Jon Burlingame FX’s acclaimed miniseries “Shōgun,” now nearing its halfway point, sports a score quite unlike Maurice Jarre’s music for the 1980 original adaptation.
While utilizing authentic Japanese instruments, the music takes a very modern approach that applies today’s technology and advanced sonic manipulation in ways that were impossible four decades ago.
Oscar-winner Atticus Ross (“The Social Network,” “Soul”), his brother Leopold Ross (“The Book of Eli”) and their collaborator Nick Chuba (“Dr.
Death”) worked for more than two years on the 10-episode miniseries, about a shipwrecked Englishman trying to survive in the feudal-warfare era of 17th-century Japan.
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