The details of the new soundtrack album for the HBO original series My Brilliant Friend have been revealed. The album features selections of the music from the second season of the show composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Ad Astra, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Waltz with Bashir, Miss Sloane, Taboo). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 1 by Deutsche Grammophon and will be availabl to stream/download on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1. My Brilliant Friend based on the bestselling books by Elena Ferrante is co-written and directed by Saverio Costanzo and stars Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace. The series’ second season aired in Italy earlier this year on RAI and currently premieres in the U.S. every Monday night on HBO.
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‘Devs’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the FX on Hulu original series Devs. The album features the show’s original music composed by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow (Annihilation, Ex Machina, Hanna, Luce, Free Fire) and The Insects (Hanna). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 1 and will be available to stream/download here. CD and vinyl editions are also in the works. Devs is created by Alex Garland and stars Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny and Alison Pill. The sci-fi thriller follows a young software engineer who investigates the secret development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in Silicon Valley, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
‘The Eddy’ Soundtrack Album Details
Arista Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix limited series The Eddy. The album features the original songs from the show written by Academy Award nominees Glen Ballard (The Polar Express) and Randy Kerber (The Color Purple) and performed by the drama’s cast. The soundtrack will be released on May 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon (digital version) and here (CD version). The Eddy is created by Jack Thorne and stars André Holland, Joanna Kulig, Amandla Stenberg, Leila Bekhti and Tahar Rahim. The musical drama executive produced by Damien Chazelle (who also directed the first two episodes) centers on the owner of a Paris jazz club as he gets tangled up with dangerous criminals as he fights to protect his business, his band and his teenage daughter.
Soundtrack Album for Sky’s ‘Code 404’ Released
SATV has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original series Code 404. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Breeders, Episodes, Plebs). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Code 404 is written by Daniel Peak and stars Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays, Anna Maxwell Martin and Richard Gadd. The comedy is set in the near future in the Special Investigation Unit at the London Met and revolves around two Detective Inspectors who are the top crime fighting duo in the Unit.
‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Back Lot Music will release the first soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Sunna Wehrmeijer (Spirit Riding Free, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz). Also included is AJ Michalka’s version of the series’ theme song Warriors. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 8, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released the original version Warriors performed by Aaliyah Rose. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is developed by Noelle Stevenson based on the classic 1980s show and features the voice talent of Aimee Carrero, Karen Fukuhara, AJ Michalka, Marcus Scribner, Reshma Shetty and Lorraine Toussaint.
Aska Matsumiya Scoring HBO’s ‘Betty’
Aska Matsumiya is composing the original music for the new HBO original series Betty. The show is based on Crystal Moselle’s feature Skate Kitchen and stars Dede Lovelace, Moonbear, Nina Moran, Ajani Russell and Rachelle Vinberg who are reprising their characters from the movie. The drama follows a diverse group of young women navigate their lives through the male-dominated world of skateboarding in New York City. Moselle is directing all six episodes of the show’s first season and is also executive producing the Arfy Material and Untitled Entertainment production with Lesley Arfin (Love), Igor Srubshchik (Master of None, Crashing) and Jason Weinberg (Lovelace).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 26, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime original series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels created by John Logan and starring Daniel Zovatto, Natalie Dormer, Kerry Bishé, Amy Madigan Lin Shaye, Rory Kinnear, Thomas Kretschmann, Piper Perabo, Brent Spiner, Adam Rodriguez, Michael Gladis, Dominic Sherwood, Lorenza Izzo, Ethan Peck and Nathan Lane. The show’s original music is composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, The Star, Truth Be Told, Almost Christmas). Click here to learn more about the drama, which will air Sunday nights on Showtime.
Premiering tomorrow, April 27, is the Netflix original series Never Have I Ever created by Mindy Kaling & Lang Fisher and starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Richa Moorjani, Lee Rodriguez and Ramona Young. Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Eastbound & Down, The Righteous Gemstones, Flower, The Last O.G., Vice Principals) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Joseph Stephens Scoring Netflix’s ‘Never Have I Ever’
Joseph Stephens (Observe and Report, Eastbound & Down, Flower, Vice Principals) is the composer of the new Netflix original series Never Have I Ever. The show is created by Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project, Late Night) & Lang Fisher and stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Richa Moorjani, Lee Rodriguez and Ramona Young. The comedy revolves around an Indian-American teen who wants to go from pariah to popular after a traumatic year, but friends, family and feelings won’t make it easy on her. Kaling and Fisher are also executive producing Universal Television production with Howard Klein (Jessica Jones), David Miner (30 Rock, Parks and Recreation) and Tristram Shapeero (Community, Blunt Talk).
‘Van Der Valk’ Soundtrack Album Released
All3Media has released a soundtrack album for the reboot of the classic detective series Van Der Valk. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season (consisting of three feature-length episodes) composed and conducted by Matthijs Kieboom (Wild, Bloody Marie). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Van Der Valk is written by Chris Murray and stars Marc Warren in the title role, alongside Maimie McCoy, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Darrell D’Silva and Emma Fielding. The drama revolves around a street-smart and unapologetic detective Piet Van Der Valk as he is investigating high profile cases and gritty murders that immerse him and his team in contemporary Amsterdam’s fast-paced worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism, and fashion.
Soundtrack Albums for AMC’s ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release two soundtrack albums for the AMC original series Dispatches from Elsewhere. The albums feature the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Leopold Ross & Claudia Sarne (The Book of Eli, Earthquake Bird, Broken City) . The soundtracks will be released digitally next Friday, May 1. Visit Amazon to order the Music from the Jejune Institute album and click here to order the Music from the Elsewhere Society album. Dispatches from Elsewhere is created by Jason Segel and starring Segel himself, André Benjamin, Sally Field, Richard E. Grant, Octavio Coleman and Eve Lindley. The drama follows four ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life and come to find that the mystery winds deeper than they imagined.