Rough Trade Records will release a soundtrack EP for the mini-series Likely Stories. The EP features four tracks from the 4-parter’s original music composed by British singer/songwriter Jarvis Cocker who makes his scoring debut with the project. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 27, 2016 and is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The soundtrack will also be released as a 7” EP on June 3. Likely Stories is directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard and stars Tom Hughes, George MacKay, Johnny Vegas, Kenneth Cranham, Rita Tushingham, Monica Dolan, Paul Ritter, Simon Manyonda, Johann Myers and Montserrat Lombard.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 22, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the new AMC original series Preacher developed by Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen & Sam Catlin based on the comic book franchise of the same name and starring Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Lucy Griffiths, Anatol Yusef, Tom Brooke, W. Earl Brown, Ian Colletti and Derek Wilson. The show’s original music is composed by Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Blacklist, Flesh and Bone). To learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on AMC, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Season 1 – Vol. 2 Soundtrack Released
WaterTower Music has released a new soundtrack album for the CW musical comedy drama Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The album features the songs from the second half of the show’s first season written by Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen and performed by the series’ cast members. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the first eight episodes of the show. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is created by Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna and stars Bloom, alongside Santino Fontana, Donna Lynne Champlin, Vincent Rodriguez III, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell and Gabrielle Ruiz.
Soundtrack Album for TBS’ ‘The Detour’ to Be Released
KOLARecords will release a soundtrack album for the TBS original series The Detour. The album features the music from the first season of the show composed by Rob Kolar, including both score and original songs written for the comedy. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 30, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. The Detour is created by Jason Jones & Samantha Bee and stars Jones himself, alongside Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll, Daniella Pineda and Mary Grill. The show centers on a husband and father who takes his family on a road trip.
‘Mr. Robot’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the first soundtrack albums for the USA hit series Mr. Robot have been revealed. The albums feature the original music from the show’s first season composed by Mac Quayle (American Crime Story, American Horror Story, Scream Queens). The Season 1 Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 soundtracks will be released digitally on June 3, 2016 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the Vol. 1 album and click here to pre-order the Vol. 2 soundtrack. Mr. Robot is created by Sam Esmail and stars Rami Malek, Christian Slate, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin. The drama follows a young programmer who finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect.
The Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha to Score Lifetime’s ‘Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?’
Original Smashing Pumpkins member James Iha has signed on to score the upcoming Lifetime original movie Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?. The film is a remake of the 1996 cult TV movie of the same title starring Tori Spelling & Ivan Sergei who also star in the new version alongside James Franco, Leila George, Emily Meade and Nick Eversman. The movie is said to focus on a vampire-infused, same-sex love story. Amber Coney has written the screenplay based on a story by Franco who is executive producing the Sony Pictures Television and Rabbit Bandini production with Vince Jolivette (Palo Alto, Spring Breakers, The Adderall Diaries), Diane Sokolow and Rachel Verno.
Soundtrack for Syfy’s ‘The Expanse’ Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Syfy original series The Expanse. The album features the show’s original music composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband, Pompeii, Code Black, 2 Guns). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 20 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Expanse is created by Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby based on the New York Times-bestselling series of novels of the same title and stars Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashlo, Florence Faivre, Jay Hernandez, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham and Paulo Costanzo. The series is set 200 years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system and follows a detective and a rogue ship’s captain who come together for what starts as the case of a missing woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Josh Kramon to Score Fox’s ‘Lethal Weapon’ TV Series
Josh Kramon announced on Twitter that he is composing the music for the upcoming Fox drama Lethal Weapon. The show is created by Matt Miller (Chuck, Human Target) and stars Clayne Crawford, Damon Wayans, Keesha Sharp, Jordana Brewster, Kevin Rahm, Chandler Kinney and Johnathan Fernandez. The show based on Richard Donner & Shane Black’s classic movie franchise starring Mel Gibson & Danny Glover follows the classic cop duo Martin Riggs & Roger Murtaugh as they work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles.
Channel 4’s ‘National Treasure’ to Feature Music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Cristobal Tapia de Veer has been tapped to compose the music for the upcoming Channel 4 mini-series National Treasure. The drama is created by Jack Thorne (A Long Way Down, The Black Panthers) and stars Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Andrea Riseborough. The 4-parter one half of a much-loved comedy double act, a national treasure despite Finchley’s career being on the wane. One day his world changes forever when he is accused of raping a woman in the 1970s.. George Ormond and George Faber (Shameless, Skins, The White Queen) are executive producing the project. Marc Munden (The Devil’s Whore, The Crimson Petal and the White) who previously collaborated with the composer on Utopia is directing all four episodes.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 15, 2016)
Premiering on Friday, May 20 is the Netflix original series Lady Dynamite created by Mitchell Hurwitz & Maria Bamford and stars Bramford, Fred Melamed Dean Cain and Ana Gasteyer, as well as guest stars including Sarah Silverman, Jenny Slate, Mira Sorvino, Patton Oswalt, Jon Cryer, Brandon Routh,Tig Notaro & more. The show’s original music is composed by David Schwartz (Arrested Development, Reaper, Northern Expose). The comedy’s full first season will be available to stream this Friday on Netflix.