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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 17, 2022)

Premiering on Thursday, July 21, is the HBO Max original series Rap Sh!t created by Issa Rae and starring Aida Osman, Jonica Booth, KaMillion, Devon Terrell and RJ Cyler. The show’s original music is composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, Passing, We Are Who We Are, Mainstream, Palo Alto, In Treatment). Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.

Also premiering in the U.S. on Thursday is the British mini-series Showtrial created by Ben Richards and starring Tracy Ifeachor, Celine Buckens, Sharon D. Clarke, Sinead Keenan, Lolita Chakrabarti and Kerr Logan. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, Domina, The Halcyon) has composed the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the drama premiered in the UK on BBC One. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. The 5-parter is making its U.S. debut on Sundance Now.

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Patrick Stump’s ‘Glow Webs Glow’ from ‘Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Season 2 Released

Walt Disney Records has released the new song Glow Webs Glow from the second season of the Disney Junior animated series Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends. The track is written and performed by the show’s Grammy Award-nominated composer/songwriter Patrick Stump (of Fall Out Boy) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the official music video after the jump. The label has previously released a soundtrack EP featuring Stump’s songs from Season 1. Disney also announced this week that Stump will guest star as a concert announcer in an episode of the new season.

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René G. Boscio to Score Freeform’s ‘The Watchful Eye’

René G. Boscio (Emergency, 30 Miles from Nowhere, The Time Capsule, Like Dogs) has been hired to score the upcoming Freeform original series The Watchful Eye. The show is created by Julie Durk (Grace & Frankie, Laws of Attraction) and stars Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri and Aliyah Royale. The drama follows a young woman with a complicated past as she is maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan and quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives.

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Steve Martin’s ‘Angel in Flip-Flops’ Song from ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 2 Released

Hollywood Records has released the the original song Angel in Flip-Flops from the latest episode (Here’s Looking at You) from the Hulu original series Only Murders in the Building. The track is written by Steve Martin (who performs the song as his character Charles-Haden Savage) & Kirker Butler, produced by Paul Shaffer and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Only Murders in the Building is created by Martin & John Hoffman and also stars Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne.

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Soundtrack Album for Disney+’s ‘Sketchbook’ Released

Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album for the Disney+ documentary series Sketchbook. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Scott Michael Smith & Michael Dean Parsons. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Sketchbook is executive produced by Jason Sterman, David Gelb & Brian McGinn and centers on the lives of talented artists and animators as they teach viewers how to draw a single iconic character from a Walt Disney Animation Studios film.

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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight’ to Be Released

Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s Netflix series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Kevin Lax (The First Purge, Burning Sands) & Robert Lydecker (Iron Fist, Lethal Weapon, Sleepy Hollow, Designated Survivor). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 15 and will be available to stream/download here. Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight is developed by Mitch Watson & Peter Hastings based on DreamWorks Animation’s film franchise and features the voices of Jack Black, Rita Ora, James Hong, Amy Hill, Chris Geere, Nolan North and Della Saba. The animated comedy follows legendary warrior Po as he teams up with an elite English knight to embark on a globe-trotting quest for redemption and justice and to save the world from destruction.

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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Hurts Like Hell’ Released

BPH Music has released the first soundtrack album for the Thai Netflix limited series Hurts Like Hell. The album features the original music from the first chapter of the show composed by Bill Hemstapat (Ghost Lab). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. A second album featuring the composer’s score from Chapter 3 & 4 will be released on July 27 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Hurts Like Hell is written by Siwat Decharat and stars Nat Kitcharit, Thaneth Warakulnukroh and Vithaya Pansringarm. The 4-part drama directed by Kittichai Wanprasert is inspired by true events set in the seedy underworld behind the once-revered sport of Muay Thai, where pain not only manifests on the body, but all the players involved also pay with lasting psychological pain and suffering.

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‘Ms. Marvel’ Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the second soundtrack album for Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series Ms. Marvel have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the fourth, fifth and sixth episode of the show composed by Emmy Award winner Laura Karpman (What If…?, Lovecraft Country, Set It Up, Why We Hate, Underground, Paris Can Wait). The Vol. 2 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 13 by Hollywood Records & Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A first volume featuring the composer’s score from the first three episodes was released last month.

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Carly Paradis Scoring BBC’s ‘The Control Room’

Carly Paradis (Line of Duty, The Innocents, The Rising, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Sick Note, Prime Suspect 1973) is the composer of the new BBC series The Control Room. The show is written by Nick Leather (Murdered For Being Different, Rocket’s Island) and stars Iain De Caestecker and Joanna Vanderham. The 3-part thriller follows an an emergency call handler for the Strathclyde Ambulance Service in Glasgow whose world is turned upside down when he receives a desperate life-and-death call from a distressed woman who appears to know him.

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First Song from ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Season 3 Soundtrack Released

Walt Disney Records has released the first song from the soundtrack of the third season of the Disney+ original series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the group number It’s On, which is performed midseason when the campers are divided into two teams for Camp Shallow Lake’s annual Color War. The song was originally written by Toby Gad, Lyrica Anderson & Kovasciar Myvett for Disney Channel’s Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. Check out the official music video after the jump.

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