson, Todd Bridges, Cameron Boyce, Milla Jovovich,Evan Rachel Wood, Jada Pinkett Smith, Wil Wheaton, among otherss, features an original score composed by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and his sons Spencer Tweedy and Sammy Tweedy. Visit HBO’s official movie website to learn more about the documentary.

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Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘Code 404’ Released

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SATV has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original series Code 404. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Breeders, Episodes, Plebs). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Code 404 is written by Daniel Peak and stars Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays, Anna Maxwell Martin and Richard Gadd. The comedy is set in the near future in the Special Investigation Unit at the London Met and revolves around two Detective Inspectors who are the top crime fighting duo in the Unit.

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Jeff Russo & Jordan Gagne to Score Peacock’s ‘Brave New World’

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Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Legion, The Umbrella Academy) and Jordan Gagne (The Rookie) are teaming up to score the upcoming Peacock original series Brave New World. The show is based on Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel of the same title and stars Alden Ehrenreich, Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Kylie Bunbury, Hannah John-Kamen, Sen Mitsuji, Joseph Morgan, Nina Sosanya and Demi Moore. The sci-fi drama imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself.

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Oli Julian Scoring FX on Hulu’s ‘Breeders’ & Sky’s ‘Code 404’

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Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, Episodes, Plebs) is the composer of the upcoming FX on Hulu original series Breeders. The show is created by Simon Blackwell (Back), Chris Addison (Veep, The Hustle) & Martin Freeman and stars Freeman himself, Daisy Haggard, George Wakeman, Jayda Eyles, Michael McKean, Joanna Bacon and Alun Armstrong. The comedy explores the lives of a couple as they juggle full-time careers, aging parents, a mortgage and the unenviable curveballs of parenting their young children.

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Reitzell slated to score The Beaver and Goats

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Brian Reitzell has been announced to score the Jodie Foster-directed comedy drama The Beaver. Mel Gibson plays a depressed toy company CEO with a failed marriage starts to wear a beaver puppet on his hand as a form of therapy, much to the initial bemusement of his family. The movie co-stars Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Summit Entertainment will release the film later this year.

Reitzell has also been hired to score the upcoming comedy Goats. The movie is the directorial debut of Christopher Neill, who regularly works as an acting coach and rehearsal advisor. His credits include The Virgin Suicides, Being John Malkovich and Marie-Antoinette. Sofia Coppola, who collaborated with Reitzell on Lost in Translation and Marie-Antoinette will serve as an executive producer on the movie, which is expected to shoot next month. The cast of Goats will be led by Jason Schwartzman, David Duchovny and Robin Wright Penn.

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