A soundtrack album will be released for Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s variety series HitRECord on TV. The album features the songs from the show’s first season, including such tracks as You’re Not the Only One, Oh, It’s Fantastic and Beastly Beauty. Also included is a cue from the series’ score. The soundtrack will be released on March 4, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. HitRECord on TV created, executive produced and hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt features a series of short films, animation, music, conversation from thousands of contributors from around the world. The series currently airs every Saturday on Pivot.
Category: TV Music Albums
Varese Sarabande to Release ‘Bates Motel’ Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande has announced a soundtrack release for the A&E hit drama Bates Motel. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Chris Bacon (Source Code, Alpha & Omega, Smash). The soundtrack will be released on April 1, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The full soundtrack details will be posted on this page within the next couple of weeks. Bates Motel is created by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin & Anthony Cipriano and stars Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell and Mike Vogel. The show is a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and centers on Norman Bates during his teenage years, his relationship with his mother truly is and how she helped forge the most famous serial killer of them all. The series’ first season is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
‘Banshee’ Soundtrack Released
Relativity Music Group has released a soundtrack album for the Cinemax original series Banshee. The album features the show’s main title theme and the Carrie/Lucas theme by Methodic Doubt, as well as songs from the series by artists including Nico Vega, Verse & Bishop, The Mutts, Cat Dowling, Abi Wade, Anders Osborne, Ivy Levan and more. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Banshee is created by Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler and stars Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison, Hoon Lee, Rus Blackwell and Matt Servitto. The show executive produced by Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, True Blood) follows an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities. The action drama’s second season currently airs Friday nights on Cinemax.
‘Superman: The Animated Series’ Soundtrack Set Released
La-La Land Records has announced a 4-CD soundtrack set for the Warner Bros. Television animated show Superman: The Animated Series. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Kristopher Carter, Harvey R. Cohen, Michael McCuistion and Lolita Ritmanis, as well as Shirley Walker who composed the series’ main titles theme. The 4-CD set is limited to 3000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio clips. The 54 episodes of Superman: The Animated Series originally aired on The WB network and reruns currently air on Hub Network.
‘Metal Hurlant Chronicles’ Soundtrack Announced
Sumthing Else Music Works has announced a soundtrack album for the sci-fi action series Metal Hurlant Chronicles. The album features selections from the score of the first season of the show composed by Jesper Kyd (Assassin’s Creed, Hitman, Borderlands). The soundtrack will be released digitally on February 25, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. Metal Hurlant Chronicles is a live-action adaptation of stories from the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, the magazine that gave birth in the United States to Heavy Metal. The first season of the show, which premiered in Europe in 2012, stars Rutger Hauer, James Marsters, Joe Flanigan, Michael Jai White, Darren Shahlavi, Scott Adkins and Kelly Brook.
‘Black Sails’ Soundtrack Details
Sparks & Shadows will release a soundtrack album for the new Starz original series Black Sails. The album features the show’s original score composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), including the composer’s main titles theme. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on January 28, 2014. Black Sails marks McCreary’s second collaboration with show creator Jonathan E. Steinberg following Human Target and follows the tales of Captain Flin and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island. The pirate adventure is co-created by Robert Levine and stars Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Zach McGowan, Toby Schmitz, Hannah New, Tom Hopper, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Clara Paget and Mark Ryan. The series will premiere this Saturday, January 25 and will air every Saturday night on Starz.
‘Girls’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Announced
Atlantic Records will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO hit comedy Girls. The album entitled Girls Volume 2: All Adventurous Women Do… features new songs by artists including Beck, Lily Allen, Miguel and Jenny Lewis whose track Completely Not Me was featured in this past Sunday’s season premiere. Also included is a track by the show’s composer Michael Penn. The soundtrack will be released on February 11, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Fueled by Ramen has released the first soundtrack album for the comedy last year. Girls created by and starring Lena Dunham and produced by Judd Apatow follows a close group of twenty-somethings as they chart their lives in New York City. The show’s second season was is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD and the third season of the series currently airs Sunday nights on HBO.
‘The Thirteenth Tale’ Soundtrack Details
MovieScore Media and Kronos Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC drama The Thirteenth Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (The Escapist, The Hours, Dear Wendy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 30, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out audio clips after the jump. The Thirteenth Tale is directed by James Kent and stars Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman and Alexandra Roach. The movie based on Diane Setterfield’s novel and adapted by Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons) follows a famous novelist with failing health who enlists an amateur biographer to hear her story and ghostwrite her autobiography.
‘Sherlock’ – Season 3 Soundtrack Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the BBC hit series Sherlock. The album features selections from score of the show’s third season composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale) and Michael Price. The soundtrack will be released in the UK on January 27, 2014 and on March 4 in the US. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and check out audio clips after the jump. The label has previously released soundtrack albums for the first two seasons. Sherlockcreated by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss is a contemporary update of the classic detective stories and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. The third season of the series will premiere in the UK on January 1 on BBC and in the U.S. on January 19, 2014 on PBS.
‘Person of Interest’ – Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Varese Sarabande has announced the details of the second soundtrack album for the CBS drama Person of Interest. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man). The soundtrack will be released on January 14, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring musical highlights from the first season, as well as the main titles theme composed by executive producer J.J. Abrams. Person of Interest is created by Jonathan Nolan and stars Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson and Kevin Chapman. The second season of the Bad Robots production is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD and the show’s third season air every Tuesday night on CBS.