WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the HBO limited series The Sympathizer. The album features the show’s original score composed by Cho Young-Wuk (Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Lady Vengeance, Thirst, The Little Drummer Girl, Decision to Leave). Also included are songs by Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Pham Thi Bao Tran, Duong Minh Quan, Đình Bảo, Lam Anh, as well as Robert Downey Jr.’s rendition of Helen Reddy’s You and Me Against the World and Vy Le’s Lady Marmalade cover. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (I Spy) and the two covers after the jump. The Sympathizer is developed by Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen and stars Hoa Xuande, Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Vy Le, Toan Le, Phanxine, Kieu Chinh, Ky Duyen, Alan Trong, Duy Nguyen and Sandra Oh.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 14, 2024)
Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series The Sympathizer developed by Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar based on the book of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen and starring Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Vy Le, Toan Le, Ky Duyen, Phanxine, Kieu Chinh, Duy Nguyen, Alan Trong and Sandra Oh. Cho Young-wuk (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, The Little Drummer Girl, The Handmaiden, Decision to Leave, Thirst) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 7-parter, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.
Premiering on Wednesday, April 17, is the Hulu limited series Under the Bridge developed by Quinn Shephard based on the true-crime book of the same title by Rebecca Godfrey and starring Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone, Vritika Gupta, Izzy G., Chloe Guidry, Javon “Wanna” Walton, Ezra Faroque Khan, Aiyana Goodfellow and Archie Panjabi. The show’s original music is composed by Alex Somers (Captain Fantastic, Honey Boy, Causeway, Fresh, Aloha, Together, Together, Charm City Kings, Dawson City: Frozen Time). Click here for more information about the 8-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Cho Young-wuk Scoring HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’
Composer Cho Young-wuk is reuniting with director Park Chan-wook on the new HBO limited series The Sympathizer. The show is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title and stars Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, Phanxine, Ky Duyen, Kieu Chinh, Alan Trong, Duy Nguyen and Sandra Oh. The 7-parter centers on the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles, where he learns that his spying days aren’t over.