WaterTower Music has released the main title theme from the OWN original series The Kings of Napa. The track is written and performed by show composers Transcenders (Gossip Girl, Black-ish, Madam Secretary, Our Family Wedding) feat. Black Violin and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. The Kings of Napa is created by Janine Sherman Barrois and stars Ebonee Noel, Rance Nix, Yaani King Mondschein, Karen LeBlanc, Ashlee Brian, and Devika Parikh.
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‘Greenleaf’ Season 5 Soundtrack EP Released
Lionsgate Records has released a new soundtrack EP for the OWN original series Greenleaf. The 3-track EP features the songs What a Mighty God We Serve performed by Deborah Joy Winans, If I Can Help Somebody by Winans, Lamman Rucker, Desiree Ross & Merle Dandridge, as well as Goin’ Up Yonder by Tramaine Hawkins from the show’s fifth and final season. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Listen to all three songs after the jump. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring the songs from Season 3 and RCA Inspiration/Malaco Records have released two soundtrack albums featuring the music from Season 1 & 2. Greenleaf is created by Craig Wright and also stars Keith David, Lynn Whitfield, Kim Hawthorne, Tye White and Lovie Simone.
Soundtrack Album for OWN’s ‘Love Is_’ Released
Schole Records has released a soundtrack album for the OWN original series Love Is_. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Akira Kosemura. The soundtrack is now available to download/stream here. Also visit Amazon to order a CD and vinyl version. Love Is_ is created by Mara Brock Akil & Salim Akil and stars Michele Weaver, Will Catlett, Wendy Davis, Idara Victor, Tyrone Brown, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Kadeem Hardison and Clarke Peters. The series, which follows a modern-day power couple in Black Hollywood balancing successful careers and family over three decades, premiered in 2018 on OWN.
‘Greenleaf’ Season 3 Soundtrack Announced
Lionsgate Records will release a new soundtrack album for the OWN original series Greenleaf. The album features a selections of songs from the show’s third season performed by artists including Mavis Staples, Josiah Bell, Chimere Scott, Koryn Hawthorne & more. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 28, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on iTunes. Two songs, Changed by Patti LaBelle & Deborah Joy Winans and A Leak in the Building by Voice of Atlanta are already available as digital singles. RCA Inspiration & Malaco Records have previously released two soundtrack albums for the first two seasons.
‘Greenleaf’ Volume 2 Soundtrack Announced
RCA Inspiration will release a new soundtrack album for the OWN original series Greenleaf. The album features the songs from the show’s second season performed by artists including Kayce Grogan-Wallace, Jekalyn Carr, Roshon Fegan, Mavis Staples & more. The Volume 2 soundtrack will be released on August 8, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Malaco Records has previously released the Volume 1 soundtrack. Greenleaf is created by Craig Wright and stars Keith David, Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Kim Hawthorne, Gregory Alan Williams, Lamman Rucker, Tye White and Deborah Joy Winans.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 4, 2016)
Premiering tomorrow, September 5, is the Discovery mini-series Harley and the Davidsons written by Evan Wright, Seth Fisher & Nick Schenk and starring Michiel Huisman, Robert Aramayo, Bug Hall, Stephen Rider, Jessica Camacho, Daniel Coonan, Annie Read, Wilson Bethel, Dougray Scott, Gabe Luna, Alex Shaffer, Essa O’Shea and Sean Scully. The 3-parter’s original music is composed by Mateo Messina (Juno, Casual, Butter, Superstore). Check out our previous news article for more information about the project.
Premiering on Tuesday, September 6 is the OWN original series Queen Sugar executive produced by Ava DuVernay & Oprah Winfrey and starring Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Tina Lifford, Omar J. Dorsey, Dondré Whitfield, Timon Kyle Durrett, Nicholas L. Ashe, Greg Vaughan and Ethan Hutchison. Singer/songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is composing the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama.
Meshell Ndegeocello to Score OWN’s ‘Sugar People’
Ava DuVernay announced this week on Twitter that singer/songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is scoring the upcoming OWN original series Queen Sugar. The show stars Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Tina Lifford, Omar J. Dorsey, Dondré Whitfield, Timon Kyle Durrett, Nicholas L. Ashe, Greg Vaughan and Ethan Hutchison. The drama chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Saint Josephine, Louisiana who must navigate the triumphs and struggles of their complicated lives in order to run an ailing sugarcane farm in the Deep South.
‘Greenleaf’ Soundtrack Announced
Malaco Records will release a soundtrack album for the OWN original series Greenleaf. The album features the songs from the show performed by the drama’s cast, as well as tracks by Mavis Staples, Shirley Caesar, McCrary Sisters, Melinda Doolittle and Nicole Mullen. The soundtrack will be released on August 26, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Greenleaf is created by Craig Wright and stars Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Lamman Rucker, Tye White, Kim Hawthorne, Gregory Alan Williams, Deborah Joy Winans and Oprah Winfrey. The series is set against the backdrop of a Memphis megachurch and follows an estranged daughter and a preacher who has returned home after two decades on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 19, 2016)
Premiering today in the U.S. is the British/French TV series The Tunnel based on the Scandinavian drama The Bridge and starring Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy. The music from the show’s first season is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots, Bridesheads Revisited, Dancing on the Edge) and the second season is scored by Ben Bartlett (Walking with Dinosaurs, The Mark of Cain). The drama follows two detectives working together to find a serial killer who left the upper-half body of a French politician and the lower-half of a British prostitute in the Channel Tunnel. The series will air in the U.S. on PBS. Visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering tomorrow, June 20, is the documentary Suited directed by Jason Benjamin and produced by Lena Dunham. Owen Pallett (Her, Life, The Box) has composed the film’s original music. The movie centers on Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that is known for making custom suits for a growing legion of gender-nonconforming clients. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and premieres on HBO. Visit the official movie website to learn more about the film.
OWN’s ‘Greenleaf’ to Feature Music by Nathan Barr
Nathan Barr is composing the original score for the new OWN original series Greenleaf. The show is created by Craig Wright (Tyrant, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Dirty Sexy Money) and stars Merle Dandridge, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Lamman Rucker, Tye White, Kim Hawthorne, Gregory Alan Williams, Deborah Joy Winans and Oprah Winfrey. The drama is set against the backdrop of a sprawling Memphis megachurch and follows an estranged daughter and disillusioned preacher who has returned home after 20 years on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister.