Madison Gate Records has released the first soundtrack album for the Pure Flix original series Going Home. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Stephen Phillips, original songs by Nate Merchant & Phillips, as well as the drama’s theme song The Way Home written and performed by Aaron Morgan (listen to the track below). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Going Home is created by Dan Merchant and stars Cynthia Geary, Cozi Zuehlesdorff, Aviona Rodriguez Brown, Christopher Wiehl, Steve Lloyd, Trent Sims, Elly Sims and Matt Davidson.
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‘Griselda’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s limited series Griselda. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, Hacks, Chupa, A Walk Among the Tombstones). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 19 (click here to stream/download). A vinyl edition will be coming out next from Diggers Factory and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out the composer’s title track below. Griselda is created by Doug Miro, Eric Newman, Carlo Bernard & Ingrid Escajeda and stars Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Martin Rodriguez and Juliana Aidén Martinez. The 6-part crime drama is inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco who – after fleeing from Medellín to Miami with her three young sons and a kilo of cocaine – becomes the ruthless boss of a booming drug empire.
James S. Levine Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘The New Look’
James S. Levine (Glee, Nip/Tuck, The Weather Man, American Horror Story, Running with Scissors, Star, Rizzoli & Isles) is scoring the upcoming Apple TV+ original series The New Look. The show is created by Todd A. Kessler and stars Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior, Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel, as well as Maisie Williams, John Malkovich, Emily Mortimer, Claes Bang and Glenn Close. The 10-part historical drama inspired by true events is set against the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris and centers on the two fashion designers and their contemporaries as they navigated the horrors of the war and launched modern fashion.
Jessica Jones Scoring Netflix’s ‘American Nightmare’
Jessica Jones (Our Universe, Red Rose, Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story) is the composer of the new Netflix true crime documentary series American Nightmare. The show is directed by Bernadette Higgins & Felicity Morris and unravels the mystery of a young couple’s recounting of a home invasion and abduction that is too far fetched for the police to believe. Rebecca North (The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman, Locked Up Abroad) are Fiona Stourton executive producing the RAW production.
‘Tierra Incógnita’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Argentine Disney+ original series Tierra Incógnita. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Loishka (Daddies on Request). Visit Amazon (or any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a first soundtrack featuring score and songs from Season 1 back in 2022. Tierra Incógnita is created by Tomás Wortley and stars Pedro Maurizi, Mora Fisz, Tomás Kirzner, Verónica Intile, Carla Pandolfi and Ezequiel Rodríguez.
‘Evacuation: A Documentary Military Thriller’ Soundtrack Released
Wattsonic has released a soundtrack album for the Channel 4 documentary series Evacuation: A Documentary Military Thriller. The album features the film’s original music is composed by Vincent Watts (We Are the Freaks, Janapar, Who Killed the KLF?, Starsuckers). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Evacuation is directed by James W Newton and charts the 2021 evacuation of Kabul, one of the largest British military undertakings in recent times, through unparalleled access and using previously unseen footage. The 3-parter also details the impact and emotional toll of the events on all those involved.
‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Part 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Kakao Entertainment has released a second soundtrack for the South Korean Netflix original series Gyeongseong Creature. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Choe Jeong In, as well as additional tracks by Lim Mi Hyun, Kim Tae Seong and Yoon Chae Young. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also llisten to the opening title track below. A first soundtrack EP featuring two songs in different versions was released last month. Gyeongseong Creature is created by Kang Eun-kyung & Chung Dong-yoon and stars Park Seo-jun, Claudia Kim, Han So-hee, Cho Han-cheul, Wi Ha-jun and Kim Hae-sook.
‘Alexander: The Making of a God’ Soundtrack Album Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Alexander: The Making of a God. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Taran Mitchell (The Resurrection of Charles Manson) and produced by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning & Fallout, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Black Adam). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the first track below. Alexander: The Making of a God is executive produced by Lucy van Beek & Nick Catliff and stars Buck Braithwaite, Mido Hamada, Agni Scott and Will Stevens. The docudrama reveals the life of Alexander the Great through his transformation from warrior prince to living god and explores his rise as an exiled young man into his obsession with defeating the mighty Persian Emperor Darius that led him to conquer the known world.
Chris Benstead Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Gentlemen’ TV Series
Chris Benstead is making his television scoring debut on the upcoming British Netflix original series The Gentlemen. The show is created by Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch, Aladdin) based on his 2019 feature of the same title (scored by Benstead) and stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Joely Richardson, Daniel Ings, Giancarlo Esposito, Vinnie Jones, Chanel Cresswell, Max Beesley, Michael Vu, Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins and Peter Serafinowicz. The comedy drama follows a young man who unexpectedly inherits his father’s sizeable country estate, only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire and host of characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 14, 2024)
Premiering today is the HBO original series True Detective: Night Country written and directed by Issa López and starring Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Isabella Star Lablanc, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Christopher Eccleston, Aka Niviâna, Joel D. Montgrand, Anna Lambe and John Hawkes. The show’s original music composed by Vince Pope (No Offence, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, Misfits, Resistance,You & Me, Wolfe). Check out our previous article to learn more about the fourth installment of the True Detective anthology series, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Also premiering today is the AMC limited series Monsieur Spade created by Scott Frank & Tom Fontana and starring Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Chiara Mastroianni, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin, Jonathan Zaccaï, Stanley Weber, Rebecca Root and Matthew Beard. Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Hacks, Chupa) has composed the show’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score in the coming weeks. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the crime drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.