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The Curse - MUSIC FROM SHOWTIME ORIGINAL SERIES

Milan Records today releases THE CURSE (MUSIC FROM THE SHOWTIME® ORIGINAL SERIES), the official soundtrack to Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder’s genre-bending series featuring music written and performed by renowned keyboardist and composer JOHN MEDESKI executive produced by DANIEL LOPATIN aka ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER– LISTEN HERE. The latest in a longstanding creative partnership between Lopatin and Safdie, the keyboard-heavy score is a crucial element of the series, with Medeski’s atmospheric and meditative compositions coalescing to create an additional perspective on the onscreen story. Co-produced by SHOWTIME® and A24, The Curse debuts new episodes each Friday on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME® plan, and on-air on SHOWTIME® every Sunday at 10pm ET/PT.  

Inspired by the spiritual jazz music of Alice Coltrane, Daniel Lopatin enlisted one of his personal musical heroes, John Medeski, to compose and perform the series’ original score, trusting the modern jazz virtuoso to bring to life the depth of sound inherent throughout Coltrane’s work. A frequent collaborator to the Safdie brothers, Lopatin, meanwhile, was tasked with overseeing the series’ music as executive producer, while also co-producing and contributing to a couple of the compositions. Composer and engineer Randall Dunn also contributed on the recording and mixing side. The resulting collaboration is an evocative and unsettling score that not only provides a sonic backdrop to the series but also acts as an additional observer, offering its own distinct perspective of the unfolding story. Expressed through layers of organs, synthesizers, electric pianos and mellotrons, the 52-track score is deeply contemplative in nature, its depth of emotion and tone reflecting the complexity of the onscreen story.

John Medeski:

A Different Time

Keyboard master John Medeski thrives on the unpredictable, a trait that has kept his work with the trailblazing trio Medeski Martin & Wood (MMW) fresh and surprising for more than twenty years. With A Different Time, his first solo piano project, Medeski once again takes his sound in a completely unexpected direction - unexpected even to him. "I had a more eclectic record in mind," Medeski says. "I wanted to put out something that would be more representative of what my live solo concerts are like." The first release on Sony Classical's newly-revived OKeh Records imprint, A Different Time is a far more introspective, meditative collection than fans of MMW's lively, groove-driven music might expect. Consisting mostly of Medeski's own compositions and improvisations, with a familiar spiritual and a Willie Nelson song added into the mix, the album presents a different side of Medeski's prodigious artistry, one which he was initially reluctant to display.