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THE VAMPIRE LESTAT\u00a0DROPS FIRST OFFICIAL ROCK SINGLE \u201cLONG FACE\u201d<\/p>\n
PERFORMED BY THE WORLD\u2019S FIRST IMMORTAL ROCK STAR\u00a0<\/p>\n
AMC NETWORKS AND LAKESHORE RECORDS RELEASE SINGLE ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS\u00a0<\/p>\n
Original Music and Lyrics by Series Composer Daniel Hart\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Vampire Lestat\u00a0Returns this Summer on AMC and AMC+\u00a0<\/p>\n
LISTEN NOW<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \u2013 February 13, 2026:\u00a0The first official rock single, \u201cLong Face,\u201d performed by the world\u2019s first immortal rockstar, Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid), dropped today ahead of the premiere of\u00a0The Vampire Lestat. AMC Networks and Lakeshore Records have released the single on the newly launched Vampire Lestat artist profile pages at major digital music services, including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music, with additional songs to be released in the coming months. The song\u2019s original music and lyrics, by series\u2019 composer\u00a0Daniel Hart\u00a0and performed by Reid, will be featured in\u00a0The Vampire Lestat\u00a0premiering this summer on AMC and AMC+.<\/p>\n In the new rock and roll centric season, the Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by \u201cmuses\u201d from his wild and rebellious past. As his band\u2019s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat\u2019s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat\u2019s power in the face of the Great Conversion,\u00a0an\u00a0unnatural surge in the vampire population.\u00a0In addition\u00a0to\u00a0Reid,\u00a0The Vampire Lestat\u00a0stars\u00a0Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian,\u00a0Delainey Hayles\u00a0and\u00a0Jennifer Ehle\u00a0and is\u00a0executive produced by award-winning producer\u00a0Mark Johnson, creator, writer and showrunner\u00a0Rolin Jones, Hannah Moscovitch, along with\u00a0Christopher Rice\u00a0and the late\u00a0Anne Rice.<\/p>\n Said Daniel Hart: \u201cLong Face is the first song I wrote for\u00a0The Vampire Lestat.\u00a0We decided early on to make David Bowie a big influence for Lestat\u2019s musical style and persona, and there\u2019s certainly some Ziggy Stardust in this song. But we chose Bowie not only for his glam era, but because he was a chameleon. Expect Lestat to change his musical colors throughout the season as well, as he discovers how to remain true to himself, and how to express that truth on stage every night.\u201d<\/p>\n Said the Vampire Lestat: \u201cLong Face is the first song Daniel Hart \u2018produced\u2019 for my album.\u00a0\u00a0He decided early on to steal where he could from Bowie because he hasn\u2019t had an original idea for five years now (is that his Green Knight score fading in the rear view?) As for Long Face, the bass should have walked down with the guitar at the end instead of pedaling on E. Predictable. Like everything Daniel Hart touches.\u201d<\/p>\n Download Image\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT DANIEL HART<\/p>\n Daniel\u00a0Hart\u00a0is a composer and performer based in Los Angeles.\u00a0Hart\u00a0made his feature film debut in 2013 with the critically acclaimed\u00a0Ain\u2019t Them Bodies Saints, which began his collaboration with filmmaker David Lowery.\u00a0Hart\u00a0has composed the music for all of Lowery\u2019s films, including\u00a0The Green Knight,\u00a0Pete\u2019s Dragon,\u00a0A Ghost Story,\u00a0Old Man and The Gun,\u00a0and the upcoming\u00a0Mother Mary. Over the past decade, he has also scored multiple TV shows, from Fox\u2019s\u00a0The Exorcist, to\u00a0SMILF, to\u00a0SUNNY.\u00a0He\u00a0has written music for\u00a0This American Life, and composed the score for\u00a0S Town, one of the most popular podcasts of all time.<\/p>\n Hart and showrunner Rolin Jones have been collaborating on\u00a0Interview with the Vampire\u00a0since 2021.\u00a0The Vampire Lestat\u00a0puts Hart\u2019s music front and center: he and Jones worked side by side in the writer\u2019s room this year, with Hart co-writing one of the episodes, and writing over twenty songs for the Vampire Lestat to sing.\u00a0Hart\u2019s musical career started on the road, as a hired gun for bands such as St. Vincent, Broken Social Scene, Other Lives, and The Polyphonic Spree. He has also fronted his own band, Dark Rooms, since 2013. The new season\u00a0brings Daniel Hart back to those rock\u2019n\u2019roll roots, both as a songwriter, and as the Musical Director for the onscreen band which Lestat fronts.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ABOUT AMC NETWORKS<\/p>\n AMC Networks (Nasdaq: AMCX) is home to many of the greatest stories and characters in TV and film and is the premier destination for passionate and engaged fan communities around the world. The Company creates and curates celebrated series and films across distinct brands and makes them available to audiences everywhere. Its portfolio includes targeted streaming services AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK, HIDIVE and ALL REALITY; cable networks AMC, BBC AMERICA (which includes U.S. distribution and sales responsibilities for BBC News), IFC, SundanceTV and We TV; and film distribution labels Independent Film Company and RLJE Films. The Company also operates AMC Studios, its in-house studio, production and distribution operation behind acclaimed and fan-favorite original franchises including The Walking Dead Universe and the Anne Rice Immortal Universe; and AMC Networks International, its international programming business.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ABOUT LAKESHORE RECORDS<\/p>\n Lakeshore Records is a GRAMMY-winning record label, and the soundtrack arm of the Cutting Edge Group.\u00a0\u00a0Lakeshore Records is the global independent leader in top line soundtrack album releases, including such popular, critically acclaimed and classic soundtracks as Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Wednesday, Fallout, John Wick, Whiplash, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Drive, Cyberpunk 2077 \/ Edgerunners, Star Trek: Picard, Bojack Horseman, The Walking Dead, Napoleon Dynamite, Red Dead Redemption 2, the Grammy-winning Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, the Academy Award nominated Lady Bird and Academy Award winners Moonlight, Little Miss Sunshine, American Factory, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Hurt Locker and many, many more.<\/p>\n For more information, contact:\u00a0www.lakeshorerecords.com<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Read Lakeshore\u2019s blog\u00a0Soundtracks, Scores And More\u00a0here:\u00a0https:\/\/soundtracksscoresandmore.com<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n PR Contacts:<\/p>\n AMC Networks<\/p>\n Kathryn Brenner,\u00a0Kathryn.Brenner@amcnetworks.com<\/a><\/p>\n Caitlin Faford,\u00a0Caitlin.Faford@amcnetworks.com<\/a><\/p>\n Marissa Deems,\u00a0Marissa.Deems@amcnetworks.com<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Lakeshore Records<\/p>\n