20th Television and Hollywood Records are excited to release Washington Black (Original Soundtrack) today. Composer Cameron Moody, a rising voice in film and television music, has crafted a sweeping, emotionally resonant score for the new series, drawing on a lifetime of musical passion and a journey that began in Atlanta and led to the legendary scoring stages of Hollywood. All eight episodes of the limited series are available on Hulu.
“Conducting is like lining up in front of a golf ball. It’s peaceful. It’s terrifying,” Moody says. “But once you load up and swing and you hear the music come alive… there are very few things like it.”
Moody’s path to “Washington Black” began with a childhood fascination with “Star Wars” and a relentless curiosity for film music. After a formative year at NYU’s Screen Scoring program, a chance encounter with composer Michael Abels (“Get Out,” “Us, Nope”) led to a three-year apprenticeship that shaped Moody’s professional foundation.
“I was moonlighting as a composer while being a student during the day… it very quickly became unmanageable,” he recalls. “So, I finished out that semester, dropped out, and spent the next three years as Michael’s assistant.”
The score for “Washington Black” reflects the show’s global journey from Barbados to the Artic and its emotional core. “If I had to describe the score in one word, it would be ‘classic.’ We wanted it to feel big and appropriate for the size of the story,” Moody explains. “This is really a story about freedom and the lengths a person will go to achieve that.”
Moody recorded the score at the historic Fox scoring stage, standing on the same podium once graced by legends like John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith. “That was something I dreamed of when I was a kid, and I got to do it,” he says.
With the Washington Black (Original Soundtrack), Cameron Moody has not only delivered a score of cinematic scope and emotional nuance, he’s also announced himself as a bold new voice in screen music.
ABOUT “WASHINGTON BLACK”:
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, “Washington Black” follows the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington “Wash” Black, an eleven-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny. When a harrowing incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom and love. As he navigates uncharted lands and impossible odds, Wash finds the courage to imagine a future beyond the confines of the society he was born into.
The series stars Ernest Kingsley Jr., Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Edward Bluemel,
Sharon Duncan Brewster, Eddie Karanja, Tom Ellis and Sterling K. Brown.
“Washington Black” is produced by 20th Television in association with Indian Meadows Production and The Gotham Group, and executive produced by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Kimberly Ann Harrison, Sterling K. Brown, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jennifer Johnson, Wanuri Kahiu, Mo Marble, Rob Seidenglanz, Jeremy Bell, Lindsay Williams, D.J. Goldberg, and Anthony Hemingway. Hinds and Harrison are also showrunners for the series. Esi Edugyan is co-producer.
Cameron Moody is an American composer, conductor, and trumpeter based in Los Angeles, CA. His distinctive utilization of the symphony orchestra has given way to a varied resume, with project genres in film and television ranging from action and documentaries to romance and comedies.
Cameron is the composer of the upcoming Hulu original limited series Washington Black, created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and starring Sterling K. Brown, which premieres on Hulu on July 23rd. At 22 years old, he has made history as the youngest person to ever score a 20th Century Television series.
He wrote the score to the eight-part documentary series Kennedy, which chronicles the life and legacy of the 35th President John F. Kennedy. In the summer of 2024, he completed Patrick Green’s documentary feature film Sincerely, Los Angeles, a love letter to the late Oscar-winning basketball legend Kobe Bryant.
Cameron was also a frequent collaborator of Emmy-nominated and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels, composing additional music on scores such as Disney’s “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” for which he also served as a conductor, Kobi Libii’s “The American Society of Magical Negroes,” David Yarovesky’s “Nightbooks,” the Emmy-nominated documentary series “Allen v. Farrow,” and Jordan Peele’s “Nope.”
In 2021, at age 18, he made history by becoming the youngest winner of ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Music Fellowship Award. In 2024, he also became the youngest composer (21) to ever be selected as a fellow in the highly coveted NBC/Universal Composers Initiative.
“WASHINGTON BLACK” IS STREAMING NOW ON HULU
TRACKLIST
1. Washington Black (Main Titles) (1:08)
2. Welcome to Halifax (2:28)
3. Tanna Meets McGee (1:02)
4. Willard and the Hunters (2:28)
5. Kit’s Prayer (1:09)
6. Wash Is Summoned (1:24)
7. Titch’s Cabin (1:47)
8. No More Cane Fields (1:10)
9. Reunion at the House (0:44)
10. Finishing the Project (0:48)
11. Beach Romance (2:43)
12. Wash Flies (2:15)
13. Barrington (2:21)
14. The Flying Man and the Musician (1:44)
15. I Protect My People (2:27)
16. Why I Left (1:23)
17. Reliving the Past (1:17)
18. Our Survival (1:19)
19. News of Engagement (1:09)
20. Captured (1:48)
21. John’s Choice (2:46)
22. Brand New Adventure (1:03)
23. Enacting the Plan (1:33)
24. Issue With the Larger World (1:37)
25. Not Our People (3:45)
26. We Should Go Find Him (1:46)
27. The Arctic (0:58)
28. Rescue – Toboggan Ride (3:09)
29. RSL Outpost (1:35)
30. Frozen Plain (0:58)
31. Abandoned (1:43)
32. You Running Away Again? (1:32)
33. Medwin and Angie (3:15)
34. Leaving Halifax (2:36)
35. Valediction (4:48)
36. Stay With Us (1:41)
37. Photo (0:42)
38. Faith Sold (1:15)
39. Revealing the Truth (1:41)
40. To Morocco (0:40)
41. Crossing the Desert (2:40)
42. Closure (4:43)
43. The Love Scene (1:23)
44. Building the Wind Sailer – Flight – To Dahomey (6:31)
45. Mother (3:11)
46. Finale (4:57)
