Television

Netflix Unveils ‘Westside’ for Music Industry Crowd

Netflix Unveils ‘Westside’ for Music Industry Crowd

Netflix’s ambitious new unscripted reality show Westside had a curtain raiser Tuesday at Variety’s Music for Screens Summit, where the show’s executive team shared the backstory with the magazine’s executive music editor Shirley Halperin. The eight-episode series, which debuts Nov. 9, is not a contest like The Voice or American Idol. Rather, it tracks along […]

Fox Casts Hudgens, Fisher in RENT Live

Fox Casts Hudgens, Fisher in RENT Live

Fox has landed Vanessa Hudgens and Brandon Victor Dixon in the lineup for the live musical version of Rent, airing Sunday, Jan. 27. Hudgens will croon as performance artist Maureen Johnson while Dixon portrays Tom Collins, a techie who returns to New York in the re-imagining of Puccini’s La Bohème as the story of seven struggling creatives who strive […]

Russo’s ‘Legion Season 2 Soundtrack’ Bows

Russo’s ‘Legion Season 2 Soundtrack’ Bows

Jeff Russo’s Legion Season Two – Original Television Series Soundtrack will be released digitally from Lakeshore Records on May 25. Russo’s synth-accented score highlights the story of David Haller (Dan Stevens), a man who believed himself to be schizophrenic only to discover that he may actually be a powerful mutant savant. Lakeshore also released the […]

Balfe Back for ‘Genius’ Season Two

Balfe Back for ‘Genius’ Season Two

Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe is once again channeling Genius for National Geographic, which has brought him back for season two of its popular historical drama. The sophomore effort focuses on Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (played by Antonio Banderas, and in early years by Alex Rich). In addition to writing the score for the premiere season Genius, examining Albert […]

ABC Renews ‘American Idol’

ABC Renews ‘American Idol’

American Idol has been renewed by ABC, sending the progenitor of all music competition shows into what will be its 17th season. Judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie as well as host Ryan Seacrest have all been re-upped as well. The FremantleMedia-produced show enjoyed 15 high-profile seasons on Fox network, where it finished […]

Gaga, Jay-Z, Iovine Shows Nab MTV Movie & TV Noms

Gaga, Jay-Z, Iovine Shows Nab MTV Movie & TV Noms

A pair of hip hop docs, a diva duo and one making-of compete for honors in the MTV Movie & TV Awards, which announced nominees today. HBO’s riveting four part rags-to-riches tale, The Defiant Ones, examines the chain of events that led to the improbably pairing of a NY-born longshoreman’s son, Jimmy Iovine, with Compton, California-bred beatmaster Dr. […]

Geringas Tunes-Up Series for DreamWorks, Netflix

Geringas Tunes-Up Series for DreamWorks, Netflix

Composer and songwriter Alex Geringas has found an animated sound for two television series from DreamWorks Animation for Netflix — Home: Adventures of Tip & Oh and Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, both adapted from feature films. For Home: Adventures of Tip & Oh the Moscow-born, Hamburg-raised actor-turned composer was tasked with creating music that could stand toe-to-toe with hits […]

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