How HBO Max’s ‘It’s A Sin’ Music Supervisor Crafted the Perfect Needle Drop
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHBO Max’s “It’s a Sin” offers American audiences a glimpse into the AIDS crisis as seen through British eyes.Russell T Davies’ four-part series, which follows the residents of the Pink Palace in the early 1980s, is anchored in love, fear, grief and shame, and the soundtrack of the stories are iconic needle drops from the era. Among them: Culture Club’s “Karma Chameleon,” Wham’s “ Freedom,” Erasure’s “ Oh L’Amour,” Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” and the Pet Shop Boys’ “It’s a Sin.”The initial idea was for the show to rely on score rather than commercial music.