JamesG
04-04-2014, 04:20 PM
Pete Townshend Writes, Performs Song for "The Americans"
4/4/14
by Phil Gallo, Billboard
Pete Townshend has written his first original song for a television show, composing and performing 'It Must Be Done' for FX's "The Americans" with the show's composer Nathan Barr.
It will appear in the season finale on April 30.
Townshend's publisher, Spirit Music Group, has spent the last year exploring ways for him to get involved in visual projects.
Spirit's president Mark Fried and SVP creative Pete Shane, reached out to music supervisor PJ Bloom, who said "The Americans" was a proper fit as the showrunners had been looking to bring in a rock ‘n' roll icon.
The song, about three minute long, appears in a scene for which it was not written. Townshend and Barr initially had the music playing under a scene involving a car being shadowed, which did not fit after the scene was edited. It was moved to a scene that is being described as "sex and murder."
"It's really striking," Townshend said of the placement.
"Pete is not just pushing his own brand -- he's doing something great and giving it to the public," says Spirit's Fried. "The new song is a wonderful addition to the canon."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pete-townshend-writes-performs-song-693794
4/4/14
by Phil Gallo, Billboard
Pete Townshend has written his first original song for a television show, composing and performing 'It Must Be Done' for FX's "The Americans" with the show's composer Nathan Barr.
It will appear in the season finale on April 30.
Townshend's publisher, Spirit Music Group, has spent the last year exploring ways for him to get involved in visual projects.
Spirit's president Mark Fried and SVP creative Pete Shane, reached out to music supervisor PJ Bloom, who said "The Americans" was a proper fit as the showrunners had been looking to bring in a rock ‘n' roll icon.
The song, about three minute long, appears in a scene for which it was not written. Townshend and Barr initially had the music playing under a scene involving a car being shadowed, which did not fit after the scene was edited. It was moved to a scene that is being described as "sex and murder."
"It's really striking," Townshend said of the placement.
"Pete is not just pushing his own brand -- he's doing something great and giving it to the public," says Spirit's Fried. "The new song is a wonderful addition to the canon."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pete-townshend-writes-performs-song-693794