Milan Records has released an extended version of the soundtrack album for the Prime Video limited series Expats. The album features three previously unreleased songs from the show (in addition to composer Alex Weston’s original score as featured on the original soundtrack), including the cover versions of We’re All Alone (originally written by Boz Scaggs) & Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Happiness Is Me and You produced by Weston and performed by Kennedy Ryon, as well as the cover of Katy Perry’s Roar performed by the “Expats Choir”. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all three new tracks after the jump. Expats is written and directed by Lulu Wang and stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Brian Tee, Jack Huston and Ji-young Yoo.
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‘Expats’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Prime Video limited series Expats. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Alex Weston (The Farewell, Wander Darkly, The Adults, The Novice, Goodnight Mommy, What Breaks the Ice). The soundtrack will be released digitally this coming Friday, January 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Expats is written and directed by Lulu Wang and stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee and Jack Huston. The 6-part drama based on the best-selling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee is set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents and centers on three American women whose lives intersect after a single encounter sets off a chain of life-altering events.
Alex Weston Scoring Lulu Wang’s Amazon Series ‘Expats’
Composer Alex Weston is reteaming with director Lulu Wang on the upcoming Amazon limited series Expats. The show is written and directed by Wang and stars Nicole Kidman, Brian Tee, Sarayu Blue, Jack Huston, Ruby Ruiz, Ji-young Yoo, Amelyn Pardenilla, Bonde Sham, Flora Chan and Maggie Lee. The 6-part drama is based on Janice Y.K. Lee’s bestselling novel The Expatriates and follows an American family who have moved to Hong Kong and established a community of fellow expatriates, which is fractured after a sudden family tragedy impacts their intersecting lives.
‘The Farewell’ Soundtrack Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the drama The Farewell. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Weston. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The Farewell is written and directed by Lulu Wang and stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong and Jiang Yongbo. The movie follows a Chinese-born, U.S.-raised woman who reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell that herself.