“Regret Me” – is a title that readers will recognize immediately as one of the many emotionally-charged hits that characters Daisy Jones (Keough) and Billy Dunne (Claflin) co-wrote in the 1970s for Aurora and released via fictional label Ellemar Records. Viewers of the show will similarly recognize the Aurora album artwork as having been lifted directly from the limited series.
Now, in 2023, Aurora has been brought to life by the cast, with Keough in her role as Jones and Claflin, Waterhouse, Will Harrison, Josh Whitehouse and Sebastian Chacon rounding out The Six. The group became a band both on-screen and off – with some of the multi-hyphenates learning their character’s instrument for the very first time during production, and Keough and Claflin lending their vocals to each track.
Helmed by acclaimed GRAMMY®-winning songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Blake Mills (Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes, John Legend, Perfume Genius), Aurora and other music from throughout the show boasts co-writing credits that include some of today’s biggest names in music, such as: Marcus Mumford, Phoebe Bridgers and Jackson Browne, with additional production from renowned record producer Tony Berg(Phoebe Bridgers, Andrew Bird), alongside instrumentalists from Rilo Kiley, The Who, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Elton John, Jeff Beck, The Wallflowers, and more.
Mills – who also executive produced the music from the series – recorded the entirety of Aurora with Keough, Claflin, and the above collaborators at Sound City Studios. The iconic Van Nuys, CA space – now jointly run by Mills, Berg, and filmmaker-producer Jordan Tappis – also serves as the backdrop in both the book and limited series for the creation of the album.
On the process of bringing this soundtrack to life, Blake Mills shares:
Creating the library of music for Daisy Jones and The Six was an experience I’ll never forget. I am grateful that, among other things, it afforded me an opportunity to collaborate with so many of my peers, and also some of my heroes.
Of today’s announcement, Atlantic Records’ West Coast President Kevin Weaver shares:
We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Amazon Studios and Hello Sunshine on the music releases for Daisy Jones and The Six. The series takes the viewer on a musical journey that was ripe to be realized into brand new music representing the iconic songs first conceptualized by Taylor Jenkins Reid in her critically acclaimed novel. We can’t wait for the world to finally experience this music out loud for the first time.
Speaking on the impact of Aurora, Oscar-nominated series co-creator and executive producer Scott Neustadter adds:
In the early 1970s, a group of kids with stars in their eyes and talent to spare formed a band called Daisy Jones and The Six. They would go on to become one of music’s biggest success stories despite – or perhaps because of – their own interpersonal demons. Theirs was a love story: the love of a particular sound, the love of family, the love of your life, and the love you can’t have but also maybe can’t live without… Aurora represents the pinnacle of a short-lived recording career. It also serves as proof – for both the fictional band and the real one who dreamed this up together – that pouring your heart and soul into something you believe in can have a profound effect on the rest of your life.
DAISY JONES & THE SIX – AURORA TRACKLIST:
- Aurora
- Let Me Down Easy
- Kill You To Try
- Two Against Three
- Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)
- Regret Me
- You Were Gone
- More Fun To Miss
- Please
- The River
- No Words
ABOUT DAISY JONES & THE SIX – THE LIMITED SERIES:
Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six is a limited musical-drama series detailing the rise and precipitous fall of a renowned rock band. In 1977, Daisy Jones & The Six were on top of the world. Fronted by two charismatic lead singers—Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin)—the band had risen from obscurity to fame. And then, after a sold-out show at Chicago’s Soldier Field, they called it quits. Now, decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth. This is the story of how an iconic band imploded at the height of its powers.
The series stars Riley Keough as Daisy Jones, Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne, Camila Morrone as Camila Dunne, Will Harrison as Graham Dunne, Suki Waterhouse as Karen Sirko, Josh Whitehouse as Eddie Roundtree, Sebastian Chacon as Warren Rhodes, Nabiyah Be as Simone Jackson, and Tom Wright as Teddy Price, with a special guest appearance by Timothy Olyphant as Rod Reyes.
From Amazon Studios and Hello Sunshine, Daisy Jones & The Six is executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine and Brad Mendelsohn for Circle of Confusion. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber created the series based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, who also produces. Scott Neustadter is executive producing and co-showrunning with Will Graham, who also serves as an executive producer. James Ponsoldt directed the first five episodes and serves as an executive producer, Nzingha Stewart directed four of the remaining episodes, and Graham directed one.
Daisy Jones & The Six premieres March 3, with new episodes released every Friday through March 24, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. For more information, visit the Amazon Studios Press Site.
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