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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 20, 2026)

Premiering tonight is the British HBO original series Youth created by Sharon Horgan and starring Horgan herself, Rupert Friend, Sharlene Whyte, Aran Murphy and Robbie Gee. The show’s original score is composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Ghosts, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Kominsky Method, Ransom Canyon, CSI :Miami, White House Plumbers, Heels, Just Friends). Gruff Rhys is credited as the featured artist. Check our our previous article to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Trespasses developed by Ailbhe Keogan based on Louise Kennedy’s debut novel and starring Lola Petticrew, Tom Cullen, Gillian Anderson, Emily Taaffe, Martin McCann, Oisín Thompson and Barry Wad. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Black Bag, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Haywire, Logan Lucky, Analyze That) & Brian Irvine (The Apprentice, Ordinary Love) have composed the show’s original music. Dream Drama has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past July. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the 4-part drama, which premiered in the UK last year on Channel 4 and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.

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‘American Hostage’ Soundtrack Album Details

Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the MGM+ original anthology series American Hostage. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Robert Duncan (The Night Agent, Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, S.W.A.T., The Unit, Last Resort, Terriers, Timeless, Missing, Lie to Me, The Equalizer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main title and end title tracks below. American Hostage is created by Shawn Ryan & Eileen Myers based on the first season of the podcast of the same title and stars Jon Hamm, Giovanni Ribisi, Kristoffer Polaha, Mireille Enos, William Jackson Harper, Jonathan Tucker and Kat Cunning. The 8-part psychological thriller inspired by true events is set in the 1970s and tells the story of a radio reporter thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when a hostage-taker demands to be interviewed live on his radio program.

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Robert Duncan Scoring MGM+’s ‘American Hostage’

Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Missing, Lie to Me, The Equalizer) has been tapped to score the upcoming MGM+ original anthology series American Hostage. The show is created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) & Eileen Myers based on the first season of the podcast of the same name and stars Jon Hamm, Giovanni Ribisi, Kristoffer Polaha, William Jackson Harper, Mireille Enos, Jonathan Tucker and Kat Cunning. The 8-part psychological thriller takes place in the 1970s and tells the true story of Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.

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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘The Night Agent’ to Be Released

Madison Gate Records will release the first soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Night Agent. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award nominee Robert Duncan (Castle, S.W.A.T., The Unit, Timeless, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Last Resort, Terriers). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 30. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. The Night Agent is created by Shawn Ryan based on Matthew Quirk’s novel and stars Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Hong Chau, Fola Evans-Akingbola, D.B. Woodside,  Sarah Desjardins, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei and Enrique Murciano.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 19, 2023)

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the historical drama series Marie Antoinette created by Deborah Davis and starring Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, James Purefoy, Jasmine Blackborow, Jack Archer, Marthe Keller, Gaia Weiss and Crystal Sheperd. The show’s original music is composed by Guillaume Roussel (Black Beauty, 3 Days to Kill, Happy!, The Spy, November). 22D Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the series premiered in France. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the 8-parter, which is making its domestic debut on PBS.

Also premiering today is the AMC original series Lucky Hank created by Aaron Zelman & Paul Lieberstein and starring Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Olivia Scott Welch, Diedrich Bader, Sara Amini, Suzanne Cryer and Cedric Yarbrough. Joe Wong (Russian Doll, Master of None, The Midnight Gospel, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) is composing the show’s original music. The pilot episode is scored by Wong & Dave Porter (Breaking Bad). Check out our previous article for more information about the dramedy, which will air Sundays on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.

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Robert Duncan Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Night Agent’

Robert Duncan is the composer of the new Netflix original series The Night Agent. The show is created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) based on Matthew Quirk’s novel and stars Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Hong Chau, D.B. Woodside, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Phoenix Raei, Eve Harlow and Enrique Murciano. The thriller revolves around a vigilant FBI agent monitoring an emergency line who answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 17, 2018)

Premiering tonight in the U.S. is Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa’s first original series Deep State created by Matthew Parkhill & Simon Maxwell and starring Mark Strong, Karima McAdams, Joe Dempsie, Lyne Renée, Alistair Petrie, Anastasia Griffith, Amelia Bullmore, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Pip Torrens and Fares Fares. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch). Check out our previous article and the official show website to learn more about the series, which is premiering stateside on Epix.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Man in an Orange Shirt directed by Michael Samuels and starring James McArdle, Joanna Vanderham, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Julian Morris and Vanessa Redgrave. Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Vampire, Lady Macbeth, Max) has composed the project’s original music. The 2-parter premiered last year in the UK on BBC Two and is premiering stateside as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Visit PBS’ official website for more information.

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Robert Duncan Scoring ABC’s ‘Take Two’

Robert Duncan is composing the music for the new ABC drama Take Two. The show is created by Terri Edda Miller & Andrew W. Marlowe (Air Force One, Hollow Man) and stars Rachel Bilson, Eddie Cibrian, Xavier de Guzman, Aliyah O’Brien and Alice Lee. The series follows the former star of a hit cop series desperate to restart her career, who talks her way into shadowing a private investigator as research for a potential comeback role. Miller & Marlowe are also executive producing the ABC Studios, Vox and France 2 production with Studiocanal TV’s Rola Bauer & Tandem Productions’ Tim Halkin (The Pillars of the Earth, Crossing Lines).

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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.

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Soundtrack Album for NBC’s ‘Timeless’ to Be Released

The full details of the first soundtrack album for the NBC drama Timeless have been announced. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Emmy Award nominee Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, S.W.A.T., The Unit, Terriers). Also included is Abigail Spencer’s performance of You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want To Do It) from the episode Hollywoodland. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on May 4, 2018 by Varese Sarabande. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. Timeless is created by Eric Kripke & Shawn Ryan and stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett, Goran Visnjic, Paterson Joseph, Sakina Jaffrey and Claudia Doumit.

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