Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television has kicked off at UCLA’s Royce Hall for yet another of our showcase awards-season events. Sound & Screen has always been a favorite of the Deadline team, and our audience, not least for the magic it captures when the music behind 10 the year’s most exciting television series is performed live onstage by a full orchestra for a packed house of TV Academy and guild voters.
Tonight’s event promises to gather some of the most garlanded and exciting musicians working in TV today including Atticus and Leopold Ross, the British brothers who come to Sound & Screen with two
separate projects in FX’s Shōgun and Apple TV+ genre hit Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, respectively. Atticus will be joined by Nick Chuba for Shōgun.
There’s also Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, the songwriters behind La La Land and The Greatest Showman, who set their talents...
Tonight’s event promises to gather some of the most garlanded and exciting musicians working in TV today including Atticus and Leopold Ross, the British brothers who come to Sound & Screen with two
separate projects in FX’s Shōgun and Apple TV+ genre hit Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, respectively. Atticus will be joined by Nick Chuba for Shōgun.
There’s also Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, the songwriters behind La La Land and The Greatest Showman, who set their talents...
- 6/8/2024
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
In addition to the IndieWire Craft team’s best cinematography and best film score lists of 2024, we’re keeping a close eye on television scores that strike us as exceptional. The music that made this list has amped up the emotion of their stories far beyond the small screen. With big summer releases soaring over the horizon, we feel that it’s time to celebrate the music from the first part of 2024.
There are several expected culprits in the mix so far this year — it seems like Jeff Russo and his team are as consistent as the United States Postal Service, delivering at least one straight-up orchestral banger every six months come rain, sleet, or snow; Ramin Djawadi is already responsible for enriching not one two intricate sci-fi worlds with an iconic sound of their own and therefore stranded us in the brutal emotional wasteland of having to pick just one; and that Atticus Ross,...
There are several expected culprits in the mix so far this year — it seems like Jeff Russo and his team are as consistent as the United States Postal Service, delivering at least one straight-up orchestral banger every six months come rain, sleet, or snow; Ramin Djawadi is already responsible for enriching not one two intricate sci-fi worlds with an iconic sound of their own and therefore stranded us in the brutal emotional wasteland of having to pick just one; and that Atticus Ross,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
[Editor’s note: Spoilers for “Ripley” below.]
The turning point for “Ripley,” Steven Zaillian’s limited Netflix series re-imagining of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novel, “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” occurs in Episode 3 (“Sommerso”), when grifter Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) murders Dickie (Johnny Flynn) in a boat in Sanremo. But the grifter discovers that murder is a filthy business in a bravura 20-minute sequence, in which he has difficulty disposing of Dickie’s body, and we observe every arduous moment in close to real-time.
This protracted view of Tom’s twisted mind in action is made even more menacing in black-and-white (shot by “There Will Be Blood” Oscar winner Robert Elswit). After learning that his grift has come to a sudden end, Tom grabs the oar and beats Dickie to death. But then everything goes wrong.
“I had written down on a post-it when I first started writing that ‘It’s easy to kill somebody but...
The turning point for “Ripley,” Steven Zaillian’s limited Netflix series re-imagining of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novel, “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” occurs in Episode 3 (“Sommerso”), when grifter Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) murders Dickie (Johnny Flynn) in a boat in Sanremo. But the grifter discovers that murder is a filthy business in a bravura 20-minute sequence, in which he has difficulty disposing of Dickie’s body, and we observe every arduous moment in close to real-time.
This protracted view of Tom’s twisted mind in action is made even more menacing in black-and-white (shot by “There Will Be Blood” Oscar winner Robert Elswit). After learning that his grift has come to a sudden end, Tom grabs the oar and beats Dickie to death. But then everything goes wrong.
“I had written down on a post-it when I first started writing that ‘It’s easy to kill somebody but...
- 4/7/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Netflix has released the first track, “Leaving New York,” from the “Ripley” score by composer Jeff Russo. Steven Zaillian’s eight-episode limited series, a noirish, black-and-white adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novel, “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” streams April 4, which coincides with the score’s online release. (Listen to the jaunty track below.)
Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers”) stars as sociopath Tom Ripley, who grifts his way from ’60s New York to Italy, obsessed by a life of leisure when he meets Americans Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), a vagabond painter, and writer Marge (Dakota Fanning).
“Leaving New York,” which features the ascending interplay of piano with cello and violin, evokes Tom’s escape from a bleak existence as a petty con artist. The style is timeless rather than retro and classical instead of jazz. “I wanted to create something memorable [that] appears throughout the show to connect Tom’s journey,...
Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers”) stars as sociopath Tom Ripley, who grifts his way from ’60s New York to Italy, obsessed by a life of leisure when he meets Americans Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), a vagabond painter, and writer Marge (Dakota Fanning).
“Leaving New York,” which features the ascending interplay of piano with cello and violin, evokes Tom’s escape from a bleak existence as a petty con artist. The style is timeless rather than retro and classical instead of jazz. “I wanted to create something memorable [that] appears throughout the show to connect Tom’s journey,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
All About Ripley Series. (Photo Credit – IMDb)
The writer of The Irishman, American Gangster, and Schindler’s List, Steven Zaillian, is ready to blow away your minds with his new series, Ripley. The story is adapted from The Talented Mr Ripley, a 1955 crime novel, written by Patricia Highsmith. The story is about a man named Tom Ripley, a con artist, a serial killer and a man whose forte is to lie!
The Netflix series stars Andrew Scott in the titular role. The trailer and teaser look promising, and we can’t wait to binge-watch this psychological thriller once it is released. But when is the show releasing, and who are the other cast members? We have listed everything for you in this article.
Ripley Cast
The series stars Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Johnny Fylnn as Dickie Greenleaf, Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood, Eliot Sumner as Freddie Miles, and Maurizio Lombardi as Inspector Pietro Ravini.
The writer of The Irishman, American Gangster, and Schindler’s List, Steven Zaillian, is ready to blow away your minds with his new series, Ripley. The story is adapted from The Talented Mr Ripley, a 1955 crime novel, written by Patricia Highsmith. The story is about a man named Tom Ripley, a con artist, a serial killer and a man whose forte is to lie!
The Netflix series stars Andrew Scott in the titular role. The trailer and teaser look promising, and we can’t wait to binge-watch this psychological thriller once it is released. But when is the show releasing, and who are the other cast members? We have listed everything for you in this article.
Ripley Cast
The series stars Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Johnny Fylnn as Dickie Greenleaf, Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood, Eliot Sumner as Freddie Miles, and Maurizio Lombardi as Inspector Pietro Ravini.
- 4/3/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
Three of the 12 "Star Trek" shows to date begin with the same familiar narration, which was originally spoken by Captain Kirk (William Shatner) in 1966:
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise, its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
For "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" (2022), "no man" was changed to "no one." "Next Generation" was also a "continuing mission" and not a "five-year mission." That narration has come to represent the ethos of the entire "Star Trek" franchise, highlighting that the various shows and movies are about exploration, new life, and going boldly. Unlike the title crawl of "Star Wars," there is no talk of conflict, conquering enemies, or asserting dominance. In the original series, the narration played over a gentle...
"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise, its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
For "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" (2022), "no man" was changed to "no one." "Next Generation" was also a "continuing mission" and not a "five-year mission." That narration has come to represent the ethos of the entire "Star Trek" franchise, highlighting that the various shows and movies are about exploration, new life, and going boldly. Unlike the title crawl of "Star Wars," there is no talk of conflict, conquering enemies, or asserting dominance. In the original series, the narration played over a gentle...
- 3/17/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In his feature directorial debut, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Chiwetel Ejiofor crafted a humanizing portrait of a gifted Malawian boy who saves his village from famine by building a DIY windmill. That film — based on the true story of inventor William Kamkwamna — leaned into the conventions of inspirational movies to shape a narrative steeped in good-natured earnestness. But it also teased a portrayal of the complicated relationships between fathers and sons.
Ejiofor revisits this theme more forcefully in his latest directorial effort, Rob Peace, about a young man torn between the promise of his future and the responsibilities of his past. Adapted from Jeff Hobbs’ 2014 book The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, the film offers a sweeping and empathetic depiction of its central character. Through Peace’s story, Ejiofor explores the violent impact of the carceral state and the fraught interdependence of a father and his son.
Ejiofor revisits this theme more forcefully in his latest directorial effort, Rob Peace, about a young man torn between the promise of his future and the responsibilities of his past. Adapted from Jeff Hobbs’ 2014 book The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, the film offers a sweeping and empathetic depiction of its central character. Through Peace’s story, Ejiofor explores the violent impact of the carceral state and the fraught interdependence of a father and his son.
- 1/23/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When “Mrs. Davis” director and executive producer Owen Harris read the pilot script for the Peacock limited series, he had one response. “I sent an email straight back to my agent saying, ‘What the f–k have I just read?’” Harris tells Gold Derby in our Making of “Mrs. Davis” video roundtable exclusive interview. “And then I quickly followed it up with, ‘But I love it. It’s amazing. We have to do this.’ And I think that sort of everyone had a similar reaction.”
Co-created by Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez, “Mrs. Davis” is a show that defies easy classification. Broadly, it’s about a nun named Simone (Betty Gilpin) who is tasked by an artificial intelligence program called Mrs. Davis to find and destroy the Holy Grail in exchange for the elimination of Mrs. Davis itself. The twisty conceit – which includes Simone’s magician father (David Arquette), her...
Co-created by Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez, “Mrs. Davis” is a show that defies easy classification. Broadly, it’s about a nun named Simone (Betty Gilpin) who is tasked by an artificial intelligence program called Mrs. Davis to find and destroy the Holy Grail in exchange for the elimination of Mrs. Davis itself. The twisty conceit – which includes Simone’s magician father (David Arquette), her...
- 6/13/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When Jeff Russo sat down to watch “Mrs. Davis” to score the show, he had the same reaction as you likely did afterward. “I watched that first episode and I was like, ‘Wait. What? What? What is happening right now? What is going on?’” Russo tells Gold Derby (watch above). “I had the same response. It was like, ‘This is bonkers.'”
Co-created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, the Peacock series stars Betty Gilpin as Simone, a magic-hating nun who is sent on a quest by the titular AI to find the Holy Grail. In exchange, Mrs. Davis will grant her one wish, and Simone wants the AI to shut herself off once she completes it. And so Simone sets off with her ex, Wylie (Jake McDorman), on a wild mission that involves a giant sword, a sneaker commercial and more. “Mrs. Davis” is a hodgepodge of ideas, set pieces and tone,...
Co-created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, the Peacock series stars Betty Gilpin as Simone, a magic-hating nun who is sent on a quest by the titular AI to find the Holy Grail. In exchange, Mrs. Davis will grant her one wish, and Simone wants the AI to shut herself off once she completes it. And so Simone sets off with her ex, Wylie (Jake McDorman), on a wild mission that involves a giant sword, a sneaker commercial and more. “Mrs. Davis” is a hodgepodge of ideas, set pieces and tone,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Plot: When a new consultant, Regus Patoff, is hired to improve the business at the App-based gaming company “CompWare,” employees experience new demands and challenges that puts everything into question… including their lives.
Review: Fans of horror fiction are familiar with author Bentley Little, but mainstream audiences are not. The prolific author has published over twenty-five novels. Only one of his short stories have been adapted on screen (“The Washingtonians” was an episode of the anthology series Masters of Horror). Now, his 2016 novel The Consultant has become a Prime Video series from the creative team of Tony Basgallop (AppleTV+ series Servant) and director Matt Shakman (WandaVision). With Christoph Waltz in the title role, The Consultant is equal parts Severance and The Devil’s Advocate. A workplace satire blending horror, psychological thriller, and dark comedy, The Consultant is a mysterious puzzle of a series that does not quite live up to its...
Review: Fans of horror fiction are familiar with author Bentley Little, but mainstream audiences are not. The prolific author has published over twenty-five novels. Only one of his short stories have been adapted on screen (“The Washingtonians” was an episode of the anthology series Masters of Horror). Now, his 2016 novel The Consultant has become a Prime Video series from the creative team of Tony Basgallop (AppleTV+ series Servant) and director Matt Shakman (WandaVision). With Christoph Waltz in the title role, The Consultant is equal parts Severance and The Devil’s Advocate. A workplace satire blending horror, psychological thriller, and dark comedy, The Consultant is a mysterious puzzle of a series that does not quite live up to its...
- 2/23/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
This article contains Star Trek: Picard spoilers.
Not all Star Trek Easter eggs are created equal. Some are as obvious as a phaser set on vaporize, and others are as squirmy and pervasive as a Ceti eel and can wrap themselves around your cerebral cortex before you’ve had a chance to even identify them. Luckily, even when Easter eggs are coming at warp speed, there is a way to spot them. First, travel back in time and convince yourself to become an obsessive Star Trek fan, next, watch every episode and film of every Star Trek iteration multiple times and then commit it all to memory. Once you’ve done that, travel back to the present, and see if you can spot all the Easter eggs in Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 1, “The Next Generation.”
We think we’ve caught everything in this jam-packed episode. But, be warned, Picard...
Not all Star Trek Easter eggs are created equal. Some are as obvious as a phaser set on vaporize, and others are as squirmy and pervasive as a Ceti eel and can wrap themselves around your cerebral cortex before you’ve had a chance to even identify them. Luckily, even when Easter eggs are coming at warp speed, there is a way to spot them. First, travel back in time and convince yourself to become an obsessive Star Trek fan, next, watch every episode and film of every Star Trek iteration multiple times and then commit it all to memory. Once you’ve done that, travel back to the present, and see if you can spot all the Easter eggs in Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 1, “The Next Generation.”
We think we’ve caught everything in this jam-packed episode. But, be warned, Picard...
- 2/16/2023
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
The ships in "Star Trek" don't merely go. They go boldly.
"Star Trek" has long been suffused with an old world spirit of frontiersmanship. The various Trek shows are, overall, about delving deep into the cosmos, straying further and further from Earth, all in an unending quest to expose ourselves to new cultures and new philosophies. "Star Trek," at its best, implies that humanity is constantly engaged in an ongoing peaceful exchange of ideas. Thanks to the Prime Directive -- the Starfleet rule that dictates a strict policy of noninterference in the natural evolution of a planet -- said frontiersmanship is actively separated from any notions of colonialism. "Star Trek" is bold for the sake of boldness, exploring the galaxy not for reasons of conquest, but humility. The ideal Trek philosophy is to constantly prove, time and again, how small we really are ... and be exhilarated by it.
Of course,...
"Star Trek" has long been suffused with an old world spirit of frontiersmanship. The various Trek shows are, overall, about delving deep into the cosmos, straying further and further from Earth, all in an unending quest to expose ourselves to new cultures and new philosophies. "Star Trek," at its best, implies that humanity is constantly engaged in an ongoing peaceful exchange of ideas. Thanks to the Prime Directive -- the Starfleet rule that dictates a strict policy of noninterference in the natural evolution of a planet -- said frontiersmanship is actively separated from any notions of colonialism. "Star Trek" is bold for the sake of boldness, exploring the galaxy not for reasons of conquest, but humility. The ideal Trek philosophy is to constantly prove, time and again, how small we really are ... and be exhilarated by it.
Of course,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The Television Academy today announced its newly-elected Board of Governors, who will serve two-year terms.
The new members will begin serving their terms on January 1, 2023, running through December 31, 2024. According to the Academy, more than half of those elected are new to the boardroom and represent diverse talent and professions across the industry.
The 16 newly elected governors who will serve their first-ever term are: Bobbi Banks (Sound Editors), Eric Becker; Mary Lou Belli (Directors);Hillary Bibicoff (Professional Representatives); Patrick Cady, ASC (Cinematographers); Lamb Chamberlin (Animation); Megan Chao (Documentary Programming); Tessandra Chavez (Choreography); Yvette Cobarrubias (Commercials); David Hartle (Production Executives); Christina Lee (Public Relations); Robert M. Malachowski Jr., Ace (Picture Editors); Lynn Renee Maxcy (Writers); Eddie Perez (Stunts); Gloria Ponce (Children’s Programming); and Kimberly Wannop (Art Directors/Set Decorators).
Twelve governors are returning to serve a second term. They are: Wendy Aylsworth (Science & Technology); Nikki Carbonetta (Makeup...
The new members will begin serving their terms on January 1, 2023, running through December 31, 2024. According to the Academy, more than half of those elected are new to the boardroom and represent diverse talent and professions across the industry.
The 16 newly elected governors who will serve their first-ever term are: Bobbi Banks (Sound Editors), Eric Becker; Mary Lou Belli (Directors);Hillary Bibicoff (Professional Representatives); Patrick Cady, ASC (Cinematographers); Lamb Chamberlin (Animation); Megan Chao (Documentary Programming); Tessandra Chavez (Choreography); Yvette Cobarrubias (Commercials); David Hartle (Production Executives); Christina Lee (Public Relations); Robert M. Malachowski Jr., Ace (Picture Editors); Lynn Renee Maxcy (Writers); Eddie Perez (Stunts); Gloria Ponce (Children’s Programming); and Kimberly Wannop (Art Directors/Set Decorators).
Twelve governors are returning to serve a second term. They are: Wendy Aylsworth (Science & Technology); Nikki Carbonetta (Makeup...
- 11/18/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Television Academy announced Friday the 16 members newly elected to its Board of Governors for the 2023–’24 term.
Additionally, 12 governors are returning for a second term, while two governor-elects are returning members to the board after several-year absences.
The announcement indicates that over half of those elected to the Academy’s Board of Governors this year are new to the boardroom and represent a diverse slate of talent and a variety of professions across the industry.
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Per the Academy’s release Friday, the 16 newly elected governors who will serve their first-ever term are: Bobbi Banks (Sound Editors), Eric Becker; Mary Lou Belli (Directors);Hillary Bibicoff (Professional Representatives); Patrick Cady, ASC (Cinematographers); Lamb Chamberlin (Animation); Megan Chao (Documentary Programming); Tessandra Chavez (Choreography); Yvette Cobarrubias (Commercials); David Hartle (Production Executives); Christina Lee (Public Relations); Robert M. Malachowski Jr.,...
Additionally, 12 governors are returning for a second term, while two governor-elects are returning members to the board after several-year absences.
The announcement indicates that over half of those elected to the Academy’s Board of Governors this year are new to the boardroom and represent a diverse slate of talent and a variety of professions across the industry.
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Per the Academy’s release Friday, the 16 newly elected governors who will serve their first-ever term are: Bobbi Banks (Sound Editors), Eric Becker; Mary Lou Belli (Directors);Hillary Bibicoff (Professional Representatives); Patrick Cady, ASC (Cinematographers); Lamb Chamberlin (Animation); Megan Chao (Documentary Programming); Tessandra Chavez (Choreography); Yvette Cobarrubias (Commercials); David Hartle (Production Executives); Christina Lee (Public Relations); Robert M. Malachowski Jr.,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
There’s a new Board in town. The Television Academy is set to reveal the names of the newly-elected governors who will serve a two-year term. Many are first-timers. The approximately 70 board members include two representatives from each of the Academy’s approximately 31 peer groups, as well its officers.
The members announced on Friday will serve two-year terms between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024. Per the Academy, “More than half of those elected are new to the Academy’s boardroom and represent diverse talent and professions across the industry.”
Here are the returning Board of Governors members, back for a second term, and the peer group they represent: Wendy Aylsworth (Science & Technology); Nikki Carbonetta (Makeup Artists/Hairstylists); Tony Carey (Producers); Jill Dickerson (Reality Programming); Jo Disante (Television Executives); Joe Earle, Cas (Sound); Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh (Los Angeles Area); Luke Reichle (Costume Design & Supervision); Jeff Russo (Music); Derek Spears (Special Visual Effects); Kim Taylor-Coleman,...
The members announced on Friday will serve two-year terms between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024. Per the Academy, “More than half of those elected are new to the Academy’s boardroom and represent diverse talent and professions across the industry.”
Here are the returning Board of Governors members, back for a second term, and the peer group they represent: Wendy Aylsworth (Science & Technology); Nikki Carbonetta (Makeup Artists/Hairstylists); Tony Carey (Producers); Jill Dickerson (Reality Programming); Jo Disante (Television Executives); Joe Earle, Cas (Sound); Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh (Los Angeles Area); Luke Reichle (Costume Design & Supervision); Jeff Russo (Music); Derek Spears (Special Visual Effects); Kim Taylor-Coleman,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Florida International University announced the death of 22-year-old Luke Knox, who played for Fiu and the University of Mississippi before that and was the brother of Buffalo Bills tight end, Dawson Knox. His cause of death was not disclosed.
Fiu’s head coach Mike MacIntyre, who also coached Knox in his four years at Ole Miss prior to transferring to Fiu, released a statement in tribute to him which was shared to Twitter.
“While I admired his passion for football, his genuine love for his family and teammates is what I will always remember,” MacIntyre remembered.
“He had a special way of making everyone around him feel comfortable and confident. Luke’s family is special to me, and they will continually be in my heart and in my prayers during this difficult time,” MacIntyre added.
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— Coach Mike MacIntyre (@CoachMikeMac) August 18, 2022
Luke and Dawson both...
Fiu’s head coach Mike MacIntyre, who also coached Knox in his four years at Ole Miss prior to transferring to Fiu, released a statement in tribute to him which was shared to Twitter.
“While I admired his passion for football, his genuine love for his family and teammates is what I will always remember,” MacIntyre remembered.
“He had a special way of making everyone around him feel comfortable and confident. Luke’s family is special to me, and they will continually be in my heart and in my prayers during this difficult time,” MacIntyre added.
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— Coach Mike MacIntyre (@CoachMikeMac) August 18, 2022
Luke and Dawson both...
- 8/20/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
(The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)
In this edition, the fine folks at Nerdist remixed "Night at the Museum" and "Moon Knight" to give us "Moon Knight at the Museum." Plus, composers Jeff Russo and Nami Malumad share the stories behind how they composed the theme and score for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." And finally, a professor of classics reviews...
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In this edition, the fine folks at Nerdist remixed "Night at the Museum" and "Moon Knight" to give us "Moon Knight at the Museum." Plus, composers Jeff Russo and Nami Malumad share the stories behind how they composed the theme and score for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." And finally, a professor of classics reviews...
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- 5/20/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
“Star Trek” has always been known for its progressive casting on screen. But over seven live-action series and 13 movies dating back more than half a century, the science-fiction franchise has never had a woman composer – until now.
Nami Melumad, who has been scoring the animated “Star Trek: Prodigy,” has stepped up a notch and is scoring weekly episodes of “Strange New Worlds,” the new Paramount Plus series that chronicles the voyages of the pre-Captain Kirk Enterprise.
“It’s been a very busy few months,” says the Israeli-born composer, who has been writing an average of 45 minutes of music per episode of “Strange New Worlds” and is now on her 14th episode of “Prodigy” for Nickelodeon.
Melumad’s “Star Trek” adventures actually began on “Short Treks,” the 10-part series of shorts exploring various aspects of the “Trek” universe. She scored “Q&a,” the 2019 episode that featured Anson Mount as Christopher Pike,...
Nami Melumad, who has been scoring the animated “Star Trek: Prodigy,” has stepped up a notch and is scoring weekly episodes of “Strange New Worlds,” the new Paramount Plus series that chronicles the voyages of the pre-Captain Kirk Enterprise.
“It’s been a very busy few months,” says the Israeli-born composer, who has been writing an average of 45 minutes of music per episode of “Strange New Worlds” and is now on her 14th episode of “Prodigy” for Nickelodeon.
Melumad’s “Star Trek” adventures actually began on “Short Treks,” the 10-part series of shorts exploring various aspects of the “Trek” universe. She scored “Q&a,” the 2019 episode that featured Anson Mount as Christopher Pike,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
“I really believe that music is the heart of the narrative,” declares Emmy-winning composer Jeff Russo about the power of a great film or TV score. “It’s our responsibility to be the undercurrent to what the feeling of the story is; whether that feeling is love, hate, tension, anxiety. Any one of those feelings that the characters get to feel during the story should be underscored by us and brought out to a certain degree,” he says about the composer’s primary role. “Part of what I think a composer’s job is as well is to figure out where to not put music, not necessarily always where to put music, because a lot of times, the absence of music can also evoke certain feelings.”
The Emmy-winning composer (for “Fargo” in 2017) is at the top of his game as a leading composer for genre television. His recent offerings include...
The Emmy-winning composer (for “Fargo” in 2017) is at the top of his game as a leading composer for genre television. His recent offerings include...
- 5/12/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Deadline has launched the streaming site for its second annual Sound & Screen, an award-season composer showcase of original music for television.
Click here to launch the streaming site.
The event May 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall featured a 50-person orchestra spotlighting the music from composers Daniel Pemberton, Sean Callery, Amanda Jones, Dan Romer, Jeff Russo and Nico Muhly; composer-songwriters Tom Mizer & Curtis Moore; and music supervisor Jen Malone all of whom took part in post-performance Q&As to discuss their work. The night also featured a special virtual performance by Mick Jagger.
The studios and streamers who took part included Amazon Studios/Prime Video with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Apple TV+ with Pachinko, Slow Horses and The Afterparty; CBS Studios with Star Trek: Picard and The Man Who Fell to Earth; HBO/HBO Max with Euphoria, Station Eleven, Somebody Somewhere and A Black Lady Sketch Show; National Geographic with Welcome to Earth...
Click here to launch the streaming site.
The event May 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall featured a 50-person orchestra spotlighting the music from composers Daniel Pemberton, Sean Callery, Amanda Jones, Dan Romer, Jeff Russo and Nico Muhly; composer-songwriters Tom Mizer & Curtis Moore; and music supervisor Jen Malone all of whom took part in post-performance Q&As to discuss their work. The night also featured a special virtual performance by Mick Jagger.
The studios and streamers who took part included Amazon Studios/Prime Video with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Apple TV+ with Pachinko, Slow Horses and The Afterparty; CBS Studios with Star Trek: Picard and The Man Who Fell to Earth; HBO/HBO Max with Euphoria, Station Eleven, Somebody Somewhere and A Black Lady Sketch Show; National Geographic with Welcome to Earth...
- 5/9/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Star Trek: Picard composer Jeff Russo says he tweaked the streaming series’ main theme for the just-concluded second season in order to capture the current tone of Jean-Luc Picard’s latest adventures in the final frontier.
“What we wanted to do was really reflect the growth of the character and what this particular story was going to be,” he said onstage Thursday at Deadline’s Sound & Screen awards-season music event. “Season 1 was a lot more contemplative, and a lot more about his personal journey. And this one is a little bit more swashbuckling, and this one is a little bit more of an action-y type thing. There’s a lot more stuff going on, and we wanted to give it a little more pace and a little more hype.”
Russo noted that when working on a series in the five-plus-decade-old Star Trek franchise like Picard, “we have this long history...
“What we wanted to do was really reflect the growth of the character and what this particular story was going to be,” he said onstage Thursday at Deadline’s Sound & Screen awards-season music event. “Season 1 was a lot more contemplative, and a lot more about his personal journey. And this one is a little bit more swashbuckling, and this one is a little bit more of an action-y type thing. There’s a lot more stuff going on, and we wanted to give it a little more pace and a little more hype.”
Russo noted that when working on a series in the five-plus-decade-old Star Trek franchise like Picard, “we have this long history...
- 5/6/2022
- by Scott Huver
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s Sound & Screen, a showcase of television’s most moving and lauded original music from some of the industry’s top-most talent, has lifted the baton for its second edition tonight live and in person at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
Attendees of the awards-season event, which kicked off at 6:30 p.m. Pt, will be transported through the melodic sounds of these programs from a 50-piece orchestra, followed by sit-downs with the composers, conductors and music supervisors behind the works.
Scores facilitate in carrying the audience’s emotions and heighten senses in a way that would not be possible with just dialogue. Imagine HBO’s Euphoria without its hypnotic and genre-bending soundtrack? Or being marched ahead through the final frontier in CBS Studios’ Star Trek: Picard without its ethereal score? Or being carried through the sweeping migrant saga of Apple TV+’s Pachinko without its gentle orchestral melodies?
This year,...
Attendees of the awards-season event, which kicked off at 6:30 p.m. Pt, will be transported through the melodic sounds of these programs from a 50-piece orchestra, followed by sit-downs with the composers, conductors and music supervisors behind the works.
Scores facilitate in carrying the audience’s emotions and heighten senses in a way that would not be possible with just dialogue. Imagine HBO’s Euphoria without its hypnotic and genre-bending soundtrack? Or being marched ahead through the final frontier in CBS Studios’ Star Trek: Picard without its ethereal score? Or being carried through the sweeping migrant saga of Apple TV+’s Pachinko without its gentle orchestral melodies?
This year,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Sound & Screen, Deadline’s inaugural live concert showcasing the composers, music supervisors and songwriters behind the music of television’s buzziest shows, has set the lineup for its in-person event May 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
The free-to-attend evening will feature a 50-piece orchestra performing songs from 12 featured series, followed by panelists talking about their respective works. Those include some of the biggest names in music, from a virtual performance by The Rolling Stones icon Mick Jagger for Apple TV+’s Slow Horses to in-person discussions with composers Daniel Pemberton, Amanda Jones, Sean Callery, Nico Muhly, Jeff Russo and Dan Romer; composer-songwriters Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore; and music supervisor Jen Malone.
The lineup features Amazon Studios’ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Apple TV+’s Pachinko, Slow Horses and The Afterparty; HBO/HBO Max’s Euphoria, Station Eleven, Somebody Somewhere and A Black Lady Sketch Show; CBS Studios’ Star Trek: Picard...
The free-to-attend evening will feature a 50-piece orchestra performing songs from 12 featured series, followed by panelists talking about their respective works. Those include some of the biggest names in music, from a virtual performance by The Rolling Stones icon Mick Jagger for Apple TV+’s Slow Horses to in-person discussions with composers Daniel Pemberton, Amanda Jones, Sean Callery, Nico Muhly, Jeff Russo and Dan Romer; composer-songwriters Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore; and music supervisor Jen Malone.
The lineup features Amazon Studios’ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Apple TV+’s Pachinko, Slow Horses and The Afterparty; HBO/HBO Max’s Euphoria, Station Eleven, Somebody Somewhere and A Black Lady Sketch Show; CBS Studios’ Star Trek: Picard...
- 4/26/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
This Star Trek: Picard article contains spoilers.
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 8
Being trapped in the year 2024 hasn’t prevented Star Trek: Picard from connecting to all corners of the Trek franchise. In some ways, this part of Earth’s history is the most pivotal for the formation of the rest of the timeline. And so, it makes sense that as the series warps towards its impending finale, the rest of the canon is honored and somehow referenced.
Here’s every major easter egg and reference in Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 8, “Mercy.”
Vulcans on Earth
One of the central plot points in this episode of Picard is the idea that Vulcans were surreptitiously hanging around on Earth. Prior to the Vulcan-human meeting in First Contact, one stand-out episode of the prequel series Enterprise, “Carbon Creek,” retroactively established that some Vulcans were surveying Earth in 1957. Now, with the flashback to...
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 8
Being trapped in the year 2024 hasn’t prevented Star Trek: Picard from connecting to all corners of the Trek franchise. In some ways, this part of Earth’s history is the most pivotal for the formation of the rest of the timeline. And so, it makes sense that as the series warps towards its impending finale, the rest of the canon is honored and somehow referenced.
Here’s every major easter egg and reference in Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 8, “Mercy.”
Vulcans on Earth
One of the central plot points in this episode of Picard is the idea that Vulcans were surreptitiously hanging around on Earth. Prior to the Vulcan-human meeting in First Contact, one stand-out episode of the prequel series Enterprise, “Carbon Creek,” retroactively established that some Vulcans were surveying Earth in 1957. Now, with the flashback to...
- 4/21/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard and the wider Trek universe.
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 1
As season premieres go, Star Trek: Picard’s Season 2 debut — “The Star Gazer” — is a banger. If anyone had any doubts if this new season was going to be exciting and different than what was expected, it feels like this episode will easily silence the haters. With an utterly familiar Star Trek-y feeling and a fantastic and complex new plot, Picard Season 2 feels like the Star Trek: The Next Generation sequel everyone was waiting for.
And, that means, there are a lot of Easter eggs and references to the entire Star Trek franchise. In some ways, “The Star Gazer” plays out like a short Trek feature film, which means that there is a lot packed into this episode that you might have missed. Here are all the Easter eggs and references we caught,...
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 1
As season premieres go, Star Trek: Picard’s Season 2 debut — “The Star Gazer” — is a banger. If anyone had any doubts if this new season was going to be exciting and different than what was expected, it feels like this episode will easily silence the haters. With an utterly familiar Star Trek-y feeling and a fantastic and complex new plot, Picard Season 2 feels like the Star Trek: The Next Generation sequel everyone was waiting for.
And, that means, there are a lot of Easter eggs and references to the entire Star Trek franchise. In some ways, “The Star Gazer” plays out like a short Trek feature film, which means that there is a lot packed into this episode that you might have missed. Here are all the Easter eggs and references we caught,...
- 3/3/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Sherri Chung has been elected governor of the music branch of the Television Academy, where she’ll serve alongside Jeff Russo, replacing Rickey Minor. Chung is the first female governor for the music branch.
Chung, who continues to work as a composer on “Kung Fu” and co-composer on “Batwoman” and “Riverdale,” is currently working on the upcoming HBO Max series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” On the film side, Chung recently scored “The Lost Husband,” for which she was nominated for a Society of Composers and Lyricists award, and has two upcoming features, “The Long Night” and “Savage Destiny.”
Chung tells Variety, “It’s really an honor to serve as governor of the Television Academy’s Music Peer Group, and I hope I’m the first of many women to do so. Women have been working in all aspects of the business – as composers, music directors, conductors, lyricists, arrangers, orchestrators...
Chung, who continues to work as a composer on “Kung Fu” and co-composer on “Batwoman” and “Riverdale,” is currently working on the upcoming HBO Max series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” On the film side, Chung recently scored “The Lost Husband,” for which she was nominated for a Society of Composers and Lyricists award, and has two upcoming features, “The Long Night” and “Savage Destiny.”
Chung tells Variety, “It’s really an honor to serve as governor of the Television Academy’s Music Peer Group, and I hope I’m the first of many women to do so. Women have been working in all aspects of the business – as composers, music directors, conductors, lyricists, arrangers, orchestrators...
- 1/31/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Best original song Oscar contenders Beyoncé and Van Morrison are among those who received nominations in the visual media categories at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (Hmma). Composers Hans Zimmer and Nicholas Britell were included among the familiar names picking up nods in the score categories.
The awards will be presented Nov. 17. The HMMAs honor composers, songwriters, and music supervisors for their work in music for film, television, and videogames.
Nominations here have historically been a harbinger or guide for what nominees and winners will pop up in the Golden Globes, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys that occur later in awards season, although there is a much wider field in the HMMAs, since there are separate divisions for sci-fi, animation, documentary and independent films in the score categories. The Hollywood Music in Media Awards will feature music performances, celebrity presenters, tributes to music industry icons, awards for composers, songwriters and...
The awards will be presented Nov. 17. The HMMAs honor composers, songwriters, and music supervisors for their work in music for film, television, and videogames.
Nominations here have historically been a harbinger or guide for what nominees and winners will pop up in the Golden Globes, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys that occur later in awards season, although there is a much wider field in the HMMAs, since there are separate divisions for sci-fi, animation, documentary and independent films in the score categories. The Hollywood Music in Media Awards will feature music performances, celebrity presenters, tributes to music industry icons, awards for composers, songwriters and...
- 11/4/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Not so long ago, composers doing “genre” material — horror, science fiction, fantasy — saw an Oscar or Emmy nomination as a longshot, namely because voters didn’t seem to take those projects seriously.
But times have changed. Six of the 11 nominees in Emmy’s two narrative-fiction music categories have some element of sci-fi, fantasy or horror, in addition to two of the nominated songs, two main-title themes and four of the music supervision nominees.
Why the turnabout? Variety asked several of this year’s music nominees for their thoughts, and each offered a slightly different answer.
“When you talk about awards recognition, a lot of the time it’s really about what’s in the collective consciousness,” says TV Academy music governor Jeff Russo (“Fargo”). “Genre films and television shows have been at the top of the collective consciousness for a number of reasons: The types of stories being told are escapism,...
But times have changed. Six of the 11 nominees in Emmy’s two narrative-fiction music categories have some element of sci-fi, fantasy or horror, in addition to two of the nominated songs, two main-title themes and four of the music supervision nominees.
Why the turnabout? Variety asked several of this year’s music nominees for their thoughts, and each offered a slightly different answer.
“When you talk about awards recognition, a lot of the time it’s really about what’s in the collective consciousness,” says TV Academy music governor Jeff Russo (“Fargo”). “Genre films and television shows have been at the top of the collective consciousness for a number of reasons: The types of stories being told are escapism,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
As Emmy voting draws to a close, the 2021 music nominations span rookies to regulars. Here’s a guide, sizing up the competition in seven categories including scoring, supervision and song.
There is a wealth of music nominated across different sounds and genres. Variety breaks it all down in the annual Emmy chart.
Music Composition for a Series
“Bridgerton” (Netflix)
Composer: Kris Bowers
Two previous nominations (two this year)
“Diamond of the First Water”
Period-appropriate strings dominate small-ensemble score.
“The Crown” (Netflix)
Composer: Martin Phipps
Six previous nominations
“The Balmoral Test”
Harp, women’s voices for Diana’s entry into the royal family
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
Composer: Adam Taylor
One previous nomination
“The Crossing”
Eerie textures, string quartet, for June’s capture and torture
“Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
Composers: Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq
One win, three noms for Karpman; first nom for Saadiq
“Rewind 1921”
Operatic aria, large orchestra play requiem for...
There is a wealth of music nominated across different sounds and genres. Variety breaks it all down in the annual Emmy chart.
Music Composition for a Series
“Bridgerton” (Netflix)
Composer: Kris Bowers
Two previous nominations (two this year)
“Diamond of the First Water”
Period-appropriate strings dominate small-ensemble score.
“The Crown” (Netflix)
Composer: Martin Phipps
Six previous nominations
“The Balmoral Test”
Harp, women’s voices for Diana’s entry into the royal family
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
Composer: Adam Taylor
One previous nomination
“The Crossing”
Eerie textures, string quartet, for June’s capture and torture
“Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
Composers: Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq
One win, three noms for Karpman; first nom for Saadiq
“Rewind 1921”
Operatic aria, large orchestra play requiem for...
- 8/27/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
The “Fargo” Season 4 episode “East/West” garnered a great deal of attention for how cinematographer Dana Gonzales’ black-and-white photography broke from the color kodachrome look that gave the rest of “Year Four” its distinct period feel. Yet it was the audio side of the crafts team that had to walk a fine line in telling the story of Rabbi Milligan (Ben Whishaw) and Satchel Cannon (Rodney L. Jones III) embarking on their fateful road trip.
IndieWire recently caught up with composer Jeff Russo and co-supervising sound editors, Nick Forshager and Tim Boggs — all of whom received Emmy nominations (along with Gonzales) for their work on “East/West” — to discuss how they found a balance in making this unique episode, which was inspired by the Coen Brothers “Barton Fink” as well as the oft-referenced 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.”
Jeff Russo and series creator Noah Hawley have been working together since the 2009 ABC series,...
IndieWire recently caught up with composer Jeff Russo and co-supervising sound editors, Nick Forshager and Tim Boggs — all of whom received Emmy nominations (along with Gonzales) for their work on “East/West” — to discuss how they found a balance in making this unique episode, which was inspired by the Coen Brothers “Barton Fink” as well as the oft-referenced 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.”
Jeff Russo and series creator Noah Hawley have been working together since the 2009 ABC series,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Trevor Hogg
- Indiewire
The TV Academy music branch is clearly not impressed by big names.
None of the superstars who entered the 2020-21 Emmy competition in the music categories — including H.E.R., Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Sara Bareilles, Dolly Parton and Cher — were rewarded Wednesday when the 73rd annual Emmy Award nominations were announced.
Rather, the majority of nominees in the seven music categories were largely familiar composers, songwriters, music directors and music supervisors within the scoring community.
The biggest musical names nominated were Marcus Mumford for the theme for “Ted Lasso,” Grammy president-ceo Harvey Mason Jr. for “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” jazzman Branford Marsalis for a History Channel documentary, two-time Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for their hummable songs for “WandaVision,” and Tony winner Marc Shaiman for a song on a YouTube special.
Missing from Tuesday’s lists were songs for “Safety,” by H.E.R.; “Black Is King” by Beyoncé; both “Girls5eva...
None of the superstars who entered the 2020-21 Emmy competition in the music categories — including H.E.R., Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Sara Bareilles, Dolly Parton and Cher — were rewarded Wednesday when the 73rd annual Emmy Award nominations were announced.
Rather, the majority of nominees in the seven music categories were largely familiar composers, songwriters, music directors and music supervisors within the scoring community.
The biggest musical names nominated were Marcus Mumford for the theme for “Ted Lasso,” Grammy president-ceo Harvey Mason Jr. for “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” jazzman Branford Marsalis for a History Channel documentary, two-time Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for their hummable songs for “WandaVision,” and Tony winner Marc Shaiman for a song on a YouTube special.
Missing from Tuesday’s lists were songs for “Safety,” by H.E.R.; “Black Is King” by Beyoncé; both “Girls5eva...
- 7/13/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Lorelei Trailer — Sabrina Doyle‘s Lorelei (2020) movie trailer has been released by Vertical Entertainment. The Lorelei trailer stars Jena Malone, Pablo Schreiber, Amelia Borgerding, Parker Pascoe-Sheppard, Chancellor Perry, Gretchen Corbett, Dana Millican, Yolanda Porter, Bob Barr, Jeb Berrier, and Joseph Bertót. Crew Sabrina Doyle wrote the screenplay for the film. Jeff Russo created the music [...]
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- 7/2/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The choices for Emmy’s music branch this year are overwhelming, with hundreds of series now available via broadcast, cable and streaming options. Here are six of the most talked-about possibilities for nomination in the original score categories.
The Flight Attendant
“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max) featured one of the season’s most creative scores, courtesy of composer Blake Neely. At his initial meeting with producers, Neely remarked that he saw the hard-partying title character Cassie as “a broken child,” and thought “child instruments” such as toy pianos might make an interesting musical choice.
As Neely recalls: “Then I upped the ante and said, ‘How about only percussion?’” They loved the idea. Every musical sound in the eight-part series is a percussion instrument, from timpani and marimba to piano and tubular bells, all played by Neely.
“You start looking at things in your house differently,” he says. “My dishwasher, could I play that?...
The Flight Attendant
“The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max) featured one of the season’s most creative scores, courtesy of composer Blake Neely. At his initial meeting with producers, Neely remarked that he saw the hard-partying title character Cassie as “a broken child,” and thought “child instruments” such as toy pianos might make an interesting musical choice.
As Neely recalls: “Then I upped the ante and said, ‘How about only percussion?’” They loved the idea. Every musical sound in the eight-part series is a percussion instrument, from timpani and marimba to piano and tubular bells, all played by Neely.
“You start looking at things in your house differently,” he says. “My dishwasher, could I play that?...
- 6/3/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
From the period-specific tunes of “The Crown” to the surprising instrumental reworkings of modern pop hits in “Bridgerton,” this season’s Emmy contenders in music supervision showcase the growing field’s continued influence.
Alexandra Patsavas
“Bridgerton” may give veteran music supervisor Patsavas her best shot yet at an Emmy thanks to her clever use of chamber music-style covers of modern pop songs, which help trace the emotional journey of Daphne and Simon (Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page) in Regency-era London.
The Vitamin String Quartet’s renditions of Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next,” Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” Shawn Mendes’ “In My Blood” and Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” along with Duomo’s cover of Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams,” sent streaming numbers into the stratosphere soon after the Netflix series debuted in December.
According to Patsavas, discussions about “how a period project could be relevant and inviting,” musically speaking...
Alexandra Patsavas
“Bridgerton” may give veteran music supervisor Patsavas her best shot yet at an Emmy thanks to her clever use of chamber music-style covers of modern pop songs, which help trace the emotional journey of Daphne and Simon (Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page) in Regency-era London.
The Vitamin String Quartet’s renditions of Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next,” Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” Shawn Mendes’ “In My Blood” and Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” along with Duomo’s cover of Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams,” sent streaming numbers into the stratosphere soon after the Netflix series debuted in December.
According to Patsavas, discussions about “how a period project could be relevant and inviting,” musically speaking...
- 6/2/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
“That may actually be the longest piece of music I’ve ever written,” reveals composer Jeff Russo about the nearly 12-minute track that he composed for the season four premiere of FX’s Fargo. Set in Kansas City in 1950, the fourth installment of the anthology series used Russo’s “opus” to tell the backstory of 50 years of mob family warfare, and Russo drew on the city’s “jazz and blues flare” to situate the audience in the show’s particular time and place. Watch our exclusive video interview with Russo above.
The process of creating the score for that epic opening sequence took months, and Russo began long before showrunner Noah Hawley began shooting. “Once I read Noah’s work, I’m always inspired to just start going,” Russo says, because Hawley’s “scripts are so visually evocative that my imagination just starts to go.” Russo also discusses working on...
The process of creating the score for that epic opening sequence took months, and Russo began long before showrunner Noah Hawley began shooting. “Once I read Noah’s work, I’m always inspired to just start going,” Russo says, because Hawley’s “scripts are so visually evocative that my imagination just starts to go.” Russo also discusses working on...
- 5/13/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Where do you even begin with a year brimming with as much exciting music as 2020 had to offer? Even if you limit it to what made it to TV screens, it’s still a daunting collection of possibilities.
To start, there were the undeniable musical charms of “Central Park,” “The Eddy,” and “P-Valley,” all of which drew heavily on original songs to help tether their stories to a distinct time and place.
Phillip Glass, Harold Budd (“I Know This Much is True”), Alan Silvestri (“Cosmos: Possible Worlds”) and Atticus Ross all added to their robust, ever-growing bodies of work.
Musicians who have helped define the atmospheres of their respective series — like Ramin Djawadi for “Westworld” or Jesse Novak for “BoJack Horseman” — continued to do so as the characters in focus faced monumental changes. In the middle of it all, Jeff Russo held onto his title of the busiest musician in...
To start, there were the undeniable musical charms of “Central Park,” “The Eddy,” and “P-Valley,” all of which drew heavily on original songs to help tether their stories to a distinct time and place.
Phillip Glass, Harold Budd (“I Know This Much is True”), Alan Silvestri (“Cosmos: Possible Worlds”) and Atticus Ross all added to their robust, ever-growing bodies of work.
Musicians who have helped define the atmospheres of their respective series — like Ramin Djawadi for “Westworld” or Jesse Novak for “BoJack Horseman” — continued to do so as the characters in focus faced monumental changes. In the middle of it all, Jeff Russo held onto his title of the busiest musician in...
- 12/3/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
American drama web series Utopia review is here. The upcoming series adapted by ‘Gone Girl’ fame Gillian Flynn from the 2013 British original is scheduled to premiere on September 25, 2020 on Prime Video. The adaptation stars Sasha Lane, Rainn Wilson, Desmin Borges, Javon Walton, Dan Byrd, Christopher Denham, Cory Michael Smith and John Cusack in pivotal roles.
Watch the official trailer of Utopia: When the conspiracy in the elusive comic Utopia is real
https://youtu.be/dFSKBllxRIw Utopia Review
So, it’s been more than six months to the deadly Corona Covid-19 pandemic and still we are locking/unlocking our hopes. Remember, during the early days of lockdown we all searched for Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion and said Hey… how can this be true… on celluloid nine years ago.
Now, The Gone Girl fame Gillian Flynn in Amazon Prime's Utopia Season 1 – the Gillian Flynn’s adaptation of the cult British revolution...
Watch the official trailer of Utopia: When the conspiracy in the elusive comic Utopia is real
https://youtu.be/dFSKBllxRIw Utopia Review
So, it’s been more than six months to the deadly Corona Covid-19 pandemic and still we are locking/unlocking our hopes. Remember, during the early days of lockdown we all searched for Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion and said Hey… how can this be true… on celluloid nine years ago.
Now, The Gone Girl fame Gillian Flynn in Amazon Prime's Utopia Season 1 – the Gillian Flynn’s adaptation of the cult British revolution...
- 9/16/2020
- by Vishal Verma
- GlamSham
There’s an immediate rush that comes from the opening minutes of a new season of FX’s Fargo, intensified by the three-years-plus since Noah Hawley’s adaptation/expansion of the Coen brothers’ classic last aired.
It’s a charge that comes from Hawley’s love of archaic and convoluted language; from Jeff Russo’s playful circling of Carter Burwell’s haunting score for the original film; from another eclectic cast stepping into characters with instantly evocative names like “Ethelrida Pearl Smutny” or “Constant Calamita”; from the reminder that “This is a true story.”
If the show’s ...
It’s a charge that comes from Hawley’s love of archaic and convoluted language; from Jeff Russo’s playful circling of Carter Burwell’s haunting score for the original film; from another eclectic cast stepping into characters with instantly evocative names like “Ethelrida Pearl Smutny” or “Constant Calamita”; from the reminder that “This is a true story.”
If the show’s ...
- 9/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s an immediate rush that comes from the opening minutes of a new season of FX’s Fargo, intensified by the three-years-plus since Noah Hawley’s adaptation/expansion of the Coen brothers’ classic last aired.
It’s a charge that comes from Hawley’s love of archaic and convoluted language; from Jeff Russo’s playful circling of Carter Burwell’s haunting score for the original film; from another eclectic cast stepping into characters with instantly evocative names like “Ethelrida Pearl Smutny” or “Constant Calamita”; from the reminder that “This is a true story.”
If the show’s ...
It’s a charge that comes from Hawley’s love of archaic and convoluted language; from Jeff Russo’s playful circling of Carter Burwell’s haunting score for the original film; from another eclectic cast stepping into characters with instantly evocative names like “Ethelrida Pearl Smutny” or “Constant Calamita”; from the reminder that “This is a true story.”
If the show’s ...
- 9/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
New trailers, first looks, and tantalizing hints for the future were a part of Star Trek Day, the fan event commemorating the 54th anniversary of the debut of the original “Star Trek” TV series on Sept. 8, 1966. Panels covering every “Trek” TV series, from the original TV series to the recently announced new series “Strange New Worlds,” unfolded over a three-and-a-half-hour period on Tuesday, hosted by “Star Trek: The Next Generation” co-star Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton (daughter of “The Next Generation” star LeVar Burton), in between a day-long marathon of classic episodes from every “Trek” series.
Here are the highlights:
“Star Trek: Discovery”
The full trailer for Season 3 of “Star Trek: Discovery” debuted on Tuesday, along with a brand new title treatment that suggests a fresh direction for the CBS All Access series. The trailer, introduced by star Sonequa Martin-Green, launched the start of Star Trek Day, with “Discovery” co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise,...
Here are the highlights:
“Star Trek: Discovery”
The full trailer for Season 3 of “Star Trek: Discovery” debuted on Tuesday, along with a brand new title treatment that suggests a fresh direction for the CBS All Access series. The trailer, introduced by star Sonequa Martin-Green, launched the start of Star Trek Day, with “Discovery” co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise,...
- 9/8/2020
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
The push for diversity in the Emmys’ music branch has made significant progress, as voters nominated a record number of people of color and a near-record number of women this year.
More than 26% of all nominees in the seven music categories were non-white, up from 15.5% last year and from 22% the year before. Women constituted nearly 25% of all nominees, a slight dip from last year’s 26% but a marked improvement since the 2018 total of 18%.
For only the second time in Emmy history, at least one person of color was nominated in every music category (16 of the 61 total); that also happened in 2018. Six of the seven had at least one female nominee (15 of 61).
Television Academy executives find the numbers heartening.
“There are, frankly, more people of color and females working on shows that are getting recognition,” says TV Academy governor Jeff Russo. “The cream rises to the top, and when there is really good work,...
More than 26% of all nominees in the seven music categories were non-white, up from 15.5% last year and from 22% the year before. Women constituted nearly 25% of all nominees, a slight dip from last year’s 26% but a marked improvement since the 2018 total of 18%.
For only the second time in Emmy history, at least one person of color was nominated in every music category (16 of the 61 total); that also happened in 2018. Six of the seven had at least one female nominee (15 of 61).
Television Academy executives find the numbers heartening.
“There are, frankly, more people of color and females working on shows that are getting recognition,” says TV Academy governor Jeff Russo. “The cream rises to the top, and when there is really good work,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy can’t be a cheap show to make. This superhero story is based on an ambitious, colorful comic book series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá and as such it features big action setpieces, depictions of superpowers, and even a talking chimp or two.
Still it’s hard to imagine any portion of The Umbrella Academy’s budget is larger than the music clearance department. The series features a moody score from Jeff Russo but also a truly stunning amount of pop hits. The Umbrella Academy made its musical intentions clear in its first episode with the now-beloved dance scene set to Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now.” And the show’s investment in soundtrack and music has only grown from there.
“Music is such an important thing to me and I really take time to pick the songs,” showrunner Steve Blackman says.
“We...
Still it’s hard to imagine any portion of The Umbrella Academy’s budget is larger than the music clearance department. The series features a moody score from Jeff Russo but also a truly stunning amount of pop hits. The Umbrella Academy made its musical intentions clear in its first episode with the now-beloved dance scene set to Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now.” And the show’s investment in soundtrack and music has only grown from there.
“Music is such an important thing to me and I really take time to pick the songs,” showrunner Steve Blackman says.
“We...
- 7/31/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Baby Yoda. Jean-Luc Picard. A medieval witcher. A world where fairies have sex with humans. Steve Carrell aiming for the moon. A science-fiction anthology. The fantasy and sci-fi realms prospered on TV during the past season, particularly with the help of several gifted composers.
The anthology “Tales From the Loop” (Amazon) boasted the most high-profile theme, by famed minimalist Philip Glass, in partnership with Scottish composer Paul Leonard-Morgan. The two ended up scoring all eight episodes together.
As they were beginning, sitting at pianos in Glass’s New York studio, Glass remarked to Leonard-Morgan, “your melodies are beautiful but your harmonies need work!” But, as Leonard-Morgan related, “by episodes 2 and 3, we were so much on each other’s wavelength that people didn’t know what was coming from Philip or from me.”
In classically Glassian fashion, piano and strings became the primary voice for the miniseries. “He was playing some harmonies,...
The anthology “Tales From the Loop” (Amazon) boasted the most high-profile theme, by famed minimalist Philip Glass, in partnership with Scottish composer Paul Leonard-Morgan. The two ended up scoring all eight episodes together.
As they were beginning, sitting at pianos in Glass’s New York studio, Glass remarked to Leonard-Morgan, “your melodies are beautiful but your harmonies need work!” But, as Leonard-Morgan related, “by episodes 2 and 3, we were so much on each other’s wavelength that people didn’t know what was coming from Philip or from me.”
In classically Glassian fashion, piano and strings became the primary voice for the miniseries. “He was playing some harmonies,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
“Star Trek: Picard” premiered on CBS All Access in 2020. Starring Patrick Stewart as the title Starfleet admiral, it takes place 20 years after the events of “Star Trek: Nemesis,” the 2002 feature film that was the final big-screen adventure for the cast of “The Next Generation.” Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top Emmy contenders from the show.
As the series begins, Picard is retired and jaded after Starfleet banned synthetic lifeforms due to a deadly incident on Mars. He also harbors anger and regret over Starfleet’s refusal to rescue Romulan citizens from a supernova. But he’s called back into action when he meets an advanced android (Isa Briones) who is the target of Romulan spies.
SEEEmmy spotlight: Patrick Stewart (‘Star Trek: Picard’) is 33 years overdue for recognition for his most famous role
The series has an impressive pedigree behind the camera. It was co-created by Alex Kurtzman,...
As the series begins, Picard is retired and jaded after Starfleet banned synthetic lifeforms due to a deadly incident on Mars. He also harbors anger and regret over Starfleet’s refusal to rescue Romulan citizens from a supernova. But he’s called back into action when he meets an advanced android (Isa Briones) who is the target of Romulan spies.
SEEEmmy spotlight: Patrick Stewart (‘Star Trek: Picard’) is 33 years overdue for recognition for his most famous role
The series has an impressive pedigree behind the camera. It was co-created by Alex Kurtzman,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
We’re heading into Emmy Awards season, and CBS is starting up its “For Your Consideration” campaign on many of its shows. Trek fans will be pleased to know that the network is pushing hard on Star Trek: Picard, which aired its smash hit debut season earlier this year. Fan and critical response was positive for the bold Next Generation sequel series, and CBS is hoping to turn that into a swathe of Emmy nominations for the cast and crew.
As well as suggesting the show for Outstanding Drama Series, the campaign to get the one and only Sir Patrick Stewart a nom for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is leading the way. Stewart has received four Emmy nominations over his illustrious career, but never for Trek, so it would be a big deal if he could get some recognition for Picard.
What’s more, CBS is pitching...
As well as suggesting the show for Outstanding Drama Series, the campaign to get the one and only Sir Patrick Stewart a nom for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is leading the way. Stewart has received four Emmy nominations over his illustrious career, but never for Trek, so it would be a big deal if he could get some recognition for Picard.
What’s more, CBS is pitching...
- 5/13/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
“The jumping off point for ‘Picard’ was without a doubt examining Herman Zimmerman‘s production design work on [‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’] and many of the movies,” explains production designer Todd Cherniawsky about his work on “Star Trek: Picard,” which aired its first season on CBS All Access this spring. From there the art department considered “a lot of futurists’ work as far as where things are going to be maybe in a hundred years. We started to kind of just overlay those into the visual history of ‘Tng.'” Watch our exclusive video interview with Cherniawsky above.
Having “The Next Generation” as a reference point differentiated this experience from Cherniawsky’s work on “Star Trek: Discovery,” which took place before the original series but after “Star Trek: Enterprise,” “so it was new territory with a much more contemporary appetite for visuals.” But recreating established settings like the Borg...
Having “The Next Generation” as a reference point differentiated this experience from Cherniawsky’s work on “Star Trek: Discovery,” which took place before the original series but after “Star Trek: Enterprise,” “so it was new territory with a much more contemporary appetite for visuals.” But recreating established settings like the Borg...
- 5/8/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“In ‘Picard,’ we’re dealing with our one character and how he’s on his journey, and it’s not the entire crew,” explains “Star Trek: Picard” composer Jeff Russo about finding the right tone for the CBS All Access show’s music. “So I wanted to do that same thing with the score. I wanted to really focus in on the character of it and the emotion.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Russo above.
The series reintroduces the character of Jean-Luc Picard (played by Patrick Stewart), who was introduced in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1987 and was last seen in the feature film “Star Trek: Nemesis” in 2002. It’s about his process of “growing and becoming the person he was always going to become, trying to make amends for his past mistakes, and trying to figure out where things are going to lead him. So we really...
The series reintroduces the character of Jean-Luc Picard (played by Patrick Stewart), who was introduced in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1987 and was last seen in the feature film “Star Trek: Nemesis” in 2002. It’s about his process of “growing and becoming the person he was always going to become, trying to make amends for his past mistakes, and trying to figure out where things are going to lead him. So we really...
- 4/27/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Providing atmosphere, lending emotion and propelling the action, an orchestral score adds much to a TV series, so when the coronavirus threat shut down Hollywood five weeks ago, composers faced a quandary: How to retain that special sound if musicians can no longer record together in the same studio?
The answer, as heard in Tuesday night’s “Empire,” next week’s “American Dad!” and in upcoming episodes of FX’s “Mrs. America,” among others, is to record remotely. Like the millions mandated to quarantine at home, individual musicians are continuing to work and making technology work for them.
With the help of skilled engineers, separate tracks are assembled into a seamless blend, synched and locked. “In the rock world, this is nothing new,” says “Empire” composer Fil Eisler. “We do remote sessions every day. In fact, it’s how I used to make a living, when I first came to...
The answer, as heard in Tuesday night’s “Empire,” next week’s “American Dad!” and in upcoming episodes of FX’s “Mrs. America,” among others, is to record remotely. Like the millions mandated to quarantine at home, individual musicians are continuing to work and making technology work for them.
With the help of skilled engineers, separate tracks are assembled into a seamless blend, synched and locked. “In the rock world, this is nothing new,” says “Empire” composer Fil Eisler. “We do remote sessions every day. In fact, it’s how I used to make a living, when I first came to...
- 4/17/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
The saga of Star Trek 4 has been a long and thorny one. Originally, fans were hyped for a fun, time-traveling sequel in which Kirk met his dad, but this fell through when both Chrises, Pine and Hemsworth, walked away from negotiations. Director S.J. Clarkson left with them, too. But then, last fall, Paramount hired Noah Hawley to write and helm the film, with the Kelvin timeline cast, Pine included, tentatively attached to return.
Hawley himself has dropped some vague hints since then, but we’ve still yet to get many official details on the movie. Composer Jeff Russo is the latest to tease the project though, and he’s confirmed that he’ll likely score Star Trek 4. This isn’t too surprising, either, given his long working relationship with Hawley – on shows such as Legion and Fargo – and his status as Trek‘s current go-to composer, after scoring both Discovery and Picard.
Hawley himself has dropped some vague hints since then, but we’ve still yet to get many official details on the movie. Composer Jeff Russo is the latest to tease the project though, and he’s confirmed that he’ll likely score Star Trek 4. This isn’t too surprising, either, given his long working relationship with Hawley – on shows such as Legion and Fargo – and his status as Trek‘s current go-to composer, after scoring both Discovery and Picard.
- 4/4/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
The soundtrack for the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Picard won’t officially beam into stores and digital libraries until later this week, but we’re here to premiere an exclusive track from composer Jeff Russo‘s score, which you can listen to a couple of days early. “Engage” with the new track below. Star Trek: Picard Score This […]
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- 2/5/2020
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
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