WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original series Rooster. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s first season composed record producer/songwriter Andrew Watt who has made his television scoring debut on the project. Also included is the main title theme song I Played the Fool co-written (with Watt) and performed by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe (previously released as a digital single), as well as an instrumental version of the track. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 15 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Also listen to the first score track below. Rooster is created by Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses and stars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley and Lauren Tsai. The comedy follows a successful author as he arrives at Ludlow College to support his daughter, an art history professor in the midst of a marital breakdown with a fellow academic.
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Main Title Theme Song ‘I Played the Fool’ from HBO’s ‘Rooster’ Released
WaterTower Music has released the main title theme song from the new HBO original series Rooster. Available to stream/download now on most major digital music services I Played the Fool co-written by R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe and record producer Andrew Watt (who is also scoring the show) and performed by Stipe. Also listen to the track after the jump. Rooster is created by Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses and stars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, John C. McGinley, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster and Lauren Tsai. The comedy is premiering tonight on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 8, 2026)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Rooster created by Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses and starring Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley and Lauren Tsai. The show’s original score is composed by Andrew Watt who also co-wrote the project’s theme song with Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.). Click here to learn more about the comedy and click here to check out the theme song (I Played the Fool) for the series, which will air every Sunday on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 11, is the Prime Video original series Scarpetta developed by Liz Sarnoff based on Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling book series and starring Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale, Ariana DeBose, Rosy McEwen, Simon Baker, Hunter Parrish, Amanda Righetti and Jake Cannavale. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Alien: Earth, Ripley, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Legion, Zero Day, The Man Who Feel to Earth) & Perrine Virgile (The Umbrella Academy, Long Slow Exhale) have composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the crime thriller, which will will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
HBO’s ‘Rooster’ to Feature Score by Andrew Watt and Theme Song by Michael Stipe
Record producer/songwriter Andrew Watt has made his television scoring debut on the new HBO original series Rooster. He also co-wrote the theme song with R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe who also performs the song. The show is created by Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs) & Matt Tarses (Bad Monkey) and stars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, John C. McGinley, Phil Dunster and Lauren Tsai. The comedy is set on a college campus and explores an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.