Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Bridgerton. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Kris Bowers (Green Book, When They See Us, Dear White People, Bad Hair, Mrs. America). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 25, and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A separate soundtrack EP featuring the covers from the drama will also be coming out on the same day (check back on this page for more information). Bridgerton is created by Chris Van Dusen, executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and stars Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, Golda Rosheuvel, Luke Newton, Jonathan Bailey, Claudia Jessie, Nicola Coughlan, Ruby Barker, Sabrina Bartlett, Polly Walker, Ruth Gemmell, Adjoa Andoh, Bessie Carter, Harriet Cains and Julie Andrews.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 20, 2020)
Premiering on Wednesday, December 23 is the period drama Sylvie’s Love written and directed by Eugene Ashe and starring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi Kin, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jemima Kirke. The film’s original music is composed by Fabrice Lecomte. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Wednesday. The full album details will posted on this page within the next couple of days. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime.
Premiering on Friday, December 25 is the animated feature Soul directed by Pete Docter and starring Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, Phylicia Rashad and Daveed Diggs. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl, Mank) have composed the film’s original score and Jon Batiste has provided original jazz compositions and arrangements. Walt Disney Records has released a digital soundtrack featuring the score, the jazz music and the songs from the movie (click here for the full album details) and has also released two separate vinyl soundtracks featuring the score and Batiste’s jazz music (click here for more details). Soul will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+.
Kenji Kawai Scoring Guo Jingming’s ‘The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity’
Netflix has announced today that Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Ip Man, Death Note, Resident Evil: Vendetta) is the composer of the upcoming Chinese fantasy adventure The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity. The film is directed by Guo Jingming (Tiny Times) and stars Mark Chao, Allen Deng, Olivia Wang, Jessie Li and Wang Duo. The movie is based on the Japanese fantasy novel Onmyōji by Baku Yumemakura and revolves around Abe no Seimei, the most renowned yin-yang master during the Heian period, and his fantastical encounters with demons and evil spirits.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 13, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the second season of the Epix original series Pennyworth developed by Bruno Heller and starring Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Jason Flemyng, Ryan Fletcher, Emma Paetz, Dorothy Atkinson,Paloma Faith, James Purefoy, Edward Hogg, Ramon Tikaram, Jessye Romeo, Harriet Slater, Simon Manyonda and Jessica de Gouw. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, His Dark Materials, The Lego Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life) is scoring the show’s second season. Check out our previous news article for more details and to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday on Epix.
Also premiering tonight is the Paramount Network original movie Dashing in December written and directed by Jake Helgren and starring Juan Pablo Di Pace, Peter Porte, Caroline Harris and Andie MacDowell. The film’s original music is composed by Chad Rehmann (Camp Cold Brook, The Funhouse Massacre, Dream Killer). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and visit the official movie website for more information about the drama.
‘The Midnight Sky’ Soundtrack Album Details
ABKCO Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix original film The Midnight Sky. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The Queen, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla). The soundtrack will be released on December 23 and is now available for pre-order here. (UPDATE 4/8/21: A CD version will be coming out on May 14, 2021 and is available for pre-order on Amazon). Two tracks (The Midnight Sky & Aether Spaceship) are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. The Midnight Sky is directed by George Clooney who also stars in the film, alongside Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir and Tiffany Boone. The post-apocalyptic drama is based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight and follows a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop a woman and her fellow astronauts from returning home to Earth, where a mysterious global catastrophe has taken place.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Cannon Busters’ Released
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the anime series Cannon Busters. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Bradley Denniston, as well as vocal tracks by rapper Marty Grimes and R&B singer/songwriters BJRNCK and Mansa Imani. Visit Amazon or any other digital music store to stream/download the soundtrack ad to check out audio samples. Cannon Busters is created by LeSean Thomas (Black Dynamite, The Legend of Korra) and centers on immortal renegade Philly the Kid and his transforming pink Cadillac as they join a relentlessly upbeat friendship droid on her quest to find a missing prince.
‘Funny Boy’ Soundtrack Album Details
Howe Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Funny Boy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, The Aviator, Hugo, The Hobbit, Ed Wood, Mrs. Doubtfire). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 10 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Funny Boy is co-written and directed by Deepa Mehta and stars Brandon Ingram, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Rehan Mudannayake, Agam Darshi, Shivantha Wijesinha, Arush Nand, Ruvin De Silva, Hidaayath Hazeer and Seema Biswas. The movie based on the best-selling Canadian novel of the same title by Shyam Selvadurai is set in Sri Lanka in the 1970’s and 80’s and explores the awakening of sexual identity by a young boy and chronicles his struggle to find balance and self-love despite the absence of empathy and understanding.
‘Rose Island’ Soundtrack Details
Maisie Music Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original film Rose Island (L’incredibile storia dell’Isola delle Rose). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Michele Braga (Dogman, They Call Me Jeeg, Shadows, Blessed Madness, Nevia). Visit Amazon or any other major digital service to check out the track list and to listen to audio samples. Rose Island is co-written and directed by Sydney Sibilia and stars Elio Germano, Matilda De Angelis, Tom Wlaschiha, Luca Zingaretti, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Leonardo Lidi and François Cluzet. The comedy drama tells the story of an idealistic engineer as he builds his own island off the coast of Italy and declares it a nation, drawing the attention of the world — and the government.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 6, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the Showtime limited series Your Honor developed by Peter Moffat based on the Israeli series Kvodo and starring Bryan Cranston, Carmen Ejogo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sofia Black-D’Elia, Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg . The show’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) (Lion, Hotel Mumbai, Adrift, Ammonite, Patrick Melrose, The Old Guard, The Art of Racing in the Rain). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime.
Premiering in the U.S. tomorrow, December 7, is the British limited series A Suitable Boy written by Andrew Davies, directed by Mira Nair and starring Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, Roots) and Anoushka Shankar. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on Acorn TV.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Selena: The Series’ Released
EMI Latin has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Selena: The Series. The album features the songs from the show performed by the title character and her band Selena y Los Dinos. Lynn Fainchtein serves as the project’s music producer and music supervisor. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Selena: The Series is created by Moises Zamora and stars Christian Serratos, Gabriel Chavarria, Ricardo Chavira, Noemí Gonzalez, and Seidy López. The drama explores Selena Quintanilla’s journey from singing small gigs to becoming the most successful female Latin artist of all time – and the years of hard work and sacrifice the Quintanilla family navigated together.