WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original series Rooster. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first season composed record producer/songwriter Andrew Watt who has made his television scoring debut on the project. Also included is the main title theme song I Played the Fool co-written (with Watt) and performed by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe (previously released as a digital single), as well as an instrumental version of the track. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 15 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Also listen to the first score track below. Rooster is created by Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses and stars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley and Lauren Tsai. The comedy follows a successful author as he arrives at Ludlow College to support his daughter, an art history professor in the midst of a marital breakdown with a fellow academic. The final episode of the series premiered this past Sunday on HBO and the full first season is now available to stream on HBO Max. A second season is in the works.
Here’s the album track list:
1. I Played the Fool (Main Title Theme from “Rooster”) – Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt (3:02)
2. Welcome to Campus (1:25)
3. Classroom (1:12)
4. Rent Free (0:49)
5. Smooth Talking SOB (2:03)
6. Walking Home (0:45)
7. Deep in Thought (0:44)
8. My Father’s Daughter (0:52)
9. Let It Burn (1:21)
10. Ballpoint Pen (1:12)
11. Ian MacKaye Is God (0:42)
12. Warm Hand (0:45)
13. Collecting Shells (1:45)
14. Inserting (0:56)
15. Never Again (0:57)
16. F**k That Guy (0:52)
17. New Path (1:54)
18. Fair Enough (1:12)
19. Ultrasound (1:12)
20. Ludlow Hockey (1:22)
21. I Played the Fool – Andrew Watt & Michael Stipe (3:02)
