A vital element in the success of record-breaking 2013 British drama Broadchurch was the hauntingly beautiful, BAFTA Award-winning score by the young Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. To coincide with the arrival of a much-anticipated second series of Broadchurch, Mercury Classics is releasing a full soundtrack album of musical highlights from both series.

The first series of Broadchurch, about a hunt for the killer of a young boy in a small coastal community, rapidly became "a bona fide national obsession" (Entertainment Weekly). Produced by Kudos for ITV, it gained an audience of 10 million viewers, making it the highest-rated drama on the UK's main commercial channel.