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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 9, 2021)

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Premiering tomorrow, May 10, is the HBO documentary The Crime of the Century directed by Alex Gibney and executive produced by Richard Perello, Todd Hoffman & Aaron Fishman about the origins, extent, and fallout of the opioid crisis in the United States. The original music for the 2-parter is composed by Peter Nashel (I, Tonya, Marco Polo, The Night Listener, Totally Under Control, Bee Season, Book Club). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the documentary, which will air tomorrow on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

Premiering on Wednesday, May 12, is the Netflix original film Oxygen directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric and Malik Zidi. Rob (aka Robin Coudert) (Maniac, Gretel & Hansel, Revenge, Troy: Fall of a City, Amityville: The Awakening, Planetarium) has composed the movie’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Soundtrack Albums for Amazon’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ to Be Released

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Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack albums for the Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad featuring the show’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Battle of the Sexes). The first volume will be released digitally on May 14, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Underground Railroad is directed by Barry Jenkins and stars Thuso Mbedu, Joel Edgerton, Sheila Atim, Chase W. Dillon, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Amber Gray, Chukwudi Iwuji, Peter De Jersey, Damon Herriman, Lily Rabe, Mychal-Bella Bowman, Irone Singleton, Marcus “MJ” Gladney, Jr., Will Poulter and Peter Mullan. The 10-part drama based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South and her discovery of a railroad beneath the Southern soil.

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Nicholas Britell Scoring Adam Leon’s ‘Italian Studies’

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Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Succession, The Big Short, Vice) has recently scored the upcoming indie drama Italian Studies. The film is written and directed by Adam Leon and stars Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner, Annika Wahlsten and Annabel Hoffman.  The movie revolves around a mysterious woman who wanders the streets of Manhattan in a confused state and – finding herself inexplicably drawn to a charismatic teenager – embarks on an adventure with him through the cityscape and into the unknown.

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Nicholas Britell Scoring Craig Gillespie’s ‘Cruella’

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Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Succession, The Big Short, Vice) has recently been scoring Disney’s upcoming family comedy drama Cruella. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya, Lars and the Real Girl, Million Dollar Arm) and stars Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser and Mark Strong. The movie based on the character from Disney’s 101 Dalmations is set in 1970s London and centers on young fashion designer Cruella de Vil as she becomes obsessed with dogs’ skins, especially Dalmatians, until she eventually becomes a ruthless and terrifying legend.

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Nicholas Britell to Score Adam McKay’s ‘Don’t Look Up’

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Composer Nicholas Britell is set to reteam with director Adam McKay on the upcoming Netflix original film Don’t Look Up. The movie is written and directed by McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The Other Guys) and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Timothée Chalamet, Himesh Patel, Chris Evans, Mark Rylance, Scott Mescudi, Matthew Perry, Tomer Sisley, Tyler Perry, Melanie Lynskey, Ron Perlman and Michael Chiklis. The comedy tells the story of two low-level astronomers who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth.

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Barry Jenkins’ ‘The Lion King’ Prequel to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams & Nicholas Britell

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Disney announced today that Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams and Nicholas Britell will provide the music for studios’ upcoming The Lion King prequel. The film will be directed by Barry Jenkins and will use the same photo-realistic technology from last year’s remake directed by Jon Favreau. No casting announcements have been made yet. Zimmer has previously scored the original 1994 animated The Lion King film, as well as last year’s remake and Williams produced several songs from the 2019 movie.

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Hildur Guðnadóttir Named Film Composer of the Year at 2020 World Soundtrack Awards

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Hildur Guðnadóttir was named Film Composer of the Year at the 20th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 47th Ghent Film Festival, for her score for Todd Phillips’ Joker, for which she also earned an Academy Award and Golden Globe earlier this year. She previously received the World Soundtrack Award in the TV Composer of the Year category last year. Last year’s Film Composer of the Year winner Nicholas Britell was selected as TV Composer of the Year today for his score for the second season of HBO’s Succession. Stand Up from Kasi Lemmon’s Harriet (written by Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo) was named Best Original Song.

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‘Succession’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details

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The details of the new soundtrack album for the HBO original series Succession have been announced. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Battle of the Sexes, Free State of Jones). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 22 by WaterTower Music and will be available to stream/download here. The final tracks of the album are already available to stream/download now. Milan Records has released the first soundtrack album featuring Britell’s music from Season 1 last year. Succession is created by Jesse Armstrong, executive produced by Adam McKay & Will Ferrell and stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong,  Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Hiam Abbass, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, Natalie Gold, Peter Friedman, Alan Ruck and Rob Yang.

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Nicholas Britell’s & Kendall Roy’s ‘L to the OG’ from HBO’s ‘Succession’ Season 2 Released

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WaterTower Music has released the rap song L to the OG from the second season episode Dundee of the HBO original series Succession. The track is written by the show’s composer Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Battle of the Sexes, Vice) with Adam McKay & Will Tracy and performed by Jeremy Strong’s character Kendall Roy. The song is now available to stream/download as a digital single, which also includes and instrumental version, on Amazon. Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring Britell’s score from the second season will be announced soon. The composer’s music from from the first season and his Emmy Award-winning theme has been released last summer by Milan Records.

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‘The King’ Soundtrack Details

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Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama The King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Vice, Succession, The Battle of the Sexes). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 1 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon. The King is directed by David Michôd and stars Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson and Lily-Rose Depp. The movie tells the story of Prince Hal who must turn from carouser to warrior king as he faces hostilities from inside and outside the castle walls in the battle for England.

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