'Normal Heart' Composer Talks Writing Music for FOX's SCREAM QUEENS

In a new interview in Variety, composer Mac Quayle, who penned the score for Ryan Murphy's HBO movie THE NORMAL HEART, talks about his latest project, composing for Murphy's newest anthology series, SCREAM QUEENS.

Quayle had replaced James Levine to compose music for FX's latest installment of "American Horror Story: Freak Show." "They wanted to go in a new direction for 'Freak Show,'?" says Quayle of the show. "I sent some music in, and was hired the next day."

Speaking on the new FOX series SCREAM QUEENS, set to debut on Tuesdays this fall, Quayle shares, "We're working on the early episodes now. We start with an idea, play with the edits, then readjust the score. While it's the same process as 'American Horror Story,' the content itself is very unlike that show. It's outrageous, funny and scary. I'm anxious to see viewers' reactions."

Get a first listen to the show's score in the promo below:

About the series:

Award-winning executive producers Ryan Murphy (GLEE, "American Horror Story"), Brad Falchuk (GLEE, "American Horror Story") and Ian Brennan (GLEE) meld comedy, mystery and horror in SCREAM QUEENS. All hell is about to break loose for the Kappa House sisters of Wallace University when a murder takes place, exactly 20 years after a mysterious death originally rocked their college campus.

The super-charged anthology series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast, including Emma Roberts ("American Horror Story: Freak Show," "Scream 4"), Jamie Lee Curtis ("Halloween," "A Fish Called Wanda," "True Lies"), Lea Michele (SPRING AWAKENING, GLEE), Oliver Hudson ("Nashville," "Rules of Engagement"), Keke Palmer ("Akeela and the Bee," "Masters of Sex") and guest stars Ariana Grande and Nick Jonas ("Kingdom"), among others. With at least one casualty each week until the mystery is solved, anyone could be the next victim - or the murderer.

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