Hollywood Records has released the original song The Manster (Dr. Hunkenstein’s Theme) from the new Hulu/Star Original limited series “Welcome to Chippendales.” The series is streaming now on Hulu in the US and on Disney+ in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. All episodes will arrive on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland on January 11, 2023.
The track was written by the show’s composer Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Only Murders in the Building), Mike Viola & Dan Bern (and lyrics by series creator/executive producer Robert Siegel, Khosla, Viola & Bern) and performed by members of the show’s cast.
The song is available on several digital platforms including Amazon and Spotify. You can also listen to the track below:
A sprawling true-crime saga, “Welcome to Chippendales” tells the outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire – and let nothing stand in his way in the process.
“Welcome to Chippendales’” star-studded cast includes Kumail Nanjiani (“The Big Sick”), Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”), Juliette Lewis (“Yellowjackets”) and Annaleigh Ashford (“American Crime Story”), with recurring guest stars Quentin Plair (“The Good Lord Bird”), Robin de Jesús (“tick, tick… BOOM!”) Andrew Rannells (“Girls5eva”) and Spencer Boldman (“Cruise”), along with guest stars Nicola Peltz Beckham (“Holidate”) and Dan Stevens (“Gaslit”).
Robert Siegel and Nanjiani executive produce alongside Dylan Sellers, Jenni Konner, Matt Shakman, Emily V. Gordon, Nora Silver and Rajiv Joseph, who will write on the series along with Mehar Sethi. Siegel and Konner serve as co-showrunners and Shakman will direct. Jacqui Rivera is co-executive producer and Annie Wyman is co-producer.
You can watch the trailer for the series below and read our review here:
Source: Film Music Reporter