Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the NBC event series The Slap. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka (Parenthood, House, M.D., About a Boy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 24, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. A CD version is planned for later this year. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next few weeks. The Slap is directed by Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) and stars Peter Saarsgard, Thandie Newton, Uma Thurman, Zachary Quinto, Melissa George, Thomas Sadoski and Brian Cox. The series is based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and centers on a once happy family that suddenly begins to fall apart following a seemingly minor incident in which a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 8, 2014)
Premiering tonight is the AMC original series Better Call Saul created by Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould and starring Bob Odenkirk. The show is a spin-off of AMC’s Breaking Bad and features original music composed by Dave Porter (The Blacklist). Better Call Saul focuses on the character of attorney Saul Goodman from the Emmy-winning hit drama, which was also scored by Porter for its full five season run. To learn more about the drama, visit our previous news article, where you can also listen to an original song performed by Junior Brown, which the composer co-wrote for a promotional video.
Jon Ehrlich Scoring NBC’s ‘The Slap’
Jon Ehrlich is composing the music for the upcoming NBC mini-series The Slap. The 8-parter is directed by Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right, Olive Kitteridge) and stars Peter Saarsgard, Thandie Newton, Uma Thurman, Zachary Quinto, Melissa George, Thomas Sadoski and Brian Cox. The drama is based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian television series of the same title and centers on a once happy family that suddenly begins to fall apart following a seemingly minor incident in which a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child.