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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
VOL. 2 ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
SET FOR DIGITAL RELEASE ON MAY 4, 2010, In Stores May 18, 2010
Soundtrack Features Top Independent Artists And Includes Songs
By Jakob Dylan, Band Of Skulls, White Rabbits, John Doe, Among
Others
New Season Premieres On NBC May 7 |
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April 2010 - LOS ANGELES, CA
— Friday Night Lights Vol. 2 Original Television
Soundtrack, will be released digitally on May 4,
2010 and in stores on May 18, 2010 by Arrival
Records/Scion Music Group (distributed by
Fontana Distribution, a subsidiary of Universal
Music Group). The selection of music ranges from
the soulful to the more hard rock and all the
songs and artists included in the album will be
featured in the upcoming season. Liza Richardson
is the soundtrack album co-producer and music
supervisor for the television series. Jason
Katims is both the executive producer of “Friday
Night Lights” and of the Friday Night Lights
Vol. 2 Original Television Soundtrack. The
“Friday Night Lights” soundtrack is licensed
through NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and
Consumer Products Group.
Reflecting the passion and emotion of the show,
Friday Night Lights Vol 2 Original Television
Soundtrack, boasts a wide variety of artists
including White Rabbits, Band Of Skulls,
Augustana, Heartless Bastards, A.A. Bondy, Jakob
Dylan, John Doe, The Avett Brothers, AM, Sufjan
Stevens, Fink and Snuffy Walden. A complete
track listing follows below.
Commenting on this diverse and spirited album,
Jonathan Platt, the soundtrack’s co - producer
says: “We are extremely excited about releasing
this amazing soundtrack which is so reflective
of the spirit of this show consisting of some of
the most relevant artists of today's ‘Indie’ and
mainstream music scene."
“Working on this show is a music supervisor’s
dream,” said Richardson. “On this compilation,
we’ve focused on a handful of the more emotional
selections to give the soundtrack more
cohesiveness. Our selections range from various
rock music tracks, to hip hop, to some more
prayer-like “twang!” There’s so much amazing
music in the show, we could go on and on for
volumes! The quality of the exceptional writing,
acting, directing and editing of Friday Night
Lights deserves music with equal integrity.”
Adds Jason Katims: “I am so excited about the
release of the Friday Night Lights Vol. 2
Soundtrack. I think fans of the show will agree
that this is not only a great collection of
songs from some of the most exciting artists out
there, but it is also a true representation of
the musical voice of Friday Night Lights.”
"Music plays an important role in how fans
connect with a show and embrace it," said Shelli
Hill, Vice President NBC Universal Television,
DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group. "This
soundtrack features great music from pivotal
moments in the program that really resonates
with fans of the show.”
The eclectic
Friday Night Lights Vol. 2 Original Television
Soundtrack features the following:
1. PERCUSSION GUN - WHITE
RABBITS
2. SWAY - HEARTLESS BASTARDS
3. KILLED MYSELF WHEN I WAS YOUNG - A.A. BONDY
4. FIRE - AUGUSTANA
5. SOMETHING GOOD THIS WAY COMES - JAKOB DYLAN
6. I KNOW WHAT I AM - BAND OF SKULLS
7. THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD - JOHN DOE
8. IF IT’S THE BEACHES - THE AVETT BROTHERS
9. WHAT YOU HIDE - AM
10. COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING - SUFJAN
STEVENS
11. THIS IS THE THING - FINK
12. FNL MAIN TITLE - SNUFFY WALDEN
CONTACT: Deborah Radel or Heather Lindner at
DRPR, 310.360.3997,
or e-mail pr@drpr.us.
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About Friday Night
Lights (Fridays on NBC, 8-9 p.m. ET/PT)
Expanding on the hit feature film and
best-selling book "Friday Night Lights," the
award-winning show centers on life in Dillon,
Texas, where high school football brings the
community together - and the drama of small town
life threatens to tear it apart.
As season four opens, a redistricting plan has
left Dillon a town divided. Having been ousted
from his role as head coach at Dillon High
School, Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) finds
himself faced with the daunting task of building
a football team from scratch as well as
motivating and disciplining the unmanageable
East Dillon Lions players. Tensions follow Coach
Taylor off the field and into the home as he and
Tami (Connie Britton), who remains Principal of
West Dillon High, find themselves increasingly
at odds with one another and the adversarial
roles the redistricting has forced upon them. As
one of the main proponents of redistricting
Dillon, Tami bears the brunt of criticism from
the very unhappy parents and students who have
been zoned out of West Dillon and into the less
desirable East Dillon. Season four regulars also
include characters Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch),
Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden), Landry Clark
(Jesse Plemons), Vince, Jess (Jurnee Smollett),
and Luke (Matt Lauria).
Season after season, "Friday Night Lights" is
hailed as one of the top ten shows by numerous
publications such as Time magazine,
Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times and TV
Guide. "Friday Night Lights" also has been
honored three times (2006/2007/2009) as an
American Film Institute (AFI) Television Program
of the Year, received the prestigious George
Foster Peabody Award in 2006 and won an Emmy
Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
in 2007.
The series is executive-produced by Peter Berg
(the film "Friday Night Lights," "Hancock"), who
also wrote and directed the pilot, Jason Katims
("Parenthood"), Brian Grazer ("Frost/Nixon,"
"The Da Vinci Code"), David Nevins ("Arrested
Development") and Sarah Aubrey ("Trauma").
"Friday Night Lights" is a production of
Universal Media Studios, Imagine Entertainment
and Film 44.
About Arrival
Records/Scion Music Group
Arrival
Records, Ltd. and Scion Music Group have formed
a co-venture to release Friday Night Lights Vol.
2 Original Television Soundtrack. Arrival
Records is a Milwaukee based record label formed
in 2007 by Rick Rand. The label is set to
release the next album from rock band Bascom
Hill. For more information on Arrival Records -
www.bascomhillmusic.com. Scion Music Group is a
New York City based full service record label
and music publisher formed in 2008 by Mark
Spier, president of the long-standing music
publishing company, Memory Lane Music Group. For
more information on Scion Music Group -
www.scionmusicgroup.com
About NBC
Universal Television DVD, Music, and Consumer
Products Group
NBC Universal is a leader in providing
entertainment programming to the domestic and
international marketplaces. NBC Universal
Television DVD, Music, and Consumer Products
Group manages all global ancillary television
business endeavors for the NBC Universal
Television Group, including third-party home
entertainment distribution, consumer products,
musical soundtracks, special markets projects
and the NBC Universal Online Store.
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