Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack EP for the Disney Channel animated series Hailey’s On It!. The EP features six songs from the show’s first season written by Matthew Tishler (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) & Andrew Underberg (The J Team) and performed by Auli’i Cravalho (who voices the title character), Onestar and Wade O. Brown. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all six songs below. The label has previously released the theme song last month. Hailey’s On It! is created by Devin Bunje & Nick Stanton and also stars Manny Jacinto and Gary Anthony Williams.
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Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring Aardman’s ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
Over the last week, Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Mulan, Man on Fire, Kingdom of Heaven) has been recording his score for the upcoming stop-motion animated sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. The film is directed by Sam Fell (ParaNorman, The Tale of Despereaux) and features the voice talent of Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Imelda Staunton, Bella Ramsey, Lynn Ferguson, David Bradley, Romesh Ranganathan, Jane Horrocks, Daniel Mays, Josie Sedgwick-Davies and Nick Mohammed.
‘He-Man and the Masters of the Universe’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Arts Music has released a new soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. The Volume 3 album features selections of the score from the show’s third season composed by Michael Kramer (Ninjago, The Ghost and Molly McGee, LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales & Summer Vacation). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released an album featuring Kramer’s score and Ali Dee’s theme song from Season 1 in 2021 and a second album featuring Kramer’s music from Season 2 last year. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is developed by Robert David based on the 1980s cartoon series and features the voices of Yuri Lowenthal, Kimberly Brooks, Trevor Devall, Antony Del Rio, Ben Diskin, David Kaye, Judy Alice Lee, Grey Griffin, Roger Craig Smith, Tom Kenny and Fred Tatasciore.
Kool Kojak Scoring Chelsea Peretti’s ‘First Time Female Director’
Songwriter/record producer Kool Kojak has made his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming comedy First Time Female Director. The film is written and directed by Chelsea Peretti and stars Peretti herself, Amy Poehler, Kate Berlant, Megan Stalter, Benito Skinner, Megan Mullally, Blake Anderson, Natasha Leggero, Jak Knight, Xosha Roquemore, Andy Richter, Max Greenfield, Tim Heidecker and Brad Hall. Este Haim (of HAIM) (Maid, Cha Cha Real Smooth) serves as the music consultant of the movie, which follows a playwright working for a small theater in Glendale who is thrust into the leadership role and quickly discovers that being a director may be a lot more challenging than she originally thought.
‘The Idol’ Episode 2 Soundtrack Single Released
Republic Records has released a digital single featuring music from the second episode of the HBO original series The Idol. The 3-track single includes the new song Family co-written (with Mike Dean) and performed by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye & Suzanna Son, the score track Devil’s Paradise written by Dean & series co-creator Sam Levinson and the previously released song Double Fantasy by The Weeknd feat. Future. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released a single featuring two tracks from Episode 1 last week. A full album is scheduled to come out on June 30.
Anna Drubich & Jongnic Bontemps Scoring Diego Hurtado de Mendoza’s & Lisa Cortés’ ‘The Space Race’
Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3: 1666) & Jongnic Bontemps (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, 4400, My Name Is Pauli Murray, Redfall) have teamed up to score the upcoming documentary The Space Race. The film is directed by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (The Redeem Team) & Lisa Cortés (Little Richard: I Am Everything, All In: The Fight for Democracy) and explores the experiences of the first Black astronauts. The movie features interviews with Ed Dwight, Charles Bolden, Guion Bluford & Victor Glover and spotlights the oft-omitted racial injustice narratives and present-day realities of these pioneers.
‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ Soundtrack Album Released
Redrocca has released a soundtrack album for the BBC documentary series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland. The album features the show’s original music composed by Simon Russell (Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers, Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, Afghan Star, Once Upon a Time in Iraq). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland is directed by James Bluemel and combines personal accounts with archive footage to tell the story of the people who lived through The Trouble and are still dealing with its legacies today.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 11, 2023)
Premiering on Wednesday, June 14, is the FX original series The Full Monty written by Simon Beaufoy & Alice Nutter based on the 1997 feature of the same name and starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber, Talitha Wing, Miles Jupp, Steve Huison, Paul Clayton, Wim Snape and Tom Wilkinson. The show’s original music is composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, Breeders, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Code 404, Episodes). Check out our previous news article for more information about the, which will be available to stream on Hulu and Disney+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the Netflix nature documentary series Our Planet II narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Jasha Klebe (Planet Earth II, Animal, The Black Godfather, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, Malika: The Lion Queen) & Thomas Farnon (One Man and His Shoes) have composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album will be announced soon. The follow-up to 2019’s Our Planet (scored by Steven Price) centers on the migratory patterns of numerous animal species as they embark on often life-threatening journeys to feed, breed/find new homes and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
‘Safe Home’ Soundtrack Album Released
Helena Czajka (Blind Ambition, Unseen Skies, Revelation) has released a soundtrack album for the Australian TV series Safe Home. The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the show and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. Safe Home is created by Anna Barnes and stars Aisha Dee, Mabel Li, Virginia Gay, Antonia Prebble, Thomas Cocquerel, Chenoa Deemal, Hal Cumpston, David Roberts, Mark Mitchinson, Janet Andrewartha, Tegan Stimson, Nicholas Burton, Katlyn Wong and Yuchen Wang. The 4-part drama directed by Stevie Cruz-Martin revolves around a woman whose life gets turned upside down when she’s embroiled in a violent murder.
PinkPantheress’ Song ‘Angel’ from Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ Released
Atlantic Records has released the third song from the soundtrack for Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy Barbie. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Angel co-written and -produced (with BloodPop & Count Baldor) and performed by PinkPantheress. Also check out the track after the jump. Two first songs (Dance the Night by Dua Lipa & WATATI by Karol G) from the film’s soundtrack were released in the previous weeks and the full soundtrack album is set to come out on July 21 (visit Amazon to pre-order the digital version and the CD, vinyl and cassette editions).