Lakeshore Records release Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka's score for The Slap TV series. Meet Hector, a public servant, husband, father and valued friend on the cusp of his 40th birthday. Meet Aisha, Hector's beautiful and intelligent wife who is planning his party filled with friends and his very boisterous Greek family. Sounds like the makings of a great day, right? Wrong. As Hector tries to navigate family politics, awkward friendships and the young woman he is dangerously captivated by, the built-up tension explodes when Hector's hotheaded cousin slaps another couple's misbehaving child. Everyone is understandably stunned, and the party abruptly ends with the child's parents vowing legal action. What the hosts and guests don't know, however, is that this moment will ignite a chain of events that will uncover long-buried secrets within this group of friends and family... and vigorously challenge the core values of everyone involved...

Jon Ehrlich and Jason Derlatka's score for The Slap is more a collection of music cues than it is a score. Most of the tracks see the piano taking centre stage and quite a few have a mellow jazz base. That's no bad thing, but it does mean that the tracks, and therefore themes, are all rather short. In fact, of this album's 30 tracks (39 min, 43 sec), most are around a minute in length.

While I have to admit that it's not a score I'd listen to all that often, for those that loved the series this will act as a musical souvenir, whilst those that want some piano based background music to listen to will also find plenty to enjoy here.

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Darren Rea