Adam Taylor (Before I Fall, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Riff Raff, The Right Stuff, Meadowland, Black Cake) is returning to score the upcoming Hulu original series The Testaments. The Handmaid’s Tale sequel is created by Bruce Miller (Eureka) based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name name and stars Ann Dowd, Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Amy Seimetz, Mabel Li, Brad Alexander, Rowan Blanchard, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Mattea Conforti, Eva Foote, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Isolde Ardies, Birva Pandya and Kira Guloien. The coming-of-age drama is set in Gilead and follows two young teens as they navigate the gilded halls of Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives.
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 35th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Dragon’s Domain Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 1990 movie adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant and Robert Duvall. The 35th Anniversary Edition features the newly remastered original score composed by Academy Award winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Revenant, Little Buddha, The Sheltering Sky, Snake Eyes). The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. GNP Crescendo has previously released the original 1990 soundtrack album.
Soundtrack for Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series The Handmaid’s Tale. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adam Taylor (Before I Fall, Meadowland). The soundtrack will be released digitally on May 5, 2017 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD. The Handmaid’s Tale is created by Bruce Miller based on the classic novel by Margaret Atwood and stars Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Max Minghella, Yvonne Strahovski, O.T. Fagbenle, Madeline Brewer and Ann Dowd. The drama tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, an authoritarian theocracy that has supplanted the United States, where women are nothing more than wives, servants, or breeders, referred to as “handmaids.”
Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 23, 2017)
Premiering tonight is the new Lifetime original series Mary Kills People created by Tara Armstrong and starring Caroline Dhavernas, Jay Ryan, Richard Short, Lyriq Bent, Greg Bryk and Charlotte Sullivan. The show’s original music is composed by John Rowley (Defendor, Weirdsville). Mary Kills People centers on a single mother who is an ER doctor by day, but by night, she and her partner, a former plastic surgeon, moonlight as underground angels of death and help terminally ill patients slip away on their own terms. To learn more about the comedy drama, which will air Sunday nights on Lifetime, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Tuesday, April 25, is National Geographic’s first scripted series Genius executive produced by Brian Grazer & Ron Howard and starring Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Emily Watson, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley, Jon Fletcher, Richard Topol and Alicia von Rittberg. Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys) is composing the show’s music and Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Gladiator) wrote the main titles theme. Milan Records will release a soundtrack EP for the show this Friday, April 28 and a full soundtrack album is in the works for a release later this year. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.
Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to Feature Music by Adam Taylor
Adam Taylor is composing the music for the upcoming Hulu original series The Handmaid’s Tale. The show is created by Bruce Miller (Alphas, The 100) and stars Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, Joseph Fiennes and Alexis Bledel. The drama is based on the classic novel by Margaret Atwood and tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, an authoritarian theocracy that has supplanted the United States, where women are nothing more than wives, servants, or breeders, referred to as “handmaids.”