The details of the first soundtrack albums for the USA hit series Mr. Robot have been revealed. The albums feature the original music from the show’s first season composed by Mac Quayle (American Crime Story, American Horror Story, Scream Queens). The Season 1 Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 soundtracks will be released digitally on June 3, 2016 and physically a few weeks later. Visit Amazon to pre-order the Vol. 1 album and click here to pre-order the Vol. 2 soundtrack. Mr. Robot is created by Sam Esmail and stars Rami Malek, Christian Slate, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin. The drama follows a young programmer who finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 10, 2016)
Premiering on Tuesday, January 12, is the new Freeform/ABC Family original series Shadowhunters based on the young adult fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments and starring Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Emeraude Toubia, Matthew Daddario, Isaiah Mustafa, David Castro and Harry Shum Jr. The show’s original music is composed by Ben Decter (CSI: Cyber, Hostages, Extant). To learn more about the series, which will air every Tuesday night on Freeform, check out our scoring assignment announcement.
Premiering on Wednesday, January 13, is the new Fox drama Second Chance created by Rand Ravich, produced by Howard Gordon and starring Rob Kazinsky, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan, Tim DeKay and Ciara Bravo. John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Where the Game Stands Tall, Dragons: Riders of Berk) is composing the show’s original music. For more information about the series, which follows a morally corrupt cop who is given a second chance when he’s brought back, visit the official show website. Second Chance will air Wednesday nights on Fox.
Mac Quayle’s ‘Mr. Robot’ Soundtrack to Be Released Summer 2016
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the critically acclaimed USA original series Mr. Robot. The album will feature selections from the Golden Globe-nominated show’s original music composed by Mac Quayle (American Horror Story: Freak Show & Hotel, Scream Queens). The soundtrack is set to be released in the summer of 2016 before the drama’s second season premiere. As previously reported, a soundtrack was originally planned for a release to coincide with the show’s home video release in January. The full details of the album will be posted on this page as they are announced. Mr. Robot is created by Sam Esmail and stars Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin.
Soundtrack Album for USA’s ‘Suits’ Announced
Lakeshore Records will release the first official soundtrack album for the USA original series Suits. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Christopher Tyng (Futurama, The O.C., Covert Affairs, Rescue Me), as well as the series’ title song Greenback Boogie performed by Ima Robot. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 11, 2015 and physically on February 12, 2016. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and to listen to audio clips. Suits is created by Aaron Korsh and stars Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Gina Torres, Sarah Rafferty and Meghan Markle. The show is set at a fast-paced Manhattan corporate law firm and follows a brilliant college-dropout who finds himself a job working with one of New York City’s best lawyers.
Giorgio Moroder to Score USA’s ‘Queen of the South’
Giorgio Moroder revealed in a recent interview with Celluloid Tunes that he will be composing the music for the upcoming USA original series Queen of the South. The show is created by M.A. Fortin & Joshua John Miller (The Final Girls) and stars Alice Braga, Peter Gadiot, Carlos Gomez, Justina Machado and Joaquim de Almeida.. The drama centers on a woman whose drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico and is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America, where she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the very drug trafficking ring that has her on the run.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (November 8, 2015)
Premiering tonight is the new TNT original series Agent X created by William Blake Herron and starring Sharon Stone, Jeff Hephner, Gerald McRaney, Jamey Sheridan, John Shea, Mike Colter and James Earl Jones. The show’s original music is composed by Trevor Rabin (Remember the Titans, Con Air, National Treasure, Armageddon) and Paul Linford (12 Monkeys). Agent X takes place in a world where America’s Founding Fathers created a secret position for a skilled government agent to protect the country from dangerous threats. To learn more about the drama, which will air every Sunday night on TNT, visit the official show website.
Also premiering tonight is the Starz original series Flesh and Bone created by Moira Walley-Beckett and starring Sarah Hay, Irina Dvorovenko, Sascha Radetsky, Raychel Diane Weiner, Emily Tyra and Damon Herriman. Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, The Blacklist) is composing the show’s original music. Flesh and Bone follows a young ballet dancer with a distinctly troubled past, as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The series will air Sunday nights on Starz. Visit the official show website for more information.
Clinton Shorter to Score USA’s ‘Colony’
Clinton Shorter has been tapped to score the upcoming USA original series Colony. The show is created by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) & Ryan J. Condal (Hercules) and stars Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Jacobson, Amanda Righetti, Tory Kittles, Alex Neustaedter and Isabella Crovetti-Cramp. The series is set in the near future and centers on a family who must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. Cuse and Condal are also executive producing the Legendary Television and Universal Cable production with Holloway and Nelson McCormick.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 21, 2015)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Brink created by Kim & Roberto Benabib and starring Jack Black, Tim Robbins, Pablo Schreiber, Aasif Mandvi, Maribeth Monroe, Eric Ladin, Esai Morales and Geoff Pierson. David Robbins (Dead Man Walking, Welcome to Me, Bob Roberts) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on HBO.
Also premiering tonight is the HBO comedy Ballers created by Stephen Levinson, executive produced by Mark Wahlberg & Peter Berg and starring Dwayne Johnson, John David Washington, Omar Miller, Donovan Carter, Troy Garity, Rob Corddry, London Brown and Jazmyn Simon. The show doesn’t feature an original score. Scott Vener (Entourage) serves as the project’s music supervisor. Ballers follows a former football superstar who gets his life on track in retirement, while mentoring other current and former players on the business of football. For more information about the series, which will air Sunday nights on HBO, visit the official show website.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 14, 2015)
Premiering on Tuesday, June 16 is the TNT original series Proof produced by Kyra Sedgwick and starring Jennifer Beals, Matthew Modine, Joe Morton, Callum Blue, Edi Gathegi, Annie Thurman, Sean Gleeson and Caroline Rose Kaplan. The show’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Town). Proof follows a skeptical, brilliant female surgeon who has been struggling with the loss of her teenage son and is persuaded to investigate reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings and other supernatural cases. The series will air every Tuesday night on TNT. For updates on the supernatural drama, visit the official show website.
Premiering on Wednesday, June 17 is the SundanceTV event series Deutschland 83 created by Anna Winger & Joerg Winger and starring Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth, Errol T. Harwood and Sonja Gerhardt. Reinhold Heil (Cloud Atlas, One Hour Photo, Run Lola Run, Helix) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the series, which will air Wednesday nights on SundanceTV.
Mac Quayle Scoring USA’s ‘Mr. Robot’
Mac Quayle is scoring the upcoming USA original series Mr. Robot. The show is created by Sam Esmail (Comet) and stars Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom and Carly Chaikin. The thriller follows a young programmer, who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and as a vigilante hacker by night and finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect. Esmail is also producing the Universal Cable production with Steve Golin (True Detective, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Babel) and Chad Hamilton (Comet).