Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix comedy event series The Pentaverate. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by the electronic music duo Orbital (Phil & Paul Hartnoll) (Event Horizon, Pusher). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. The Pentaverate is created by Mike Myers and stars Myers himself, Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Richard McCabe, Debi Mazar, Jennifer Saunders and Lydia West. The series follows one unlikely Canadian journalist who finds himself embroiled in a mission to uncover the truth behind a secret society of five men that has been working to influence global events for for centuries.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 1, 2022)
Premiering today is the Showtime original series I Love That for You created by Vanessa Bayer & Jeremy Beiler and starring Bayer herself, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Matt Rogers, Ayden Mayeri and Punam Patel. The show’s original music is composed by Anna Waronker (Yellowjackets, Shrill, Call Me Kat, Santa, Inc., The Republic of Sarah, Harriet the Spy). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday on Showtime.
Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British mini-series Ridley Road written by Sarah Solemani based on Jo Bloom’s novel of the same title and starring Agnes O’Casey, Tom Varey, Rory Kinnear, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Eddie Marsan, Samantha Spiro and Rita Tushingham. Ben Onono (Half of a Yellow Sun, Spell, Safe, Paranoid, Trust Me) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the drama, which premiered in the UK last fall on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series.
Netflix’s ‘The Pentaverate’ to Feature Original Score by Orbital
The electronic music duo Orbital (Phil & Paul Hartnoll) have composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix comedy event series The Pentaverate. The show is created by Mike Myers and stars Myers himself, Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer Saunders and Lydia West. The series follows one unlikely Canadian journalist who finds himself embroiled in a mission to uncover the truth behind a secret society of five men that has been working to influence world events for the greater good since the Black Plague of 1347.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 26, 2012)
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
One of the most talked about and ambitious film of the season is the epic adventure drama Cloud Atlas directed by Tom Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. The film’s music is composed by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score earlier this week. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous article. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview with the composers and ASCAP’s website for another interview with Klimek and Heil.
Also opening wide is the horror sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D based on the video game, directed by Michael J. Bassett and starring Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell. Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka who preciously scored the first installment in the series have written the music for the film. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album digitally on October 30 and physically on December 18. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.
Orbital’s ‘Pusher’ Soundtrack Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the crime thriller remake of Pusher have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by the British electronic dance music duo Orbital (Phil and Paul Hartnoll). The soundtrack will be released in the UK on October 8, 2012 by Silva Screen Records. To download the album, visit Amazon. To order a physical version as an import, click here. Audio clips are available below. Pusher is directed by Luis Prieto and executive produced by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) who directed the 1996 original Danish film. The movie starring Richard Coyle, Agyness Deyn, Bronson Webb, Paul Kaye, Rupert Preston, Chris Simon and Felix Vossen is coming out in the UK on October 12 and will be released in New York and Los Angeles on October 26 by the Weinstein Company’s Radius label.
Orbital to Score ‘Pusher’ Remake
NME.com is reporting that the British electronic dance music duo Orbital is scoring the upcoming crime thriller Pusher. The movie is an English-language remake of the Danish 1996 film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) who is involved as an executive producer in the new version directed by Luis Prieto. Pusher stars Richard Coyle (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Agyness Dean, Bronson Webb and Paul Kaye. Rupert Preston (Monsters, Bronson), Chris Simon and Felix Vossen are producing the Embargo Films and Vertigo Films production. Orbital (aka Paul and Phil Hartnoll) have previously been involved in a number of films, most notably in the 1997 sci-fi horror film Event Horizon, on which they collaborated with composer Michael Kamen. No release date has been announced yet for Pusher.