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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 15, 2025)

Premiering tonight is the National Geographic original documentary series Underdogs narrated by Ryan Reynolds and executive produced by Mark Linfield, Vanessa Berlowitz and Dan Ree. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Gladiator 2, Mulan, Chicken Run, The Gilded Age, Kingdom of Heaven, Spy Game, The Meg). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Wildstar production, which features a theme song by Green Day and will air on National Geographic and ABC before making its streaming debut tomorrow on Hulu and Disney+.

Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Patience created by Matt Baker based on the French TV format Astrid et Raphaëlle and starring Laura Fraser and Ella Maisy Purvis. Hannes De Maeyer (Gangsta, The Couple Next Door, Rebel, Noise, Professor T, Rafaël, Torpedo, The Racer) & Ruben De Gheselle (Young Hearts, Clara Sola, A Cops and Robbers Story) have composed the show’s original music. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past March. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on Channel 4 and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.

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Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Underdogs’ Released

Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Underdogs. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, The Gilded Age, Gladiator 2, Mulan, Chicken Run, The Meg). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first and final track after the jump. The series’ theme song, Underdog by Green Day, is available separately on the band’s latest record, Saviors (édition de luxe). Underdogs is narrated by Ryan Reynolds and centers on animal kingdom’s outcasts, with each episode showcasing a different aspect of these underdogs’ bizarre mating strategies,  deception, dubious parenting skills, surprising superpowers and gross-out behaviors.

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National Geographic’s ‘Underdogs’ to Feature Score by Harry Gregson-Williams and Theme Song by Green Day

Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek, The Martian, Gladiator 2, Chicken Run, Mulan, The Meg) has recently been scoring the upcoming National Geographic documentary series Underdogs. Rock superstars Green Day wrote the original theme song, entitled Underdog (featured in the trailer embedded below), for the show narrated by Ryan Reynolds. The 5-parter centers on the outcasts of the animal kingdom with each episode showcasing a different aspect of these underdogs’ bizarre mating strategies, surprising superpowers, deception, dubious parenting skills and gross-out behaviors.

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