Premiering tonight is the Fox holiday event A Christmas Story Live! starring Matthew Broderick, Andy Walken, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulos, Ana Gasteyer, Ken Jeong and David Alan Grier. The television special’s music is composed by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen) based on their work on the Broadway musical of the same title. They also wrote several new songs. Arts Music will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the event tomorrow. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 18, is the BBC mini-series Gunpowder created by Ronan Bennett & Daniel West and starring Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Peter Mullan, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, Robert Emms, Derek Riddell and Mark Gatiss. Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) (Lion, In Dubious Battle, The Current War) has composed the original music for the 3-parter. Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week.Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premieres stateside on HBO.