Högni Egilsson (Touch, Under the Tree, Against the Current) has composed the original score for the new BBC drama King & Conqueror. The show is created by Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes, Pompeii) and stars James Norton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emily Beecham, Eddie Marsan, Clémence Poésy, Juliet Stevenson, Clare Holman, Bo Bragason, Luther Ford and Indy Lewis. The 8-part historical drama tells the story of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy, two allies who were destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown. Johnson, Norton & Coster-Waldau are also executive producing the project with Kitty Kaletsky (Playing Nice) for Rabbit Track Pictures, Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns, Everest) and Magnus Sigurdsson (The Oath) for RVK Studios, Robert Taylor (Rogue Agent, Rose) for The Development Partnership, Dave Clarke & Richard Halliwell (The Holiday) for Shepherd Content, Lindsay Martin for CBS Studios, as well as Ed Clarke (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Close to Me). Kormákur who previously collaborated with Egilsson on his last feature, Touch, has also directed the first episode. King & Conqueror is premiering in the UK tonight and will air every Sunday night on BBC One before making its U.S. debut in the coming months on Prime Video.