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Heavy Young Heathens

Heavy Young Heathens

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Heavy Young Heathens are American film, film trailer, and television composers, consisting of brothers Aron and Robert Mardo. They are known for their work composing and performing music for television series including Big Sky, Eastbound & Down, The Simpsons, The Righteous Gemstones, and Dead to Me. They have also composed music for films such as Halloween, Don Verdean, Rules Don't Apply, Yoga Hosers, and Masterminds. Heavy Young Heathens co-composed and perform "Being Evil Has a Price",[1] the main theme to the popular Netflix series Lucifer.[2] Most recently, Heavy Young Heathens composed and perform the original song "Psalm 28.7" for the first episode of The Righteous Gemstones second season. In the scene, Eric Andre and Jessica Lowe are seen performing the song in front of their Texas Megachurch congregation as Lyle and Lindy Lissons. [3]

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History

Heavy Young Heathens released their self-titled debut on September 1, 2009.[4] It hit the FMQB Top 5 on the album chart, and the single "Sha La La La La" charted at No. 16 on FMQB.

Their second EP, Make Room For The Youth, was released April 2010, debuting Top 5 on the FMQB Specialty Radio Charts and Top 20 on the Mediaguide Radio Charts.[5]

In February 2022, the duo sued U.S. skating pair Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier and the network NBC for the alleged "unauthorized use" of their recording to the song "House of the Rising Sun" that they composed and was used for the trailer to the film The Magnificent Seven.[6]

Discography

  • Heavy Young Heathens (2009)
  • Make Room for the Youth (2010)
  • Don Verdean Original Soundtrack (2015)
  • Cold Dark City (2016)
  • The Righteous (2022)

Film

Film Trailers

Television

Theme songs

Commercials

Video games

The song "Sha La La La La" is featured in the 2011 video game Saints Row: The Third, in music station 89.0 Generation X's track list.

References

  1. [1]
    Heavy Young Heathens. "Being Evil Has a Price". Amazon.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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    Schmidt, Joseph. "Warner Bros. Facing Lawsuit Over Lucifer Theme Song". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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    Rebecca Alter (11 January 2022). "Eric André Thinks Horses Are Demons From Hell". Vulture.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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    "Heavy Young Heathens self titled debut Sept 1 - Indiependent Music - Elbows Music Blog Aggregator". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
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    "Heavy Young Heathens - New Music And Songs - MTV". MTV.
  6. [6]
    "Music Duo Heavy Young Heathens Sues US Olympic Skaters for Unauthorized Use of Song "House of the Rising Sun"". American Songwriter. 19 February 2022.
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    "Flying High - Video - MTV". MTV.
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    "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News.
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