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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 27, 2019)

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Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Mrs. Fletcher created by Tom Perrotta and starring Kathryn Hahn, Jackson White, Owen Teague, Katie Kershaw, Domenick Lombardozzi, Cameron Boyce, Jen Richards and Casey Wilson. The show’s original music is composed by Craig Wedren (Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, The School of Rock). Check out our previous article to learn more about the comedy, which will air Sunday nights on HBO.

Premiering on Friday, November 1, is the Netflix original movie American Son directed by Kenny Leon and starring Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee. Lisbeth Scott (Caroline and Jackie, Tumble Leaf) has composed the film’s original music. The drama, which is based on Christopher Demos-Brown’s play about an interracial couple whose 19-year-old son may have died at the hands of police, premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Soundtrack Album for Discovery’s ‘Why We Hate’ Announced

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Decca Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Discovery docu-series Why We Hate. The album features the show’s original music composed by Laura Karpman (Underground, Paris Can Wait, Step, Black Nativity). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Why We Hate is directed by Geeta Gandbhir & Sam Pollard, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Alex Gibney & Frank Marshall and explores one of humanity’s most primal and destructive emotions – hate. The 6-parter traces the evolutionary basis of hate and uses stories from past and present to reveal the nature of the primal and universal emotion.

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Soundtrack Album for Amazon’s ‘Modern Love’ to Be Released

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Decca Classics will release a soundtrack album for the Amazon anthology series Modern Love. The album features music from the show’s first season, including the opening title song Setting Sail written and performed by Gary Clark & show creator John Carney (Listen to the track after the jump), as well as songs by Goldfrapp, Regina Spektor, Nerina Pallot, Thomas Dydahl & Lera Lyn, Gaz Coombes & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 25 and will be available to download here. Modern Love is developed by Carney based on the New York Times column and weekly podcast and stars Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Dev Patel, Catherine Keener, Andy Garcia, Cristin Milioti, John Slattery, Olivia Cooke, Sofia Boutella, Brandon Victor Dixon, John Gallagher, Jr., Julia Garner, Shea Whigham, Gary Carr and Andrew Scott.

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Soundtrack Album for NRK’s ‘TWIN’ to Be Released

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Grappa Musikkforlag will release a soundtrack album for the Norwegian TV series TWIN. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Martin Horntveth (Mammon, Himmelblå, The Men’s Room). The soundtrack will be released this Friday, October 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. TWIN is created by Kristoffer Metcalfe and stars Kristofer Hivju, Rebekka Nystabakk, Mathilde Holtedahl Cuhra, Gunnar Eiriksson and Nanna Blondell. The drama centers on a young mother who persuades her dead husband’s identical twin to take on his brother’s identity after a tragic accident.

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Soundtrack Album for Hallmark Channel’s ‘When Calls the Heart’ Released

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Edify Films has released the first soundtrack album for the Hallmark Channel original series When Calls the Heart. The album features selections of the original score from the show composed by John Sereda (Painkiller Jane, The Devil’s Ground, Paradox). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio clips. When Calls the Heart is developed by Michael Landon Jr. based on Janette Oke’s book of the same name and stars Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Lori Loughlin, Martin Cummins, Jack Wagner, Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith. The drama, which follows a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family as she migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west, finished its sixth season run earlier this year and will return for a seventh season in 2020.

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First Soundtrack Album for ‘Peaky Blinders’ to Be Released

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Universal Music will release the first soundtrack album for the Peaky Blinders. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists including The White Stripes, Radiohead, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Laura Marling, Jack White & others. Also included is the series’ main title song Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and tracks from the original score from all five seasons of the drama composed by Martin Phipps (Season 1), Paul Hartnoll (Season 2), Dickon Hinchliffe (Season 3), Antony Genn & Martin Slattery (Season 4) and Anna Calvi (Season 5). The soundtrack will be released on November 15, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

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Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Seven Worlds One Planet’ to Be Released

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Silva Screen Records will release the official soundtrack album for the BBC Earth natural history series Seven Worlds One Planet. The album features the show’s original music by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Inception) and Jacob Shea (Planet Earth II, Blue Planet II) who have composed the theme and Shea who has written the original score for Bleeding Fingers Music. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 23 and will be available to stream and download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Seven Worlds One Planet is presented and executive produced by Sir David Attenborough and will reveal how each distinct continent has shaped the unique animal life found there.

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Nicholas Britell to Score HBO’s LA Lakers Pilot ‘Showtime’

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Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Battle of the Sexes, Free State of Jones) is reteaming with Adam McKay on the HBO drama pilot Showtime. The pilot is directed by McKay, written by Max Borenstein (Godzilla) and stars Jason Clarke, John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Solomon Hughes, Gaby Hoffmann, DeVaughn Nixon, Molly Gordon, Rob Morgan, Spencer Garrett, Kirk Bovill, Delante Desouza and Hadley Robinson. The series is inspired by Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s and centers on the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers and its management as they created one of sports’ most revered dynasties and a team that defined its era, both on and off the court.

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Ben Platt’s Songs from Netflix’s ‘The Politician’ Released

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Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Netflix original series The Politician. The 4-track EP features the songs from the show’s first season performed by lead actor Ben Platt, including River (as featured in the first episode), Unworthy of Your Love (with Zoey Deutch), Vienna and Run Away. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon Music. Also listen to all four songs after the jump. The Politician is created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan and starring Ben Platt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zoey Deutch, Jessica Lange, Lucy Boynton, Laura Dreyfuss and Rahne Jones. The series, which follows a wealthy young man from Santa Barbara with political aspirations, premiered last month and is now available to stream on Netflix.

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‘Secret Bridesmaids’ Business’ Soundtrack Album Announced

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Air-Edel Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Australian TV series Secret Bridesmaids’ Business. The album features the show’s original music composed by Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator, Whale Rider, The Insider, Ali) & James Orr (2:22, West of Sunshine). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 4, 2019. Check back on this page for the purchase/streaming links. Secret Bridesmaids’ Business is directed by Tori Garrett & Jennifer Perrott and stars Abbie Cornish, Katie McGrath, Georgina Haig, Alexander England, Dan Spielman, Oliver Ackland, Annie Jones and Nicholas Bell.

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