Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Murderbot. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Amanda Jones (Naomi, Mea Culpa, Super/Natural, Good Trouble, Emperor of Ocean Park, The Perfect Find, Young Love). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 16 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s main title track below. Murderbot is created by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz based on the best-selling book series of the same title by Martha Wells and stars Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones and Tamara Podemski. The sci-fi comedic thriller is set in a high-tech future and revolves around a rogue security robot who secretly gains free will and – in order to stay hidden – reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous plane.
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Amanda Jones Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Murderbot’
Amanda Jones (Naomi, Mea Culpa, Emperor of Ocean Park, Super/Natural, The Perfect Find, Young Love, Good Trouble) has recently been scoring the upcoming Apple TV+ original series Murderbot. The show is created by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz (About a Boy, American Pie) based on Martha Wells’ bestselling book series of the same name and stars Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Akshay Khanna, Sabrina Wu, Tattiawna Jones and Tamara Podemski. The sci-fi comedic thriller revolves around a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients who must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone.
Alex Weston Scoring Chris Weitz’s ‘Afraid’
Alex Weston (Expats, Wander Darkly, The Novice, The Adults, Goodnight Mommy, What Breaks the Ice) has been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi horror thriller Afraid. The film is written and directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy, The Golden Compass, American Pie) and stars John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Lukita Maxwell, Havana Rose Liu, David Dastmalchian and Keith Carradine. The movie follows a man and his family who are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA that learns the family’s behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs.
‘Operation Finale’ Soundtrack Details
Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the historical thriller Operation Finale. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). The soundtrack will be released on August 24 and will be available to download on Amazon. Also click here to order the CD version. Operation Finale is directed by Chris Weitz and stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller and Greta Scacchi.
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Paul Weitz’s ‘Operation Finale’
Alexandre Desplat has begun work on the upcoming historical thriller Operation Finale. The film is directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) and stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent, Lior Raz, Nick Kroll, Michael Aronov, Haley Lu Richardson, Joe Alwyn, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi and Pêpê Rapazote. The movie tells the true story of the 1960 covert mission where legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin infiltrates Argentina and captures Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann.