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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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 11, 2025)
Premiering on Wednesday, May 14, is the Netflix original documentary series American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden directed by Mor Loushy & Daniel Sivan. The show’s original music is composed by Jasha Klebe Our Planet II, Planet Earth II, The Black Godfather, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, A Year on Planet Earth, Animal). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past March on the show’s original release date. It has since been removed, but is expected to be available again this coming week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 3-parter, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Premiering on Thursday, May 15, is the Max original series Duster created by J.J. Abrams & LaToya Morgan and starring Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson, Keith David, Camille Guaty, Sydney Elisabeth, Greg Grunberg, Asivak Koostachin, Adriana Aluna Martinez and Benjamin Charles Watson. Laura Karpman (Captain America: Brave New World, American Fiction, The Marvels, Miss Marvel, Paris Can Wait, What If…?, Set It Up) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the crime thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Max.
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.