Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, The Wedding Guest, The English Game) has won his first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for his music for the BBC series Roadkill created by David Hare and starring Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Saskia Reeves. The composer’s score has been released by Silva Screen Records. Check out Escott’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominees in the Original Music category were Cristobal Tapia De Veer for The Third Day (episode 3), H. Scott Salinas for Baghdad Central and Martin Phipps for The Crown.
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‘Roadkill’ Soundtrack Album Details
Silva Screen Records has announced the details of the soundtrack album for the BBC series Roadkill. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, A Mighty Heart, The Wedding Guest, The English Game). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Monday, November 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music stores. Roadkill is created by David Hare and stars Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Saskia Reeves, Sarah Greene, Ophelia Lovibond, Patricia Hodge, Iain De Caestecker, Olivia Vinall, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Katie Leung, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Pip Torrens. The 4-parter revolves around s a self-made, forceful and charismatic politician whose public and private life is being picked apart by his enemies.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 1, 2020)
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British political thriller Roadkill created by David Hare and starring Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Saskia Reeves, Patricia Hodge, Sarah Greene, Ophelia Lovibond, Katie Leung, Iain De Caestecker, Olivia Vinall, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Pip Torrens.. The show’s original music is composed by Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, A Mighty Heart). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (to be released by Silva Screen Records) will be announced soon. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which premiered in the UK last month on BBC and is making its domestic debut on PBS.
Premiering on Thursday, November 5, is the Netflix original film Operation Christmas Drop directed by Martin Wood and starring Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig, Virginia Madsen, Janet Kidder, Jeff Joseph, Bethany Brown, Trezzo Mahoro, Rohan Campbell, Aliza Vellani, Aaron Douglas, Xavier de Guzman and Bruce Best. Hamish Thomson (Chesapeake Shore , Love Locks) has composed the movie’s original score. The romantic comedy, which follows a by-the-book political aide who falls for a big-hearted Air Force pilot while looking to shut down his tropical base and its airborne Christmas tradition, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Harry Escott Scoring BBC’s ‘Roadkill’
Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, A Mighty Heart, Welcome to the Punch, The English Game) has composed the original score for the new BBC drama Roadkill. The show is created by David Hare (The Hours, The Reader) and stars Hugh Laurie, Helen McCrory, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Saskia Reeves, Sarah Greene, Patricia Hodge, Ophelia Lovibond, Iain De Caestecker, Katie Leung, Olivia Vinall, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Pip Torrens. The 4-part political thriller follows a self-made, forceful and charismatic politician whose public and private life is being picked apart by his enemies.