Lakeshore Records is set to release 
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy—Original Series Soundtrack digitally today, October 17, with an original score by Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba (both scored Shogun w/ Atticus Ross). Ross and Chuba excel at creating distinctive and strikingly ominous soundscapes. Two cellists, Hillary Smith and Mauro Basilio, collaborated with the endlessly creative composers and they created both atmospherically mournful and quaveringly tense backdrops to the series that explores all facets involved in the horrific actions of a serial killer and the collateral damage left in his wake. All 8 episodes of the series are streaming now on Peacock.
From 1972-1978, thirty-three young men were kidnapped, murdered and buried in a crawl space beneath their killer’s house. And no one was the wiser. Not for all those years. Why? He was charming and funny. Had a good, All-American job. Was a community leader. He even volunteered to entertain sick kids…while dressed as a clown. DEVIL IN DISGUISE: JOHN WAYNE GACY peels back the twisted layers of Gacy’s life while weaving in heartrending stories of his victims; exploring the grief, guilt, and trauma of their families and friends; and exposing the systemic failures, missed opportunities and societal prejudices that fueled his reign of terror.
Note Ross and Chuba: “In creating the score for Devil In Disguise our starting and ending place was the cello. We worked with two cellists named Hillary Smith and Mauro Basilio to achieve a sound that both highlights the tragedy of the victim’s perspective and the horror of the crimes committed. Hillary’s lyrical playing was a perfect fit for the victims’ families and Mauro’s “prepared cello” captured the brutality of John Wayne Gacy’s crimes. We used everything from motors plucking the strings to a plastic cup wedged in between the body and bridge of Mauro’s cello. Combining electronic processing with a live string section we were able to place these two amazing cellists front and center in our score.”
Track List
- Hymn 1
- The New Man
- The Clown
- Rope Works Better
- In Mourning
- Room Buddy
- Come and Gone
- The Pit
- The Empty Space
- A Mark On A map
- YFronts
- Spiders
- Thermostat
- 2 and 2 Together
- Undercurrents
- The Pit (Reprise)
- Hymn 2
- One More Trick
- 33
- Pogo
- Dissecting Line
- The Last Drive
- On the Trail
- Crawl Space
- Summerdale Ave
- Spring
- Caged
- Circling
- Indifference
- Missing, Not Gone
- Dreams
- Resolution
- Withdrawn
Buy/Stream the Album: https://lnk.to/DevilInDisguise-JWG
ABOUT LEOPOLD ROSS
Leopold Ross is an English musician whose most recent score for FX’s universally acclaimed ‘Shogun’ earned Emmy and Grammy nominations and won both the SCLand HMMA award for best television score. His extensive prestige TV credits incluApple’s Godzilla franchise ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’, ‘Black Mirror’, and ‘Dr Death’. His film scoring career began with The Hughes brothers 2010 film ‘The Book Of Eli’. He has gone on to create unique and memorable scores for acclaimed directors Michael Mann (Blackhat), Harmony Korine (Rebel) and John Hillcoat (Triple Nine).
He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
ABOUT NICK CHUBA
Nick is an Emmy nominated L.A.-based film and television composer. After studying at USC’s Thornton School of Music, he began working for Atticus Ross and has worked on numerous projects with him since 2014. Most recently, prior to “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” (Peacock), Nick composed the scores for “Shogun” (FX) with Atticus and Leopold Ross, “Dr. Death” (Peacock), “The Girl from Plainville” (Hulu), and “Operation Varsity Blues” (Netflix) with Leopold Ross.
Nick has also composed the scores for several independent films, including the horror film “Appendage” (Hulu) and “The Strangers Case,” which debuted at the 2024 Berlinale. Most recently, Nick composed the score for “Thelma,” an action-comedy starring June Squibb that premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and is set for anationwide theatrical release this summer through Magnolia Pictures.
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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