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Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad Scoring Hulu’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Luke Cage, Boogie, Run This Town, Power Book III: Raising Kanan) are the composers of the new Hulu original series Reasonable Doubt. The show is created by Raamla Mohamed and stars Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Ealy, Sean Patrick Thomas, Angela Grovey, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo and Brooke Lyons. The project, which marks Onyx Collective’s first scripted drama, centers on the most brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system at every chance she gets.

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‘Home’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released

Lakeshore Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ docu-series Home. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Garron Chang (Hunting Lands), Amanda Jones (Naomi, Somebody Somewhere), Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear (High Maintenance), Aska Matsumiya (Skate Kitchen, Bruised) Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Luke Cage, Run This Town), record producer/songwriter BJ Burton and Camilo Lara & Demián Gálvez (Bronco). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released a soundtrack featuring music from Season 1 back in 2020.

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Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad Scoring Eddie Huang’s ‘Boogie’

Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge (Luke Cage, Run This Town) have composed the original score for the upcoming coming-of-age drama Boogie. The film marks the feature directorial debut of writer, producer and restaurateur Eddie Huang (Fresh Off the Boat) and stars Taylor Takahashi, Taylour Paige, Pamelyn Chee, Mike Moh, Alexa Mareka, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Perry Yung, as well as Pop Smoke who is also contributing music to the project. The movie tells the story of a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA and must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 6, 2020)

Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Onward directed by Dan Scanlon and starring Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer. The film’s original score is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine) and Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family, Storks). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as an original song co-written and performed by Brandi Carlile. Check out our previous previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Pixar Animation Studios production.

Also opening wide is the drama The Way Back directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins, Janina Gavankar and Glynn Turman. Rob Simonsen (Love, Simon, Nerve, Foxcatcher, The Upside, (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now) has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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‘Run This Town’ Score Album to Be Released

Linear Labs will release a soundtrack album for the drama Run This Town. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge (Luke Cage, Black Dynamite). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 6 and will be available to stream/download here. Run This Town is written and directed by Ricky Tollman and stars Ben Platt, Mena Massoud, Nina Dobrev, Scott Speedman, Jennifer Ehle and Damian Lewis. The movie revolves around a young journalist and a young political aide who become entangled in a larger-than-life political scandal as they struggle to navigate adult life.

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‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details

The full details of the second soundtrack album for Marvel’s Netflix original series Luke Cage have been revealed. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, as well as the songs King’s Paradise performed in an episode by Rakim and written by William Griffin, Younge & Muhammad, Love You Forever Right Now performed by Joi who also co-wrote the track with Marlon Cox and Family First co-written and performed by Gabrielle Dennis (Tilda Johnson). Also included are two covers by teen blues guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 22 and will be available to download on Amazon.

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Soundtrack Details for Marvel’s Netflix Series ‘Luke Cage’

luke-cageThe details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Luke Cage have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Also included are tracks by Raphael Saadiq, Faith Evans, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley, as well as the song Bulletproof Love by the composers & Method Man, which was already released last week as a single. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 7 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The first season of Luke Cage developed by Cheo Hodari Coker based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Mike Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga premiered last week and is now available to stream on Netflix.

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‘Bulletproof Love’ from Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage’ Released

bulletproof-loveHollywood Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for Marvel’s Netflix original series Luke Cage. The song, entitled Bulletproof Love by Adrian Yoynge and A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad (feat. Method Man) is now available to download on Amazon. A full soundtrack album for the show will be released on October 7, 2016. Check back on this page next week for the full details. Luke Cage developed by Cheo Hodari Coker based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Mike Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga just premiered today.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 25, 2016)

aftermathPremiering on Tuesday, September 27, is the new Syfy original series Aftermath created by William Laurin & Glenn Davis and starring Anne Heche, Julia Sarah Stone, Taylor Hickson, Levi Meaden and James Tupper. The show’s original music is composed by Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, City of Ember). To learn more about the drama, which will air Tuesday nights on Syfy, visit our scoring assignment announcement.

luke-cagePremiering on Friday, September 30, is the Netflix original series Luke Cage developed by Cheo Hodari Coker based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Mike Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga. The show’s original music is composed by Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Check out our previous article for a recent video featurette about the music on the show.

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Behind the Music of Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage’

luke-cageNetflix has published a video featurette on the music for Marvel’s upcoming series Luke Cage. The video features interviews with composers Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, executive producer Cheo Hodari Coker, actor Mike Colter, as well as A$AP Ferg and Method Man who talk about how each episode is shaped by its score and musical influence. Luke Cage starring Colter, Mahershala Ali, Alfre Woodard, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Frank Whaley and Sônia Braga follows Cage as he becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City after a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin.

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