Colin Stetson (Hereditary, Color Out of Space, The First) has composed the original music for the new National Geographic limited series Barkskins. The show is created by Elwood Reid (The Bridge, The Chi) and stars David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor, Christian Cooke, David Wilmot, Thomas M. Wright, Tallulah Haddon, Kaniehtiio (Tiio) Horn, Lily Sullivan and Zahn McClarnon. The 8-part drama is based on the New York Times’ bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx and follows a disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battling to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
HBO’s ‘I Know This Much Is True’ to Feature Original Music by Harold Budd
Composer/pianist Harold Budd has made his television scoring debut on the new HBO limited series I Know This Much Is True. The show is written and directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines) and stars Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Rosie O’Donnell, Archie Panjabi, Imogen Poots, John Procaccino, Rob Huebel, Philip Ettinger, Aisling Franciosi, Michael Greyeyes, Guillermo Diaz, Marcello Fonte, Bruce Greenwood, Brian Goodman, Juliette Lewis and Kathryn Hahn. The 6-part drama is based on the bestselling novel by Wally Lamb and revolves around a man he struggles to care for his twin brother, while discovering the truth about his own family history.
‘Cold Courage’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the TV series Cold Courage. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lasse Enersen (The Unknown Soldier, Legend of the Ancient Sword, Tom of Finland). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Cold Courage is created by David Joss Buckley & Brendan Foley based on the novel by Pekka Hiltunen and stars John Simm, Sofia Pekkari, Pilha Viitala, Arsher Ali, Peter Coonan and Caroline Goodall. The thriller follows two Finnish women in London who are drawn inexorably together via the Studio, a clandestine group dedicated to bringing vigilante justice for those without a voice, to those beyond the law.
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ – The Final Season (Episodes 9-12) Soundtrack Released
Walt Disney Records has released the last soundtrack album for Lucasfilm’s animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s final four episodes composed by Kevin Kiner (Star Wars Rebels,Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, Titans, CSI: Miami, Making a Murderer). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring selections of Kiner’s score from the show’s first six seasons and two albums featuring the composer’s music from the first eight episodes of the final season. Season 7. The final episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars created by George Lucas, executive produced by Dave Filoni and starring Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, James Arnold Taylor, Katee Sackhoff and Sam Witwer premieres today on Disney+.
‘Westworld’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Westworld. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third season composed by Emmy Award winner Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The label has previously released two soundtrack albums featuring the composer’s score from the first two seasons, as well as his cover versions of Sweet Child O’Mine and Wicked Games from Season 3. Westworld is created by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy based on Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie and stars Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Aaron Paul and Ed Harris.
Chris Westlake Scoring Hulu’s ‘Solar Opposites’
Chris Westlake (Castle Rock, Before We Go, Small Town Crimes, Transit, Midnighters) is the composer of the new Hulu original series Solar Opposites. The show is created by Justin Roiland (Rick & Morty) & Mike McMahan and features the voices of Roiland himself, Sean Giambrone, Thomas Middleditch and Mary Mac. The animated comedy centers around a team of four aliens who escape their exploding home world only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America. Roiland and McMahan are also executive producing the 20th Century Fox Television production with Josh Bycel (Scrubs, Happy Endings).
‘Normal People’ Soundtrack Album Released
Element Pictures has released a soundtrack album for the BBC/Hulu limited series Normal People. The album features the show’s original music composed by Stephen Rennicks (Room, Frank, The Little Stranger, What Richard Did, Rebellion, Birthmarked). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Normal People is written by Sally Rooney & Alice Birch based on Rooney’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same name and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal. The drama produced by Lenny Abrahams revolves around the complicated relationship of Marianne and Connell from the end of their school days in a small town in the west of Ireland to their undergraduate years at Trinity College.
‘Trying’ Soundtrack Album Released
Polydor Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Trying. The album features the original songs from the show composed by Guy Garvey & Peter Jobson (Cleaning Up, Dead in a Week or Money Back) &Paul Saunderson (Three Identical Strangers, Starfish, The More You Ignore Me, Strike Back) and performed by artists such as Garvey himself, Isaac Gracie, Chilli Chilton, Hattie Whitehead, Sheila Atim, Maisie Peters and Marie White. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes. Trying is created by Andy Wolton and stars Rafe Spall, Esther Smith and Imelda Staunton. The British comedy follows a couple as they try for adoption after discovering they are unable to have children naturally.
Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘ZeroZeroZero’ Released
Mogwai (The Returned, Kin, Before the Blood) have released their score for the Sky Atlantic and Amazon original series ZeroZeroZero. The album is now available on Bandcamp for one week exclusively on a pay-what-you-can basis with half of proceeds going to Help Musicians and NHS charities. The album will be available to stream/download on Amazon later this month. ZeroZeroZero is created by Stefano Sollima, Leonardo Fasoli & Mauricio Katz based on the novel of the same title by Roberto Saviano and stars Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan and Gabriel Byrne. The crime drama traces the global cocaine trade by following one shipment on its journey around the world. The series premiered earlier this year in the U.S. Spain and Latin America on Amazon Prime and on Sky Atlantic in several European markets.
‘Das Boot’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Bavaria Sonor Mediathek has released a soundtrack album for the Sky sequel series Das Boot. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Matthias Weber (The Dark Valley, My Best Enemy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the first season. Season 2 of Das Boot is directed by Matthias Glasner & Rick Ostermann and stars Vicky Krieps, Tom Wlaschiha, Rick Okon, Vincent Kartheiser, Fleur Geffrier, Thierry Frémont, Rainer Bock, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober, Franz Dinda, Stefan Konarske, Leon Lukas Blaschke and Pit Bukowski who reprise their roles from the first season.