Universal Music/Urban Legends have announced a soundtrack album for the Netflix documentary LA Originals directed by Estevan Oriol about the culture and landmarks of the chicano and street art movement that cemented Mister Cartoon and Oriol’s status as behind-the-scenes hip hop legends. The album features a selection of songs by musicians who have been inked by Cartoon and captured on celluloid by Oriol, including Method Man (Da Rockwilder), 50 Cent (Disco Inferno), Gang Starr (Mass Appeal), Snoop Dogg (Gin & Juice) and Public Enemy (Fight the Power). The soundtrack will be released digitally and as a double LP on December 4, 2020. Visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 25, 2020)
Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Undoing created by David E. Kelley, directed by Susanne Bier and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Edgar Ramirez, Noah Jupe, Noma Dumezweni, Lily Rabe, Matilda De Angelis, Ismael Cruz Córdova and Donald Sutherland. The show’s original music is composed by Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Family, Radioactive, Loveless, The Wizard of Lies, Nine Lives). Check our our previous news article to learn more about the 6-parter, which will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, October 28, is the Netflix original film Holidate directed by John Whitesell and starring Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Andrew Bachelor, Jessica Capshaw, Jake Manley, Manish Dayal, Frances Fisher and Kristin Chenoweth. Dan the Automator (Booksmart, Control) has composed the film’s original score. Click here for more information about the romantic comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Laura Pausini’s & Diane Warren’s Original Song ‘Io sì (Seen)’ from ‘The Life Ahead’ Released
WM Italy has released the original song Io sì (Seen) from the drama The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé). The track is written by Academy Award nominee Diane Warren and performed by Laura Pausini. A digital EP featuring five different versions of the song is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to the full song after the jump. A vinyl edition will be coming out next year and is available to order on Amazon. The Life Ahead is directed by Edoardo Ponti and stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Diego Iosif Pirvu, Massimiliano Rossi, Abril Zamora and Babak Karimi. The movie is set in seaside Italy and tells the story of a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business who takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Grand Army’ to Be Released
BMG will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series Grand Army. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Morgan Kibby (aka White Sea) (Girls of the Sun, The Short History of the Long Road, Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Grand Army is created by Katie Cappiello based on her own stage play Slut: The Play and stars Odessa A’zion, Amalia Yoo, Amir Bageria, Jayson Jackson, and Odley Jean. The drama revolves around five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn as they take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed.
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ to Be Released
Maisie Music Publishing will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit. The album features the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 23 and will be available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio clips. The Queen’s Gambit is developed by Scott Frank & Allan Scott and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Moses Ingram, Rebecca Root, Bill Camp, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Marielle Heller, Harry Melling, Christiane Seidel, Isla Johnston, Chloe Pirrie and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd. The 7-part drama, directed by Frank is based on the novel of the same name by Walter Tevis and tells the story of an orphan chess prodigy who struggles with addiction in a quest to become the greatest chess player in the world.
‘A Suitable Boy’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC and Netflix limited series A Suitable Boy. The album features the show’s original music composed by Golden Globe nominee Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, 11.22.63, Touching the Void) and Anoushka Shankar. Also included are songs performed by Kavita Seth and other music from the drama. The soundtrack will be released overseas digitally tomorrow, October 23. A CD version is also in the works. The purchase links will be added to this article soon. A Suitable Boy is directed by Mira Nair, written by Andrew Davies and stars Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala and Mahira Kakkar. The 6-parter is based on Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel of the same name and centers on a young woman in post-partition India who struggles to balance family duty and personal independence.
Fil Eisler Scoring Ben Falcone’s Netflix Film ‘Thunder Force’
Composer Fil Eisler (Empire, Revenge, How to Be Single, CHiPs, UnReal, The Titan) is reuniting with director Ben Falcone on the upcoming Netflix original film Thunder Force. The movie is written and directed by Ben Falcone (The Boss, Tammy) and stars Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Pom Klementieff, Melissa Leo and Tyrel Jackson Williams. The comedy is set in a world overrun with super-villains and follows two childhood friends who reunite to battle the Miscreants that threaten to destroy Chicago. Falcone and McCarthy are also producing the project with Marc Platt (La La Land, Bridge of Spies, Drive).
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 18, 2020)
Premiering on Thursday, October 22 is the fantasy adventure comedy The Witches directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Rock and Jahzir Kadeen Bruno. The film’s original music is composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump. Marvel’s The Avengers, Cast Away, Who Framed Roger Rabbit). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced this coming week. Check out our previous article to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which was originally set to open in theaters (and is still being released theatrically in several foreign markets next week) and will debut in the U.S. exclusively on HBO Max.
Premiering on Friday, October 23 (following a very limited theatrical release on October 9 we missed in our film music roundup that week) is the Netflix animated film Over the Moon directed by Glen Keane and starring Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Margaret Cho, Kimiko Glenn, Robert G. Chiu, Ruthie Ann Miles, Artt Butler and Sandra Oh. Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Suicide Squad) has composed the film’s original score and Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield & Helen Park have written the original songs. Milan Records will release a soundtrack album featuring both score and all songs this coming Friday. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie.
‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Mondo has announced the full details of the soundtrack release for Vince Gilligan’s El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dave Porter (Better Call Saul, The Disaster Artist, Preacher, The Blacklist). Also included are the songs from the movie by Chloe X Halle, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jim White (feat. Aimee Mann), Red Snapper and others. The soundtrack is being released exclusively as a limited vinyl edition and is available to order on the label’s website. Sony Classical has previously released a digital single featuring two tracks from Porter’s score earlier this year. No digital release of the full album is currently planned.
Mikky Ekko’s ‘Do As You’re Told’ & Phantogram’s ‘Me & Me’ from Netflix’s ‘A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting’ Soundtrack Released
Maisie Music Publishing has released the original song Do As You’re Told from the Netflix original film A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting. The song, which is performed by Mikky Ekko, is now available to stream/download here. Also being released today is another song from the movie, Me & Me performed by Phantogram. Click here to stream/download the track. Also listen to both songs after the jump. A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting is directed by Rachel Talalay and stars Tamara Smart, Oona Laurence, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Tom Felton, Lynn Masako Cheng, Indya Moore, Ty Consiglio, Ian Ho, Alessio Scalzotto and Tamsen McDonough.