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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 9, 2021)

Premiering tomorrow, May 10, is the HBO documentary The Crime of the Century directed by Alex Gibney and executive produced by Richard Perello, Todd Hoffman & Aaron Fishman about the origins, extent, and fallout of the opioid crisis in the United States. The original music for the 2-parter is composed by Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, The Night Listener, Totally Under Control, Bee Season, Book Club). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the documentary, which will air tomorrow on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

Premiering on Wednesday, May 12, is the Netflix original film Oxygen directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric and Malik Zidi. Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Gretel & Hansel, Revenge, Troy: Fall of a City, Amityville: The Awakening, Planetarium) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Peter Nashel Scoring HBO’s ‘The Crime of the Century’

Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, The Night Listener, Book Club, Bee Season) has composed the original score for the new HBO documentary The Crime of the Century. The 2-parter is directed by Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and explores the origins, extent, and fallout of the opioid crisis, one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time, with half a million deaths from overdoses this century alone. Gibney is also producing the project with Sarah Dowland and Svetlana Zill.

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