Lakeshore Records will release the first official soundtrack album for the USA original series Suits. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Christopher Tyng (Futurama, The O.C., Covert Affairs, Rescue Me), as well as the series’ title song Greenback Boogie performed by Ima Robot. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015 and physically on February 12, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and to listen to audio clips. Suits is created by Aaron Korsh and stars Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Gina Torres, Sarah Rafferty and Meghan Markle. The show is set at a fast-paced Manhattan corporate law firm and follows a brilliant college-dropout who finds himself a job working with one of New York City’s best lawyers.
Category: TV Music Albums
‘Deutschland 83’ Soundtrack Details
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the SundanceTV original series Deutschland 83. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Reinhold Heil (Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas, Helix, Legends, The International). The soundtrack is now available digitally in Germany and a CD release is set for next month. The album will be released in the U.S. on December 11 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Deutschland 83 is created by Anna & Joerg Winger and stars Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Errol T. Harwood and Sonja Gerhardt. The series 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 Wiz LIVE!’ Soundtrack Details
Masterworks/Broadway Records will release a soundtrack album for the NBC television event The Wiz LIVE!. The album features the songs performed by the TV special’s cast, led by Shanice Williams, as well as Queen Latifah (The Wiz), Mary J. Blige (Evillene), David Alan Grier (Cowardly Lion), Ne-Yo (Tin Man), Elijah Kelley (Scarecrow), Uzo Aduba (Glinda), Amber Riley (Addaperle), Common (Bouncer) and Stephanie Mills (Auntie Em). The soundtrack will be released physically on December 18, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Wiz LIVE! is an adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same title and is executive produced by Craig Zadan & Neil Meron (Chicago, Hairspray), directed by Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences) and choreographed by Fatima Robinson (Dreamgirls).
Music from Amazon’s ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Released
Amazon Content Services has released several tracks from the soundtrack for the Amazon Studios original series The Man in the High Castle. Available to download now is the cover version of the Sound of Music song Edelweiss performed by Jeanette Olson as featured in the series. Click here to download the track. Also available digitally are four tracks from the show’s original score composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: First Class, Big Hero 6) and Dominic Lewis (Free Birds, The DUFF): The Crown Prince’s Speech, Too Good For This World, Fate Is Fluid and A Grave Situation. The Man in the High Castle is created by Frank Spotnitz and stars Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rupert Evans, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Joel De La Fuente, Rufus Sewell and DJ Qualls.
Starz’s ‘Flesh and Bone’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the Starz original series Flesh and Bone. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, The Blacklist, Better Call Saul). The soundtrack will be released on January 15, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Flesh and Bone is created by Moira Walley-Beckett and stars Sarah Hay, Irina Dvorovenko, Sascha Radetsky, Raychel Diane Weiner, Emily Tyra and Damon Herriman. The series follows a talented but emotionally troubled dancer, joins a company in New York City and soon finds herself immersed in the tough and often cutthroat world of professional ballet.
‘Saints & Strangers’ Soundtrack EP Released
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack EP for the NatGeo event series Saints & Strangers. The EP features the 2-parter’s theme composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, The Lion King, Interstellar), as well as music from the series by Lorne Balfe (Terminator Genisys, Home, Penguins of Madagascar). Visit iTunes to download the soundtrack and listen to audio samples. A soundtrack CD is set to be released next month and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Saints & Strangers is directed by Paul A. Edwards and stars Raoul Trujillo, Vincent Kartheiser, Kalani Queypo, Ray Stevenson, Anna Camp, Ron Livingston, Natascha McElhone, Tatanka Means, Brian F. O’Byrne, Barry Sloane and Michael Jibson.
‘The Lion Guard’ Soundtrack Announced
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the Disney Television Animation series The Lion Guard. The album features the opening song written and performed by Beau Black, as well as the songs performed by the series’ voice cast. Chris Willis is composing the show’s original score. The soundtrack will be released on January 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Lion Guard developed by Ford Riley continues the story of Disney’s animated classic The Lion King and features the voices of Rob Lowe, Gabrielle Union, James Earl Jones, Max Charles, Atticus Shaffer and Sarah Hyland. The show will centers on the second-born cub of Simba and Nala as he assumes the role of leader of the Lion Guard, a group of the bravest and brightest tasked with preserving the Pride Lands.
‘Downton Abbey’ Ultimate Collection Soundtrack Announced
Decca Classics will release a new soundtrack album for the hit drama Downton Abbey. The album features music all six seasons of the show written by Emmy Award-winning composer John Lunn (The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, The White Queen). The Ultimate Collection will be released as a 2-CD set on December 4, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Downton Abbey is created by Julian Fellowes and stars Samantha Bond, Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Tom Cullen, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Siobhan Finneran, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Thomas Howes and Lily James. The period drama aired over the last five years in the UK on ITV and in the U.S. on PBS.
Score Album for Hulu’s ‘Casual’ Announced
Lakeshore Records will release a score album for the Hulu original series Casual. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Mateo Messina (Juno, Butter, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, Barely Lethal), as well as additional music by Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Thank You for Smoking, Labor Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 27, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A physical release is set to come out in early 2016. Casual is created by Zander Lehmann and stars Tommy Dewey, Michaela Watkins and Tara Lynn Barr. The show is executive produced by Jason Reitman and centers on a dysfunctional family with a bachelor brother and his newly divorced sister who coach each other through the world of dating while living under the same roof again and raising a teenager.
‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Joseph LoDuca (Evil Dead film series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Librarians). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015, followed by a CD release on December 18. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. Ash vs. Evil Dead is produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert & Craig DiGregorio and stars Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo and Jill Marie Jones.