{"id":45666,"date":"2025-08-05T15:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45666\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:59:12","slug":"nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-tv-adaptation-of-the-death-of-bunny-munro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45666\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Cave and Warren Ellis to Score TV Adaptation of The Death of Bunny Munro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/710-nick-cave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Cave<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/1332-warren-ellis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Ellis<\/a> will score the forthcoming <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-new-tv-adaptation-of-the-death-of-bunny-munro-3882843\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-new-tv-adaptation-of-the-death-of-bunny-munro-3882843&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-new-tv-adaptation-of-the-death-of-bunny-munro-3882843\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV adaptation<\/a> of Cave\u2019s book The Death of Bunny Munro. Matt Smith produces and stars in the new, six-part <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.skygroup.sky\/en-gb\/article\/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-sky-original-series-the-death-of-bunny-munro\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.skygroup.sky\/en-gb\/article\/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-sky-original-series-the-death-of-bunny-munro&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skygroup.sky\/en-gb\/article\/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-sky-original-series-the-death-of-bunny-munro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Original<\/a> series, which comes to streaming later this year. No air date has been announced, but a preview, with two episode screenings and a conversation with Cave and Smith, will take place during the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.southbankcentre.co.uk\/events\/london-literature-festival\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.southbankcentre.co.uk\/events\/london-literature-festival\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southbankcentre.co.uk\/events\/london-literature-festival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Literature Festival<\/a> at Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall on October 30.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2014the star of House of the Dragon, Doctor Who, and The Crown\u2014plays the titular role of a door-to-door salesman who goes on a debauched road trip with his young son while dealing with both sex addiction and his wife\u2019s suicide. Writer Pete Jackson adapted the book, with Isabella Ekl\u00f6f directing.<\/p>\n<p>Cave and Ellis recorded the score in London with go-to engineer Luis Almau. 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