Ben Salisbury (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Luce, Archive 81) and Suvi-Eeva Äikäs (Matriarch, Hanna, Baghead) have teamed up to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Constellation. The show is created by Peter Harness (The War of the Worlds, Wallander) and stars Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy, William Catlett, Julian Looman, Barbara Sukowa, as well as Rosie and Davina Coleman. The 8-part psychological thriller directed by Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, Shining Girls), (Downfall, The Experiment) & Joseph Cedar (Norman, Footnote) and revolves around an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space, only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 28, 2024)
Premiering on Wednesday, January 31, is the FX limited series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans developed by Jon Robin Baitz and starring Tom Hollander, Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, Demi Moore, Treat Williams, Molly Ringwald, Joe Mantello and Russell Tovey. The show’s original score is composed by Julia Newman (At the Gates) and Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, American Beauty, 1917) has contributed the main title theme. Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music this coming week. Check back on this page for the full album details and click here to learn more about the drama, which will air on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Netflix original documentary series Alexander: The Making of a God executive produced by Lucy van Beek & Nick Catliff and starring Buck Braithwaite, Mido Hamada, Will Stevens and Agni Scott. The show’s original music is composed by Taran Mitchell (The Resurrection of Charles Manson) and produced by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring Mitchell’s score earlier this month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the 6-parter.
‘Hazbin Hotel’ Part 2 Soundtrack EP Released
A24 Music has released the second soundtrack EP for the Prime Video original animated series Hazbin Hotel. The 4-track EP features the four original songs from the fifth and sixth episode of the show’s first season written by Andrew Underberg & Sam Haft and performed by voice cast members Erika Henningsen, Jeremy Jordan, Amir Talai, Kimiko Glenn, Darren Criss, Shoba Narayan, Patina Miller, Jessica Vosk and Stephanie Beatriz. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to all four tracks after the jump. The label has previously released a first EP featuring six songs from Episodes 1-4 last week.
‘Masters of the Air’ Soundtrack Album Details
Platoon will release the official soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ limited series Masters of the Air. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Blake Neely (The Pacific, The Flight Attendant, Greyhound, The Flash, Arrow, You, Everwood, The Keepers, Good Night Oppy) and performed by the Nashville Recording Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 26. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. A vinyl edition is also in the works. Listen to the composer’s main title theme (Soar) below. Masters of the Air is developed by John Orloff based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name and stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann, Rafferty Law, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa. The 9-part drama tells the story of the men of the 100th Bomb Group as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air.
Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘A Real Bug’s Life’ to Be Released
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for National Geographic’s Disney+ original series A Real Bug’s Life. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Croods: A New Age). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 26 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. A Real Bug’s Life narrated by Awkwafina is inspired by Pixar’s 1998 animated feature A Bug’s Life and centers on nine different micro bug worlds around the world, where the forces of nature play out on a miniature scale and where tiny creatures rely on amazing powers and extraordinary alliances to make it through each day.
Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s & Hulu’s ‘Dragons of Wonderhatch’ Released
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese Disney+/Hulu live-action/anime hybrid series Dragons of Wonderhatch. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Hisaki Kato (Summer Blooms, Mio on the Shore), Yasunori Nishiki (Octopath Traveler, NeverDead) and Kana Inukai. Also included is Chiaki Sato’s cover of The Cranberries’ Dreams (in both Japanese and English language versions). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to a track from each composer, as well as Sato’s song below. Dragons of Wonderhatch is directed by Kentaro Hagiwara and animation director Takashi Otsuka and stars Mackenyu, Sena Nakajima, Rena Tanaka, Daiken Okudaira, Masaki Miura, Sumire, Riko Narumi and Go Morita.
‘The New Look’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Jack Antonoff has announced the track list of the soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series The New Look. The album features covers of popular early to mid-twentieth century songs produced by the Grammy Award-winning musician and performed by artists such as Florence + The Machine, Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Perfume Genius, Sam Dew, Nick Cave, Bleachers & others. A first track will be released next Wednesday, January 31 (check out Florence + The Machine’s cover of White Cliffs of Dover below). The full album will be released on April 3 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The New Look is created by Todd A. Kessler and stars Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, Emily Mortimer, John Malkovich, Claes Bang and Glenn Close.
‘Expats’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Prime Video limited series Expats. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Alex Weston (The Farewell, Wander Darkly, The Adults, The Novice, Goodnight Mommy, What Breaks the Ice). The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, January 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Expats is written and directed by Lulu Wang and stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee and Jack Huston. The 6-part drama based on the best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee is set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents and centers on three American women whose lives intersect after a single encounter sets off a chain of life-altering events.
Sacha & Evgueni Galperine Scoring Disney+’s ‘Kaiser Karl’
Sacha & Evgueni Galperine (The Undoing, Scenes from a Marriage, Radioactive, Loveless, The Family, Wizard of Lies, Happening) are scoring the upcoming French Disney+ original series Kaiser Karl. The show is created by Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Jennifer Have & Raphaëlle Bacqué (author of the eponymous biography) and stars Daniel Brühl as Karl Lagerfeld, as well as Théodore Pellerin, Arnaud Valois, Alex Lutz and Agnès Jaoui. The biographical drama directed by Jérôme Salle (Largo Winch, Zulu) and Audrey Estrougo (An Ordinary Story, By Your Side) chronicles the rise of the fashion designer through who – after meeting and falling in love with Jacques de Bascher in the 1970s – finds himself in competition with Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, the head of the most prestigious fashion brand around.
Oli Julian & Nick Foster Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’
Oli Julian (Sex Education, Breeders, Catastrophe, The Full Monty, How to Build a Girl) & Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, Greatest Days, Misha and the Wolves, In My Skin) have teamed up to score the upcoming Apple TV+ original series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin. The show is created by Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis & Stuart Lane and stars Noel Fielding, Ellie White, Marc Wootton, Hugh Bonneville, Duayne Boachie, Tamsin Greig, Dolly Wells, Asim Chaudhry, Joe Wilkinson, Mark Heap, Michael Fielding, Geoff McGivern, Samuel Leakey and Kiri Flaherty. The 6-part comedy follows the titular legendary British highwayman as he sets out on a journey of wildly absurd escapades when he’s made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws and is tasked with outwitting a corrupt lawman and self-appointed thief-taker.