Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Paterno. The album features the film’s original music composed by Evgueni & Sacha Galperine (The Family, Loveless, Nine Lives, The Whole Truth, The Past) who previously scored last year’s HBO movie The Wizard of Lies. The soundtrack will be released digitally on April 27, 2018 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Paterno is directed by Barry Levinson and stars Al Pacino in the title role, alongside Riley Keough, Annie Parisse, Kathy Baker and Greg Grunberg. The drama tells the story of Joe Paterno, who, after becoming the winningest coach in college football history, is embroiled in Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 1, 2018)
Premiering in the U.S. today is the BBC movie The Child in Time directed by Julian Farino and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore and Saskia Reeves. The film’s original music is composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Kinky Boots). Check out our scoring assignment announcement and the official movie website to learn more about the drama, which is premiering stateside on PBS.
Also premiering tonight is the NBC television event Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert executive produced by Webber, Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan & Neil Meron. Sony Masterworks Broadway will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the TV special written by Andrew Llyod Webber and Tim Rice and performed by John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles and other cast members this coming Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.