Lakeshore Records is set to release The Great Season 2 Original Series Soundtrack digitally on January 28 and ComingSoon has eager fans covered with an exclusive track from the release titled “Suite from The Great.”
Composed by Emmy-winning Nathan Barr (Uncle Frank, Hollywood), the thrillingly orchestrated score touches on classic Russian themes, showcasing the traditional stringed balalaika. Season two of the MRC Television and Civic Center Media series is streaming now on Hulu.
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“In Season 2 of The Great, I have had the great joy of continuing to score Tony McNamara’s brilliant and hilarious series. Driven by orchestra, synth, and a chorus of balalaikas, the score leans heavily into melody and theme with Russian undertones and the occasional contemporary pulse,” says Barr.
Listen to “Suite From The Great” below:
“In Season 2 of The Great, Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own — but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it’s nothing compared to the realities of ‘liberating’ a country that doesn’t want to be,” says the synopsis. “She’ll battle her court, her team, even her own mother (played by guest star Gillian Anderson) in a bid to bring the enlightenment to Russia. Meanwhile she’ll also battle her heart as Peter slowly transitions from much-hated husband, to prisoner? Ally? Lover? Ultimately Catherine will learn that to change a country, you must let it change you, that there is a fine line between idealism and delusion, and that becoming ‘Great’, will ask more of her than she could have imagined.”
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The Great stars Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, and Phoebe Fox. The series was created, written and executive produced by Tony McNamara and executive produced by Marian Macgowan, Mark Winemaker, Fanning, Hoult, Echo Lake’s Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff, and Andrew Spaulding, Thruline’s Josh Kesselman and Ron West, and Matt Shakman. The series, which has been renewed for a third season, is produced by Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.
Track List
01. Suite From The Great
02. Opening
03. Numb Or Terrible
04. Tea Later
05. Butterfly
06. Grigor And Georgina Leave
07. A Genius Plan
08. Destroying Mother
09. Truffling
10. Sex Dance
11. The Science Show
12. Coast And Roll
13. I Find You Thrilling
14. May I Join You
15. The Moment Is Here
16. The Ottoman Ambassador
17. Matters Of Diplomacy
18. Better Than This
19. Black Of Heart
20. You Taste Like Whale
21. The Nursery
22. Alchemy
23. It’s A Boy
