Wendy & Lisa are set to score the upcoming FOX drama Touch. The series is created by Tim Kring and centers on a widower whose mute 11-year-old son possesses the ability to detect patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events. The show stars Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazuoz, Danny Glover and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) directed the pilot and will also executive produce the project with Sutherland, Peter Chernin & Katherine Pope (Terra Nova) and Suzan Bymel (The War at Home). Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have previously scored Kring’s hit shows Heroes and Crossing Jordan. Fox has recently ordered a first season of 13 episodes for Touch, which is scheduled to air next spring on the network.
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Wendy & Lisa to Score NBC’s ‘Prime Suspect’
Wendy & Lisa are scoring the upcoming NBC police procedural drama Prime Suspect. The show is based on the BBC series with the same title starring Helen Mirren. Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom) directed the pilot and is also executive producing the project. Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives) has written the pilot’s script and will also be producing the project. The series stars Maria Bello as as Jane Timoney, a female detective struggling to make her bones in a tough New York precinct dominated by men. Aidan Quinn, Kirk Acevedo, Joe Nieves and Brian O’Byrne. The show is produced by Universal Media Studio, for which the composer duo of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have previously scored such shows as Heroes, Bionic Woman and Mercy.
Wendy and Lisa to score ‘Jumping the Broom’
UPDATE (February 19, 2011): Edward Shearmur has taken over scoring duties on Jumping the Broom. Visit our new article announcing his involvement.
The composer duo of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman has been hired to score the upcoming comedy Jumping the Broom. In the movie, two very different African American families converge on Martha’s Vineyard one weekend for a wedding. The movie stars Julie Bowen, Paula Patton, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Mike Epps. Jumping the Broom marks director Salim Akil’s feature directorial debut. The Sony Pictures movie which has entered post production will be released on May 6, 2011. To watch the trailer, check out the movie’s official webpage.