tv Crime

McMafia charts the journey of Alex Godman (James Norton) as he is drawn deeper and deeper into the world of organised crime.
Russian crime boss Vadim Kalyagin (Merab Ninidze) meets with his Indian associate Benny Chopra (Atul Kale) to discuss their control of Mumbai’s main port. As Vadim leaves the meeting, his vehicle is blown up by a car bomb. It's not long before his allies have the name of the man believed to be behind the assassination attempt… (amazon)

“This album has everything. Which is why it’s not for everyone.” The statement belongs to Øyvind Skarbø; bandleader, drummer and composer. His ensemble Skarbø Skulekorps released their highly praised debut album on Hubro in 2019, universally hailed for being both catchy and unpredictable at the same time. Dugnad does the same thing, but amplified to the extreme. It marks a deeper and even more radical exploration completely outside normal paths of genre and expectation.

Helmed by T-Bone Burnett and Craig Street, the soundtrack to the music-intensive TV crime drama series gets ultra-hip artists to cover songs not necessarily associated with them—all with eerie musical backgrounds that match the program's tone. Unfortunately, the intriguing concept fares better on the small screen than on the big speaker, as artists like Richard Thompson, Lucinda Williams, and Joe Henry, among others, get lost in a uniformly listless production. Exceptions are Wendy Melvoin & Lisa Coleman's original instrumental "Crossing Jordan Themes," the Holmes Brothers' take on Blind Willie Johnson's "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond," and Alison Krauss' tackling of Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home." Series star Jill Hennessy debuts with Tom Waits' "You're Innocent When You Dream" and Bob Dylan's "It's all Over Now, Baby Blue" and acquits herself well enough.

Ultra-Lounge is a series of compilation CDs released by Capitol Records, featuring music predominantly from the 1950s and 1960s in genres such as exotica, space age pop, mambo, television theme songs, and lounge. Many of the volumes have since been made available for purchase via digital download. Each CD featured detailed liner notes along with two related drink recipes, tips on how to serve drinks to guests, and often photographs of sculptures made out of bartender items and other objects.

Music To Eat Bricks By is a soundtrack album by The Residents, released in a limited edition in July 2019 through the group's official website as a bonus with copies of their novel The Brick-Eaters.

Toshifumi Hinata attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he studied under the tutelage of Patricia Laliberte. His career started upon graduation from university in 1982. He has composed music for numerous TV dramas, documentaries and commercials.
Taking cues from the languid feeling of classic French impressionist music, Toshifumi sculpted Sarah’s Crime (1985) as an album full of modern piano-led nocturnes that could fold in orchestral instrumentation and synthetic key beds into a seamless mix of woozy arrangements. The goal was music for half-forgotten musical touch points, with an atmosphere that could best described as illusory…