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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 18, 2025)

Premiering on Tuesday, May 20, is the Prime Video original series Motorheads created by John A. Norris and starring Ryan Phillippe, Nathalie Kelley, Michael Cimino, Melissa Collazo, Nicolas Cantu, Uriah Shelton, Mia Healey, Josh Macqueen, Drake Rodger, Matt Lanter, Johnna Dias-Watson and Audrey Gerthoffer. The show’s original music is composed by Waz & Jamie Jackson (aka WAZ-JACKSON) (Cougar Town, Bad Monkey, Undateable, Bluff City Law, Life Sentence, Rush Hour, Surviving Jack, Egg). Check out our previous article to learn more about the coming-of-age drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

Premiering on Thursday, May 22, is the Netflix limited series Sirens created by Molly Smith Metzler and starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton and Milly Alcock. Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Star Wars: The Acolyte, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, See You Yesterday, Breaking) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Waz & Jamie Jackson Scoring Prime Video’s ‘Motorheads’

Jamie Jackson & Waz (aka WAZ-JACKSON) (Cougar Town, Bad Monkey, Bluff City Law, Undateable, Life Sentence, Surviving Jack, Rush Hour, Egg) are scoring the upcoming Prime Video original series Motorheads. The show is created by John A. Norris (All American) and stars Ryan Phillippe, Nathalie Kelley, Michael Cimino, Melissa Collazo, Uriah Shelton, Nicolas Cantu, Mia Healey, Drake Rodger, Josh Macqueen, Matt Lanter, Audrey Gerthoffer and Johnna Dias-Watson. The young-adult action-drama tells the story of a group of outsiders who form an unlikely friendship over a mutual love of street racing, while navigating the hierarchy and rules of high school.

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‘Bad Monkey’ Soundtrack Album Announced

WaterTower Music will release the official soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Bad Monkey. The album features the Tom Petty covers from the show performed by artists such as Weezer, The War on Drugs, Nathaniel Rateliff, Sharon Van Etten, Fitz and the Tantrums & others. Also includes are selections of the drama’s original score composed by Waz & Jamie Jackson (Cougar Town, Undateable, Bluff City Law, Life Sentence, Egg, Surviving Jack, Rush Hour). The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 4 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first songs (Room at the Top by Eddie Vedder & Runnin’ Down a Dream by Larkin Poe) are already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Bad Monkey is developed by Bill Lawrence  based on Carl Hiaasen’s bestselling novel and stars Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner,  Natalie Martinez, Michelle Monaghan, Alex Moffat, Ronald Peet, Scott Glenn and Jodie Turner-Smith.

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WAZ-JACKSON Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Bad Monkey’

The composer duo of WAZ-JACKSON (aka Jamie Jackson & Waz) is reuniting with writer/producer/director Bill Lawrence on the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Bad Monkey. The show is developed by Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs) based on the bestselling novel by Carl Hiaasen and stars Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, Alex Moffat, Natalie Martinez, Michelle Monaghan, Ronald Peet, Jodie Turner-Smith and Scott Glenn. The 10-part drama follows a former Miami PD officer turned health inspector in the Keys who stumbles upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists and sees an opportunity to prove that he can solve murder.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 22, 2019)

Premiering tomorrow, September 23, is the new Fox drama Prodigal Son created by Chris Fedak & Sam Sklaver and starring Tom Payne, Michael Sheen, Bellamy Young, Halston Sage, Lou Diamond Phillips, Frank Harts, Keiko Agena and Aurora Perrineau. The show’s original music is composed by Nathaniel Blume (Arrow, The Flash, Deception). Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox.

Also premiering tomorrow is the CBS drama All Rise created by Greg Spottiswood and starring Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Marg Helgenberger, Jessica Camacho, J. Alex Brinson, Lindsay Mendez and Ruthie Ann Miles. Joey Newman (The Middle, The Mysteries of Laura, Any Day Now) is composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the series, which will air every Monday night on CBS.

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WAZ-Jackson Scoring NBC’s ‘Bluff City Law’

The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack, Life Sentence) is scoring the new NBC drama Bluff City Law. The show is created by Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate, The Meg, The Brave) and stars Jimmy Smits, Caitlin McGee, Scott Shepherd, Barry Sloane, Michael Luwoye, MaameYaa Boafo, Stony Blyden and Jayne Atkinson. The series follows a group of lawyers at an elite Memphis law firm who specialize in controversial landmark civil rights cases.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 17, 2019)

Premiering tomorrow, March 18, is the new ABC drama The Fix created by Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain & Marcia Clark and starring Robin Tunney, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje and Scott Cohen. The show’s original music is composed by Gregory Tripi (Ma, Manhunt: Unabomber, Dark Places, Rememory). Check out our previous news article and the official show website to learn more bout the series, which follows a retired prosecutor who returns to the Los Angeles DA’s office for a second chance at justice, and will air every Monday night on ABC.

Also premiering tomorrow is the documentary The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley directed by Alex Gibney about the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes. Will Bates (The Looming Tower, The Path, I Origins, The Magicians) has composed the film’s original music. Click here and also visit the official movie website for more information about the documentary, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is premiering on HBO on March 18.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 18, 2019)

Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the mystery thriller Glass written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard. The film’s original music is composed by West Dylan Thordson (Split, Joy, 3 Generations). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the Japanese anime movie Dragon Ball Super: Broly directed by Tatsuya Nagamine and written by Akira Toriyama. Norihito Sumitomo (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods & Resurrection ‘F’) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released in Japan. Daichi Miura has contributed the film’s theme song Blizzard. The movie is being released in the U.S. by FUNimation.

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NBC’s ‘The Village’ to Feature Music by WAZ-Jackson

The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack, Life Sentence) is composing the original score for the upcoming NBC drama The Village. The show is created by Mike Daniels (Shades of Blue, Sons of Anarchy) and stars Moran Atias, Dominic Chianese, Warren Christie, Frankie Faison, Jerod Haynes, Daren Kagasoff, Michaela McManus, Lorraine Toussaint and Grace Van Dien. The series follows the residents of a Manhattan apartment building. Daniels is also executive producing the Universal Television production with Jessica Rhoades (The Affair, Sharp Objects) and Minkie Spiro.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 4, 2018)

Premiering on Wednesday, March 7, in the U.S. is the crime drama series Hard Sun created by Neil Cross and starring Agyness Deyn, Jim Sturgess and Nikki Amuka-Bird. The show’s original music is composed by Neil Davidge (Unleashed, Push, Monsters: Dark Continent, Britannia, Good People). The series, which follows detective who seeks to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to certain destruction, premiered in January in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Wednesday on Hulu.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the new CW comedy drama Life Sentence created by Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith and starring Lucy Hale, Carlos PenaVega, Elliot Knight, Dylan Walsh, Gillian Vigman, Jayson Blair and Brooke Lyons. The composing duo of WAZ-Jackson (Cougar Town, Surviving Jack) is composing the show’s original music. The series follows a young woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying”. To learn more about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on the CW, visit the official show website.

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