Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the second part of the Worricker trilogy, Turks & Caicos directed by David Hare and starring Bill Nighy as MI5 spy Johnny Worricker, alongside Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder, Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes. The film’s original music is composed by Paul Englishby (An Englishby, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) who previously scored Hare’s Page Eight. The composer also scored the final part in the trilogy, Salting the Battlefield. Turks & Caicos premieres tonight as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series and Salting the Battlefield will air next Sunday, November 15. Visit the official PBS website to learn more about the movies.
Tag: The Newsroom
Jeff Beal Takes Over Scoring Duties on HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’
Jeff Beal is composing the music for the third and final season of HBO’s The Newsroom. The show is created by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network) and stars Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel and Olivia Munn. The series follows the members of a cable news team on their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of a fickle audience, corporate mandates and tangled personal relationships. Alex Wurman has previously scored the show’s first season, while Johnny Klimek composed the music for the second season. Thomas Newman provided the series’ main titles theme.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 14, 2013)
Premiering on Saturday, July 19 is Disney Channel’s original movie musical Teen Beach Movie directed by Jeffrey Hornaday and starring Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Grace Phipps, Garrett Clayton, John DeLuca, Chrissie Fit, Kevin Chamberlin and Steve Valentine. The film’s original score is composed by David Lawrence (American Pie, Van Wilder, Jericho) who previously scored all three parts of Disney’s High School Musical series. Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs performed by the film’s cast on Tuesday, July 16. To listen to audio clips and pre-order the album, visit Amazon. To learn more about Teen Beach Movie, visit the Disney Channel’s official movie website.
Johnny Klimek Takes Over Scoring Duties on HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’
Johnny Klimek is the new composer of the HBO original series The Newsroom. The co-composer of such films as Run Lola Run, The Perfume, The International, One Hour Photo, Killer Elite and last year’s Cloud Atlas, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, is writing the score for the second season of the show created by Aaron Sorkin. The first season, which premiered last year on HBO was scored by Alex Wurman. The main title theme by Thomas Newman will continue to be used for the new season. The Newsroom starring Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel and Sam Waterston follows the people who make a nightly cable-news program and tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
Thomas Newman & Alex Wurman Scoring Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’
Thomas Newman has recently recorded the main titles theme, as well as the score for the pilot of the new HBO drama The Newsroom. Composer Alex Wurman is currently scoring the other episodes of the show’s first season. The series is created by Academy Award- and mutiple Emmy Award-winning writer Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, The West Wing) and stars Jeff Daniels as a cable news anchor and Emily Mortimer as his executive producer. Sam Waterston, John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel and Olivia Munn are co-starring. Sorkin is executive producing the series with Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men) and Alan Poul (Six Feet Under).