The Casual Vacancy, JK Rowling’s adults-only tale of a dysfunctional Cotswold community, has been a weekend highlight on BBC1.

The series’ main selling points have been its stellar cast, some chocolate box scenes and an arresting soundtrack by recent Universal–Decca signings Solomon Grey, who mixed electronica, chill out rock and contemporary choral music to create an edgy ambience not unlike David Lynch’s epochal Eighties drama Twin Peaks.

Solomon Grey’s Tom Kingston and Joe Wilson first met in an Oxford covers band 10 years ago and enjoyed a couple of critically acclaimed Black Butter singles in 2013. Their screenwriting careers kicked off with a Tourism Ireland short followed by a BFI feature film Gozo which attracted the attention of The Casual Vacancy’s director Jonny Campbell.

“Jonny was looking to use a single artist and their songs for the entire series,” says Wilson. “We spent a long time on the set and built up an unusually close working relationship with him and his editor Tom Hemmings.”

“We all agreed that the music needed to transport you fully into the world of The Casual Vacancy.”

The heart-stopping Choir To The Wild is one of a handful of tracks from the show which can be found on Solomon Grey’s debut Decca album Selected Works. It reveals influences ranging from Fleet Foxes to Tom Kingston’s favourite Arcade Fire.

“We tried to stamp our identity on every musical element to give an authentic feel to the soundtrack,” Kingston adds. “It meant a lot more work, but it was worth it.”