Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 9, 2020)
Posted: August 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
Tags: Alan Menken, Anne Kathrin Dern, Apple TV +, Chris Bacon, Disney Plus, Fearless, Howard, Jon Opstad, Joseph Trapanese, Magic Camp, Marcus Mumford, Netflix, Project Power, Rolfe Kent, Showtime, Ted Lasso, Teenage Bounty Hunters, Tom Howe, We Hunt Together
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British series We Hunt Together written by Gaby Hull and starring Babou Ceesay, Hermione Corfield, Eve Myles, Dipo Ola, Kamara Abraham and Freya Durkan. The show's original music is composed by Jon Opstad (Black Mirror: White Bear & White Christmas, Silent Witness, The Woman in White). The 6-parter follows two detectives as they try to outsmart a pair of killers, one a former child soldier and the other a magnetic and disarmingly charming free spirit. Visit the official show website for more information about the thriller, which premiered earlier this year in the UK on Alibi and is making its U.S. debut on Showtime.
Premiering on Friday, August 14 is the family comedy Magic Camp directed by Mark Waters and starring Adam Devine, Gillian Jacobs, Jeffrey Tambor, Nathaniel McIntyre, Cole Sand, Izabella Alverez, Isabella Crovetti, J.J. Totah, Hayden Crawford, Bianca Grava and Lonnie Chavis. Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Wedding Crashers, About Schmidt, Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) has composed the film's original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Walt Disney Pictures production, which was originally set for a theatrical release and is now premiering exclusively on Disney+.
Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original film Project Power directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman and starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro, Amy Landecker, Allen Maldonado, Machine Gun Kelly, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Andrene Ward-Hammond,Casey Neistat, Jim Klock and Courtney B. Vance. The film's original music is composed by Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Greatest Showman, The Raid 2, Straight Outta Compton). Check out our previous article to learn more about the sci-fi thriller, which will be available to stream on exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the Apple TV+ original series Ted Lasso created by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly & Brendan Hunt and starring Sudeikis, Hunt, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein and Nick Mohammed. Tom Howe (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women, Early Man) & Marcus Mumford are composing the show's original music. Click here for more details about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Another movie premiering on Friday is the animated feature Fearless directed by Cory Edwards and starring Yara Shahidi, Miles Robbins, Miguel J. Pimentel and Gabrielle Union. The film's original music is composed by Anne Kathrin Dern (The Jade Pendant, Help, I Shrunk My Parents, The Legend of the War Horse) and produced by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine, Rescue Dawn). The movie, which follows a teen gamer who is forced to level up to full-time babysitter when his favorite video game drops three superpowered infants from space into his backyard, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original series Teenage Bounty Hunters created by Kathleen Jordan and starring Maddie Phillips, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Kadeem Hardison, Mackenzie Astin, Virginia Williams, Method Man, Spencer House, Myles Evans, Devon Hales and Shirley Rumierk. Jonathan Sanford (Dare Me, That Moment When) is composing the show's original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream on Netflix.
Missing from last week's TV music roundup was the documentary Howard directed by Don Hahn about late songwriter Howard Ashman. Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Enchanted) has provided the themes and Chris Bacon (Source Code, Men in Black International, Gnomeo & Juliet, The Tick) has composed the film's original score. The movie, which first premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, made its streaming debut this past Friday, August 7 and is now available on Disney+.