| Big Love: Hymnal | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by David Byrne | ||||
| Released | August 19, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Studio | Kampo Studios, New York City, New York, United States | |||
| Genre | Hymn, soundtrack | |||
| Length | 40:20 | |||
| Language | Instrumental, English (on "Blue Hawaii") | |||
| Label | Todo Mundo/HBO/Play Tone | |||
| Producer | David Byrne | |||
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Big Love: Hymnal – Music Written for the HBO Series Plus Other Recent Compositions is a soundtrack album by David Byrne including music composed for the HBO television drama Big Love released on August 19, 2008. Byrne has written on his journal that it is not "a pop record by any stretch,"[1] but a soundtrack featuring lush instrumentation, including horns and strings, with minimal percussion. It is the first release by Byrne's independent record label Todo Mundo, although Everything That Happens Will Happen Today was released in digital format one day prior to Big Love: Hymnal.