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. 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*ck 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)
