Entertainment One (eOne Music) has released a soundtrack album for the British mini-series Glue. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Walter Mair (Blood Orange, Grand Theft Auto). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Glue is created by Jack Thorne (Skins, The Fades, This Is England)) and directed by Daniel Nettheim, Oliver Blackbur and Cathy Brady. The 8-parter starring Yasmin Paige, Jessie Cave, Callum Turner, Jordan Stevens and Charlotte Spencer is set in the English rural countryside and centers around the friends of 14-year-old boy, Cal Bray, who is found dead.
Category: TV Scoring Assignments
Reinhold Heil Scoring ‘Deutschland 83’
Reinhold Heil is composing the music for the upcoming SundanceTV event series Deutschland 83. The show is set in the 1980s and follows a 24-year-old East Germany native who is sent to the west as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service to gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. The 8-part series is written and created by American journalist and author Anna Winger (This Must Be the Place) and Joerg Winger and stars Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Errol T. Harwood and Sonja Gerhardt. Edward Berger & Samira Radsi are directing the 8-parter and Joerg Winger & Nico Hofmann serve as the executive producers.
Songs of ‘Defiance’ – Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the new soundtrack album for the Syfy original series Defiance. The album features the songs from the show’s second season performed by Brendan McCreary, Young Beautiful in a Hurry, Raya Yarborough and Trace Adkins. The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 26. A physical version is also in the works and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sparks & Shadows has previously released a soundtrack album featuring composer Bear McCreary’s music for the series. Defiance created by Rockne S. O’Bannon and starring Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Jaime Murray, Tony Curran, Graham Greene, Mia Kirshner and Fionnula Flanagan will return for a third season on June 12, 2015.
‘Hemlock Grove’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Varese Sarabande has released a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove. The album features selections from the original score from the show’s second season composed by Nathan Barr (Hostel, True Blood, The Americans, Cabin Fever). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring music from the series’ first season. Hemlock Grove is executive produced by Eli Roth based on the novel by Brian McGreevey and stars Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Landon Liboiron and Bill Skarsgard.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 3, 2015)
Premiering on Friday, May 8 is the Netflix original series Grace and Frankie and created by Marta Kauffman & Howard J. Morris and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Baron Vaughn and June Diane Raphael. Michael Skloff (Friends, Dream On, Jessie) and Sam KS are composing the show’s original music. To learn more about the comedy, visit our scoring assignment announcement. The full first season of Grace and Frankie will be available this Friday on Netflix.
Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie’ to Feature Music by Michael Skloff & Sam KS
Michael Skloff and Sam KS have composed the music for the new Netflix original series Grace and Frankie. The show is created by Marta Kauffman (Friends) & Howard J. Morris (According to Jim) and stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston, Brooklyn Decker, Ethan Embry, Baron Vaughn and June Diane Raphael. The comedy follows two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other.
‘Nashville’ Season 3 – Volume 2 Soundtrack Details
Big Machine Records will release a new soundtrack album for the ABC drama Nashville. The album feature songs from the third season of the show performed by cast members including Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Charles Esten, Lennon & Maisy, Will Chase, Aubrey Peeoples, Chris Carmack and Laura Benanti. The Season 3 – Volume 2 soundtrack will be released digitally on May 18, 2015 and a CD version with two exclusive tracks will be available at Target. The label has previously released two soundtracks for each of the series’ first two seasons, as well as an album for the third season last fall.
‘Bessie’ Soundtrack Announced
Legacy Recordings has announced a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Bessie. The album features the songs from the film, including seven new Queen Latifah performances, a postmodern reworking of Bessie Smith’s original recording featuring newly recorded vocals, as well as modern performances of blues, jazz and swing classics performed by Tamar-Kali, Cécile McLorin Salvant; and two new instrumental arrangements from Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks. Also included are period recordings from Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Sippie Wallace and Kid Ory’s Creole Orchestra (“Ballin’ The Jack”). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 12, 2015 and physically on June 2. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Bessie is directed by Dee Rees and stars Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Khandi Alexander, Mike Epps, Tika Sumpter, Tory Kittles, Oliver Platt, Bryan Greenberg, Charles S. Dutton and Mo’Nique.
Soundtrack for Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ Released
Marvel and ABC Studios have a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Daredevil. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by John Paesano (The Maze Runner, DreamWorks Dragons, When the Game Stands Tall), including his main title theme. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Daredevil based on the Marvel Comics character stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson and Scott Glenn. The first season of the show executive produced by Drew Goddard and Steven S. DeKnight is now available to stream on Netflix.
‘Teen Beach 2’ Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Channel original movie Teen Beach 2. The album features the songs from the film performed by cast members including Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell as Brady and McKenzie, Garrett Clayton, Grace Phipps, Chrissie Fit, Jordan Fisher, William Loftis, Kent Boyd, John DeLuca, Mollee Gray, Jessica Keller, Mason Cutler and Raymond Cham Jr. The soundtrack will be released on June 23, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Teen Beach 2 is directed by Jeffrey Hornaday and takes place a few months after the original, this time set in Brady and McKenzie’s world.