(March 10, 2023 – Los Angeles, CA) – Netflix announces the release of Shadow and Bone: Season 2 (Soundtrack From the Netflix Series) with music by composer Joseph Trapanese. The 29-track album is available today, March 10, on digital platforms here.
The music of Shadow and Bone continues to explore the series’ central themes of identity, power, love, and sacrifice with expansive variations on the powerful melodies from the first season and original music for new characters and locations of Season 2.
Consisting of symphonic orchestra, violin and cello soloists (Alina and Mal), basses and cellos (Darkling), gamelan ensemble (Grisha), and Romani instrumentation (Crows), the musical palette has also been expanded with flute (Wylan), zithers and tack piano (Sturmhond, Tolya and Tamar), and more specialized ensembles for the newly introduced lands and people of Novyi Zem and Shu Han.
From the quietest, most intimate textures, to the most grand symphonic climaxes, the music of Shadow and Bone continues to be a powerful accompaniment to our heroes’ bravery and selflessness, our villains’ power and corruption, and the series’ classic battle between darkness and light.
Shadow and Bone Season 2 will premiere globally on March 16, 2023, only on Netflix.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Alina Starkov is on the run. A beacon of hope to some and a suspected traitor to others, she’s determined to bring down the Shadow Fold and save Ravka from ruin. But General Kirigan has returned to finish what he started. Backed by a terrifying new army of seemingly indestructible shadow monsters and fearsome new Grisha recruits, Kirigan is more dangerous than ever. To stand a fighting chance against him, Alina and Mal rally their own powerful new allies and begin a continent-spanning journey to find two mythical creatures that will amplify her powers. Back in Ketterdam, the Crows must forge new alliances as they contend with old rivals and even older grudges that threaten not only their place in the Barrel, but their very lives. When a chance at a deadly heist comes their way, the Crows will once again find themselves on a collision course with the legendary Sun Summoner. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels, Shadow and Bone returns for a second season of new friendships, new romance, bigger battles, epic adventures — and a shocking family secret that could shatter everything.
Shadow and Bone: Season 2 (Soundtrack From the Netflix Series)
Tracklist –
- On the Run (3:42)
- Market Chase (2:49)
- Tolya and Tamar (2:14)
- Wylan (2:28)
- Come Sail Away (2:03)
- Brother (1:47)
- Arriving at the Island (1:09)
- Crows Ambushed (2:27)
- Return of the Useless Grunt (1:25)
- I’m Here for the Killers (2:16)
- Matthias Fights (4:22)
- The Night We Met (2:01)
- Become the Blade (7:55)
- Jesper’s Past (1:10)
- Hope is Dangerous (2:24)
- Shu Han (5:18)
- The Disciple (7:00)
- I Can’t Lose You (4:35)
- Deserve Her (3:59)
- Chased (5:13)
- Battle at the Moat (5:47)
- Stronger Than an Emerald (1:50)
- We Can Do This (5:55)
- Final Goodbye (3:19)
- Let Me Be Your Monster (3:51)
- Loss ad Sacrifice (3:19)
- Hope for the Future (2:48)
- How Will You Have Me (4:30)
- Rise and Fall (6:15)
ABOUT JOSEPH TRAPANESE
Joseph Trapanese began his film scoring career as the key collaborator on some of the most memorable scores of recent cinema history – as arranger and orchestrator for Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy, co-composer, arranger, orchestrator, and conductor for M83’s Oblivion, and co-composer and co-producer with Mike Shinoda for The Raid series.
Known for integrating his extensive classical training with his skill producing electronic music, he has crafted uniquely hybrid and inventive scores for a number of films including director Joseph Kosinski’s 2022 sci-fi thriller Spiderhead, Nicolas Cage’s genre-bending 2021 Sundance selection Prisoners of the Ghostland, Disney’s 2019 live-action remake Lady and the Tramp, Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista’s buddy cop action-comedy Stuber, Mads Mikkelson’s 2018 Cannes selection Arctic, Universal’s landmark rap biopic Straight Outta Compton, and the second and third installments of the Divergent series, Insurgent and Allegiant. In addition, he has leant his innovative sound to Netflix’s The Witcher (for which he also writes original songs, including the viral hit “Burn, Butcher, Burn”), the critically acclaimed original series Shadow and Bone, and interactive projects for Disney Interactive, EA, Lucasfilm, and Ubisoft.
He has continued to work as a collaborator on projects including The Greatest Showman (song producer and score co-composer), as well as album projects and live events with Aloe Blacc, Amon Tobin, Dierks Bentley, Dr. Dre, The Glitch Mob, Haim, Halsey, Janelle Monae, Kelly Clarkson, Kendrick Lamar, Moby, S. Carey, Sohn, Zedd, and many more.
As a conductor, Joseph has appeared with The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, AUKSO Poland, and numerous festival and studio orchestras.
