Tag: SundanceTV

Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 21, 2016)

better-late-than-neverPremiering on Tuesday, August 23, is the new NBC reality series Better Late Than Never executive produced by Henry Winkler, Craig Zadan & Neil Meron, Jason Ehrlich, Stephanie Chambers, Alex Katz and Tim Crescenti. The show’s original music is composed by David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Northern Exposure, Lady Dynamite). The series follows Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman and Jeff Dye as they travel to Tokyo, Kyoto, Seoul, Hong Kong, Phuket and Chiang Mai. Check out our previous article for more information to learn more about the show, which will air Tuesday nights on NBC.

gomorrahPremiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, August 24, is the Italian crime drama series Gomorrah developed by Giovanni Bianconi, Stefano Bises, Leonardo Fasoli, Ludovica Rampoldi & Roberto Saviano inspired by Matteo Garrone’s 2008 feature film and starring Marco D’Amore and Fortunato Cerlino. Mokadelic has composed the show’s original music. Goodfellas Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the music from the drama. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which will air in the U.S. on SundanceTV.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 10, 2016)

the-night-ofPremiering tonight is the HBO original series The Night Of executive produced by Peter Moffat, Richard Price, Steven Zaillian James Gandolfini & Jane Tranter and starring John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Michael Kenneth Williams, Bill Camp and Payman Maadi. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, About Cherry). The drama centers around an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets in over his head when he takes on the case of a Pakistani man accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on HBO, visit the official show website.

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‘Gomorrah’ TV Series Soundtrack Announced

gomorrahGoodfellas Records will release a soundtrack album for the Italian crime drama Gomorrah. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mokadelic. The soundtrack will be released on July 22, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and click here to order the vinyl version. Gomorrah is based on the best-selling non-fiction book by journalist Roberto Saviano and inspired by the 2008 feature directed by Matteo Garrone. The series developed by Giovanni Bianconi, Stefano Bises, Leonardo Fasoli, Ludovica Rampoldi and Roberto Saviano stars Marco D’Amore and Fortunato Cerlino. The drama is set in the suburbs of Naples and tells the inside story of the Camorra, the fierce Neapolitan crime organization.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 29, 2016)

rootsPremiering tomorrow, May 30, is the History event mini-series Roots directed by Phillip Noyce, Thomas Carter, Mario Van Peebles and Bruce Beresford and starring Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, Chad L. Coleman, Erica Tazel, Derek Luke, Malachi Kirby and Regé-Jean. The 4-parter’s original music is composed by Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 11.22.63). Philip Miller (Catch a Fire) has co-scored the Noyce-directed first episode. Questlove (Top Five) serves as the executive music producer on the project. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series and also visit Film Music Magazine and Variety for interviews with Heffes about his work on the show.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 24, 2016)

rebellionPremiering tonight is the Irish mini-series Rebellion directed by Aku Louhimies and starring Charlie Murphy, Ruth Bradley, Sarah Greene, Brian Gleeson, Michelle Fairley, Ian McElhinney, Michael Ford-Fitzgerald, Paul Reid, Barry Ward and Tom Turner. The 5-parter’s original music is composed by Stephen Rennicks (Room, Frank, Viva). Rebellion tells the story of the birth of modern Ireland through the eyes of three young women. The historical drama will air in the U.S. on three consecutive nights on Sundance TV. Visit the official show website for more information about the mini-series.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 10, 2016)

girlfriend-experiencePremiering tonight is the Starz original series The Girlfriend Experience created by Amy Seimetz & Lodge Kerrigan, executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and starring Riley Keough, Paul Sparks, Mary Lynn Rajskub, James Gilbert and Kate Lyn Sheil. The film’s original music is composed by writer/director/composer Shane Carruth (Primer, Upstream Color). To learn more about the drama, which is inspired by Soderbergh’s 2009 feature of the same title and will air Sunday nights on Starz, visit our previous news article.

diceAlso premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Dice created by Scot Armstrong and starring Andrew Dice Clay, Kevin Corrigan, Natasha Leggero, Lorraine Bracco, Adrien Brody and Michael Rapaport. Elegant Too aka Chris Maxwell & Phil Hernandez (Bob’s Burgers) are composing the show’s original music. Steve Marion aka Delicate Steve has written the show’s main titles theme. To learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime, check out our scoring assignment announcement.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 28, 2016)

hap-and-leonardPremiering on Wednesday, March 2, is the SundanceTV original series Hap and Leonard created by Jim Mickle & Nick Damici and stars James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Grace (Night Moves, Meek’s Cutoff, The Innkeepers) who previously scored Mickle’s movies Stake Land, We Are What We Are and Cold in July. To learn more about the drama, which will air Wednesday nights on SundanceTV, visit our scoring assignment announcement.

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‘Deutschland 83’ Soundtrack Details

deutschland-83Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the SundanceTV original series Deutschland 83. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Reinhold Heil (Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas, Helix, Legends, The International). The soundtrack is now available digitally in Germany and a CD release is set for next month. The album will be released in the U.S. on December 11 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Deutschland 83 is created by Anna & Joerg Winger and stars Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Errol T. Harwood and Sonja Gerhardt. The series follows a 24-year-old East Germany native who is sent to the west as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service to gather the secrets of NATO military strategy.

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Jeff Grace to Score SundanceTV’s ‘Hap and Leonard’

hap-and-leonardJeff Grace has been tapped to score the upcoming SundanceTV original series Hap and Leonard. The show is created by Jim Mickle & Nick Damici and stars James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks. The drama is set in 1980s East Texas and centers on Hap Collins, a white working-class ex-con, and Leonard Pine, an openly gay, black Vietnam vet with anger issues. Mickle and Damici are also executive producing the Sundance Studios production with Nick Shumaker (Another Earth) and Jeremy Platt (The Violent Kind). Grace has previously collaborated with Mickle on his last three features, Stake Land, We Are What We Are and Cold in July. 

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 14, 2015)

proofPremiering on Tuesday, June 16 is the TNT original series Proof produced by Kyra Sedgwick and starring Jennifer Beals, Matthew Modine, Joe Morton, Callum Blue, Edi Gathegi, Annie Thurman, Sean Gleeson and Caroline Rose Kaplan. The show’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Town). Proof follows a skeptical, brilliant female surgeon who has been struggling with the loss of her teenage son and is persuaded to investigate reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings and other supernatural cases. The series will air every Tuesday night on TNT. For updates on the supernatural drama, visit the official show website.

deutschland-83Premiering on Wednesday, June 17 is the SundanceTV event series Deutschland 83 created by Anna Winger & Joerg Winger and starring Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Errol T. Harwood and Sonja Gerhardt. Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo, Run Lola Run, Helix) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on SundanceTV.

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