Dave Porter's Soundtrack for Apple TV’s Highly Anticipated Drama PLURIBUS

Milan Records today releases the first of new music from Apple TV’s highly anticipated drama PLURIBUS, the new science fiction series from Breaking Bad creator and Better Call Saul co-creator Vince Gilligan. Available everywhere now is the series’ main title theme by acclaimed composer DAVE PORTER as well as an original cover by Turkish singer MURAT EVGIN of “Nobody Told Me” written by John Lennon. The project reunites creator Vince Gilligan with composer Dave Porter and music supervisor Thomas Golubic following their creative collaborations on both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. For the project, Thomas Golubic was tasked with sourcing a series of cross-cultural covers and songs performed by artists from across the globe, with each song serving as distinct episodic end credit themes. Today’s release will be followed by a series of individual single releases for the featured songs as well as two albums of score music by Dave Porter. Starring Rhea Seehorn, who earned two Emmy nominations for her acclaimed performance in Better Call Saul, Pluribus makes its global debut on Apple TV today, with its first two episodes available now.

Of the series’ music, VINCE GILLIGAN says, “Having collaborated with them now for nearly two decades, Dave Porter and Thomas Golubic continue to surprise and delight me. Their artistry increases each year, as does their enthusiasm. I can’t imagine doing a show without them.

When we started talking about Pluribus, we knew it would have a global scope. But how could we express that musically? Apple TV, God bless them, encouraged us to take bigger swings than we’d ever taken before. For the first time, Dave was able to have his compositions performed by a symphony orchestra and full choir. And Thomas was able to commission the creation of songs by artists all over the world. What a step up that is from only being able to license existing recordings!

Apple and Sony’s generosity has been put to magnificent use. I couldn’t be more impressed by Dave’s and Thomas’ efforts this season. It may be their best work yet, and I’m excited for you to hear it.”

Of the score, composer DAVE PORTER says, “I’ve been so fortunate to collaborate with Vince Gilligan on all of his incredible projects, but Pluribus is special in that it is the first time since the pilot of Breaking Bad that we’ve had the opportunity to create an entirely new world to explore. For me, this was an exciting chance to take all that we have learned working together down to the studs and create an entirely new musical landscape that is uniquely Pluribus.”

Meanwhile, speaking of the series’ featured songs, music supervisor THOMAS GOLUBIC says, “Creating international covers of recognizable pop songs was our idea for the closing of each episode of Pluribus. Once we explored the concepts in the series and saw a parallel to themes of revolution and enlightenment in the counter-culture anthems from the late 1960s and 1970s, music coordinator Olivia Schlichting and I reached out to some of our favorite non-English language artists and paired them with songs that resonated creatively. We are delighted with these very unique and inspired interpretations and are excited for our audience to discover them with each episode."