Texas Rising: Hear the Score Setting the Sounds of the Wild West

History’s Texas Rising, a five-part miniseries premiering on Memorial Day, tells the tale of the state’s fight for independence and emergence from the wilds of the West. And like any on-screen adventure, it needed an epic sound to set the tone.

That comes courtesy of the Texas-tinged instrumental score from composers John Debney and Bruce Broughton. The two have plenty of experience with sounds of the West: Debney worked on the Emmy-nominated score of History’s Hatfields & McCoys, while Broughton won Emmys for Dallas and an Oscar nomination for 1985’s Silverado. Here, take a listen to tracks that set the auditory scene:

Texas Rising Main Title

The Battle of San Jacinto

Texas Rising Suite

The newly-released soundtrack for the series also includes songs from Lone Star State natives George Strait and Kris Kristofferson (who covers Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down), along with Jose Feliciano.

Texas Rising, Series premiere, Monday, May 25 9/8c, History