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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 13, 2026)

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Premiering tonight is the TNT limited series High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam created by Daniel Stiepleman & Jonathan Wakeham and starring Joel Kinnaman, Waleed Zuaiter, Lena Góra, Tom Berenger, Christopher McDonald, Rebecca Night, Paul Ryan, Matt Barr, Dar Salim, Ewan Miller and Talia Balsam. The show’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Hocus Pocus, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, The Emperor’s New Groove,  The Princess Diaries, Liar Liar,Horizon: An American Saga) & Josh Debney (Santa Clarita Diet,  The Road Within, Careful What You Wish For). Click here to learn more about the 8-part thriller, which will air ever the next couple of weeks every Sunday and Monday night on TNT.

Also premiering tonight is the Adult Swim original series The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza created by and starring Mendoza himself and guest starring Thomas Lennon, Marc Maron, Wanda Sykes, Fred Melamed, Haley Joel Osment, Eva Victor, Steve Buscemi and Randall Park. Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, Roofman, Adults, Carolina Caroline, High Maintenance, Fantasy Life, Omaha, Mother, Couch, Swallowed, The Passenger) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the sketch horror comedy, which will air Sunday nights on Adult Swim.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 6, 2026)

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Premiering today is the MGM+ limited series A Tale of Two Cities created by Daniel West based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens and starring Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Spanish Princess,  Domina, Anne, The Halcyon, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, Home Fires). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part drama, which will be available to stream on MGM+ before making its debut in the UK in the coming months on BBC One.

Also premiering today is the PBS Masterpiece limited series Marble Hall Murders created  by Anthony Horowitz and starring Lesley Manville, Timothy McMullan, Jamie Blackley, Mark Bonnar, Patricia Hodge, Daniel Cerqueira, Rupert Penry-Jones, Danny Sapani, Harry Lloyd, Anneika Rose and Zubin Varla. Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Dead Ringers, Torchwood,A Very English Scandal, It’s a Sin, Quiz) who previously scored the first two installments in the Susan Ryeland Mysteries trilogy (Magpie Murders & Moonflower Murders) has composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series before premiering later this year in the UK on BBC One.

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Samuel Sim Scoring MGM+’s & BBC’s ‘A Tale of Two Cities’

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Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, The Bay, Anne, Domina, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, The Halcyon, Home Fires) is the composer of the new MGM+/BBC limited series A Tale of Two Cities. The show is created by Daniel West (Gunpowder) based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel of the same title and stars Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack. The 4-part drama directed by Richard Clark (The Chemistry of Death) tells the story of three young people who collide on the streets of Georgian London, triggering a journey into the heart of Revolutionary France.

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‘The Feast’ Soundtrack Album Released

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Red Stamp Records has released a soundtrack album for the Welsh folk horror thriller The Feast (Gwledd). The album features the film’s original music composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Halcyon, The Spanish Princess, Domina, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, Anne, Home Fires). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track after the jump. The Feast is directed by Lee Haven Jones and stars Anna Elwy, Nia Roberts and Julian Lewis Jones . The movie follows a wealthy family who hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they could never see coming.

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Samuel Sim Scoring ITV’s ‘Secret Service’

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Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Spanish Princess, Anne, The Halcyon, Domina, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, Home Fires) has composed the original music for the new ITV drama Secret Service. The show is based on Tom Bradby’s novel of the same title and stars Gemma Arterton, Rafe Spall, Alex Kingston, Roger Allam, Mark Stanley, Amaka Okafor, Avi Nash, Aoife Hinds, Alma Prelec and Khalid Abdalla. The 5-part thriller follows a senior MI6 officer who must navigate the shifting sands of political loyalty, international threat and personal sacrifice as a covert investigation uncovers evidence that a high-ranking U.K. politician may be working as a Russian asset.

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‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’ Soundtrack Album Announced

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Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BritBox/ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, Anne, The Spanish Princess, The Halcyon, Domina, Home Fires). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track (Ruth Ellis) below. A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging and stars Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley and Bessie Carter. The 4-part true crime drama directed by Lee Haven Jones tells the story of the last woman in Britain to be hanged and reveals hidden truths about a love triangle that ultimately ended in tragedy.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 16, 2025)

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Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, February 17, is the British limited series Best Interests created by Jack Thorne and starring Sharon Horgan, Michael Sheen, Alison Oliver, Noma Dumezweni, Niamh Moriarty, Des McAleer, Mat Fraser, Chizzy Akudolu, Gary Beadle, Jack Morris, Pippa Haywood, Lucian Msamati, Shane Zaza and Lisa McGrillis. The show’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks (Normal People, Room, Frank, Conversations with Friends, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, The Little Stranger, The Quiet Girl) . Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part drama, which premiered in the UK back in 2023 on BBC One and will make its make U.S. debut on Acorn TV.

Also premiering tomorrow is the BritBox original drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s novel A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story and starring Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley and Bessie Carter. Samuel Sim (The Bay, The Spanish Princess, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Domina, Anne, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 4-part series, which will debut in the U.S. on BritBox and will air in the UK later this year on ITV.

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Samuel Sim Scoring BritBox’s & ITV’s ‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’

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Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Spanish Princess, Anne, Domina, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the original score for the upcoming BritBox original true crime drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story. The show is written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story and stars Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Mark Stanley, Laurie Davidson and Bessie Carter. The 4-part series directed by Lee Haven Jones (The Feast, Bang) tells the hidden story of the ambitious, brave and steadfast Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 12, 2024)

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Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow is the British series After the Flood created by Mick Ford and starring Sophie Rundle, Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne, Jonas Armstrong, Nicholas Gleaves, Matt Stokoe, Anita Adam Gabay and Jacqueline Boatswain. The show’s original music is composed by Blair Mowat (Nolly, Class, Doctor Jekyll, McDonald & Dodds, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, Electric Man). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which premiered in the UK this past January on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.

Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, May 14, is the British series The Killing Kind written by Zara Hayes & Jonathan Stewart based on the novel of the same title by Jane Casey and starring Emma Appleton, Colin Morgan, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Olivia D’Lima, Kerr Logan and Sara Powell. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, MaryLand, The Bay, Anne, The Long Call, The Halcyon, Home Fires) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-part thriller, which follows a barrister who her client against stalking charges, only for him to turn on her, premiered in the UK last year on Paramount+ and is making its domestic debut on Hulu.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 5, 2024)

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Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series MaryLand created by Suranne Jones & Anne-Marie O’Connor and starring Jones herself, Eve Best, Stockard Channing, Dean Lennox Kelly, George Costigan, Hugh Quarshie and Andrew Knott. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (The Spanish Princess, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Halcyon, Anne, The Long Call, Home Fires). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 3-part drama, which premiered in the UK last year on ITV (and ITVX) and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

Premiering on Wednesday, May 8, is the Apple TV+ original series Dark Matter created by Blake Crouch and starring Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley. Jason Hill (Mindhunter, City on Fire,  Them: The Scare, The Confession Killer, Extrapolations, Love, Death & Robots, Voir) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Check out our previous news article for more information about the sci-fi thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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