Vegas – Film Music Reporter

Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 23, 2012)

Four new dramas are premiering on the major networks this week:

Premiering on September 27 is the ABC drama Last Resort created by Shawn Ryan & Karl Gajdusek and starring Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Robert Patrick, Autumn Reeser, Max Adler, Daisy Betts and Dichen Lachman. The show’s music is composed by Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) who has previously scored Ryan’s The Unit, Terriers and The Chicago Code. Check out our previous article for a behind-the-scenes video with Duncan collecting different sounds on an actual submarine. Last Resort will be airing every Thursday night on ABC.

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David Carbonara Scoring the CBS Drama ‘Vegas’

David Carbonara is the composer of the new CBS period drama Vegas. The series is created by Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, Casino) & Greg Walker and stars Dennis Quaid as Sheriff Ralph Lamb and Michael Chiklis as Chicago mobster Vincent Savino. Carrie-Anne Moss, Jason O’Mara and Taylor Handley are co-starring in the show, which is set in 1960s Las Vegas as it begins its rise as a gambling and entertainment mecca. James Mangold (Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma) has directed the pilot episode and is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios production with his producing partner Cathy Konrad (Scream), Pileggi, Walker and Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour trilogy). The show marks Carbonara’s first TV scoring assignment since the critically acclaimed and multiple Emmy Award-winning AMC drama Mad Men.

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