{"id":2105772,"date":"2025-10-21T14:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2105772"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:08:34","slug":"music-from-piqsiq-features-in-new-apple-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/music-from-piqsiq-features-in-new-apple-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Music from PIQSIQ features in new Apple TV+ series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The soundtrack for a new Apple TV+ series features voices that may be familiar to some northerners.<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Last_Frontier_(2025_TV_series)\">The Last Frontier<\/a> premiered on the streaming service with two episodes on October 10.<\/p>\n<p>The thriller drama follows a US marshal working in the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska, after a prison transport plane crashes in the wilderness, setting free multiple fugitives. <\/p>\n<p>Inuit throat-singing sisters PIQSIQ \u2013 Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay, who have roots in Nunavut and grew up in Yellowknife \u2013 contributed music to the show.<\/p>\n<p>The song Converge, from PIQSIQ\u2019s 2021 album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/piqsiq.bandcamp.com\/album\/live-from-christ-church-cathedral\" title=\"\">Live from Christ Church Cathedral<\/a>, appears on The Last Frontier\u2019s soundtrack. The duo also worked closely with composer Ariel Marx, contributing vocals and throat-singing to the original score.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gcabinr gcabinr-15\">\n<div class=\"gcabinr-col bcabinr-15 acabinr-1706\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span>Advertisement.<\/span><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTcwNiwxNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thekctc.ca\/aviation-program\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gcabinr-col bcabinr-15 acabinr-1791\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span>Advertisement.<\/span><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTc5MSwxNSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inf.gov.nt.ca\/en\/ev-infrastructure-program\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cabinradio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0050_D_600x500_L2_EV-Charger-Funding-1.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so exciting. Soundtracking is something that we really, really enjoy doing and are looking to get into doing more,\u201d Mackay told Cabin Radio. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just cool. Like it\u2019s Apple TV, it\u2019s fun, it\u2019s cool, it feels like a big deal, and it\u2019s set in the Arctic, which makes it even more fun.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re stoked that this is available on Apple TV,\u201d Ayalik added. <\/p>\n<p>Ayalik said she hopes people will be \u201ca bit surprised\u201d by the types of things PIQSIQ is doing, noting they are far-reaching in terms of the types and styles of music they can create.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gcabinr gcabinr-16\">\n<div class=\"gcabinr-col bcabinr-16 acabinr-1827\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span>Advertisement.<\/span><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTgyNywxNiw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwthc.gov.nt.ca\/fr\/programmes-d%E2%80%99aide-aux-propri%C3%A9taires\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cabinradio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Homeowner-Programs-Opening-Cabin-Radio-Ads-FR-3.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gcabinr-col bcabinr-16 acabinr-1832\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span>Advertisement.<\/span><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTgzMiwxNiw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/nwtbroomball.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cabinradio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Broomball-NWT-3.png?ssl=1\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While scoring TV is a different type of work for PIQSIQ, Ayalik said it is in line with their live shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur live shows feel very cinematic and they feel like this adventure, this journey,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s the feedback we get from people that see our shows. So it\u2019s fun for us to take that and put it into a screen-based medium.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last Frontier \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_O7puXja-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last Frontier \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_O7puXja-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/p><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A trailer for The Last Frontier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>While The Last Frontier is based in Alaska, it was largely filmed in Quebec and Alberta. <\/p>\n<p>It stars Jason Clarke as US marshal Frank Remnick alongside actors Haley Bennett, Simone Kessell, Dallas Goldtooth, Dominic Cooper,  Tait Blum, Alfre Woodard and Johnny Knoxville, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Although the series does not star Inuit characters, Mackay said it\u2019s a demonstration of good faith when projects incorporate people from the community rather than just being extractive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re a pretty underrepresented community and I think a lot of folks want to capitalize on the beauty and the vastness of the Arctic and maybe not necessarily incorporate voices from that place,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Mackay added that Apple TV was respectful when PIQSIQ denied their request to create a song library for sampling, after discussing the matter with other people in the throat-singing community, and agreed to just record parts that would be used in the score.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anything, that shows there is a way for Inuit, for Indigenous people to be in these mainstream spaces and still have their integrity and still stand by their cultural values,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gcabinr gcabinr-16\">\n<div class=\"gcabinr-col bcabinr-16 acabinr-1793\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span>Advertisement.<\/span><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTc5MywxNiw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/haveyoursay.nwt-tno.ca\/patient-experience-questionnaire-2025?utm_source=Digital-Ad&amp;utm_medium=CabinRadio&amp;utm_campaign=PEQ-ENG&amp;utm_content=PEQ-ENG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cabinradio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/patient-experience-hss.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gcabinr-col bcabinr-16 acabinr-1536\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><span>Advertisement.<\/span><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTUzNiwxNiw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.power123.com\/home.php?cat=&amp;srsltid=AfmBOor4RDUP5Et9cvKBm5qgkxMj1rQtHpyiufWtjBFvAjYZ2n8vaYsw\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cabinradio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cabin-Radio-Ad-600-x-500-px.png?ssl=1\" width=\"300px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s way more challenging. Sometimes I wish it was easier for us and we could just go in and not have to ask ourselves all these questions and not get asked all these questions, but that\u2019s the reality that we navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PIQSIQ also created the score for the film\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZRFPYI8H6PE\">Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)<\/a>, which is set to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cabinradio.ca\/260797\/news\/arts\/yellowknife-international-film-festival-launches-expanded-program\/\" title=\"\">open this year\u2019s\u00a0Yellowknife International Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Zacharias Kunuk, the Inuktitut-language historical drama is about an arranged marriage 4,000 years ago. The film is set to screen at the Capitol Theatre in Yellowknife on Wednesday, November 5 at 6:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>PIQSIQ is now headed to Finland to attend WOMEX or the Worldwide Music Expo, which hails itself as \u201cthe most international and culturally diverse music meeting in the world\u201d and the biggest conference of the global music scene.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cabinradio.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The soundtrack for a new Apple TV+ series features voices that may be familiar to some northerners. The Last Frontier premiered on the streaming service with two episodes on October 10. 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