US EditionFinneas to Score ‘Beef’ Season 2 as It Returns With New Cast: ‘True Fan of This Show’
Finneas O’Connell, an award-winning composer, spent a year scoring Netflix’s Beef season 2, which premieres April 16 with eight episodes.
- On Thursday, Netflix and A24 announced Finneas O'Connell will compose the score for season 2 of Beef, which launches April 16, 2026 with eight episodes.
- A two-time Academy Award and 11-time Grammy Award winner, O'Connell has built his credentials through collaborations with Billie Eilish and expanding into film and TV composition work.
- O'Connell said he wrote all original music and 'spent the last 12 months in 'Beef' land.' He added, 'I probably watched every scene 100 times while I scored the show and I felt it every time.'
- Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac lead the new cast, which includes Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny as newly-engaged country-club staffers entangled in their manager's unraveling marriage.
- Beyond pop hits, O'Connell has moved into scoring, highlighting his crossover from songwriting to sustained TV composition after work on Pixar's Turning Red and the Barbie ballad 'What Was I Made For?'; the series returns three years after Season 1.
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FINNEAS scoring season 2 of 'Beef'
Charles Melton as Austin Davis, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Oscar Isaac as Josh Martin and Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller in ‘Beef’ season 2. (Netflix) FINNEAS is scoring the upcoming second season of the Netflix anthology series Beef. The show, created by showrunner Lee Sung Jin, will return with a new storyline and cast on April 16. “Very grateful to Sonny for involving me, very grateful for the incredible performances from the ent…
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VarietyFinneas O’Connell to Score ‘Beef’ Season 2
Finneas O'Connell is scoring the second season of Netflix anthology series 'Beef.'
Finneas to Score 'Beef' Season 2 for A24 and Netflix
“Beef” Season 2 is beefing up its star power with Finneas O’Connell set to score the upcoming batch of episodes. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning musician will provide the music for the second helping of Netflix and A24’s anthology series once it returns next month, three years after Season 1 aired. “Spent the last 12 months in ‘Beef’ land. All eight episodes out April 16, All Original music by me,” O’Connell said in a Thursday statement. “Very gra…
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