RCA Records will release the official soundtrack album for Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix original series The Get Down. The album includes the music from the drama, including the songs performed the show’s cast featuring contributions from Elliott Wheeler, Grandmaster Flash and Nile Rodgers, as well as tracks by Nas, Miguel, Christina Aguilera, Zayn, Michael Kiwanuka, Leon Bridges, Jaden Smith, Raury & more. Luhrmann and Nas are executive producing the album. The soundtrack, set to be released on August 12, will be available in two different edition and is now available for pre-order on iTunes (regular edition) and here (deluxe edition). The albums are also available physically on Amazon. The Get Down stars Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Herizen Guardiola, Skylan Brooks, Tremaine Brown Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jimmy Smits, as well as guest stars Jaden Smith, Mamoudou Athie and Giancarlo Esposito.
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‘XOXO’ Soundtrack Details
Big Beat Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original movie XOXO. The album features the electronic dance music from the film by artists including Michael Brun, Skrillex & Diplo, Hitchhiker, Zaxx, Yotto, Disclosure, Alok Petrillo, Hayden Hames & more. The first track Make Me Feel by Galantis and East & Young is already available to download. The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 26, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. XOXO is directed by Christopher Louie and stars Sarah Hyland, Graham Phillips, Brett DelBuono, Chris D’Elia, Haley Kiyoko, Colin Woodel, Ryan Hansen, Ian Anthony Dale and Ione Skye. The coming-of-age movie revolves around a group of early 20-somethings on a crazy adventure to the biggest EDM festival in America, XOXO.
Andrew Lockington to Score Netflix’s ‘Frontier’
Andrew Lockington is composing the music for the upcoming Canadian action adventure series Frontier. The show is created by Rob Blackie and Peter Blackie and stars Jason Momoa, Alun Armstrong, Landon Liboiron, Zoe Boyle, Allan Hawco and Jessica Matten. The 6-parter follows the chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade of the late 18th century. Edwina Follows is executive producing the Discovery, Take The Shot Productions and Factory Backwards production with Alex Patrick, John Vatcher, Rob Blackie, Peter Blackie, Allan Hawco, Perry Chafe, Michael Levine, Jeff Fierson, as well as Brad Peyton who also directed the first two episodes.
‘Tallulah’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the indie drama Tallulah have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Brook (Brooklyn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Into the Wild, The Fighter, The Vow). Also included are the songs I’m Gone Mama by Jim Murphy & The Accents, No Trespassing Blues by Jesus Sons and Baby Where You Are by Ted Lucas. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 29 by Varese Sarabande and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Tallulah is written and directed by Sian Heder and stars Ellen Page, Allison Janney, Tammy Blanchard, Evan Jonigkeit and Uzo Aduba. The movie follows a young drifter searching for her ex-boyfriend who impulsively kidnaps a baby from a neglectful mother and pretends the child is her own.
Smokey Robinson to Serve as Executive Music Producer on Motown-Themed Netflix Series
Netflix has announced today that singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson will serve as the executive music producer on an upcoming, currently untitled Netflix animated series. The show created by Josh Wakely (Beat Bugs) is set in the imaginary city of Motown, based on Detroit and its rich musical heritage, and revolves around a lovable, funny and slightly shy eight year old boy who discovers he has the extraordinary ability to bring street-art to life. The series will feature contemporary artists performing hit songs from the Motown catalog by artists including Robinson, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Lionel Richie, The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder & more.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 24, 2016)
Premiering on Friday, July 29, is DreamWorks Animation’s new Netflix series Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh developed by Ryan Crego & Thurop Van Orman and featuring the voices of Rachel Crow, Mark Whitten, Ana Ortiz, Ron Funches and Matt Jones. The show’s original music is composed by Alex Geringas. The animated comedy is based on last year’s feature Home (scored by Lorne Balfe) and centers on the friendship between the fearless Tip and overenthusiastic Oh as they navigate the crazily combined human and alien culture they live in. The full first season will be available this Friday on Netflix.
Netflix’s ‘The Most Hated Woman in America’ to Feature Music by Alan Azar
Alan Lazar is composing the music for the upcoming Netflix original movie The Most Hated Woman in America. The film is directed by Tommy O’Haver (Get Over It, Ella Enchanted) and stars Melissa Leo, Peter Fonda, Josh Lucas, Adam Scott, Juno Temple, Vincent Kartheiser, Rory Cochran, Michael Chernus, Sally Kirkland, Anna Camp and Alex Frost. The movie tells the true story of Madalyn Murray O’Hair, an American atheist activist who convinced the Supreme Court to overturn prayer in public schools and was later kidnapped and murdered by a former member of her organization along with her son and granddaughter. O’Haver has also written the screenplay with Irene Turner.
Ludwig Goransson to Score Netflix’s ‘The True Memoirs of an International Assassin’
Ludwig Goransson has been hired to score the upcoming Netflix original movie The True Memoirs of an International Assassin. The film is directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Never Back Down, Cry_Wolf) and stars Kevin James, Zulay Henao, Andy Garcia, Maurice Compte, Kelen Coleman, Andrew Howard, Rob Riggle, Leonard Earl Howze, Yul Vazquez and Kim Coates. The action comedy follows a mild-mannered would-be author who gets mistaken for a killer-for-hire when his fictional novel about an international assassin is published as a true story. Wadlow has also written the screenplay with Jeff Morris (Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever).
‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Soundtrack Details
Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for Marvel’s Netflix original series Daredevil. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by John Paesano (The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, Dragons: Riders of Berk, Where the Game Stands Tall). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 15 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The label has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from last year’s first season of the series. Daredevil based on the Marvel Comics character and starring Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson and Scott Glenn follows the journey of Matt Murdock who is fighting against injustice by day as a lawyer, and by night as the super hero Daredevil.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 10, 2016)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Night Of executive produced by Peter Moffat, Richard Price, Steven Zaillian James Gandolfini & Jane Tranter and starring John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Michael Kenneth Williams, Bill Camp and Payman Maadi. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Russo (Fargo, Power, CSI: Cyber, About Cherry). The drama centers around an ambulance-chasing New York City attorney who gets in over his head when he takes on the case of a Pakistani man accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side. To learn more about the series, which will air every Sunday night on HBO, visit the official show website.