Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher is one of our most highly-anticipated horror projects of 2023, and as of today we are less than a week away from its arrival on Netflix! An eight-part series that manages to tell its own unique tales while weaving its way through a number of Edgar Allen Poe classics (including the titular story, "The Tell-Tale Heart," and more), The Fall of the House of Usher also features a brand-new score from the Newton Brothers ... and you can hear it today!
The news comes to us from the good folks over at Film Music Reporter, who announced the drop yesterday:
"Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s limited series The Fall of the House of Usher. The album features the show’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass, The Forever Purge, Oculus, The Midnight Club). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services."
The score's full lineup of tracks is as follows:
- 1. At Last (3:36)
2. Secretary (3:18)
3. Burial (1:01)
4. Mother (1:59)
5. F*ck Blippi (9:16)
6. Aftermath (1:27)
7. Rumors (1:06)
8. Opportunity (1:47)
9. A Shorter Elevator Ride (3:21)
10. Trowel (2:03)
11. Candy (2:54)
12. True Nature (2:16)
13. Camille (0:42)
14. Uncanny (1:25)
15. At War (2:05)
16. The Raven (2:28)
17. Honey (1:58)
18. I’m the Candy Man (2:12)
19. Scorpions (1:03)
20. Fairytale (2:19)
21. There Is No Going Back (0:59)
22. Quite a View (2:38)
23. Arthur Gordon Pym (3:11)
24. Water Under the Glass (0:53)
25. Important People (2:38)
26. Goldbug (1:11)
27. The Most Important Employee (4:52)
28. Who Am I (1:25)
29. You Are My Perfect Creation (2:04)
30. The City in the Sea (3:45)
31. Legend King (2:12)
32. Compass (6:49)
33. Folie a Deux (1:27)
34. Foundation (2:11)
35. Wicked Game (feat. Daisy Gray) (4:09)
The Newton Brothers are longtime Flanagan collaborators, which means they fit right in with the many (many!) returning regulars who make up The Fall of the House of Usher's cast, including Carla Gugino, Carl Lumbly, Robert Longstreet, Annabeth Gish, Bruce Greenwood, Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, and Rahul Kohli. They're joined by Mark Hamill, Mary McDonnell, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nuñez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Katie Parker, Malcolm Goodwin, Crystal Balint, Aya Furukawa, Daniel Jun, Matt Biedel, and Ruth Codd. It's a big-ass cast!
Haven't been keeping up with The Fall of the House of Usher as it's worked its way through development? Here's an official plot synopsis, for your records:
"In this wicked 8-episode limited series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.”
Head on over to the digital music streaming service of your choice to hear the Newton Brothers' The Fall of the House of Usher score now, and do stay tuned for any further updates on Flanagan's forthcoming limited series between now and its arrival on Netflix next Thursday, October 12th. Word on the street is, Flanagan's got another banger on his hands.
