Tyler Strickland has received his first Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score) category for his score for Colin Hanks’ Prime Video original documentary John Candy: I Like Me at today’s first night of the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall.
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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Soundtrack Album Released
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary John Candy: I Like Me. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tyler Strickland (Sly, Descendent, The American Meme, Audrie & Daisy, Faye, Trial by Media, Navajo Police: Class 57, Changing the Game). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first track below. Verve & Republic Records have previously released Cynthia Erivo’s Everytime You Go Away cover from the movie as a digital single earlier this month. John Candy: I Like Me is directed by Colin Hanks and centers on the life, career, and loss of one of the most beloved actors of all time. The movie produced by Ryan Reynolds features never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews with those who knew John best.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 5, 2025)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British miniseries Brian and Maggie written by James Graham, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Steve Coogan, Harriet Walter, Paul Clayton, Tom Mothersdale and Ivan Kaye. The show’s original music is composed by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Torchwood, Dead Ringers, A Very English Scandal, Moonflower Murders, It’s a Sin, Quiz). The 2-parter, which follows politician-turned-journalist Brian Walden and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as they sit for one of the most famous political exchanges of all time in 1989, premiered in the UK this past January on Channel 4 and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of Masterpiece.
Also premiering tonight is the PBS Masterpiece series Maigret developed by Patrick Harbinson based on Georges Simenon’s bestselling novels and starring Benjamin Wainwright, Stefanie Martini, Blake Harrison, Kerrie Hayes, Reda Elazouar, Shaniqua Okwok, Rob Kazinsky and Nathalie Armin. Uele Lamore (The Balconettes, The Apology, Above Water) has composed the show’s original music. The crime drama, which follows the Chief Inspecto and his team of maverick but loyal detectives as they solve a series of complex crimes in Paris, will air in the U.S. every Sunday night on PBS.
Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Everytime You Go Away’ Cover from ‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Released
Verve & Republic Records have released the cover version of Everytime You Go Away from the Prime Video original documentary John Candy: I Like Me. The track (originally written by Darryl Hall for Hall & Oates and later covered by Paul Young in a version that appeared in the Candy-starring Planes, Trains and Automobiles) is produced (with Will Wells) and performed by Cynthia Erivo and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. John Candy: I Like Me is directed by Colin Hanks, produced by Ryan Reynolds and centers on the life, career, and loss of one of the most beloved actors of all time.