Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Peacock original series Based on a True Story. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Sherri Chung (Kung Fu, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Batwoman, Riverdale, The Lost Husband, Blindspot). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Based on a True Story is created by Craig Rosenberg and stars Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, Tom Bateman, Natalia Dyer, Liana Liberato, Priscilla Quintana, Alex Alomar Akpobome, Aisha Alfa, Annabelle Dexter-Jones and Li Jun Li. The comedic thriller revolves around a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber and whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime and murder.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 4, 2023)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Idol created by Sam Levinson & Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye (who also provided original music to the show, alongside Mike Dean) & Reza Fahim and starring The Weeknd himself, Lily-Rose Depp and Troye Sivan. Manish Raval & Tom Wolfe serve as the drama’s music supervisors. Republic Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs by The Weeknd & others later this month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information and to listen to two first tracks that have already been released in recent weeks.
Also premiering in the U.S. today is the British sci-fi series The Lazarus Project created by Joe Barton and starring Paapa Essiedu, Anjli Mohindra, Tom Burke and Caroline Quentin. Ben Lukas Boysen (Beat, The Collini Case) & Paul Emmerich are composing the show’s original music. SATV has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score last year when the drama premiered in the UK on Sky Max and NOW. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its U.S. debut on TNT and has already been renewed for a second season.
Sherri Chung Scoring Peacock’s ‘Based on a True Story’
Sherri Chung (Kung Fu, Riverdale, Batwoman, The Lost Husband, Blindspot) has been tapped to score the upcoming Peacock original series Based on a True Story. The show is created by Craig Rosenberg (The Boys) and stars Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, Tom Bateman, Liana Liberato, Natalia Dyer, Priscilla Quintana, Aisha Alfa, Alex Alomar Akpobome, Annabelle Dexter-Jones and Li Jun Li. The 8-part comedic thriller revolves around a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime and murder.
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Roman Polanski’s ‘Based on a True Story’
Alexandre Desplat is currently scoring Roman Polanski’s upcoming French-language thriller Based on a True Story. The film starring Emmanuelle Seigner, Eva Green and Vincent Perez follows a Parisian author with writer’s block who discovers a mysterious woman at a book signing. Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Clouds of Sils Maria) and Polanski wrote the screenplay based on Delphine de Vigan’s novel of the same title. Wassim Beji (Yves Saint Laurent, A Perfect Man) is producing the project for WY Productions.