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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 25, 2022)

September 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering today is the Disney Channel original movie Under Wraps 2 directed by Alex Zamm and starring Malachi Barton, Christian J Simon and Sophia Hammons. The film’s original score is composed by Jamie Christopherson (American Wrestler: The Wizard, A California Christmas, Bennett’s War, Running Wild, The Ride) & Oleksa Lozowchuk (Horizon Forbidden West, Dead Rising series) who previously co-scored last year’s first installment. Walt Disney Records has released an original song written by Zamm, Alex Geringas & Michael Goode earlier this week. Click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the sequel.

Premiering tomorrow, September 26, is the Spectrum original series Panhandle created by Nicholas Stoller & Carla Kettner and starring Luke Kirby and Tiana Okoye. Brian Chan & Caleb Chan (50 States of Fright, Pinecone & Pony) are composing the show’s original music. The dramedy, which follows an eccentric, agoraphobic arm-chair detective and a reluctant traffic cop as they wrestle with personal demons, is premiering exclusively on Spectrum before making its debut on The Roku Channel next year.

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Dustin O’Halloran Scoring BritBox UK’s & Spectrum’s ‘A Spy Among Friends’

September 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 2 comments

Tags: A Spy Among Friends, Alexander Cary, BritBox UK, Dustin O'Halloran, Spectrum

Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Transparent, Like Crazy, Ammonite, The Old Guard, The Essex Serpent) has recently been scoring the upcoming Britbox UK/Spectrum limited series A Spy Among Friends. The show is created by Alexander Cary (Homeland, Lie to Me) and stars Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, Anna Maxwell Martin, Stephen Kunken and Adrian Edmondson. The 6-part spy thriller is based on the New York Times best-selling book by Ben Macintyre and centers on the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent Kim Philby through the lens of his relationship with his MI6 colleague and close friend Nicholas Elliott.

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Soundtrack Album for Spectrum’s ‘Joe Pickett’ Released

May 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Joe Pickett, score, Soundtrack, Spectrum, The Newton Brothers

Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album for the Spectrum original series Joe Pickett. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass, Life of Crime, The Forever Purge, The Walking Dead: World Beyond). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Joe Pickett is developed by John Erick & Drew Dowdle based on the bestselling book series by C.J. Box and stars Michael Dorman, David Alan Grier, Julianna Guill, Sharon Lawrence, Paul Sparks, Mustafa Speaks, Skywalker Hughes and Kamryn Pliva. The drama follows a dedicated game warden and his family as they navigate the shifting socio-political climate of a small rural town on the verge of economic collapse.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 3, 2022)

April 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Danny Bensi, H. Scott Salinas, HBO, HBO Max, Jeff Cardoni, Jeff Russo, Perrine Virgile, Saunder Jurriaans, Spectrum, The Invisible Pilot, Tokyo Vice, Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Premiering tomorrow, April 4 is the Spectrum original series Long Slow Exhale created by Pam Veasey and starring Rose Rollins, Josh Lucas, Ian Harding, Samantha Bartow, Shalini Bathina, Tony Gonzalez, Lyriq Bent and Famke Janssen. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Lucy in the Sky, The Act) & Perrine Virgile (The Umbrella Academy). The drama, which follows a successful head coach of a competitive women’s college basketball team who finds herself in the middle of a potentially career-shattering sexual abuse scandal, will be available to stream on Spectrum.

Also premiering tomorrow is the HBO docuseries The Invisible Pilot directed by Phil Lott & Ari Mark and executive produced by themselves, Adam McKay, Todd Schulman, Craig Hodges and Jon Bryant Crawford. H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, Warrior, A Private War, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, Birth of the Dragon, Cartel Land, Baghdad Central) has composed the show’s original music. The 3-parter, which tells the true story of a charismatic, daredevil husband and father who unexpectedly jumped off a bridge in 1977, despite a seemingly happy home life and a lucrative career as a pilot, will premiere on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 6, 2022)

February 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering today is the Starz original series Power Book IV: Force executive produced by Courtney A. Kemp & Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and starring Joseph Sikora, Isaac Keys, Gabrielle Ryan, Lili Simmons, Shane Harper, Anthony Fleming III, Kris D. Lofton, Lucien Cambric and Tommy Flanagan. The show’s original score is composed by Mark Batson (Dude, Sisters on Track). G-Unit Records has released the drama’s opening titles song Power Powder Respect by 50 Cent feat. Jeremih and Lil Durk last month. Check out our previous article to listen to the track and to learn more about the series.

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, February 7, is the British series Angela Black created by Harry & Jack Williams and starring Joanne Froggatt, Michiel Huisman and Samuel Adewunmi. Stuart Earl (And Then There Were None, Ordeal by Innocence, My Brother the Devil, Rillington Place, The Accident) has composed the show’s original music. The 6-part psychological thriller, which revolves around a woman trapped in a relationship she cannot escape who is approached a private investigator and starts spilling the her husband’s darkest secrets, premiered last year in the UK on ITV and is making its U.S. premiere on Spectrum.

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Score Album for ‘L.A.’s Finest’ Season 1 to Be Released

September 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Fox, L.A.'s Finest, Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq, score, Soundtrack, Spectrum

Madison Gate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Fox/Spectrum series L.A.’s Finest. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Raphael Saadiq & Laura Karpman (Lovecraft Country, Underground, Step, Black Nativity, Step Sisters). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 25 and will be available to stream/download here. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring Jeff Cardoni’s score from the second season earlier this month. LA’s Finest is created by Brandon Margolis & Brandon Sonnier based on the Bad Boys feature films and stars Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Zach Gilford, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson.

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‘LA’s Finest’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details

September 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 6 comments

Tags: Jeff Cardoni, L.A.'s Finest, score, Soundtrack, Spectrum

Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the Spectrum Originals series LA’s Finest. The album features selections of the original music from the score’s second season composed by Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Kominsky Method, CSI: Miami, Step Up All In). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 11 and will be available to stream/download here. LA’s Finest is created by Brandon Margolis & Brandon Sonnier based on the Bad Boys franchise and stars Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Duane Martin, Zach Gilford, Ryan McPartlin, Sophie Reynolds and Ernie Hudson.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 6, 2020)

September 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

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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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 12, 2020)

April 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 1 comment

Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British drama Belgravia created by Julian Fellowes and starring Tamsin Greig, Philip Glenister, Harriet Walter, Alice Eve, Tara Fitzgerald, Ella Purnell, Richard Goulding, James Fleet, Adam James, Paul Ritter and Saskia Reeves. The show’s original music is composed by John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, Shetland, Jamestown). Check out our previous news article and visit the official show website to learn more about the series, which premiered earlier this year in the UK on ITV and is making its U.S. debut on Epix.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is The Missing spin-off Baptiste created by Harry & Jack Williams and starring Tchéky Karyo, Tom Hollander, Jessica Raine, Clare Calbraith, Trystan Gravelle,, Anastasia Hille, Alec Secăreanu and Nicholas Woodeson. Dominik Scherrer (Ripper Street, Requiem, The City and the City, The Widow, Primeval) who also scored all episodes of The Missing is composing the show’s original music. Visit the official show website for more information about the drama, which premiered last fall in the UK on BBC and is making its domestic debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 8, 2020)

March 8, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 2 comments

Tags: Alan Silvestri, Amazon, Anne Nikitin, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Disney Plus, Fox, Matthew Herbert, National Geographic, Netflix, Rob Simonsen, Spectrum, Spenser Confidential, Stargirl, Steve Jablonsky, Temple, The Pale Horse

Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, March 9, is the British thriller Temple developed by Mark O’Rowe based on the Norwegian series Valkyrien and starring Mark Strong, Carice van Houten and Daniel Mays. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, The Cave, Life in a Day, Gloria Bell). SATV Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music from the first season. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK on Sky last year and is making its U.S. debut on Charter Communication’s Spectrum.

Also premiering tomorrow is the docu-series Cosmos: Possible Worlds presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and written, directed and executive produced by Ann Druyan & Brannon Braga. Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Polar Express, Captain America: The First Avenger) who previously scored 2014’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey has composed the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which will premiere on National Geographic and will also air on Fox this summer, visit the official show website.

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