Tag: The CW

Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 5, 2014)

mulaneyPremiering tonight is the new Fox comedy Mulaney produced by Lorne Michaels (30 Rock) and created by John Mulaney who also stars in the series alongside Seaton Smith, Nasim Pedrad, Martin Short, Elliott Gould and Zack Pearlman. The show’s original score is composed by Matter Music (The New Adventures of Old Christine, Better with You, Friend with Benefits). Mulaney follows a 29-year old rising stand-up comic who is trying to take his career to the next level. The comedy will air every Sunday night on Fox. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.

the-flashPremiering on Tuesday, October 7, is the new CW superhero drama The Flash based on the DC Comic and starring Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Candice Patton, Tom Kavanagh, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett and Carlos Valdes. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (The Mentalist, Resurrection, The Pacific, Life as We Know It) who is also scoring the network’s Arrow, which is returning for a third season. To learn more about the series, which follows scientist Barry Allen who is given the power of super speed that transforms him into the Fastest Man Alive, visit the official show website. The Flash will air every Tuesday night on The CW.

> Read the full story ...

‘Arrow’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details

arrowWaterTower Music will release a new soundtrack album for The CW hit series Arrow. The album features selections from the second season’s original music composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, The Mentalist, Everwood, Brothers & Sisters). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 16, 2014. Visit iTunes to listen to audio clips. La-La Land Records will release a physical version later this month. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. WaterTower Music has previously released a soundtrack album featuring music from the first season. Arrow based on the DC Comics series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg & David Nutter and stars Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey and Willa Holland.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 13, 2014)

the-strainPremiering tonight is the FX original series The Strain based on the vampire novel trilogy written by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan, executive produced by del Toro & Carlton Cuse and starring Corey Stoll, John Hurt, Kevin Durand, Mía Maestro, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Javier Botet, Miguel Gomez, Natalie Brown, Jack Kesy, Sean Astin, Robert Maillet and Francis Capra. The show’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Person of Interest) who previously collaborated with del Toro on last year’s Pacific Rim. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on FX, visit the official show website.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 18, 2014)

gang-relatedPremiering on Wednesday, May 21 is the Fox drama Gang Related created by Chris Morgan (Wanted, Fast Five) and starring Ramon Rodriguez, RZA, Sung Kang, Terry O’Quinn, Inbar Lavi, Shantel VanSanten, Cliff Curtis and Jay Hernandez. The show’s original music is composed by Photek (Dreamland) who is best known as a record producer and DJ and who has done remixes for Nine Inch Nails, Moby, Lana Del Rey, David Bowie, Bjork and more. To find out more about the series and to check out a trailer, visit our scoring assignment announcement. Gang Related will air every Wednesday night on Fox.

> Read the full story ...

Josh Kramon to Score The CW’s ‘iZombie’ and MTV’s ‘Happyland’

josh-kramonJosh Kramon is composing the score for the CW drama pilot iZombie. The show based on the DC Comics title of the same title is created by Rob Thomas & Diane Ruggiero and stars Rose McIver, Robert Buckley, Malcolm Goodwin, Alexandra Krosney and David Anders. The supernatural procedural and follows a medical student-turned-zombie who takes a job in the coroner’s office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. Thomas is directing the pilot episode and also executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Ruggerio, Danielle Stokdyk and Dan Etheridge. Kramon has previously collaborated with Thomas and the producers on the Veronica Mars show and its recent movie version, as well as Party Down and Cupid.

> Read the full story ...

Blake Neely to Score The CW’s ‘The Flash’

the-flashBlake Neely has been hired to score the pilot of the upcoming CW drama The Flash. The show is based on the DC Comic and stars Grant Gustin as scientist Barry Allen who is given the power of super speed that transforms him into the Fastest Man Alive, known as The Flash. Jesse L. Martin, Candice Patton, Tom Kavanagh, Danielle Panabaker, Rick Cosnett and Carlos Valdes are co-starring. Greg Berlanti  is executive producing the Warner Bros. Television production with Andrew Kreisberg and director David Nutter (The X-Files, Smallville). The Flash character was introduced in the CW’s Arrow, which Neely has been scoring for the past two years. 

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 16, 2014)

crisisPremiering tonight on NBC is the new drama Crisis created by Rand Ravich and starring Gillian Anderson, Dermot Mulroney, Lance Gross and Rachael Taylor. John Paesano (Dragons: Riders of Berk, the upcoming The Maze Runner) is composing the show’s original music. The series follows an unlikely puppeteer who will bring everyone from CEOs to the president of the United States to their knees. Crisis will air every Sunday night on NBC. For updates on the drama, visit the official show website.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 16, 2014)

star-crossedPremiering tomorrow, February 17, is the new drama Star-Crossed created by Meredith Averill and starring Aimee Teegarden, Matt Lanter, Grey Damon, Natalie Hall, Malese Jow, Titus Makin, Jr., Chelsea Gilligan and Greg Finley. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, Twisted, Rectify, Trophy Wife) is composing the show’s original score. To learn more about the series, which centers on the romance of a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school, check out our scoring assignment announcement. Star-Crossed will air every Monday night on The CW.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 13, 2013)

toy-story-of-terrorPremiering on Thursday, October 17, on ABC is the Halloween special Toy Story of Terror directed by Angus MacLane and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Kristen Schaal and Carl Weathers. Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille, The Incredibles) has composed the music for the short. Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Tuesday, October 15. To learn more about the Pixar special and check out the full album details, visit our soundtrack announcement.

> Read the full story ...

Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 29, 2013)

masters-of-sexPremiering tonight is the new Showtime original series Masters of Sex created by Michelle Ashford and starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson, as well as Caitlin Fitzgerald, Nicholas D’Agosto and Teddy Sears. The show’s original score is  composed by Michael Penn (Girls, Boogie Nights, Sunshine Cleaning). John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) has directed the pilot episode. To learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime, visit our previous news article.

> Read the full story ...