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Weekly Music TV Music Roundup (April 13, 2025)

Premiering on Wednesday, April 16, in the U.S. is the British limited series Towards Zero written by Rachel Bennette based on Agatha Christie’s novel, directed by Sam Yates and starring Anjelica Huston, Matthew Rhys, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland, Clarke Peters, Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan, Jack Farthing, Grace Doherty, Jackie Clune, Khalil Gharbia and Adam Hugill. The show’s original music is composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Wicked Little Letters, Emma,Vita & Virginia, The Phantom of the Open, Three Women) and Benji Merrison & Will Slater (Dynasties, The Green Planet). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 3-parter, which premiered in the UK and is making its U.S. debut on BritBox.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the Apple TV+ original series Government Cheese created by Paul Hunter & Aeysha Carr and starring David Oyelowo, Simone Missick, Bokeem Woodbine, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Julien Heron, Louis Cancelmi, Evan Ellison, Jeremy Bobb, Thomas Beaudoin, Louis Ferreira, Djilali Rez-Kallah, Kyle Mac, John Ortiz and Adam Beach. Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Paradise, The Idea of You, Welcome to Chippendales, Rabbit Hole) and Alan DeMoss have composed the show’s original score. Pharrell Williams has contributed the project’s theme song. Click here for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Specials ‘Hyena’ & ‘Macaque’ Released

Silva Screen Records has released two more soundtrack albums for the BBC Earth natural history series Dynasties II. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original music from the specials/episodes Hyena and Macaque composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic, The Beatles and India) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, Africa, The Green Planet). Listen to the first track from each album after the jump. The label has previously released soundtracks featuring the composers’ music from the first Dynasties season back in 2018 and five separate albums for the specials Meerkat, Puma, Elephant & Cheetah. Dynasties II is narrated by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Mike Gunton and provides a fresh insight into the secret lives of some of the most charismatic animals on the planet.

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Soundtracks for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Specials ‘Puma’, ‘Elephant’ & ‘Cheetah’ Released

Over the last couple of weeks, Silva Screen Records has released three new soundtrack albums for the BBC Earth natural history series Dynasties II. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original music from the specials/first three episodes Puma, Elephant and Cheetah composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic, The Beatles and India) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, The Green Planet, Africa). Listen to the first track from each album after the jump. The label has previously released soundtracks featuring the composer’s music from the first season back in 2018 and the Meerkat special in 2021. Dynasties II is executive produced by Mike Gunton, narrated by Sir David Attenborough and provides a fresh insight into the secret lives of some of the most charismatic animals on the planet.

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‘Missile from the East’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Missile from the East. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, The Beatles and India, General Magic) & Will Slater (Dynasties, The Green Planet). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Missile from the East is directed by Justin Stokes and tells the true story of champion East German motorcycle racer Ernst Degner who risked his and his family’s life to defect to West Germany during the Swedish Grand Prix in 1961, taking MZ’s groundbreaking engine technology with him and helping Suzuki win its first Grand Prix Championship.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 3, 2022)

Premiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, July 6, is the natural history series The Green Planet narrated by David Attenborough and executive produced by Michael Gunton. The show’s original music is composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, General Magic) & Will Slater (Dynasties). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past April. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS.

Premiering on Friday, July 8, is the Apple TV+ limited series Black Bird developed by Dennis Lehane and starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi and Ray Liotta. The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai (ZeroZeroZero, The Returned, Kin) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the 6-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.

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‘The Green Planet’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series The Green Planet. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, General Magic, The Beatles and India) & Will Slater (Dynasties). The soundtrack will be released digitally on Friday, April 22 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The Green Planet narrated by David Attenborough and executive produced by Michael Gunton takes place across five worlds – tropical, water, seasonal, desert and human and shows these worlds from a plant’s eye view.

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‘Meerkat: A Dynasties Special’ Soundtrack Album Details Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced the details of the full soundtrack album for the BBC Earth documentary Meerkat: A Dynasties Special. The album features the original music from the special composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, Africa, Planet Earth Live) who previously scored the original 2018 Dynasties series. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. The label has previously released a 4-track EP featuring four score suites written by the composers last year. Meerkat: A Dynasties Special is produced and directed by Emma Napper, narrated by Sir David Attenborough  follows the young meerkat queen Maghogho and her family battling to survive in hostile environment, during a drought.

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‘Meerkat: A Dynasties Special’ Soundtrack Released

Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack EP for the BBC Earth documentary Meerkat: A Dynasties Special. The 4-track EP features selections of the original music from the special composed by Benji Merrison & Will Slater (One Strange Rock, Africa, Planet Earth Live). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. A full soundtrack album will be announced soon. The label has previously released the composers’ score from the original 2018 Dynasties series. Meerkat: A Dynasties Special is produced and directed by Emma Napper and follows a young meerkat queen living in the harsh beauty of the Makgadikgadi salt pans who must unite her family in the face of rivals, predators and immense dust storms.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 13, 2019)

Premiering tonight is the National Geographic original series Valley of the Boom created by Matthew Carnahan and starring Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, Lamorne Morris, John Karna, Dakota Shapiro and Oliver Cooper. The show’s original music is composed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things, Butterfly, Native Son). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the project (click here for the full album details), as well as a separate album featuring a selections of songs from the series (click here for more information).

Premiering tomorrow, January 14, is the Fox drama The Passage developed by Liz Heldens based on Justin Cronin’s book series and starring Saniyya Sidney, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Caroline Chikezie, Henry Ian Cusick, Vincent Piazza and Emmanuelle Chriqui. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of) and Jordan Gagne (The Rookie, Waco) are composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox.

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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Announced

Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC Earth docu-series Dynasties. The album features the show’s original music composed by Benji Merrison and Will Slater (Africa, One Strange Rock, Planet Earth Live) and performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Sunday, November 11 (click here to download) and physically on December 14. Check back on this page for the CD pre-order link. Dynasties is produced by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and highlights five of the world’s most celebrated but endangered animals, as they do whatever it takes to survive and protect the next generation.

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