Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Starz original series American Gods. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, Fear the Walking Dead, Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene). The soundtrack is already available digitally overseas and will be released in U.S. stores on April 12. Visit Amazon to download the album and listen to audio samples. American Gods is based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and starring Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Crispin Glover, Orlando Jones, Dean Winters, Devery Jacobs, Sakina Jaffrey and Kahyun Kim.
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Soundtrack Album for National Geographic’s ‘Hostile Planet’ Released
Milan Records has released the first of three soundtrack albums for the National Geographic docu-series Hostile Planet. The show’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Annabelle Creation). The Vol. 1 album, entitled Mountains and Oceans, is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Two more albums, Grasslands and Jungles and Deserts and Polar, will be released on April 19 & May 3 respectively. Hostile Planet executive produced by Guillermo Navarro and hosted by Bear Grylls looks at animals surviving at the extremes of different environments, in mountains, oceans, grasslands, jungles, deserts, and polar regions.
‘Our Planet’ – The Complete Collection Soundtracks Released
Decca Records has released eight digital soundtrack albums for the Netflix original docu-series Our Planet. The albums feature the original music from each of the eight episodes of the show composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Fury, Baby Driver, Attack the Block). Our Planet – The Complete Collection includes the scores for the episodes One Planet, Frozen Worlds, Jungles, Coastal Seas, Deserts and Grasslands, High Seas, Freshwater and Forests (click on the episode title to download the individual soundtrack). As previously reported, the label has also released a 40-track album featuring highlights of the composer’s music from all episodes, as well as a song co-written by Price & Ellie Goulding.
‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Season 1 Soundtrack Album Details
WaterTower Music will release the first full soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The album features a selections of songs from the show’s first season performed by the cast, as well as tracks by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Stray Cats, The Cramps, Sylvia Black, Valerie Broussard, Aquamarine & others. Also included is main title theme by composer Adam Taylor (The Handmaid’s Tale). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 5 and will be available to download here. The label has previously released a 4-track EP this past December. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa based on his comic book series and also stars Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, Chance Perdomo, Michelle Gomez, Richard Coyle and Bronson Pinchot.
Soundtrack Album for Starz’s ‘Vida’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Starz original series Vida. The album features a selection of songs from the show by artists such as Digibich, María del Pilar, Kablito, FEM’d, Shamana Mama, SOPHIA and Jarina De Marco. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 3, 2019 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Vida is created by Tanya Saracho and stars Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon, Carlos Miranda and Maria Elena Laas. The drama follows two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles who are forced to return to their old neighborhood.
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans to Score YouTube Premium’s ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’
Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Boy Erased, Ozark, The Gift, Enemy) have been tapped to score the upcoming YouTube Premium series On Becoming a God in Central Florida. The show is created by Robert Funke & Matt Lutsky and and stars Kirsten Dunst, Theodore Pellerin, Ted Levine, Mel Rodriguez, Beth Ditto and Julie Benz. The comedy is set near Orlando in the early 1990s and tells the story of a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise.
Epix’s ‘Pennyworth’ to Feature Music by David Russo
David Russo (Gotham, Nikita, The Tomorrow People) is currently scoring the upcoming Epix original series Pennyworth. The show is developed by Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome) based on DC characters created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger and stars Jack Bannon, Paloma Faith, Ben Aldridge, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett, Ryan Fletcher, Jason Flemyng and Polly Walker. The drama centers on Bruce Wayne’s legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company and goes to work with Thomas Wayne, Bruce’s billionaire father, in 1960’s London.
Guillaume Roussel Scoring Netflix’s ‘The Spy’
Guillaume Roussel (3 Days to Kill, The Man with the Iron Heart, It Boy, Ransom) is scoring the upcoming Netflix original limited series The Spy. The show is written and directed by Gideon Raff (Tyrant, Homeland) and stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Noah Emmerich and Alexander Siddig. The drama tells the true story of Israel’s most prominent spy, Eli Cohen, who infiltrated the Syrian government in the 1960s.
Netflix’s ‘Dead to Me’ to Feature Original Score by Adam Blau
Adam Blau is the composer of the upcoming Netflix original series Dead to Me. The show is created by Liz Feldman and stars Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, Max Jenkins, James Marsden, Ed Asner and Luke Roessler. The comedy centers on the powerful friendship between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret. Feldman is also executive producing the CBS Television Studios production with Applegate, as well as Gary Chanzez Productions’ Will Ferrell, Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice) & Jessica Elbaum (Booksmart, Bachelorette).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 31, 2019)
Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the British mini-series Mrs. Wilson developed by Anna Symon, directed by Richard Laxton and starring Ruth Wilson, Iain Glenn, Keely Hawes, Anupam Kher and Fiona Shaw. The show’s original music is composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Calibre, This Beautiful Fantastic, The Imposter). Check out our previous news article and PBS’ official show website to learn more about the drama, which premiered in the UK last year on BBC and is making its debut stateside as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series.
Premiering tomorrow, April 1, is the CBS All Access original series The Twilight Zone based on the 1959 classic TV series created by Rod Sterling, hosted and produced by Jordan Peele and staring Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Taissa Farmiga, Ginnifer Goodwin, Greg Kinnear, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Scott, Alison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay and Steven Yeun. Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place, Scream, 3:10 to Yuma) & Brandon Roberts (TURN: Washington’s Spies, The Woman in Black 2) are composing the show’s original music. Click here to learn more about the project.