ABKCO Records will digitally release Big Little Lies: Music From The HBO Limited Series on March 31. The soundtrack album includes music from Charles Bradley, Alabama Shakes, Leon Bridges and cast member Zoë Kravitz, among others. Based on New York Times number-one bestseller of the same name by Liane Moriarty Big Little Lies, the seven-episode HBO drama series starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and Alexander Skarsgård follows three mothers in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. Written for television and created by David E. Kelley (Picket Fences, LA Law, The Practice, Ally McBeal), the series was directed entirely by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild, Demolition), and premiered last month.
"Jean-Marc uses music like Jackson Pollock used paint," comments Big Little Lies music supervisor Susan Jacobs, who also worked with Vallée on his previous two films. "There is a lot of truth in the music of Big Little Lies." Soul music features prominently in Big Little Lies. The soundtrack features up-and-coming London soul singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka's "Cold Little Heart," from his 2016 sophomore album Love & Hate. Soul sensation Charles Bradley contributes "Victim of Love" and "Changes," both title tracks from his two latest albums, the latter of which is a Stax-ified cover of the 1972 Black Sabbath ballad. Texas native Leon Bridges provides his unique blend of gospel and soul on "River," from Coming Home (2015), his debut album. Canadian funk/soul diva Kinny provides "Queen of Boredness," a collaboration with electronica producer/DJ Diesler (né Jonathan Radford) from her 2009 album Idle Forest of Chit Chat. Irma Thomas earned the moniker "The Soul Queen of New Orleans" by releasing classic records starting in the late 1950s. "Straight From The Heart" is a b-side from her 1964 extended play record Time Is On My Side, the title track of which was famously covered by the Rolling Stones.Videos