Lakeshore Records and FIFTH SEASON have released Life & Beth Season 2–Original Series Soundtrack featuring music by Ray Angry and Timo Elliston (Inside Amy Schumer, Expecting Amy), available now digitally! The duo has considerably expanded their musical palette for the second season of the comedic series incorporating New Orleans jazz to suit the locations as well as whimsical and even ominous orchestrations. Keep reading for album purchase/streaming links and more from the composers.
Created by and starring Amy Schumer and co-starring Michael Cera, “Life & Beth” Season 2 premiered February 16, 2024 on Hulu.
Listen to “The Chapel,” which originally premiered at ComingSoon.net:
Soundtrack Available Now: [Digital]
Track List:
01. Goin’ To New Orleans
02. The Proposal
03. Caro Nome / Book Cut
04. Dead Cat
05. Shoes!
06. A Classy Joint
07. The Chapel
08. The Vows
09. Last Night
10. Get The Ball Rolling
11. Graveyard
12. Guess Who Has Your MFing Money
13. John Takes A Test
14. Brownstones
15. Being On My Own
16. Well Well Well / Who’s Better Than Us?
17. Good Mom
18. The Dupree House
19. Dinner Music
20. The Possum Returns!
21. I Don’t Want To Be A Mom
22. Two Lines
23. C’est un Rêve
24. A Photo
25. Is It Normal To Be Scared?
26. Club Trev Never Closes
As Beth and John’s relationship grows more serious, Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family, as she and John seek answers for their communication problems,” according to the official synopsis. “Is Beth’s traumatic history with men, and people she trusted from her youth destined to repeat itself? And what is triggering her fears? Beth does her best to keep her relationships alive while struggling to support friends and family who are all facing their own problems while entering their fourth decade.
Says Elliston: “Season 2 takes us to so many new places – both geographically and conceptually – and the score reflects that. We cover a lot more ground this season. There’s opera, soul, New Orleans-style jazz, and, in particular, there’s one episode where we get to go into this whole classic spooky music thing with the orchestra. I’ve always wanted to do that – did not see that coming that it would be on this show! And, yet, the heart of the score is the music that accompanies these intensely personal scenes that you see on the screen. Because, despite all the silliness in the show, it’s these very real-life moments in the show that are at its core.”
Notes Angry: “It’s amazing working with an artist like Amy who pushes new boundaries, which allowed us to explore a whole new palette for this season.”
Adds Schumer: “Collaborating on the scoring with Ray and Timo has been one of the most satisfying honors of my life.”
ABOUT RAY ANGRY
RAY ANGRY is a pianist, producer, composer and arranger who is one of the most in-demand artists today. Classically trained with roots in gospel, Ray’s resume includes names such as Jeff Beck, Wynton Marsalis, Mark Ronson, Q-Tip, Yolanda Adams, Daniel Winans, Joss Stone, Sting, Me’Shell Ndegéocello, Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Cindy Blackman, a duo of Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart, Estelle, Richard Smallwood, Dionne Warwick, Dianne Reeves, Queen Latifah, D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Kelis, Christina Aguilera and ongoing associates, The Roots.
Ray is the CEO and Founder of Mister Goldfinger Music Group, which released the album, Ray Angry One and singles from his Public Domain project. New projects include Ray’s solo piano album, Ray Angry Three; a trio album with David Murray and Questlove entitled, Plumb, and an album of Ray’s weekly NYC live show, Producer Mondays.
Ray’s film and television work includes composing music for Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth Seasons 1 & 2 on Hulu; Seasons 1 – 5 of Inside Amy Schumer on Paramount+; the award-winning short film Aisle 2; Expecting Amy on HBO; the documentary film, Why Is We Americans?; the critically acclaimed award nominated documentary film, Descendant on Netflix; the feature film, The Lockdown; the feature documentary, Out of Breath, Amy Schumer’s comedy special, Emergency Contact on Netflix, and the sports documentary series, Up for Debate on ESPN. Ray can be seen weekly on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as a member of the house band, The Roots.
Ray’s symphonic debut, Black Athena ~ Power recently premiered with the Lexington Symphony.
ABOUT TIMO ELLISTON
TIMO ELLISTON is an award-winning pianist, composer and producer, best known for his original score to Life & Beth (HULU), created by and starring Amy Schumer. The score, co-written with his frequent collaborator Ray Angry (The Roots), features an all-star ensemble of musicians with Eric Harland, Sean Jones, Myron Walden and Ben Williams, recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, NYC. Variety said, “An evocative jazz score by Ray Angry and Timo Elliston guides some of the show’s most effective scenes through their peaks and valleys, sometimes doing the heavy lifting for the emotional beats, and sometimes working alongside the actors on their way there.” Season 2 of Life & Beth premieres in early 2024 and will reunite the ensemble with the addition of a live orchestra. Along with Life & Beth, Timo’s collaboration with Schumer includes Inside Amy Schumer (Paramount) and the documentary series Expecting Amy (HBO Max).
Other composing credits for Timo include the Emmy-nominated and IDA Award-winning Abstract: The Art of Design(NETFLIX), an influential documentary series directed by Oscar-winning directors Chai Vasarhelyi (Free Solo) and Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?).
As a Music Producer, Timo recently completed season two of City Island (PBS), an animated series created by Aaron Augenblick (Ugly Americans). This season features music videos of songs written by Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio), with performances by Kimiko Glenn, Ellen Cleghorne, Michael-Leon Wooley, Kimia Behpoornia, James Adomian and Julio Torres. Other producer credits include the single Blue Bayou, produced for season one of Life & Beth, sung by Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere); a series of songs for Inside Amy Schumer featuring Ron Weiner (30 Rock); and also for Inside Amy Schumer, an original song, My Wife Buys Me Clothes (And I Wear Them) REMIX, co-written and produced by Timo with Method Man (Wu-Tang Clan), Ron Weiner, Ray Angry, and Maimouna Youssef (Mumu Fresh).
Timo comes from a musical family. He studied piano with his father, Professor of Music at The University of Maryland, Ron Elliston. He began performing in clubs at age 14 and spent the majority of his life performing in every type of music venue imaginable. He has toured internationally with his own trio, and has performed with Charles Davis, Valery Ponomarev, Stacey Kent, Giacomo Gates, Rebecca Parris and New York City Ballet.
Timo lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, Amy, and a couple of kids.
ABOUT FIFTH SEASON
FIFTH SEASON is a global leader in the creation, production, financing, and distribution of best-in-class films, series, and documentaries. Combining all the resources of a major studio with unique flexibility, a talent-driven approach, and an integrated ecosystem of internal teams and partner companies, the creative powerhouse executes custom strategies to maximize the value of its owned and third-party projects. FIFTH SEASON’s varied film slate includes hit ensemble comedies 80 for Brady and the Book Club franchise, multiple Academy Award® nominee The Lost Daughter, award-winning musical In the Heights, William Oldroyd’s Eileen, and Michael Bay’s Ambulance. The studio has produced such star-driven series as 14 Emmy® nominee Severance, Tokyo Vice, Scenes from a Marriage, Life & Beth, Nine Perfect Strangers, and the upcoming Lady in the Lake and Chief of War, while also financing and internationally distributing a library including Killing Eve, The Morning Show, Pachinko, The Night Manager, and Normal People. In documentary, FIFTH SEASON is behind Emmy nominees McCartney 3,2,1, Being Mary Tyler Moore, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, and more.
Life & Beth: Season 2 is now streaming on Hulu!
