Following last week’s release of the “suites & themes” album, Netflix Music will release eight more soundtracks for the streamer’s original documentary series Life on Our Planet. The albums feature the original score from all eight episodes of the show composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, His Dark Materials, The LEGO Batman Movie, Top Gun: Maverick) and recorded with the Royal National Orchestra. The soundtracks will be released digitally tomorrow, October 20. Check out the details of the albums for Chapters 1-4: The Rules of Life, The First Frontier, Invaders of the Land & In Cold Blood below and check back on this page tomorrow for the details of the other four soundtracks.
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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Bodies’ to Be Released
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the British Netflix limited series Bodies. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jon Opstad (The Woman in White, Black Mirror: White Christmas & White Bear, We Hunt Together, Safe House, The Feed) . The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 20. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Bodies is created by Paul Tomalin and stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Stephen Graham, Amaka Okafor, Greta Scacchi, Kyle Soller and Tom Mothersdale. The crime drama is based on Si Spencer’s graphic novel of the same title and revolves around detectives in four different time periods between 1890 and 2053 who find themselves investigating the same murder in London’s East End’s Longharvest Lane.
Siddhartha Khosla Scoring Skydance Animation’s ‘Pookoo’
Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us, Welcome to Chippendales, Rabbit Hole, Queenpins, Looking for Alaska) is scoring the upcoming animated feature Pookoo. The film is directed by Nathan Greno (Tangled, Tangled Ever After) and tells the story of a small woodland creature and a majestic bird that magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime. The animated comedy is produced by Skydance Animation’s John Lasseter (Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Cars), David Ellison (Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) Dana Goldberg (The Adam Project, The Tomorrow War) and Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews (Smurfs: The Lost Village).
‘Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix’ Soundtrack Album Details
Ubisoft Music will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix animated series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. The album features the show’s original music composed by Oscillian (The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!)). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Thursday, October 19 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is created by Adi Shankar based on Ubisoft characters from franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Rayman and Far Cry.
‘Kaala Paani’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the Indian Netflix original series Kaala Paani. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Rachita Arora (The Brawler, Newton, Gurgaon). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 18 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Kaala Paani is directed by Sameer Saxena & Amit Golani and stars Ashutosh Gowariker, Mona Singh, Sukant Goel, Vikas Kumar, Amey Wagh and Arushi Sharma. The survival drama takes place after a mysterious illness descends upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and follows a group of characters as their fight for survival collides with a race to find a cure.
Tom Howe Scoring Chris Holt’s Netflix Documentary ‘The Devil on Trial’
Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Early Man, Shrinking, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Daisy Jones & the Six) has composed the original music for the new Netflix original documentary The Devil on Trial. The film is written and directed by Chris Holt (The Hillside Strangler, Elizabeth I) and explores the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a US murder trial. The movie uses reenactments and home videos to investiagte the apparent possession of a young boy and the brutal murder that followed.
Andrew Lockington Scoring Brad Peyton’s ‘Atlas’
Over the last couple of days, Andrew Lockington (Journey to the Center of Earth, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Lioness: Special Ops, The Space Between Us) has been recording his score for the upcoming Netflix original film Atlas. The movie is directed by Brad Peyton and stars Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Lana Parrilla and Abraham Popoola. The sci-fi thriller follows an AI analyst who gets stranded on a distant planet and must learn to fight inside a military-grade mech suit in order to survive.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 15, 2023)
Premiering on Thursday, October 19, is the animated special Peter and the Wolf directed by Elliot Dear and Stephen McNally. The Blink Industries’ music is arranged by Maurice Seezer & Gavin Friday (based on Sergei Prokofiev’s symphony) and performed by The Friday-Seezer Ensemble. BMG will release a soundtrack album featuring the animated short’s music this coming Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the special, which will make its U.S. debut on Max.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Max original animated series Scavengers Reign created by Joseph Bennett & Charles Huettner and starring Wunmi Mosaku, Bob Stephenson, Ted Travelstead, Sunita Mani and Alia Shawkat. Nicolas Snyder has composed the show’s original music. The animated sci-fi adventure, which follows the remaining crew of a damaged interstellar freighter ship who find themselves stranded on an alien planet, will be available to stream on Max.
Jon Opstad Scoring Netflix’s ‘Bodies’
Jon Opstad (Black Mirror: White Bear & White Christmas, The Woman in White, We Hunt Together, Safe House, The Feed) is the composer of the new British Netflix limited series Bodies. The show is created by Paul Tomalin and stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Amaka Okafor, Stephen Graham, Kyle Soller, Tom Mothersdale and Greta Scacchi. The 8-part crime drama is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Si Spencer and follows four detectives in four different time periods (1890, 1941, 2023 & 2053) who find themselves investigating the same murder in London’s East End’s Longharvest Lane.
Archive’s Original Song ‘Time on My Hands’ from Netflix Film ‘Wingwomen’ (‘Voleuses’) Released
Netflix Music has released the original song Time on My Hands from the French Netflix original film Wingwomen (Voleuses). The track is written by Darius Keeler, Daniel Griffiths, Pollard Berrier & Dave Pen and performed by the London-based band Archive and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the track below. A full soundtrack album featuring Archive’s score from the comedy will be coming out in a few weeks. Wingwomen is directed by Mélanie Laurent and stars Adèle Exarchopoulos, Laurent herself, Manon Bresch and Isabelle Adjani.