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Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 24, 2024)

Premiering tonight is the National Geographic original documentary series Tsunami: Race Against Time directed by Daniel Bogado and executive produced by Tanya Winston & Danny Horan about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that took over 225,000 lives. The show’s original music is composed by David Schweitzer (Emma, The Reluctant Traveler, The Afterparty, Our Great National Parks, World War II: From the Frontline, Sanditon). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 4-parter, which will air on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu tomorrow.

Premiering tomorrow, November 25, is the Paramount+ original movie Dear Santa directed by Bobby Farrelly and starring Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, Post Malone,  P.J. Byrne, Jaden Carson Baker and Kai Cech. Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge, The Gilded Age, Smallfoot, The Perfect Couple, The Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article for more information about the holiday comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 2, 2024)

Premiering tonight is the HBO original documentary series Ren Faire produced and directed by Lance Oppenheim and executive produced by Elara Pictures. The show’s original music is composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Spermworld, They Call Us Monsters, The Giant). The 3-parter, which explores the succession drama at the Texas Renaissance Festival and the power struggle between an actor, a former elephant trainer and a kettle-corn kingpin, all vying to claim the throne of the leader, 86-year-old George Coulams, will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.

Premiering on Tuesday, June 4, is the Disney+ original live-action Star Wars series The Acolyte created by Leslye Headland and starring Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Dafne Keen, CManny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo and Carrie-Anne Moss. Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Bad Education, The Burial, See You Yesterday, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the Lucasfilm production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.

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Netflix’s ‘Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial’ to Feature Music by Serj Tankian & Vincent Pedulla

Grammy Award-winning System Of A Down lead singer Serj Tankian and Vincent Pedulla have composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original documentary series Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial. The show is directed by Joe Berlinger (Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, Paradise Lost trilogy) and examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis’ rise, rule and reckoning from pre-WWII to the Holocaust to the Nuremberg trials. The 6-parter explores the shocking rise and fall of Hitler and his enablers who were fueled through propaganda, censorship and a campaign of antisemitism through the framing of the trials and eyewitness testimony of American journalist William L. Shirer.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 1, 2023)

Premiering today is the Netflix limited series Kaleidoscope created by Eric Garcia and starring Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Rufus Sewell, Jai Courtney, Tati Gabrielle, Rosaline Elbay and Peter Mark Kendall. The show’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (Bullet Train, The Man in the High Castle, Peter Rabbit, The King’s Man, Violent Night, Money Monster). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the 8-parter, which will be available to stream on Netflix.

Also premiering today is the Peacock original series Paul T. Goldman directed by Jason Woliner and executive produced by Woliner, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Loreli Alanis, Megan Ellison, Michael Sagol and Bert Hamelinck. Ronen Landa (The Pact, Eloise, At the Devil’s Door, 1BR, Cavemen, A Rising Tide) has composed the show’s original music. Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the comedy/docuseries.

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‘Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street’ Soundtrack Album Details

Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Grammy Award-winning System Of A Down lead singer Serj Tankian (Truth to Power, Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields & The Time Square Killer, I Am Not Alone, Furious). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 30 and will be available to stream/download here. Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street is directed by Joe Berlinger and follows the rise and fall of financier Bernie Madoff, who orchestrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in Wall Street history and reveals the truth behind the ways in which a willfully blind financial system allowed it to flourish for decades.

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‘I Am Not Alone’ Soundtrack to Be Released

Serjical Strike Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary I Am Not Alone. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award-winning System Of A Down lead singer Serj Tankian (Truth to Power, Furious, 1915) who also serves as an executive producer of the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 17 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. I Am Not Alone directed by Garin Hovannisian chronicles the 2018 Armenian revolution and centers on a modern-day political power struggle and the citizen activists who refused to accept it.

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Soundtrack Album for Serj Tankian Documentary ‘Truth to Power’ to Be Released

Serjical Strike Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Truth to Power. The album features the film’s original music composed by Grammy Award-winning System Of A Down lead singer Serj Tankian. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Tuesday, August 31 and will be available to stream on Amazon, Spotify and other digital music services. Truth to Power is directed by Garin Hovannisian and centers on Tankian who – throughout his life – has pursued social justice, harnessing the power of his songs and celebrity for real political change. The movie executive produced by Joe Berlinger follows the artist as he writes music – from inception to recording – and pursues ambitions outside of the band.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 7, 2018)

The only nationwide release this weekend is the 25th Anniversary re-release of the drama Schindler’s List directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes. The film’s original music is composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial) who earned his fifth Academy Award for his score. La-La Land Records has recently released a new 2-CD limited edition soundtrack to coincide with the movie’s re-release. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

Opening in limited release is the drama Vox Lux directed by Brady Corbet and starring Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Christopher Abbott and Willem Dafoe. Scott Walker (The Childhood of a Leader, Pola X) has composed the film’s original score and Sia has written original songs for the movie. Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album featuring both the score and the songs next Friday, December 14. Click here for the full album details.

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‘Spitak’ Soundtrack Details

Serjical Strike Records has released a soundtrack album for the Armenian drama Spitak. The album features the film’s original music composed by Serj Tankian (1915, Furious, Intent to Destroy) who is best known as the lead singer of System of a Down. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Spitak is directed by Alexander Kott and stars Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Olivier Pagès and Oleg Vasilkov. The movie is based on true events and tells a story of the devastating earthquake, which happened in the city of Spitak on December 7, 1988. The drama, which has been selected as the Armian entry for next year’s Academy Awards, opened in Armenian theaters this past April and will receive a theatrical release in the U.S. on December 7, 2018.

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‘Furious – The Legend of Kolovrat’ Soundtrack Announced

Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Russian historical fantasy epic Furious – The Legend of Kolovrat. The album features the film’s original music composed by Serj Tankian. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 8, 2017. Check back on this page for the download link and the cover art. Furious – The Legend of Kolovrat is directed by Ivan Shurhoveckiy and stars Ilya Malakov, Polina Chernyshova, Aleksei Serebryakov and Yuliya Khlynina. The movie is set in the 13th century and centers on the Ryazan knight Evpaty Kolovrat—the leader of a seventeen-man squad who defend against thousands of Mongol warrior hordes and their leader Batu Khan.

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