Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s limited series Griselda. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, Hacks, Chupa, A Walk Among the Tombstones). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 19 (click here to stream/download). A vinyl edition will be coming out next from Diggers Factory and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out the composer’s title track below. Griselda is created by Doug Miro, Eric Newman, Carlo Bernard & Ingrid Escajeda and stars Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Martin Rodriguez and Juliana Aidén Martinez. The 6-part crime drama is inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco who – after fleeing from Medellín to Miami with her three young sons and a kilo of cocaine – becomes the ruthless boss of a booming drug empire.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 14, 2024)
Premiering today is the HBO original series True Detective: Night Country written and directed by Issa López and starring Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Isabella Star Lablanc, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, Christopher Eccleston, Aka Niviâna, Joel D. Montgrand, Anna Lambe and John Hawkes. The show’s original music composed by Vince Pope (No Offence, Black Mirror: Be Right Back, Misfits, Resistance,You & Me, Wolfe). Check out our previous article to learn more about the fourth installment of the True Detective anthology series, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Also premiering today is the AMC limited series Monsieur Spade created by Scott Frank & Tom Fontana and starring Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Chiara Mastroianni, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin, Jonathan Zaccaï, Stanley Weber, Rebecca Root and Matthew Beard. Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Hacks, Chupa) has composed the show’s original music. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score in the coming weeks. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the crime drama, which will air Sunday nights on AMC and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ Soundtrack Album Details
Platoon will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ limited series Lessons in Chemistry. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Hacks, Just Beyond, Chupa). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Lessons in Chemistry is created by Lee Eisenberg based on the novel of the same title by Bonnie Garmus and stars Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Stephanie Koenig, Aja Naomi King, Patrick Walker, Kevin Sussman and Thomas Mann.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 8, 2023)
Premiering on Wednesday, October 11, is the Netflix documentary series Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul executive produced and directed by R.J. Cutler about the controversial electronic cigarette company Juul. The show’s original music is composed by Craig DeLeon (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Fatal Attraction, Velma, Strange Darling, End of the Road, Music). Check out our previous news article for more information about the 4-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Thursday, October 12, is the Netflix limited series The Fall of the House of Usher created by Mike Flanagan and starring Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly, Henry Thomas and Mark Hamill. The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House, The Forever Purge, Midnight Mass, Oculus) have composed the show’s original music. Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the horror drama, which will also be available to stream on Netflix.
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix’s ‘Griselda’
Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Chupa, Just Beyond) is providing the original score for the upcoming Netflix limited series Griselda. The show is created by Doug Miro (Narcos), Eric Newman (Children of Men), Carlo Bernard (The Great Wall) & Ingrid Escajeda (Silo) and stars Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Juliana Aidén Martinez and Martin Rodriguez. The crime drama is inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco who created one of the most profitable cartels in history and whose lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as “the Godmother.”
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring AMC’s ‘Monsieur Spade’ & Apple TV+’s ‘Lessons in Chemistry’
Carlos Rafael Rivera has recently been scoring the upcoming AMC limited series Monsieur Spade. The show is created by Scott Frank (The Lookout, Logan, Minority Report) & Tom Fontana (Oz, Borgia) and stars Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Chiara Mastroianni, Louise Bourgoin, Stanley Weber, Jonathan Zaccaï, Matthew Beard and Rebecca Root. The 6-part crime drama is set in the 1960s and centers on legendary Detective Sam Spade, the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon.
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Tony Goldwyn’s ‘Ezra’
Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Godless, Hacks, Chupa, Just Beyond) is scoring the upcoming comedy drama Ezra. The film is directed by Tony Goldwyn (A Walk on the Moon, Someone Like You) and stars Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Robert De Niro, Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldwyn himself and William A. Fitzgerald. The movie follows a struggling New Jersey stand-up comic who moves in with his father after splitting up with his wife and decides to kidnap his autistic child and take him on a cross-country odyssey.
‘Chupa’ Soundtrack Released
Netflix Music has released the full soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Chupa. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Emmy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Hacks, Just Beyond) Also included is the original song Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños) written by Rivera & director Jonás Cuarón and performed by Julieta Venegas (previously released as a digital single last week). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Chupa starring Demián Bichir, Evan Whitten, Christian Slater, Nickolas Verdugo, Adriana Paz, Ashley Ciarra, Gerardo Taracena and Julio Cesar Cedillo the story of a lonely boy who befriends a mythical creature hiding on the ranch of his grandfather while visiting family in Mexico.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 31, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy adventure Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith and Chloe Coleman. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Black Adam). Mercury Classics has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full details) and Fiction Records has released Tame Impala’s end credits song Wings of Time earlier this month (click here to listen to the track).
Opening semi-wide in around 900 theaters this week is the drama A Thousand and One written and directed by A.V. Rockwell and starring Teyana Taylor, Will Catlett, Josiah Cross Aven Courtney and Aaron Kingsley Adetola. Gary Gunn (David Makes Man, Master of Light, Maggie Black). has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.
Julieta Venegas’ Original Song ‘Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños)’ from Netflix’s ‘Chupa’ Released
Netflix Music has released the original song Siempre Volaré (En Tus Sueños) from the Netflix original film Chupa. The track written by the movie’s composer Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, Just Beyond) & director Jonás Cuarón and performed by Julieta Venegas (who also wrote the lyrics) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Rivera’s original score from the adventure drama is expected to be released next week.