Nathan Barr is the musical genius behind the original score of True Blood. On his recently re-vamped website he tells his about his work on True Blood in a video interview. Watch the interview here.
Executive Producer and show creator, Alan Ball, is extremely impressed with Barr’s score for the show. Ball recently expressed that “Nate’s score for True Blood continually impresses and surprise me, and one of the favorite parts of my job is driving out to his studio to hear his score cues, as I know I’m always in for a treat. His music, with its distinct and completely acoustic flavor, perfectly captures the mix of suspense, terror, romance, and regional authenticity that the show calls for. I know I can always count on him to take scenes which need that extra little bit of help and make them work better than I thought possible.”
The eagerly-awaited score soundtrack to True Blood’s first season will be released by Varese Sarabande Records and will officially hit music stores nation-wide this August.
I received a promo CD of the Nathan’s score. The soundtrack features an instrumental mix of 20 score tracks from the show including his song with Lisbeth Scott, “Take me Home” and “Sancto Erico“. I was particularly pleased with the very last track of the CD, the Bill and Sookie Love Theme performed on the piano. Did I mention that Nathan plays all the instruments him self?
We will be able to see Nathan Barr in episode 6 of the new season of True Blood, where he will do a cameo as the pianist in the 1920′s piano bar in a flashback. A vampire pianist, so Nathan received the full treatment of vampire make-up.
In the photo gallery on Nathan’s website I discovered a photo of Stephen Moyer working in Nathan’s studio. That sustains the rumor that Stephen will be singing the song Hard-Hearted Hannah in episode 6.
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Photo credit: http://www.nathanbarr.com and HBO
OMG, this is so awesome that we will get to see Nathan Barr on an episode. I am so excited about that. Wow, I’m also excited about Stephen Moyer singing and playing the piano in this episode. In that photo it looks like Stephen is reading the music. Wow, does he play for real? This is so cool! I’m excited. Yea!
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Shadaliza Reply:
June 19th, 2009 at 18:52
Rumors, dahlin’, just rumors. We don’t know anything for sure.
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Dorothea (LISMlvr) Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:56
You know he must play, lynn. There’s nothing he doesn’t do. It’s part of his successful plan to make us love him more with every revelation about his many talents.
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Just went onto Nathan Barrs website. There are two photographs of Stephen although they list him as Steven Moser!!!!!
In one of the other photos they show a guy with a long beard. I’m thinking that is Billy from ZZ Top.
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Ana Reply:
June 19th, 2009 at 21:18
Steven Moser? LOL
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Shadaliza Reply:
June 19th, 2009 at 22:02
Yes, I saw all the photos, but didn’t want to post them here. There had to be something left to discover, right?
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Ana Reply:
June 19th, 2009 at 22:10
Ahhh, put the other one here too, Shad, Steve is so cute in it! And it took some minutes to find it :3
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Shadaliza Reply:
June 19th, 2009 at 22:20
ok, I added the pic. :)
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Wow, seriously? Stephen will sing?
*faints*
Nathan Barr is awesome, can’t wait to buy his CD :)
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Shadaliza Reply:
June 19th, 2009 at 22:04
There are rumors that Stephen will sing, but nothing has been confirmed.
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I will wait expectantly for Bill’s singing debut on TB. Even if it’s just a rumor, it’s lovely to contemplate. Great article on Nathan. Thanks for posting, Shad. I’m looking forward to seeing him on screen.
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