Rough Trade Records will release a soundtrack EP for the mini-series Likely Stories. The EP features four tracks from the 4-parter’s original music composed by British singer/songwriter Jarvis Cocker who makes his scoring debut with the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 27, 2016 and is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The soundtrack will also be released as a 7” EP on June 3. Likely Stories is directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and stars Tom Hughes, George MacKay, Johnny Vegas, Kenneth Cranham, Rita Tushingham, Monica Dolan, Paul Ritter, Simon Manyonda, Johann Myers and Montserrat Lombard. The series is based on Neil Gaiman’s London-based short stories Foreign Parts, Feeders & Eaters, Closing Time and Looking For The Girl will premiere this coming Thursday, May 26 on Sky Arts in the UK. No domestic premiere date has been announced yet.
Here’s the track list of the EP:
1. Theme from ‘Likely Stories’
2. Foraging
3. Looking for the Girl
4. Poor Babes in the Woods