Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches
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Milan Records releases Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (Original Television Series Soundtrack) by composer Will Bates.

Milan Records releases Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (Original Television Series Soundtrack) by composer Will Bates.

Available everywhere, the album features music written by Bates for AMC Networks’ newest series based on Anne Rice’s best-selling trilogy Lives of the Mayfair Witches.

Originally introduced by album lead single and the series main theme “The Witching Hour,” Bates’ soundscape is punctuated throughout by the ethereal vocal stylings of Los Angeles-based vocalist, producer and artist Maiah Manser, who contributes everything from choral-style vocals to guttural wailing and even singing in reversed Gaelic.

Layered atop Bates’ darkly ominous instrumentation and horror-inducing synthwork, the resulting soundtrack reflects the series’ gothic New Orleans setting while maintaining the complexity of Rice’s story and characters.

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches premieres new episodes on Sundays at 9:00pm ET/PT on AMC with new episodes streaming early on Thursdays on AMC+.

Of the soundtrack, composer Will Bates says, “The gothic horror of New Orleans and the complexity of Anne Rice’s characters really allowed me to experiment with instrumentation and themes.
I love to make use of the enormous power of melody when working on a show, planting the seed of a theme in 17th century Scotland and allowing it to grow into a new context in contemporary New Orleans.
And I feel so fortunate to feature the vocals of Maiah Manser, she’s truly masterful and I think her voice really became the sound of Rowan’s internal subconscious.
I asked her to sing in reversed Gaelic quite a bit. And after recording some guttural wailing for a certain 17th century Scottish funeral, I gather her studio cat no longer looks her in the eye. '

About Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches:

Based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy, Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the 8-episode series focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon, Rowan (Alexandra Daddario), who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches.
As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
Showrunner Esta Spalding (Masters of Sex, On Becoming a God in Central Florida) and Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex, The Pacific, John Adams) are executive producers and writers.
This second series in the expanding Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Mayfair Witches stars Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus), Jack Huston (Fargo, Manhunt), Tongayi Chirisa (Another Life, The Jim Gaffigan Show) and Harry Hamlin (Mad Men, L.A. Law).

About Will Bates:

Will Bates is an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and founder of Fall On Your Sword.

Bates recently scored Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, starring Alexandra Daddario, which premieres January 8th on AMC+.

Bates has composed original scores for a myriad of filmmakers including acclaimed directors Mike Cahill (Another Earth; I Origins; Bliss), Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks; Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; Zero Days; The Forever Prisoner), Ry Russo-Young (You Won’t Miss Me; Nobody Walks) and Fisher Stevens (Mission Blue; Bright Lights).

Bates’ film and television credits include Dean Craig’s comedy film The Estate, starring Toni Collette, Anna Faris and David Duchovny; Netflix’s mini-series Devil in Ohio, starring Emily Deschanel and Stacey Farber; Starz’s Sweetbitter, starring Ella Purnell; the Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated Netflix mini-series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette; and drama/sci-fi series Away, starring Hilary Swank; SyFy’s hit series The Magicians, starring Stella Maeve; and the George R.R. Martin produced series Nightflyers, starring Eoin Macken; Hulu’s series The Path, starring Aaron Paul; Chance, starring Hugh Laurie; The Looming Tower, starring Jeff Daniels; and the biographical documentary, Hillary; NBC’s Rise, starring Josh Radnor; Michael Tyburski’s drama film The Sound of Silence, which received the grand jury prize nomination at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and stars Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones; Michael Mohan’s thriller The Voyeurs, starring Sydney Sweeney; and more.

As a solo artist and multi-instrumentalist, Bates has recorded and toured around the globe under the name of his own post-punk band The Rinse and has collaborated with Electric Six front-man Dick Valentine as The Evil Cowards. As a saxophonist, Bates has collaborated with legendary artists ranging from 60's icon Lulu to techno legend Marshall Jefferson. As a producer and composer, he has worked with a similarly diverse bunch including Mike Rutherford, Roy Ayers, Pussy Riot and Morcheeba's Skye Edwards.

In 2007, Bates created the first of a series of videos under the name Fall On Your Sword. His videos quickly went viral on YouTube, racking up hits in the millions and an explosive FOYS live act soon followed. In 2009, Fall On Your Sword evolved into a music production company.

Bates currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Milan Records.presents the soundtrack for the AMC series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. The album contains the music from the first season composed by Will Bates,

Milan Records.presents the soundtrack for the AMC series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. The album contains the music from the first season composed by Will Bates,

Will Bates is a British composer, producer and musician.
He's a graduate in Music Composition and Jazz Saxophone from the University of Westminster and the Royal Academy of Music, London, England, UK. In 2009, he founded 'Fall On Your Sword', an award winning music production, scoring, and audio post company with studios in Brooklyn, New York.
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The soundtrack is available digitally since February 3, 2023.

The series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches is developed by Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford based on Rice’s best-selling novel trilogy with Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston and Harry Hamlin.

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