Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BritBox/ITV drama A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, Anne, The Spanish Princess, The Halcyon, Domina, Home Fires). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track (Ruth Ellis) below. A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is written by Kelly Jones based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging and stars Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley and Bessie Carter. The 4-part true crime drama directed by Lee Haven Jones tells the story of the last woman in Britain to be hanged and reveals hidden truths about a love triangle that ultimately ended in tragedy. The series premiered in the U.S. last month on BritBox and made its UK debut earlier this month on ITV & ITVX.
Here’s the album track list:
1. The Last Woman (2:14)
2. Holloway (3:23)
3. Morning of the Trial (2:31)
4. Four Defences (2:39)
5. Champagne Picnic (1:33)
6. Manslaughter (2:52)
7. Everything They Fear (2:47)
8. Lovers & Lies (1:35)
9. Last Breath (3:10)
10. The English Machine (1:19)
11. Lamb to the Slaughter (2:55)
12. Provocation & Reprieve (1:38)
13. Buzzing Cell Lights (2:40)
14. Determined to Die (3:16)
15. Out of Time (2:16)
16. Make Him Listen (6:55)
17. Worse Than All (2:17)
18. Ruth Ellis (4:57)
