WaterTower Music will release the fourth soundtrack album for the HBO hit series Game of Thrones. The album features selections from the score of the fourth season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans). The soundtrack will be released on July 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the full album details. No word yet on whether Sigur Rós’ version of The Rains of Castamere, which was released as a single yesterday, will be featured on the release. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the third season, while Varese Sarabande released soundtracks for season 1 and season 2.
Category: Television Music Albums
‘The Walking Dead’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Announced
Republic Records has announced a new soundtrack EP for the AMC hit series The Walking Dead. The release includes five new and previously unreleased songs inspired by and featured in the show, including tracks by Portugal. The Man, Ben Nichols, Sharon Van Etten, Lee DeWyze and A.C. Newman. The EP will be released on March 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the show last spring. The Walking Dead based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and scored by Bear McCreary stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Emily Kinney, Danai Gurira, Chad Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green.
‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ Soundtrack Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the docu-series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, The Avengers, Forrest Gump). The soundtrack is now available digitally on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The album is the first of four planned volumes. Details on Volume 2-4 will be posted on this page as they are announced. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan, Mitchell Cannold and Brannon Braga is the successor to the 1980 Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage scored by Vangelis. The 13-part series is hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time.
‘Psych’ – The Musical Soundtrack Details
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the musical episode of the USA series Psych. The album features the songs and score from the episode. The songs are performed by the show’s cast including James Roday, Dulé Hill, Anthony Rapp, Ally Sheedy, Barry Bostwick, Brooke Lyons, Jimmi Simpson and Kurt Fuller and composed by the series’ creator/executive producer Steve Franks and Adam Cohen and were recorded in part on the Sinatra stage at Capital Records in Los Angeles. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 16, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Psych The Musical is written and directed by Steve Franks, who is also executive producing the project for Universal Cable Productions in association with Tagline Pictures, with Kelly Kulchak and Chris Henze. The episode will air this Sunday, December 15 on USA.
Complete ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Soundtrack Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere release of the complete soundtrack for the 1961 classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s directed by Blake Edwards and starring Katherine Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal and Mickey Rooney. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther). The score was previously only available as a re-arranged version on an LP version from RCA. The album also features the Academy Award-winning song Moon River performed by Hepburn, as well as a number of bonus tracks, including alternate versions of the song. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, visit Intrada’s official website.
‘Sons of Anarchy’ Volume 3 Soundtrack Announced
Columbia Records will release a new soundtrack album for the FX hit drama Sons of Anarchy. Sons of Anarchy: Vol. 3 included such songs as Chris Goss’ & the Forest Rangers’ take on Sitting on Top of the World, Leonard Cohen’s Come Healing and Joshua James’ Crash This Train. The show’s house band The Forest Rangers, which is featured on music tracks, includes the show’s composer Bob Thiele, Greg Leisz (guitar/banjo), John Philip Shenale (keyboards), Lyle Workman (guitar), Dave Way, Davey Faragher (bass), Brian Macleod (drums) and Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner. The soundtrack will be released on December 3, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The sixth season of Sons of Anarchy created by Kurt Sutter and starring Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal currently airs every Tuesday night on FX.
‘Salem’s Lot’ and ‘Buck Rogers’ Soundtracks Released
Intrada Records has released the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1979 TV mini-series Salem’s Lot based on the Stephen King vampire novel, directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul, Bonnie Bedelia, James Mason and Lance Kerwin. The 2-CD set features the series’ original score composed and conducted by Harry Sukman (Song Without End). The composer received an Emmy nomination for his work on the project. The album also includes cues Sukman subsequently re-fashioned for the re-edited feature version of picture. To listen to audio clips and order the soundtrack, visit the label’s official website.
‘Breaking Bad’ Volume 2 Score Album Announced
Madison Gate Records has released a new soundtrack album for AMC’s critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning drama Breaking Bad. The album features previously unreleased selections from the show’s original music composed by Dave Porter. Breaking Bad: Original Score from the Television Series Volume 2 is now available to download on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. The label has previously released a soundtrack album for the show featuring songs from the first two seasons (click here for the full details), as well an album featuring selections of the score from all five seasons (click here for more information). The series finale of Breaking Bad created by Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn will air this Sunday, September 30 on AMC.