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Bad Hair Soundtrack: Music By Kris Bowers, Kelly Rowland & Justin Simien Debuts Digitally!

“The Bernard Herrmann/Hitchock movie type score by Kris Bowers is effectively creepy as well.” – Chicago Sun Times

“Kris Bowers’ simmering score clouds ordinary scenes in menace” 
Entertainment Weekly

Lakeshore Records has released  Bad Hair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), featuring score by Kris Bowers (“When They See Us”, Green Book), and music by Kelly Rowland and Justin Simien!  Find out what critics are saying about the soundtrack, which features Bowers’ “Hermann-esque” score (Indiewire) and New Jack Swing era-inspired songs featuring Kelly Rowland, Braxton Cook, and writer/director Justin Simien that provide the perfect backdrop to the satirical horror thriller set in 1989.

Simien wrote some of the songs many years back, reworked them and they eventually wound up receiving the blessing of the godfather of New Jack Swing himself, Teddy Riley.  Bowers produced the songs, bringing Simien’s vision of them to life.  Lakeshore previously released the single, “Tenderheaded,” as an instant grat track.

 

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EXCLUSIVE! Preview Kris Bowers’ ‘Bad Hair’ Score To The Hulu Thriller, Film Directed By Justin Simien

Lakeshore Records previously dropped the single, “Tenderheaded” by EMMY Winner Kris Bowers (“When They See Us”, Green Book),  from the forthcoming Hulu Original Film, Bad Hair!  And now, Hulu and Lakeshore are giving us an exclusive taste of the forthcoming album, which features music by Kris Bowers, four-time GRAMMY Winner Kelly Rowland, and the film’s director, Justin Simien (Dear White People)!  Preview the album below.

Drop your comments below and let us know what you think of the score so far!

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Bad Hair: Kris Bowers Debuts ‘Tenderheaded’ Single From The Forthcoming Soundtrack, Justin Simien’s Film Premieres October 23 on Hulu!

We are thrilled to announce Lakeshore Records‘ forthcoming release of Bad Hair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) featuring score by EMMY-winning Composer Kris Bowers (When They See Us)!  The soundtrack also features New Jack Swing era- inspired songs featuring Kelly Rowland, Braxton Cook and Justin Simien that provide the perfect backdrop to the satirical horror thriller set in 1989.  If you watch the movie trailer below, you’ll get a taste of Kelly Rowland’s “I Get It” track from the album.  Pre-order the album now ahead of its October 23, 2020 digital release!

Keep reading to view the full album track list and listen to the debut track, “Tenderheaded,” which originally debuted at Dread Central.

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Free Music Fridays: Kris Bowers’ Critically-Acclaimed ‘When They See Us’ Score

Ava Duvernay’s When They See Us Limited Series on Netflix is one of the most awarded shows of 2019, winning 23 awards including two EMMYs®, a Critic’s Choice, and the recent Peabody Awards® win!  For Composer Kris Bowers, he won Best Original Score at the Hollywood Music In Media Awards and received an EMMY®, Black Reel, and Society of Composers & Lyricists award nominations for his composition.  In the same year, Kris was nonimated Television Composer of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards!

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Mrs. America: Join Kris Bowers For The Society of Composers & Lyricists Online Screening and Q&A

Kris Bowers SCL Online Screening and Q&A

UPDATE 6/4: In observance of “Black Out Tuesday” on Tuesday, June 2, this event has been postponed to Thursday, June 4th at 6:30 p.m. PDT.

The Society of Lyricists & Composers invite you to join “Mrs. America” Composer Kris Bowers (“When They See Us“), Music Supervisor Mary Ramos (Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood), and Creator, Showrunner, and Executive Producer Dahvi Waller (“Mad Men“) for an online screening on Friday, May 29, followed by a YouTube Live Stream Q&A on Thursday, June 4 (12 PM PDT), hosted by Billboard Magazine’s Melinda Newman!  Get tickets to reserve your spot online here!  

Good news: if you’re not a member you can RSVP hereDeadline: Monday, June 1 at 5 PM PDT.

Mrs. America is now streaming on FX on Hulu!

 

“Mrs. America” tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.” Through the eyes of the women of the era — both Schlafly and second-wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug and Jill Ruckelshaus — the series explores how one of the toughest battlegrounds in the culture wars of the ’70s helped give rise to the Moral Majority and forever shifted the political landscape.”