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Scores

Free Music Fridays: Home (By Amanda Jones), Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (By Kathryn Bostic)

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This week’s Free Music Fridays features two EMMY®-contenders!  Amanda Jones joins the ranks of EMMY® nominees this year for her compositions on Apple TV+’s “Home Season 1: Episode V, Maine!”  Her Prime Time EMMY® nomination for Outstanding Composition is getting a lot of attention.  Check out her interview with KABC in which she talks about being the first Black female composer nominated for a Primetime EMMY®!

For the News & Documentary EMMY®, Kathryn Bostic received an Outstanding Music Composition nomination for her score to Toni: Morrison: The Pieces I Am,  which premiered this past June on American Masters (PBS).  Her song, “High Above The Water” from the soundtrack was Oscars shortlisted.  Watch the music video below.

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Press & Reviews, Streaming Series

Lakeshore Releases ‘Home’ Season 1: Episode V, Maine – Amanda Jones Makes EMMY Award History | Gold Derby

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Lakeshore Records has released Amanda Jones’ scores from Home Season 1: Episode V, Maine digitally on all major music services.  Lakeshore previously released the series soundtrack featuring various artists.  This new release features 10 tracks of Amanda’s compositions with seven that were previously unreleased.  See the track list and more below. 

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Composers

Join Composer Amanda Jones on Instagram Live in Conversation With Lakeshore Records!

Meet Amanda Jones, Composer of Lena Waithe’s “Twenties” on BET series on Thursday, June 25 (3 PM PT/6 PM ET) when Lakeshore Records interviews her on Instagram Live!   Be sure to follow Amanda (@AmandaComposer) and Lakeshore Records (@lakeshorerecords) on Instagram and enable notifications so you don’t miss out! 

Amanda Jones is a Los Angeles based film composer whose music credits include the original score for Ava DuVernay’s anthology series, Cherish the Day for OWN, Lena Waithe’s scripted series TWENTIES for BET, Robin Thede and Issa Rae’s A Black Lady Sketch Show for HBO, and many more!  Recently, Amanda’s music can also be found on Apple TV+’s new series, “Home: Season 1.”  

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Scores

Join Composers Brian Tyler (Yellowstone) and Amanda Jones (Home) For The SCL Screening and Q&A This Week!

Join The Society of Composers & Lyricists for this week’s online screening and Q&A with composers!  This week, be sure to get your tickets for a screening of “Home” (Apple TV+) featuring Composer Amanda Jones (“Twenties“) on Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30 PM PDT (get tickets); on Thursday, March 28, check out Atli Orvarsson’s (“Chicago Med”, “Chicago Fire“, Rams) “Defending Jacob” screening at 2PM PDT on Thursday, May 28.  Later on that same day at 6:30 PM PDT, be sure to catch the screening and Q&A of “Yellowstone” with Brian Tyler (Rambo: Last Blood, Crazy Rich Asians, Avengers: Age of Ultron). 

If you’re not a member and want to get tickets, head over to TheSCL.com for more details.

Last week, The SCL held a screening and Q&A with “Stranger Things“ Composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.  Don’t miss this week’s lineup!

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Scores, TV Series

Premiere: ‘Twenties’ Soundtrack – Listen To ‘Hattie’s First Day’ By Amanda Jones For The Hit BET Series! | The Hype Magazine

Twenties (Original Series Soundtrack) - Amanda Jones | Lakeshore Reccords

The joyously funky music… provides a lively backdrop to the whip-smart and raucously funny show.

 

Lakeshore Records will release the Twenties – Original Series Soundtrack digitally on Friday, April 24!  The album features Amanda Jones’ score to the hit BET comedy series by the same name, created by Lena Waithe (Queen & Slim, “Master of None”).  Amanda is known for her compositions on the OWN Network’s “Cherish the Day” and contributions to the Apple TV+ series “Home.”  Listen to “Hattie’s First Day” now exclusivey at The Hype!  See the album track list below.

Pre-save the album: [Digital]

Watch full episodes of Twenties on BET.

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