TURN: Washington's Spies (AMC)
Based on the book Washington’s Spies written by Alexander Rose, Turn is set in the summer of 1778 and tells the story of New York farmer Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence. Turn, from AMC Studios, is written by showrunner Craig Silverstein (Nikita) and executive produced by Barry Josephson (Bones, Enchanted) from Josephson Entertainment. The series stars Jamie Bell as Abraham Woodhull, Kevin McNally as Judge Richard Woodhull, Burn Gorman as Major Hewlett, Angus MacFadyen as Robert Rogers, JJ Feild as Major John Andre, Seth Numrich as Ben Talmadge, Daniel Henshall as Caleb, and Heather Lind as Anna Strong.
Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić
Music Coordinators: Michelle Johnson, Yvette Metoyer
Music Assistant: Garrett McElver
Producers: Craig Silverstein, Barry Josephson, Michael Taylor, Mitchell Akselrad, Andrew Colville
Composers: Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts
Music Editors: Angela Claverie, Chris McGeary
Music Producer: Tony Berg
Studio: AMC Studios
Network: AMC Network
Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić
Music Coordinators: Michelle Johnson, Yvette Metoyer
Music Assistant: Garrett McElver
Producers: Craig Silverstein, Barry Josephson, Michael Taylor, Mitchell Akselrad, Andrew Colville
Composers: Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts
Music Editors: Angela Claverie, Chris McGeary
Music Producer: Tony Berg
Studio: AMC Studios
Network: AMC Network
TURN - Main Titles
Joy Williams & Matt Berninger - "HUSH"
The official soundtrack for season one of TURN: Washington's Spies featuring all new music created exclusively for the show. Available now on iTunes.
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TURN COMPOSER: Marco Beltrami
For more information about TURN's composer, Marco Beltrami, visit his website at:
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TURN - AMC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL. 1
Soundtrack Singles
SEASON ONE FEATURED MUSIC MOMENTS:
JAKE BUGG - "Turpin Hero"
Featured in EP 101 - "Pilot"
SARAH BLASKO - "Spanish Ladies"
Featured in EP 103 - "Of Cabbages and Kings"
The choice of "Spanish Ladies” came from the script. The rapscallion patriot character Caleb Brewster makes his getaway in a row boat and while dodging shots fired from British soldiers on land, he mocks them by singing the British sea shanty “Spanish Ladies.” The scene closes with a furtive glance between our protagonist Abe Woodhull and his childhood love Anna Strong, both married to others. Showrunner Craig Silverstein requested we support the wistful moment between the star-crossed lovers in addition to the playfulness of Caleb’s escape.
We knew that Australian singer Sarah Blasko would bring an emotional poignancy to an otherwise rollicking tune. Her brilliant interpretation effectively supports that wistful look between two of our leads. In addition to Sarah’s very talented band, album producer Tony Berg brought on hurry gurdy player Curtis Berak for an elegant touch of Revolutionary War period instrumentation. We are very excited to bring this traditional song into a new light.
We knew that Australian singer Sarah Blasko would bring an emotional poignancy to an otherwise rollicking tune. Her brilliant interpretation effectively supports that wistful look between two of our leads. In addition to Sarah’s very talented band, album producer Tony Berg brought on hurry gurdy player Curtis Berak for an elegant touch of Revolutionary War period instrumentation. We are very excited to bring this traditional song into a new light.
LAURA MARLING and JONATHAN WILSON - "Bonny Portmore"
Featured in EP 105 - "Epiphany"
“Bonny Portmore” may be my personal favorite music moment in the first season of ‘TURN’. The song arrives at a key point in the series; our characters have made choices that will define their fates and the wheels of history are moving toward inevitable conflict. I think Laura Marling has one of the most beautiful voices in contemporary music. Although she is very young in chronological years, she is very clearly an old soul, and her performance of this wistful, sad Irish ballad about the felling of trees to make war ships captures this key moment in the telling of our Revolutionary War story. Jonathan Wilson’s thoughtful and restrained approach to the song, featuring only an oxygen organ against Laura’s stunning vocals, is pitch perfect.
When we first started working on ‘TURN’, one of the first calls we made was to musician and producer Jonathan Wilson. He was very intrigued with our exploration of 18th century songs and mentioned wanting to work with Laura Marling. Soon after, we heard that Laura was moving to Los Angeles from England, and as it turns out to our neighborhood of Silver Lake/Echo Park. We met and discussed the ‘TURN’ project and a few weeks later “Bonny Portmore” was the first fruit of their creative collaboration. We delivered the song to the ‘TURN’ editing team who built an entire sequence around it. We think it’s pretty stunning.
When we first started working on ‘TURN’, one of the first calls we made was to musician and producer Jonathan Wilson. He was very intrigued with our exploration of 18th century songs and mentioned wanting to work with Laura Marling. Soon after, we heard that Laura was moving to Los Angeles from England, and as it turns out to our neighborhood of Silver Lake/Echo Park. We met and discussed the ‘TURN’ project and a few weeks later “Bonny Portmore” was the first fruit of their creative collaboration. We delivered the song to the ‘TURN’ editing team who built an entire sequence around it. We think it’s pretty stunning.
GARY LIGHTBODY and JOHNNY MCDAID - "Jock O'Hazeldean"
Featured in EP 108 - "Challenge"
Throughout the first season of TURN we have been teasing the audience with the unrequited love between Abe Woodhull and Anna Strong. This is the scene where their simmering attraction is brought to a boil. Our showrunner Craig Silverstein wanted to retain a note of melancholy in their union, as it’s a fleeting one. Both Abe and Anna are married to others despite a lifelong love. The song “Jock O’Hazeldean” tells the tale of a lord convincing a weeping young lady that his son is a worthy suitor. The woman’s heart, however, belongs to another. Despite the lord’s offers of riches and gold, she follows her heart and flees to be with her true love, Jock O’Hazeldean.
It was producer Tony Berg’s idea to reach out to Gary Lightbody and Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol to interpret “Jock O’Hazeldean” for TURN. It turned out to be a perfect choice. Gary’s soft, heartfelt delivery and Johnny’s plaintive guitar balance beautifully against each other, and with Tony’s tasteful guidance the song is poignant, simple, and sincere.
It was producer Tony Berg’s idea to reach out to Gary Lightbody and Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol to interpret “Jock O’Hazeldean” for TURN. It turned out to be a perfect choice. Gary’s soft, heartfelt delivery and Johnny’s plaintive guitar balance beautifully against each other, and with Tony’s tasteful guidance the song is poignant, simple, and sincere.
COMPLETE TURN SONG LIST
SEASON ONE
101 - "PILOT"FEATURED: Jake Bugg, "Turpin Hero" (iTunes)
"Dumbarton's Drums" 102 - "WHO BY FIRE""Flowers of Edinburgh"
"The Devil's Trill" J.S. Bach, "Invention No 4. in D Minor, BWV 775" "Cadgers In Cannongate" & "Bonnie Annie" - Medley "Bung Your Eye" "Charles O'Connor" "Peacock Feather" "The Lea Rig" 103 - "OF CABBAGES AND KINGS"FEATURED: Sarah Blasko, "Spanish Ladies" (iTunes)
"Col. David Stewart" Scarlatti, "Sonata in C Minor, K 11" "British Grenadiers" "The Rover Reformed" "Rothiemarchus Rant" 104 - "ETERNITY HOW LONG"Boccherini, "Quintet No. 4 for Guitar and Strings"
105 - "EPIPHANY"Traditional, "Read 'Em John"
Haydn, "Keyboard Sonata (Divertimento) No. 4 in G major, Hob.XVI, G1, II. Menuetto - Trio" James Thomson and Thomas Aren, "Rule, Brittania" Jean-Phillipe Rameau, "Les Indes Galantes : Gavotte" FEATURED: Laura Marling and Jonathan Wilson, "Bonny Portmore" (iTunes) |
106 - "MR. CULPEPER"Traditional, "Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier"
107 - "JUNE"Traditional, "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
Traditional, "Come Let Us Drink About" 108 - "CHALLENGE"Traditional, "Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me"
Traditional, "To Ancreon, In Heaven" Handel, "Suite No. 4 in Em Pt. 1" Traditional, "Sir Issac's Maggot" FEATURED: Gary Lightbody and Johnny McDaid, "Jock O'Hazeldean" (iTunes) 109 - "AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR""Grace Hays"Delight / "Dunkeld House" / "Mrs. McGee's Reel" Medley
FEATURED: Agnes Obel, "Katie Cruel (TURN Version)" (iTunes) 110 - "THE BATTLE OF SETAUKET"Traditional, "White Cockade"
FEATURED: Matt Berninger and Andrew Bird, "Lyke Wake Dirge" (iTunes) |
SEASON TWO
201 - "THOUGHTS OF A FREE MAN"Carl Friedrich Abel, “String Quartet in A Major, Op. 8 No. 5-I. Un poco vivace” - plays in King George’s Antechamber
"White Cockade" - plays where Washington's Army is camped. J.S. Bach, “Sonata for Transverse Flute and Guitar, BWV 1033: II. Allegro - plays as Mary sets the table at Whitehall Francois Couperin, “Suite No. 6 in B-flat Major - IV. La bersan” - harpsichord music at Whitehall party "British Grenadiers" - Richard and Hewlett drunkenly sing 202 - "HARD BOILED""Captain Money's March" - British troops march to music in Philadelphia
"The Duke's March" - British troops march to music in Philadelphia "British Grenadiers" - British troops march to music in Philadelphia Franz Joseph Haydn, "String Quartet No. 6 in C Major, Op. 1, No. 6, Hob. III 6 III. Adagio” - string quartet plays at the Shippen Philadelphia Ball Franz Joseph Haydn, “ String Quartet in E, Hob. III_59, Op. 54, No. 3_ III. Minuetto 1” - John Andre leads the quartet in a a more lively tune at the Shippen Ball Giuseppe Sammartini, “Sinfonia per archi in G Major_ IV. Minuetto - String quartet plays another tune at the Shippen Ball. Luigi Boccherini, “String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 32, No. 5_III. Minuetto con moto” - John Andre recognizes a Boccherini Minuet and asks Peggy to dance again with him. FEATURED: Other Lives - “Take Us Alive” (iTunes) - plays over montage of Abe spying in New York City. 203 - "FALSE FLAG"FEATURED: Korey Dane - “Ye Banks And Braes Of Bonny Doon” - Featured closing song
204 - "MEN OF BLOOD""Three Drunken Horsemen" - played by a Fiddle player in Dejong Tavern
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205 - "SEALED FATE""War and Washington" - sang by soldiers at Washington's camp
"Rogue's March" - plays in camp background "Yankee Doodle Dandy" - Caleb sings as he heads back to camp "Minuet in G" - Hewlett takes over on piano and plays a song 206 - "HOUSES DIVIDED""Free America" - Prisoners taunt Abe with a patriotic song
"Jenny's Welcome to Charlie" - played at Dejong Tavern "Welsh Morris Dance" - played at Dejong Tavern 207 - "VALLEY FORGE""Bring Me Half a Hoe" (Field Version) - Background music in the distance in Washington's flashback to his time in Barbados.
208 - "PROVIDENCE""My Son John" - Caleb sings inside the Turtle
FEATURED: Fink, "Dowie Dens O Yarrow" - featured song as Rogers realizes he's been betrayed by the King. 209 - "THE PRODIGAL"FEATURED: Sylvan Esso, "Quarry Weave" - featured song as Cicero reads the bible on the outskirts of town.
210 - "GUNPOWDER, TREASON, AND PLOT""God Save The King" - Queens Rangers and Redcoats sing at each other at Dejong Tavern
"All For Me Grog" - Queens Rangers and Redcoats sing at each other at Dejong Tavern FEATURED: David Gray, Marco Beltrami & Brandon Roberts, "Set It Right" - featured song during the Battle on Monmouth "War and Washington" - soldiers singing and celebrating back at camp. "My Son John" - Caleb whistles as he secures the guard. |