‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Getting an Official Soundtrack — and It’s Coming Sooner Than You Think

Heated Rivalry, the wildly popular queer hockey drama starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, has taken the world by storm since its premiere in November. The Jacob Tierney-helmed Crave original (which airs on HBO Max in the States) has garnered hundreds of thousands of fans who have fallen in love with the show’s synchs and score, and they’ll soon be able to stream its official soundtrack, Billboard can exclusively confirm.

The Heated Rivalry original series soundtrack, crafted by show composer Peter Peter, will arrive on all platforms via Milan Records on Friday (Jan. 16). Fans can stream the set’s first two singles — the high-octane “Rivalry” and the tender “It’s You” — everywhere right now. Billboard can also confirm that a vinyl edition is in the works.

“From the first day I started writing the show, I knew music would be as integral to the series as the actors themselves, and Peter’s work was what I had on repeat,” Tierney tells Billboard. “His original score doesn’t just sit underneath the story; it carries the emotion, the rhythm and the pulse of the show. I honestly can’t imagine this series without it. Peter’s music is completely woven into what the show is and how the story comes alive on screen.”

Curated to reflect both the intensity of the professional hockey world and the techno undertones of Russian nightclubs, the Heated Rivalry score traces the evolution of the leads’ romance as much as it reflects the passing of time throughout the show’s blockbuster first season. Just as important are the show’s music synchs, which include euphoric selections such as t.A.T.u.’s seminal “All the Things She Said” and Wolf Parade's classic "I'll Believe In Anything." Thanks to the series’ rabid fandom and Tierney’s poignant direction, those synchs have received astronomical streaming boosts, as reported by Billboard and Billboard Canada.

“The music I composed for Heated Rivalry uncovered a side of me I wasn’t certain I possessed, yet one I had always quietly wished was there,” Peter reflects to Billboard. “I’d never allowed myself such latitude in composition before. Jacob and [author] Rachel [Reid, who penned the book Game Changers on which the show is based] deserved the very best of me, so I gave them every ray of light I had.”

Check out the complete Heated Rivalry (Original Series Soundtrack) tracklisting below:

1. “Rivalry”
2. “Melt”
3. “Those English Words Just Roll Off Your Tongue”
4. “Heartbeat I”
5. “Face-Off”
6. “Common Goal”
7. “Jane & Lily”
8. “Two Souls”
9. “Heartbeat II”
10. “It’s You”
11. “Shivers From the Past”
12. “Spring”
13. “I Want to Win”
14. “Let’s Make a Deal”
15. “Inferno”
16. “Fire Escape”
17. “Young and Restless I”
18. “La Nuit est Longue”
19. “Young and Restless II”
20. “You Slowly Dissipate”
21. “Strangers on the Ice”
22. “Dark Glow”
23. “Utopie I”
24. “Din of Your Voice”
25. “Heartbeat Ill”
26. “Flatline”
27. “Distant Rivalry”
28. “Text Me Whenever”
29. “Heartbeat IV”
30. “Hollanov”
31. “Trembling”
32. “Everybody’s Glory”
33. “One Soul”
34. “Utopie II”

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.