Republic Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ animated special Lulu Is a Rhinoceros. The album features the original songs from the Propagate Content & Bento Box Animation production written by Leland (aka Brett McLaughlin) and performed by voice cast members Auliʻi Cravalho, Alex Newell, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Dulé Hill and Paul Rust. Also included is a score suite by the special’s composers Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (XO, Kitty, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, A Tourist’s Guide to Love, BE@RBRICK, Exploding Kittens). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the first and final song, as well as the score suite below.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 25, 2025)
Premiering tonight is the TNT original series The Librarians: The Next Chapter developed by Dean Devlin & John Rogers and starring Callum McGowan, Jessica Green, Bluey Robinson and Olivia Morris. The show’s original music is composed byJoseph LoDuca (The Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Chucky, Leverage) who previously scored the original The Librarians television movies and TV series. Check out our previous article to learn more about the fantasy adventure drama, which will air every Sunday night on TNT.
Premiering on Thursday, May 29, is the Prime Video limited series The Better Sister created by Olivia Milch & Regina Corrado based on Alafair Burke’s book and starring Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Matthew Modine, Kim Dickens, Gloria Reuben, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Gabriel Sloyer, Bobby Naderi and Lorraine Toussaint. Will Bates (Immaculate, Dumb Money, The Magicians, The Life List, Unbelievable, Away, I Origins, The Path, The Looming Tower) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 8-part crime thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Apple TV+’s ‘Lulu Is a Rhinoceros’ to Feature Original Songs by Leland and Score by Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song
Apple TV+ announced this week that Leland (aka Brett McLaughlin) has written the original songs for the streamer’s upcoming animated musical special Lulu Is a Rhinoceros. The special, which is scored by Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (XO, Kitty, Exploding Kittens, BE@RBRICK, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, A Tourist’s Guide to Love), is developed by Jason & Allison Flom based on their children’s book of the same name and features the voices of Auliʻi Cravalho, Alex Newell, Dulé Hill, Paul Rust and Utkarsh Ambudkar. The Propagate Content & Bento Box Animation production directed by Angela Stempel follows the titular rhinoceros on a quest to spread kindness who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.
‘Love, Victor’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Love, Victor. The album features a selection of songs from the show’s second season co-written and co-produced by Brett McLaughlin (aka Leland) and performed by artists such as Duncan Laurence, FLETCHER, serpentwithfeet, Tayla Parx, Carlie Hanson & George Sear, Fancy Hagood, Alice Longyu Gao and Allie X. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Listen to several tracks below. The label has previously released an EP featuring three songs from the drama’s first season. Love, Victor Victor is created by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and stars Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Mason Gooding, Bebe Wood, George Sear, Mateo Fernandez, Isabella Ferreira, James Martinez, and Ana Ortiz.
‘Love, Victor’ Soundtrack EP Announced
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack EP for the new Hulu original series Love, Victor. The 3-track EP features the show’s theme song Somebody to Tell Me written by Brett McLaughlin (aka Leland) and Jordan Palmer and performed by Tyler Glenn (of Neon Trees). Also included is the track Athlete performed by Greyson Chance and written by himself, McLaughlin and Palmer, as well as God, This Feels Good performed by Isaac Dunbar and written by Dunbar, McLaughlin & Palmer. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 19 and will be available to stream/download here. Love, Victor is created by Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and stars Michael Cimino, Ana Ortiz, James Martinez, Isabella Ferreira, Rachel Naomi Hilson, Bebe Wood, George Sear, Anthony Turpel and Mason Gooding.
Leland to Compose Music for HBO Max’s ‘Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020’
HBO Max has announced today that singer/songwriter Leland (aka Brett McLaughlin) is composing original songs and the original score for the upcoming HBO Max scripted special Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020. The show is inspired by Laua Benanti’s #SunshineSongs social media campaign and will star a diverse group of student actors whose school productions have shut down due to the pandemic. The special will will feature original music performed from their homes and explores tried-and-true themes of classic teen movies through the totally unique lens of a world turned upside down by the global pandemic. Benanti is also executive producing the World of Wonder production with Randy Barbato & Fenton Bailey (Party Monster) and Tom Campbell (RuPaul’s Drag Race).
Shameik Moore’s Original Song ‘First Christmas (That I Loved You)’ from Netflix’s ‘Let It Snow’ Released
BMG has released the original song First Christmas (That I Loved You) from the Netflix original movie Let It Snow. The track is written by Leland and performed by Shameik Moore (who also stars in the film). The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single on Amazon. Also listen to the full track after the jump. Let It Snow is directed by Luke Snellin and also stars Isabela Moner, Kiernan Shipka, Odeya Rush, Jacob Batalon, Miles Robbins, Mitchell Hope, Liv Hewson, Anna Akana and Joan Cusack. The romantic comedy drama is based on the bestselling book by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle and follows revolves around a snowstorm that hits a small town on a cold Christmas Eve, affecting the friendships, love lives and futures of several high school seniors.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 2, 2018)
Premiering on Tuesday, September 4, is the FX original series Mayans MC created by Kurt Sutter & Elgin James and starring JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Edward James Olmos, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby, Carla Baratta, Antonio Jaramillo, Raoul Max Trujillo, Richard Cabral and Danny Pino. The show’s original music is composed by Bob Thiele Jr. who previously composed FX’s Sons of Anarchy. 20th Century Fox TV Records has released the first track from the soundtrack, Nunca performed by David Hidalgo & Los Refugios Tiernos, earlier this week. Click here to download the track and visit our previous article to learn more about the series.
Also premiering on Tuesday is the USA original series The Purge created by James DeMonaco based on the movie franchise and starring Gabriel Chavarria, Lili Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Jessica Garza, Amanda Warren, Colin Woodell, Hannah Emily Anderson and William Baldwin. Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool 2, 300, John Wick, Watchmen) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which will air Tuesday nights on USA.
‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Good Pop, in partnership with Sony/ATV and Black Label Media will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser. The album features the songs from the movie performed by lead actress Shannon Purser, Betty Who, Allie X, MNEK, Sabrina Carpenter, K.I.D, Carlie Hanson and Leland. Also included are two tracks from the movie’s original score written by Leland and Bram Inscore. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 7, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Sierra Burgess Is a Loser is directed by Ian Samuels and stars Shannon Purser, Kristine Froseth, RJ Cyler, Noah Centineo, Chrissy Metz, Alan Ruck and Lea Thompson.
Leland & Bram Inscore Scoring ‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’
Singer/songwriter Leland (aka Brett McLaughlin) and Bram Inscore have composed the score for the upcoming teen comedy Sierra Burgess Is a Loser. The movie is directed by Ian Samuels and stars Shannon Purser, Kristine Froseth, RJ Cyler, Noah Centineo, Chrissy Metz, Alan Ruck and Lea Thompson. The movie follows a smart high school girl who teams up with a more popular girl hoping to win over her crush. Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking) wrote the screenplay.