Hollywood Records is proud to announce the release of Bad Sisters Season 2 Apple Original Series Soundtrack, featuring the visionary musical talents of PJ Harvey and the formidable composing prowess of Tim Phillips. After their successful collaboration on the first season, the duo has once again come together to craft a haunting and atmospheric score that perfectly complements the darkly comedic and suspenseful narrative of the Apple TV+ series. The album is available today, on all digital platforms.
Season two of the award-winning comedic drama from Emmy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award winning creator and star Sharon Horgan premiered November 13 on Apple TV+. The first two episdodes of “Bad Sisters” season two are now streaming on Apple TV+, and new episodes will become available every Wednesday through December.
Harvey remarks, “It was a huge pleasure to be invited to step into the studio again with Tim Phillips to create the soundtrack for ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2. Having formed friendships with Tim and Sharon on season 1, there was a level of trust and openness which was conducive to creativity.
“Our version of ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ is full of the passion we hold for the original song, but also imbued with the spirit of the new series and its narrative.”
Phillips shares, “I’m super excited to see the reaction to season 2 of ‘Bad Sisters’ and I think audiences will love where this story goes next. It was a thrill to get back into the studio with Polly Harvey and make some new sounds, and the fact that most of the original production team returned made it even better!”
As Horgan explains, “The music for ‘Bad Sisters’ season 1 was so well received that we of course felt we had to match it or better it for season 2. We all wanted it to feel like the first season but for there to be a real sense of a new direction too. And Tim Philips really went for it; new arrangements, compositions, new instrumentation, new influences. Each new character has their own musical motif. Polly wanted to ring the changes too. She wanted to move on to a more traditional choral sound at times, to use narrative from the show in her lyrics, almost like a greek chorus at times. This was then distorted or played with. The development of the score across the 8 episodes was very exciting to watch grow. One thing we knew we wanted to do was have Polly’s voice wherever we could. It was so effecting in the first season. We used her voice to mark any emotionally stand out moments. It gave me goosebumps. She did a cover of ‘Run On,’ made famous by Johnny Cash, in season 1 and we just loved it and so we thought let’s get another cover this time. We suggested a bunch that could work but Polly decided instead to do ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ by Joy Division. I remember Tim telling me about it but i had no idea it would be as brilliant as it is, so much so that we decided to use as the final song in ep 1.”
ABOUT BAD SISTERS SEASON 2
“Bad Sisters” season two returns to follow the lives of the Garvey sisters played by Sharon Horgan as Eva, Anne-Marie Duff as Grace, Eva Birthistle as Ursula, Sarah Greene as Bibi and Eve Hewson as Becka. Two years after the “accidental death” of Grace’s abusive husband, the close-knit Garvey sisters may have moved on, but when past truths resurface, the ladies are thrust back into the spotlight, suspicions are at an all-time high, lies are told, secrets revealed, and the sisters are forced to work out who they can trust.
A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, the critically acclaimed series welcomes new and returning cast in its second season including Fiona Shaw, Owen McDonnell, Thaddea Graham, Barry Ward, Michael Smiley, Saise Quinn, Daryl McCormack, Yasmine Akram, Jonjo O’Neill, Peter Claffey, Deirdre Mullins, Lorcan Cranitch, Liz Fitzgibbon and Justine Mitchell.
“Bad Sisters” is executive produced by Horgan, Faye Dorn and Clelia Mountford for Merman. Dearbhla Walsh also serves as executive producer and director. Additional executive producers include Bert Hamelinck, Michael Sagol, Dave Finkel and Brett Baer. Finkel and Baer adapted the first season with Horgan from the Belgian series “Clan,” which was created by Malin-Sarah Gozin. Gozin also serves as an executive producer. “Bad Sisters” is produced by Merman Television and 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.
ABOUT PJ HARVEY
PJ Harvey is a visionary artist whose career spans over three decades, marked by her genre-defying approach to music and songwriting. A multi-instrumentalist and captivating vocalist, Harvey first gained widespread acclaim with her 1992 debut Dry, which was followed by several groundbreaking albums, including To Bring You My Love (1995) and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000), the latter earning her the Mercury Music Prize. Her music blends rock, folk, and experimental elements, often exploring complex themes of identity, politics, and history. Harvey’s work has earned her numerous accolades, including two Mercury Music Prizes and multiple Grammy nominations.
In addition to her groundbreaking albums, Harvey has made a significant impact in the world of film and television scoring. She has composed original music for a variety of projects, including the acclaimed scores for All About Eve (2019) and Peaky Blinders (2014), as well as for several theater productions by director Ian Rickson. Her theatrical scores, including Hedda Gabler (2009) and Electra (2014), showcase her ability to blend atmospheric soundscapes with narrative emotion. Harvey’s most recent foray into scoring came with her collaboration on the 2023 Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters, where she co-wrote the theme and music for the second season alongside composer Tim Phillips.
Harvey’s innovative work as a composer extends to her collaboration with photographer Seamus Murphy on the albums Let England Shake (2011) and The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016), as well as her score for the film The Virtues (2019). Her music is known for its emotional depth, striking arrangements, and ability to evoke both the personal and the political. Harvey’s ongoing exploration of sound and storytelling continues to influence both her own work and the broader landscape of contemporary music and scoring.
ABOUT TIM PHILLIPS
Multi award-winning composer Tim Phillips has scored many television and film projects, most recently the smash hit BAD SISTERS for Apple TV+ with PJ Harvey. Tim and PJ’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Who By Fire” was created as the show’s theme tune and released on Hollywood Records. They have teamed up again for the much-anticipated season 2 of Bad Sisters releasing November 2024.
Other projects in 2022 included major period drama BECOMING ELIZABETH for STARZ and hit comedy/horror series SHINING VALE, starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino. The series is produced by Warner Brothers Television for STARZ and is now in its second season. Both series soundtracks were released on Lakeshore Records and Watertower Records respectively.
Tim composed the score for Channel 4 in the UK’s multi award-winning hit teen drama series ACKLEY BRIDGE for 5 seasons. He also scored the popular BBC film ROALD DAHL’S ESIO TROT starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench, as well as nine series of the original SHAMELESS series that aired on Channel 4 in the UK, railroad drama JERICHO on ITV and Agatha Christie sleuthing drama PARTNERS IN CRIME and THE INNOCENCE PROJECT for the BBC. He created score for ENTOURAGE on HBO.
Tim also sang the cult hit Song for Ten on the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO and has been a featured performer at international forums from the Royal Albert Hall to Brooklyn Academy of Music to the Sydney Theatre Company to the main stage at the Isle of Wight Festival.
Tim is currently working on a new album entitled NORMAN’S BRAIN AND THE STARS and Season 1 of DEVIL’S PEAK, a new investigative thriller for Lookout Point/BBC Worldwide based on the best-selling novel series by Deon Meyer, as well as an upcoming AppleTV+ series about English highwayman Dick Turpin.
Tim grew up in British Columbia, then spent over 15 years in London, UK before moving back to the West Coast. He spends his time between Vancouver, London, and Los Angeles.
TRACKLIST
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- You’re Getting Nothing
- Break In
- The Fairy Thorn Tree
- You Feel Guilt
- Snake Pit
- Bad News
- DI Fergal Loftus
- Drive to the Cliffs
- Here We Go Again
- Wagon Stew
- Disembark at Your Peril
- What Doesn’t Kill You
