WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO original series Lovecraft Country. The album features selections of the original score from all episodes of the show’s first season composed by Emmy Award winner Laura Karpman (Step, Set It Up, Why We Hate) and Raphael Saadiq (Underground, Insecure, Black Nativity). Also included are the songs from the horror drama performed by actors Wunmi Mosaku and Jurnee Smollett, as well as Alice Smith’s cover of Nina Simone’s Sinnerman. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 19 and will be available to stream/download here. Lovecraft Country is developed by Misha Green based on Matt Ruff‘s novel of the same name and also stars Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris and Michael Kenneth Williams.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 16, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Lovecraft Country developed by Misha Green, executive produced by Jordan Peele & J.J. Abrams and starring Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris, Wunmi Mosaku and Michael Kenneth Williams. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Step, Set It Up, Taken, Why We Hate) and Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, Black Nativity, The After Party). Check out our previous news article for more information about the horror drama, which will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering in the U.S. on Tuesday, August 18, is the British comedy Dead Pixels created by Jon Brown and starring Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yeld, Charlotte Ritchie, David Mumeni and Noush Skaugen. Andrew Barnabas & Paul Arnold (The Hatton Garden Job, Stoner Express, Primal, My Brother Is a Dog) are composing the show’s original music. The series, which, premiered last year in the UK on E4 and will debut in the U.S. on The CW. The comedy, which follows a group of friends who are obsessed with the online fantasy game “Kingdom Scrolls,” has already been renewed for a second season and will air every Tuesday night.
HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country’ to Feature Music by Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq
Laura Karpman (Step, Set It Up, Why We Hate) & Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, Black Nativity) are the composers of the new HBO original series Lovecraft Country. The show is developed by Misha Green based on Matt Ruff ‘s novel of the same title and stars Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Abbey Lee, Jada Harris, Wunmi Mosaku and Michael Kenneth Williams, as well as recurring guests Courtney B. Vance, Jamie Chung, Jamie Neumann, Jordan Patrick Smith and Tony Goldwyn. The horror drama follows Atticus Freeman as he journeys with his childhood friend and his uncle on a road trip from Chicago across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.