Harry Styles’ ‘Sign of the Times’ Gets String Arrangement for ‘Bridgerton’ — How the Cover Came to Be

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Lily Moayeri Harry Styles just announced that he has an album coming in May, but superfans might not have to wait as long to hear a new version of “Sign of the Times.” A string arrangement of Styles’ first single, originally released in 2017, appears in the frothy period drama “Bridgerton,” which premieres its second season on Netflix this Friday (March 25).

The tune starts and stops a few times during a pivotal scene.“The recording has a couple short pauses before blasting into this gorgeous big swell of strings at the end,” reveals Justin Kamps, music supervisor for “Bridgerton.” “Sometimes having stops and starts in the song helps our editors really land these dramatic reveals.

When fans see the episode, they’ll realize why it was used in that way. All the swells and swirling strings are very deliberate and build to this perfect moment.” The moment was a big coup for boutique publishing company and record label, Angry Mob Music, whose co-founder/executive producer/senior director of creative, Sean Harrison, along with Debra Delshad, senior director of licensing and synchronization, and composer and performer Steve Horner, worked closely together to create the perfect sync for “Bridgerton.”The Angry Mob team were already in the process of creating a selection of instrumental covers when the first season of “Bridgerton” premiered — performed by Los Angeles’ Vitamin String Quartet, those covers shot past a billion streams within weeks.