Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, A Walk Among the Tombstone, Chupa, Just Beyond) is providing the original score for the upcoming Netflix limited series Griselda. The show is created by Doug Miro (Narcos), Eric Newman (Children of Men), Carlo Bernard (The Great Wall) & Ingrid Escajeda (Silo) and stars Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Juliana Aidén Martinez and Martin Rodriguez. The crime drama is inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco who created one of the most profitable cartels in history and whose lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as “the Godmother.”
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Craig DeLeon Scoring Netflix’s ‘Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul’
Craig DeLeon (Fatal Attraction, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Velma, End of the Road, Music, The Last Survivors) has recently scored the upcoming Netflix documentary series Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul. The show is directed by R.J. Cutler (The September Issue, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry) and tells the story of the controversial electronic cigarette company Juul which transformed from a Silicon Valley tech start-up run by two Stanford graduate students intent on making the world a better place into a multi-billion-dollar tobacco company that sparked an epidemic of lung disease and youth addiction.
‘Sex Education’ Season 4 Soundtrack EP Released
Ice Chest Music has released a new soundtrack EP for the Netflix original series Sex Education. The 3-track EP features three original songs from the show’s fourth season written and performed by Ezra Furman. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all three tracks after the jump. The label has previously released an EP featuring Furman’s songs from Season 3, while Bella Union has released a full soundtrack album featuring the songs from Seasons 1 & 2.
Christopher Willis Scoring Bill Burr’s ‘Old Dads’
Christopher Willis (The Death of Stalin, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Schmigadoon!, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Old Dads. The movie marks the feature directorial debut of Bill Burr and stars the actor/comedian himself, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine, Katie Aselton, Reign Edwards, Rachael Harris, Jackie Tohn, Katrina Bowden, Natasha Leggero, Josh Brener and Bruce Dern. The movie follows a cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends who find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.
Na’vi’s Song ‘Mentiras’ from Netflix’s ‘Pact of Silence’ Released
Netflix Music has released the song Mentiras from the Mexican Netflix original series Pact of Silence (Pacto de silencio). The track written by Luisa Anella Fatello & Teresa Presmanes Corona and performed by Na’vi feat. Essa Gante is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full track below. Pact of Silence is created by Verónica Fernández and stars Camila Valero, Kika Edgar, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega and Litzy .The mystery drama, which follows big-time social media influencer who plunges into the lives of four women fueled by a thirst for the truth about her birth, will premiere on October 11 on Netflix.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 17, 2023)
Premiering in the U.S. is the British limited series The Gold written by Neil Forsyth and starring Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Tom Cullen, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Stefanie Martini and Ellora Torchia. The show’s original music is composed by Simon Goff. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this year when the drama premiered in the UK on BBC One. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its U.S. debut on Paramount+.
Premiering on Tuesday, September 19, is the Netflix original documentary The Saint of Second Chances directed by Morgan Neville and narrated by Jeff Daniels. Daniel Wohl (Project Blue Book, On the Come Up, The Weekend Away, Tales of the Walking Dead, Search Party, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead) has composed the film’s original score. The movie, which follows Mike Veeck on his journey to redeem himself after he blew up the career of his hustler father, Hall of Fame baseball owner Bill Veeck, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Aska Matsumiya to Score Netflix’s ‘Beyond Goodbye’
Netflix announced this week that Aska Matsumiya (After Yang, Skate Kitchen, Bruised, Betty, I’m Your Woman, Selah and the Spades) has been hired to score the streamer’s upcoming Japanese original series Beyond Goodbye. The show is written by Yoshikazu Okada (If Cats Disappeared from the World, The 8-Year Engagement), directed by Hiroshi Kurosaki (Gift of Fire, Second Virginity) and stars Kasumi Arimura and Kentaro Sakaguchi. The romantic drama follows a young woman who suddenly loses her fiancé in a traffic accident and later meets a man who strangely reminds her of her ex-partner, not knowing he had received her fiancé’s heart a few months prior to their encounter.
‘Heart of Invictus’ Soundtrack Album Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Heart of Invictus. The album features the show’s original music composed by Patrick Jonsson (The Boogeyman, Black Earth Rising, Scrapper, Wildcat, The White Helmets), Richard Collins (Zoe and the Astronaut) & Raphaelle Thibaut (Secrets of the Whales, Introducing, Selma Blair, Mama’s Boy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Heart of Invictus is directed by Orlando von Einsiedel and follows a group of competitors as they train for the 2022 Invictus Games, a global sporting event founded by Prince Harry for wounded service members.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Class Act’ (‘Tapie’) Released
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the French Netflix limited series Class Act (Tapie). The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Amine Bouhafa (Timbuktu, Beauty and the Dogs, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Four Daughters, Gagarine). Also included are two songs performed by lead actor Laurent Lafitte. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Class Act is created by Tristan Séguéla & Olivier Demangel and also stars, Joséphine Japy, Patrick d’Assumçao, Camille Chamoux, Antoine Reinartz and Hakim Jemili. The biographical period drama tells the story of Bernard Tapie, a relentlessly ambitious working-class man as he becomes one of France’s most controversial public figures.
‘Love at First Sight’ Score Album Details
[PIAS] will release a score album for the Netflix original film Love at First Sight. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Paul Saunderson (Three Identical Strangers, The More You Ignore Me, Prizefighter, Starfish, The Grand Duke of Corsica). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 15. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. As previously reported, the label will also release a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the film. Love at First Sight is directed by Vanessa Caswill and stars Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Rob Delaney, Jameela Jamil, Sally Phillips and Dexter Fletcher.