By Jem Aswad
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Executive Editor, Music
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Courtesy Crave There’s been no shortage of raves and praise for “Heated Rivalry,” Crave-HBO Max’s surprise hit hockey romance — for its premise, its writing, its stars and, refreshingly, its music, which is effectively a character in the show and has ignited or reignited the careers of multiple musicians, many of them Canadian.
Like the show itself, which explores the taboo sexual relationship between Canadian player Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Russian star Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), the music is un-obvious: The score, by Montreal-based singer-songwriter Peter Peter — who had never written for film or television before — moves and accentuates the action and emotion but is never obtrusive, and the songs featured in the show are equally left of center.
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