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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 19, 2020)

April 19, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Premiering tonight is the Showtime original documentary The Longest War directed by Greg Barker and executive produced by Alex Gansa & Howard Gordon about America’s involvement in Afghanistan, now the longest war in U.S. history. The film’s original music is composed by Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, The Orphanage, Crimson Peak, A Monster Calls, Hercules, Devil). Check our our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will air tonight after the penultimate Homeland episode on Showtime.

Premiering tomorrow, April 20, is the Netflix animated series The Midnight Gospel created by Pendleton Ward & Duncan Trussell and starring Trussell himself, Phil Hendrie, Drew Pinsky, Joey Diaz, Natasha Leggero, Johnny Pemberton, Christina Pazsitzky and Stephen Root. Joe Wong (Master of None, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, Russian Doll) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the Titmouse Animation production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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‘This Is Us’ Season 3 Score Album Released

November 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: NBC, score, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack, This Is Us

Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack album for hit NBC drama This Is Us. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Siddhartha Khosla (Runaways, Looking for Alaska, The Royals) who has received his first Emmy Award nomination for his music from last season. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Universal Music has previously released a score album featuring the composer’s music from the first seasons last year. Season 4 of This Is Us created by Dan Fogelman and starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Sullivan currently airs every Tuesday night on NBC.

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‘Looking for Alaska’ Score Album Released

October 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Hulu, Josh Schwartz, Looking for Alaska, score, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack

Paramount Music has released a score album for the Hulu limited series Looking for Alaska. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways, The Royals). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. As previously reported, Milan Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the drama. Looking for Alaska is developed by Josh Schwartz based on the best-selling novel of the same title by John Green and stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones and Timothy Simons.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2019)

October 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Amazon, Bear McCreary, Discovery, Eli, Facebook Watch, Gary Clark, Hulu, Jeff Russo, Jordan Gagne, Laura Karpman, Limetown, Looking for Alaska, Modern Love, Netflix, Ronit Kirchman, Siddhartha Khosla, Treadstone, USA, Why We Hate

Premiering tonight is the Discovery docu-series Why We Hate directed by Geeta Gandbhir & Sam Pollard and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Alex Gibney & Frank Marshall. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Underground, Paris Can Wait, Step, Taken, Black Nativity). Check out our previous news article and the official show website to learn more about the 6-parter, which examines the concept of hatred throughout human evolution through a variety of lenses.

Premiering on Tuesday, October 15, is the USA original series Treadstone developed by Tim Kring based on the Bourne movies and starring Jeremy Irvine, Michelle Forbes, Patrick Fugit, Michael Gaston, Shruti Haasan, Hyo Joo Han, Tess Haubrich and Tracy Ifeachor. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of, Legion) and Jordan Gagne (The Rookie) are composing the show’s original music and Russo has also composed the main title theme. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the thriller.

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Soundtrack Album for Hulu’s ‘Looking for Alaska’ to Be Released

October 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Hulu, Josh Schwartz, Looking for Alaska, Siddhartha Khosla, Soundtrack

Milan Records/Sony Music will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu limited series Looking for Alaska. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists such as Bloc Party, Miya Folick, The Strokes, Rilo Kiley, José González, Kat Cunning, BEGINNERS & others. Also included is a score suite by the drama’s composer Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 18, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Looking for Alaska is created by Josh Schwartz based on the best-selling John Green novel of the same name and stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones and Timothy Simons.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 6, 2019)

October 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Premiering tonight is the new CW drama Batwoman developed by Caroline Dries & Greg Berlanti based on the DC Comics characters and starring Ruby Rose, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson, Nicole Kang, Rachel Skarsten, Dougray Scott and Elizabeth Anweis. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl) & Sherri Chung (Riverdale, Blindspot). Check out our previous article and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which will air Sunday nights on The CW.

Also premiering tonight is the British mini-series Press created by Mike Bartlett and starring Charlotte Riley, Ben Chaplin, Priyanga Burford and David Suchet. Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, Knightfall, Beecham House, Three Girls) has composed the show’s original music. The series aired last year in the UK on BBC and is making its U.S. debut tonight on PBS as part of its Masterpiece series. Visit the official show website for more information about the 6-parter, which will air every Sunday night.

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Siddhartha Khosla & Jeff Garber Scoring The CW’s ‘Nancy Drew’

October 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Jeff Garber, Nancy Drew, Siddhartha Khosla, The CW

Siddhartha Khosla and Jeff Garber are composing the original score for the new CW drama Nancy Drew. The show is based on the book series of the same title created by Edward Stratemeyer and stars Kennedy McMann, Scott Wolf, Alex Saxon, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim, Riley Smith and Alvina August. The series follows the brilliant teenaged detective whose sense of self had come from solving mysteries in her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine – until her mother’s untimely death derails her college plans.

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Original Song ‘Memorized’ from NBC’s ‘This Is Us’ Released

September 25, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 2 comments

Tags: Blake Stadnik, NBC, Siddhartha Khosla, Taylor Goldsmith, This Is Us

Hollywood Records has released the original song Memorized from the Season 4 premiere of the NBC drama This Is Us. The track is co-written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Khosla and Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith and performed by Blake Stadnik. The song, which is featured in the ending sequence of the episode Strangers, is now available to stream and download as a digital single on Amazon Music. Listen to the full track after the jump. The fourth season of This Is Us created by Dan Fogelman and starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz premiered last night and will air every Tuesday night on NBC.

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NBC’s ‘Sunnyside’ to Feature Original Score by Siddhartha Khosla

September 21, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Kal Penn, Matt Murray, NBC, Siddhartha Khosla, Sunnyside

Siddhartha Khosla is composing the original score for the new NBC comedy Sunnyside. The show is created by Matt Murray & Kal Penn who also stars in the series, alongside Kiran Deol, Moses Storm, Diana Maria Riva, Samba Schutte, Poppy Liu and Joel Kim Booster. The comedy centers on a former New York city councilman who finds his calling when faced with immigrants in need of his help and in search of the American Dream.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 16, 2019)

June 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: ABC, Beats, City on a Hill, Das Boot, Euphoria, Grand Hotel, HBO, Hulu, Jeff Beal, Kevin Kiner, Labrinth, Matthias Weber, Netflix, Showtime, Siddhartha Khosla

Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series City on a Hill created by Chuck MacLean based on an original idea by Ben Affleck and starring Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Jonathan Tucker, Mark O’Brien, Lauren E. Banks, Kevin Chapman and Jill Hennessy. The show’s original music is composed by Kevin Kiner (CSI: Miami, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Narcos: Mexico, Titans). Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama.

Also premiering tonight is the HBO original series Euphoria developed by Sam Levinson based on the Israeli show of the title and starring Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Eric Dane and Storm Reid. Labrinth (aka Timothy Lee McKenzie) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on HBO.

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