Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for the ABC musical comedy Galavant. The album features previously unreleased songs from the show composed by Academy Award winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and featuring lyrics by Glenn Slater (Tangled, Home on the Range). Galavant: The Unreleased Collection will be released digitally tomorrow, May 12 and will be available to download on Amazon. The label will also release a physical Amazon On Demand version, Galavant: The Complete Collection, featuring the unreleased songs and all 42 tracks from the Season 1 & Season 2 soundtrack soon. Click here to order the 2-CD set.
Category: TV Music Albums
‘Riverdale’ – Season 1 Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release the first full soundtrack album for the CW drama Riverdale. The album features the songs from the show’s first season performed by the show’s cast members including KJ Apa, Ashleigh Murray, Asha Bromfield, Hayley Law and Camila Mendes. All songs except Astronaut and These Are the Moments I Remember have previously been released as digital singles. The soundtrack will be released digitally on Friday, May 12 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. As previously reported, a separate album featuring the show’s original score by Blake Neely will also be released soon. Riverdale developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa based on the characters by Archie Comics also stars Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Luke Perry, Marisol Nichols and Mädchen Amick.
‘American Gods’ Main Titles Theme Released
Milan Records has released the main titles theme for the new Starz original series American Gods. The track is written by the show’s composer Brian Reitzell (30 Days of Night, Hannibal, Lost in Translation, Stranger Than Fiction) and features vocals by Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson. The theme is now available to download on Amazon. The label has also released the song In the Pines by Reitzell & Mark Lanegan last week. American Gods created by Bryan Fuller & Michael Green based on Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley, Crispin Glover and Orlando Jones currently airs Sunday nights on Starz.
‘Once Upon a Time’ – The Musical Episode Soundtrack Details
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the musical episode of ABC’s hit drama Once Upon a Time. The album features the songs from the episode written by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner and performed by cast members including Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Josh Dallas, Colin O’Donoghue, Lana Parrilla, Giancarlo Esposito, Lee Arenberg, Tony Amendola and Beverley Elliott. Morrison is also performing Emma’s Theme written by the show’s composer Mark Isham (Crash, The Accountant, A River Runs Through It) and featuring lyrics by Zachary & Weiner and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples.
‘Sense8’ Season 1 Soundtrack Details
WaterTower Music will release the first soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Sense8. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Johnny Klimek & Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas, Run Lola Run, The International, Perfume: Story of a Murderer). Also include are songs from the first season, including 4 Non Blondes’ What’s Up?, The Antlers’ Kettering, Seven Lions’ & Kerli’s Keep It Close and Sigur Rós’ Dauðalogn. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Sense8 is created by Lana & Andy Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski and stars Ami Ameen, Doona Bae, Terrence Mann, Tuppence Middleton, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Max Riemelt, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Brian J. Smith, Daryl Hannah and Naveen Andrews.
‘American Epic’ Soundtracks Announced
Legacy Recordings, Columbia Records, Third Man Records nd Lomax Records have announced a number of soundtracks for the PBS docu-series American Epic. The releases include the 5-CD deluxe box set American Epic: The Collection, which features 100 songs from the show by artists including Mississippi John Hurt, The Carter Family, Charley Patton, Jimmie Rodgers, Lydia Mendoza & more, and is set to be released on May 12 (click here to pre-order), as well as American Epic: The Soundtrack, which features 15 songs and will be released digitally and physically on the same day (visit Amazon to pre-order). On June 9, the labels will release American Epic: The Sessions, produced by Jack White & T Bone Burnett, which features new recordings by modern artists including Alabama Shakes, Ashley Monroe, The Avett Brothers, Beck, Elton John, Los Lobos, Nas, Raphael Saadiq, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell and more (click here to pre-order).
‘In the Pines’ from ‘American Gods’ Released
Milan Records has released the song In the Pines from the new Starz original series American Gods. The track is written and performed by the show’s composer Brian Reitzell (Hannibal, Friday Night Lights, 30 Days of Night) and singer/songwriter Mark Lanegan. Listen to the full song after the jump and visit Amazon to download the digital single. American Gods is created by Bryan Fuller & Michael Green based on Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed fantasy novel and and stars Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley, Crispin Glover and Orlando Jones. The drama follows a recently released ex-convict named Shadow who meets a mysterious man who calls himself “Wednesday” and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow’s life and past.
Soundtrack Details for ABC’s ‘Dirty Dancing’
Virgin Records will release the official soundtrack album for the ABC original movie event Dirty Dancing. The album features the songs from the film performed by the cast, which includes Abigail Breslin, Debra Messing, Bruce Greenwood, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Hyland, Tony Roberts, Katey Sagal, Billy Dee Williams, Colt Prattes and J. Quinton Johnson. Also included is a new version of Be My Baby by Bea Miller, which will be available to download tomorrow, as well as new tracks by Greyson Chance, American Authors, Lady Antebellum, Seal, Karmin & more. The full soundtrack will be released on May 19, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Dirty Dancing is directed by Wayne Blair and features the story from the 1987 romantic drama classic told from a fresh perspective.
Soundtrack for Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ to Be Released
Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Dear White People. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Kris Bowers (Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Little Boxes), as well as songs from the series by artists including Tkay Maidza feat. Killer Mike, Future, Innanet James, The Softones, Shamir, Thelma Houston, Anna Wise & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 28 and will be available to download on Amazon. Dear White People is created by Justin Simien based on his 2014 feature and stars Logan Browning, Brandon P. Bell, Antoinette Robertson, DeRon Horton, John Patrick Amedori and Marque Richardson. The show follows a group of students of color who navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college.
Soundtrack for Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series The Handmaid’s Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adam Taylor (Before I Fall, Meadowland). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 5, 2017 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Handmaid’s Tale is created by Bruce Miller based on the classic novel by Margaret Atwood and stars Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Max Minghella, Yvonne Strahovski, O.T. Fagbenle, Madeline Brewer and Ann Dowd. The drama tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, an authoritarian theocracy that has supplanted the United States, where women are nothing more than wives, servants, or breeders, referred to as “handmaids.”