here), unless you count the major-label career of record scout Tom Farrell. Farrell, who’s played by “Ed’s” Tom Cavanagh, is an idealistic music fan who’s obsessed with finding the perfect band — so obsessed that he gets fired by his evil major-label boss (Eric Bogosian). “Every life has its own soundtrack” is the advertising tag line for the show, and though Farrell’s posse of buddies plays an important role in “Love Monkey,” it could well have been titled “Music Freak.
” “The music thing we are approaching with some trepidation,” says Cavanagh by phone from the show’s New York City set. “If we get that wrong, the show definitely doesn’t work.” The show hired a real singer-songwriter, Teddy Geiger, to play the emerging artist that Farrell pursues in the show’s pilot.
And to get the details of the music industry right and to pick songs for the show, “Love Monkey” producers went to Nic Harcourt, the host of Los Angeles’ influential “Morning Becomes Eclectic” public radio show. Harcourt’s also the music supervisor for two other mid-season shows, “In Justice” and the upcoming “What About Brian,” and he says wasn’t looking for another music-supervisor gig, but when he heard what “Love Monkey” was about, he had to sign on. “It’s an opportunity to really make music the star of the program,” says Harcourt.
“This is not music used underneath [dialogue] or as part of the story — music is what the show’s about.” Continue reading "'Love Monkey' strikes the right chord " in Love Monkey | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) and the new CBS series Love Monkey, feature soundtracks by pop and rock artists these days, the following programs stand out for their distinctive use of tunes: here), unless you count the major-label career of record scout Tom Farrell.
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