Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Riot Women. The album features the show’s original score composed by Ben Foster (Ridley, Torchwood, Hidden Kingdoms, Thunderbirds Are Go!, The Good Karma Hotel, Happy Valley, Scott & Bailey). Also included are two original songs written by punk duo ARXX‘s Hannah Pidduck & Clara Townsend and performed by the titular band, as well as Rosalie Craig’s cover of Hole’s Violet. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Riot Women is created by Sally Wainwright and stars Joanna Scanlan, Craig, Tamsin Greig, Amelia Bullmore, Taj Atwal, Lorraine Ashbourne, Chandeep Uppal and Macy Seelochan. The 6-parter follows a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife and a shoplifting freeloader who form a female punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined.
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Ben Foster Scoring BBC’s ‘Riot Women’
Ben Foster (Ridley, Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Hidden Kingdoms, The Good Karma Hotel, Scott & Bailey) is the composer of the new BBC drama Riot Women. The show is created by Sally Wainwright (Gentleman Jack, Renegade Nell) and stars Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, Amelia Bullmore, Lorraine Ashbourne, Taj Atwal, Chandeep Uppal and Macy Seelochan. The punk duo ARXX has contributed original songs to the 6-part series, which follows a teacher, a police officer, a midwife, a pub landlady and a shoplifting freeloader who form a female punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined.