Lakeshore Records released Happy Face—
Original Series Soundtrack digitally featuring original music by EMMY-nominated composer Ariel Marx (A Small Light). Marx’s spare yet atmospheric score subtly augments the psychological tension of the dramatic series based on the popular memoir and podcast. The album also includes the song “The Devil’s Bid,” performed by Hilary McCormack, a guest star in the series. The series starring Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid is streaming now exclusively on Paramount+.
HAPPY FACE is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore; the critically acclaimed Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook. At 15, Moore discovered that her beloved father was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face. As an adult, she has changed her name and guarded her secret while her father has been serving life in prison.
Jumping off from Moore’s true-life story, the Paramount+ Original Series follows Melissa (Ashford) and her incarcerated father, known as the Happy Face Killer (Quaid). After decades of no contact, he finally finds a way to force himself back into his daughter’s life. In a race against the clock, Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. Throughout, she discovers the impact her father had on his victims’ families and must face a reckoning of her own identity.
Notes Marx: “I’m very excited to release Happy Face with Lakeshore — it’s a mix of acoustic and electronic, melody and ambience, and evokes a sense of both nostalgia and paranoia as Melissa reconciles what she discovers about her father.”
Track List
- Mr. Happy Face Called
- Did It For You
- Catching Up To You
- Your Father’s Daughter
- Not Your Fault
- Old Photos
- Calling Grandpa
- The Sun, The Moon, and the Truth
- Crimson Whimsy
- Murderino
- Love, Dad
- The Devil’s Bid – Hilary McCormack
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ABOUT ARIEL MARX
Ariel Marx is an EMMY-nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist, known for her eclectic and inventive scores for film and television. Some of her recent projects include National Geographic’s A Small Light, Peacock’s A Friend of the Family, Hulu’s Candy (ranked number 3 in Indiewire’s Best TV scores of 2022), Netflix’s Black Mirror, and FX/Hulu’s American Horror Stories. She is also known for her critically-acclaimed work in film, such as Neon’s Sanctuary, Utopia’s Shiva Baby, Shudder’s Birth/Rebirth, and HBO’s The Tale.
As a solo artist, Ariel recently released her solo album Luthier with Node Records. She is a member of the music branch of both the Television Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab alum.
ABOUT LAKESHORE RECORDS
Lakeshore Records is a GRAMMY-winning record label, and the soundtrack arm of the Cutting Edge Group. Lakeshore Records is the global independent leader in top line soundtrack album releases, including such popular, critically acclaimed and classic soundtracks as Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Wednesday, Fallout, John Wick, Whiplash, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Drive, Cyberpunk 2077 / Edgerunners, Star Trek: Picard, Bojack Horseman, The Walking Dead, Napoleon Dynamite, Red Dead Redemption 2, the GRAMMY-winning Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, the Academy Award nominated Lady Bird and Academy Award winners Moonlight, Little Miss Sunshine, American Factory, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Hurt Locker and many, many more.
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