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Every song on the ‘Trying’ season five soundtrack
Orla Gartland follows the likes of Guy Garvey and Maisie Peters in overseeing the music for the new season of the Apple TV comedy
Trying has returned for its fifth season on Apple TV, but what songs appear on the soundtrack? Find out below.
Created by Andy Wolton, the British comedy series follows Nikki and Jason, a couple who initially decide to adopt after struggling to have a child.
The show stars Esther Smith as Nikki and Rafe Spall as Jason, alongside a cast also including Siân Brooke, Darren Boyd, Phil Davis, Scarlett Rayner and Cooper Turner.
Season five picks up after Rayner’s Princess and Turner’s Tyler are surprised to see their biological mother Kat, played by Charlotte Riley, arrive at Nikki and Jason’s door, threatening to disrupt their settled family life.
The new season premiered on Apple TV on July 8, with new episodes set to arrive weekly until the finale on August 26.
Check out the trailer below.
Every song on the Trying season five soundtrack
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Trying season five features original music by Orla Gartland, who has written eight new songs for the soundtrack.
The Dublin-born, London-based artist follows Guy Garvey, Maisie Peters, Bear’s Den and BEKA, who wrote and performed the soundtracks for the show’s first four seasons.
Gartland’s soundtrack includes collaborations with Matt Maltese, Liang Lawrence and Martin Luke Brown. The songs were written for the closing scenes of each episode, with one original track set to appear in every instalment of the new season.
Speaking about the project, Gartland said the songs began as pieces about the characters’ stories, before becoming more personal and drawing on her own experiences of “love, growth, family”.
The full list of songs on the Trying season five soundtrack is:
Orla Gartland – ‘Vertigo’
Orla Gartland – ‘So Perfect (feat. Matt Maltese)’
Orla Gartland – ‘Weird Time’
Orla Gartland & Liang Lawrence – ‘Favourite Idiot’
Orla Gartland – ‘The Power’
Orla Gartland & Martin Luke Brown – ‘The Way It Was’
Orla Gartland – ‘Is Love Enough?’
Orla Gartland – ‘At The End Of The Day’
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Trying has returned for its fifth season on Apple TV, but what songs appear on the soundtrack? Find out below.
Created by Andy Wolton, the British comedy series follows Nikki and Jason, a couple who initially decide to adopt after struggling to have a child.
The show stars Esther Smith as Nikki and Rafe Spall as Jason, alongside a cast also including Siân Brooke, Darren Boyd, Phil Davis, Scarlett Rayner and Cooper Turner.
Season five picks up after Rayner’s Princess and Turner’s Tyler are surprised to see their biological mother Kat, played by Charlotte Riley, arrive at Nikki and Jason’s door, threatening to disrupt their settled family life.
The new season premiered on Apple TV on July 8, with new episodes set to arrive weekly until the finale on August 26.
Check out the trailer below.
Every song on the Trying season five soundtrack
Recommended
Trying season five features original music by Orla Gartland, who has written eight new songs for the soundtrack.
The Dublin-born, London-based artist follows Guy Garvey, Maisie Peters, Bear’s Den and BEKA, who wrote and performed the soundtracks for the show’s first four seasons.
Gartland’s soundtrack includes collaborations with Matt Maltese, Liang Lawrence and Martin Luke Brown. The songs were written for the closing scenes of each episode, with one original track set to appear in every instalment of the new season.
Speaking about the project, Gartland said the songs began as pieces about the characters’ stories, before becoming more personal and drawing on her own experiences of “love, growth, family”.
The full list of songs on the Trying season five soundtrack is:
Orla Gartland – ‘Vertigo’
Orla Gartland – ‘So Perfect (feat. Matt Maltese)’
Orla Gartland – ‘Weird Time’
Orla Gartland & Liang Lawrence – ‘Favourite Idiot’
Orla Gartland – ‘The Power’
Orla Gartland & Martin Luke Brown – ‘The Way It Was’
Orla Gartland – ‘Is Love Enough?’
Orla Gartland – ‘At The End Of The Day’
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