Sharon Horgan is back with Youth, a new comedy series on HBO Max, but what songs are included? Find out below.
Created and written by Horgan, the eight-part series sees her star as Alex, a recently divorced 50-year-old literary agent who is attempting to throw herself back into dating while simultaneously looking after her ageing parents and dealing with her son Ruari’s uncertain first steps into adulthood.
Aran Murphy, the son of Cillian Murphy, plays Ruari, while Rupert Friend stars as Alex’s on-off love interest Patrick. Sharlene Whyte, Robbie Gee and Tim McInnerny are also among the cast.
The series examines Horgan’s idea of your fifties being the “youth of old age”, with Alex finding the freedom she expected to gain as her son leaves for university complicated by family responsibilities, work and her renewed search for sex and romance.
The first two episodes, ‘Lockjaw’ and ‘Wagon Burner’, are available now, with the remaining instalments set to arrive weekly.
Watch the official trailer below.
New episodes of Youth will continue to arrive weekly on HBO Max until it concludes on November 1.
What songs are on the ‘Youth’ soundtrack?
The series features an original score by composer Jeff Cardoni, whose previous television work includes Silicon Valley, Young Sheldon and The Kominsky Method.
Music is already playing a significant part in the show. The closing moments of the premiere use Radiohead’s ‘Everything In Its Right Place’, and Horgan told TheWrap that she had chosen the track long before she knew whether the production would be able to licence it.
“I’d written that it was going to be Radiohead, whether we got [the song] or not,” she said. “I’d written that into the script a year and a half ago.”
Other songs to feature in the show so far include tracks by Geese and LCD Soundsystem.
Episode One – ‘Lockjaw’
‘Jerkin’’ – Amyl And The Sniffers
‘DUOS’ – JGRANTBEATS
‘Au Pays Du Cocaine’ – Geese
‘Whow The Funk’ – Tico Pierhagen
‘Strict Machine’ – Goldfrapp
‘One Is The Magic #’ – Jill Scott
‘Everything In Its Right Place’ – Radiohead
Episode Two – ‘Wagon Burner’
‘L’estro armonico. Concerto No. 4 for 4 Violins in E Minor, Op. 3, RV 550: IV. Allegro’ – Antonio Vivaldi
‘Time To Get Away’ – LCD Soundsystem
‘I Want You To Love Me’ – Fiona Apple
‘Pontypridd’ – Edward H. Dafis
‘Sports’ – Viagra Boys
‘Ocean’ – The Velvet Underground
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