Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for Sound & Screen Television, its annual awards-season showcase of the best of TV music. The event, which took place May 6 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, featured composers and songwriters from 11 buzzy shows discussing their craft and showing of their scores and songs with the help of […]
The secret to making a documentary worthy of comedy legend John Candy was to lean into the magic he created on screen in films that include Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Spaceballs and Splash. The final product resulted in John Candy: I Like Me, directed by Colin Hanks, who also produced alongside Ryan Reynolds, and who […]
“One of the very first things that Tim [Burton] said when we started was ‘don’t make this funny’,” Wednesday composer Chris Bacon said about the musical direction he got from the series’ Oscar-nominated director and executive producer. “It’s a funny show, but Tim Burton, he was very serious: ‘Do not play funny music.’ Play them serious,” Bacon […]
Singer David Archuleta shared the funny inspiration behind his song “Wish That You Were Me,” which was featured on the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building in Season 5. “Showrunner John Hoffman reached out and said, ‘Hey, I would like for you to write a song.’ He was looking for something that was […]
For Siddharta Khosla, the composer behind the scores of shows including Hulu’s Paradise and Only Murders in the Building, the winning words to get the gig for soundtracking Apple TV’s Imperfect Women were Twin Peaks. When meeting with series creator Annie Weisman, Khosla used that reference in his pitch for the music for the thriller […]
The xenomorph from the Alien franchise is one of the most legendary creatures in cinema history. Now it’s the star of FX’s series Alien: Earth too. Many filmmakers have put xenomorphs on screen and many composers have written music for them. Alien: Earth’s Jeff Russo may be the first to use the Aztec death whistle, […]
Apple TV’s Murderbot blends science-fiction, comedy, human emotion and many more elements, so the music is just as eclectic. Composer Amanda Jones conducted a performance of some of her designs at Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television, then shared some of her designs. For example, Jones uses a Korean saenghwang for Murderbot’s (Alexander Skarsgård) themes, but […]
Breton Vivian returned to Deadline’s Sound and Screen Television after presenting the score for Taylor Sheridan’s 1923. This time around, he conducted the score for another Sheridan drama, Paramount+’s The Madison. For the new series, which centers on the story of a widow, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, taking her family from New York to Montana, […]