Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC and Netflix limited series A Suitable Boy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 11.22.63, Touching the Void) and Anoushka Shankar. Also included are songs performed by Kavita Seth and other music from the drama. The soundtrack will be released overseas digitally tomorrow, October 23. A CD version is also in the works. The purchase links will be added to this article soon. A Suitable Boy is directed by Mira Nair, written by Andrew Davies and stars Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. The 6-parter is based on Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel of the same name and centers on a young woman in post-partition India who struggles to balance family duty and personal independence.
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Nathan Micay Scoring HBO’s & BBC’s ‘Industry’
EDM producer Nathan Micay has made his television scoring debut on the new HBO original series Industry. The show is created by Mickey Down & Konrad Kay and stars Myha’la Herrold, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Nabhaan Rizwan, David Jonsson, Conor MacNeill and Ken Leung. The drama revolves around an ambitious group of graduates as they compete for a limited number of permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co., a leading bank in London, while being thrown head-first into the exhilarating world of international finance. Down & Kay are also executive producing the project with Jane Tranter (Succession, The Night Of), Lachlan MacKinnon (A Discovery of Witches), Ryan Rasmussen (His Dark Materials) and David P. Davis.
Harry Escott Scoring BBC’s ‘Roadkill’
Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, A Mighty Heart, Welcome to the Punch, The English Game) has composed the original score for the new BBC drama Roadkill. The show is created by David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) and stars Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Saskia Reeves, Sarah Greene, Patricia Hodge, Ophelia Lovibond, Iain De Caestecker, Katie Leung, Olivia Vinall, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Pip Torrens. The 4-part political thriller follows a self-made, forceful and charismatic politician whose public and private life is being picked apart by his enemies.
Soundtrack Album for BBC Series ‘Life’ Released
A soundtrack album has been released for the BBC series Life. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Guy Garvey, Paul Saunderson & Peter Jobson (Trying, Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back, The More You Ignore Me, Cleaning Up). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Life is created & written by Mike Bartlett and stars Alison Steadman, Peter Davison, Adrian Lester, Victoria Hamilton (who is reprising her role from Doctor Foster), Rachael Stirling, Melissa Johns, Saira Choudhry, Calvin Demba, Erin Kellyman and Joshua James. The 6-part drama is set in Manchester and follows the stories of the residents of a large house divided into four flats.
‘The Little Drummer Girl’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC & AMC limited series The Little Drummer Girl. The album features the show’s original music composed by Cho Young-wuk (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Thirst, The Handmaiden). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 6, 2020 and physically the following week. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link and visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. The Little Drummer Girl is directed by Chan-woon Park and stars Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Shannon, Clare Holman, Charles Dance, Kate Sumpter, Simona Brown and Max Irons. The 6-parter is based on John le Carré’s novel of the same title and follows a fiery actress and idealist whose resolve is tested after she meets a mysterious man while on holiday in Greece.
Soundtrack Album for BBC Series ‘Us’ Released
Manners McDade has released a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series Us. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Code 404, Episodes, Plebs) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Us is adapted by David Nicholls (Patrick Melrose, Far from the Madding Crowd) from his novel of the same name and stars Tom Hollander, Saskia Reeves, Sofie Gråbøl, Tom Taylor, Iain De Caestecker and Thaddea Graham. The 4-part drama directed by Geoffrey Sax follows a man who is blindsided when his wife tells him that she’s not sure she wants to be married to him anymore and vows to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with their son.
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s & Amazon’s ‘The Pale Horse’ to Be Released
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the British mini-series The Pale Horse. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Anne Nikitin (American Animals, Mrs. Wilson, This Beautiful Fantastic, Lost Girls, Calibre). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 18 and will be available to stream/download here. The Pale Horse is developed by Sarah Phelps based on Agatha Christie’s novel of the same title and stars Rufus Sewell, Kaya Scodelario, Sean Pertwee, Bertie Carvel, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Poppy Gilbert, Madeleine Bowyer and Kathy Kiera Clarke.
‘Man in an Orange Shirt’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Wave Theory Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series Man in an Orange Shirt. The album features the show’s original music composed by Dan Jones (On Chesil Beach, Shadow of the Empire, Lady Macbeth, Any Human Heart, World on Fire) and performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Man in an Orange Shirt is written by Patrick Gale, directed by Michael Samuels and stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Julian Morris, James McArdle, Joanna Vanderham, David Gyasi and Vanessa Redgrave. The 2-parter tells the story of two challenging love stories from very different generations of a family, in the 1940s and in 2017.
‘The Luminaries’ Soundtrack Album Released
Club Champion has released a soundtrack album for the mini-series The Luminaries. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by David Long (6 Days, Ice, McLaren). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. The Luminaries is written by Eleanor Catton based on his 2013 Man Booker Prize-winning novel, directed by Claire McCarthy and stars Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Eve Hewson, Ewen Leslie and Marton Csokas. The drama produced by Working Title Television and Southern Light Films is set in the 1860s during the gold rush and revolves around a woman who travels from Britain to New Zealand in search of a new life.
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s & Starz’s ‘Dublin Murders’ Released
Needlewood Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC and Starz crime drama Dublin Murders. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Academy Award nominee Volker Bertelmann (Lion, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, Patrick Melrose, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Gunpowder). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Dublin Murders developed by Sarah Phelps based on Tana French’s first two novels in the Dublin Murder Squad book series and stars Killian Scott, Sarah Greene, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Moe Dunford, Jonny Holden, Leah McNamara, Ian Kenny, Eugene O’Hare, Conleth Hill and Peter McDonald. The crime drama follows a smart-suited detective who is dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin with his partner.