Nathan Barr revealed at last night’s Season 7 premiere of True Blood in Hollywood that he is working on a musical adaptatation of the HBO drama. The composer who has been scoring the show since the pilot episode in 2008 pitched the project to creator and executive producer Alan Ball. The musical will revolve around the series’s lead character of Sookie Stackhouse, portrayed in the show by Anna Paquin. Stephen Moyer who plays Bill Compton already helped Barr to put together some samples to present to HBO and Ball. The composer who is also scoring FX’s The Americans and Netflix’s Hemlock Grove hopes to present a workshop version of the musical in 2015.
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‘True Blood’ Volume 4 Soundtrack Details
ATO Records will release a new soundtrack album for HBO’s hit series True Blood. The album features songs from the show by artists including Iggy Pop with Bethany Cosentino, Eric Burdon with Jenny Lewis, Howlin’ Wolf, Los Lobos, The Flaming Lips, The Heavy, The Naked and Famous, Warpaint, Mobley, Deap Vally and Koko Taylor. The fourth soundtrack for the series will be released on May 28, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out our previous article for the details of the last volume. The fifth season of True Blood created by Alan Ball and starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 21 and the sixth season is set to premiere on June 16, 2013 on HBO.
‘True Blood’ Volume 3 Soundtrack announced
Watertower Music has announced a new soundtrack release for the HBO hit show True Blood. The album includes songs from the show by artists including Karen Olsen featuring Donovan, Neko Case and Nick Cave, Damien Rice, Massive Attack, Nick Lowe and Jace Everett. True Blood – Music from the Series Vol. 3 will be released on September 13, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. Separate score albums featuring Nathan Barr’s music from the first two seasons are available on Varese Sarabande. The fourth season of True Blood created by Alan Ball and starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell currently airs every Sunday night on HBO.
2011 Summer Television Music Roundup (Part 3)
In our final part of our roundup of this summer’s television scores, we’ll take a look at the shows on TNT, Syfy, HBO and Lifetime. Also check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series for the composers on all the other major network and cable shows of the summer.
TNT:
The most successful new show of the summer on TNT is the sci-fi series Falling Skies. The project starring Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Sarah Carter and Maxim Knight is produced by Steven Spielberg and centers on an alien invasion of Earth and the resistance formed by the survivor. Also producing are Graham Yost (Justified) and Robert Rodat (writer of Saving Private Ryan). Noah Sorota is scoring the show. Check out our announcement from earlier this year here and visit Tracksounds for an audio interview with the composer. The two-hour season finale is airing tonight on TNT. The show has already been renewed for a second season. For updates on the series, visit TNT’s official show website.
Nathan Barr scoring ’30 Minutes or Less’
UPDATE (May 3, 2011): Ludwig Goransson has taken over scoring duties on 30 Minutes or Less. Check out our new article for more information.
According to Nathan Barr’s Facebook fan page, the composer has been hired to score the upcoming crime comedy 30 Minutes or Less. The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer, who worked with composer David Sardy on the 2009 hit horror comedy Zombieland. In 30 Minutes or Less, two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery driver and force him to rob a bank within 30 minutes. The comedy stars Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson and Michael Pena. Sony Pictures will release the movie on August 12, 2011.