Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Netflix original film The Big Fake (Il Falsario). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Santi Pulvirenti (The Last Night of Amore, Still Life, Mrs Playmen, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer Bang Bang Baby). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Big Fake is directed by Stefano Lodovichi and stars Pietro Castellitto, Giulia Michelini, Andrea Arcangeli, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pierluigi Gigante, Edoardo Pesce and Claudio Santamaria. The drama is inspired by true events and follows an aspiring artist who becomes a master forger for criminal gangs lurking in the underbelly of 1970s Rome. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Big Fake’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Il Falsario, Netflix, Santi Pulvirenti, score, Soundtrack, Stefano Lodovichi, The Big Fake
Jed Kurzel Scoring Adrian Chiarella’s ‘Leviticus’
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adrian Chiarella, Jed Kurzel, Leviticus
Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, The Snowtown Murders, Monkey Man, The Mustang, Overlord, Assassin’s Creed, Echo Valley, The Pope’s Exorcist) has composed the original score for the upcoming Australian romantic horror drama Leviticus. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Adrian Chiarella and stars Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Ewen Leslie, Jeremy Blewitt and Davida McKenzie. The movie revolves around two star-crossed teenage boys who must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most – each other. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Preparation for the Next Life’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bing Liu, Emile Mosseri, Preparation for the Next Life, score, Soundtrack
Greedy Heart Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Preparation for the Next Life. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Emile Mosseri (Minari, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Homecoming, Kajillionaire, How to Make a Killing, When You Finish Saving the World). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 23. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to the composer’s title track below. Preparation for the Next Life is directed by Bing Liu and stars Sebiye Behtiyar and Fred Hechinger. The movie is based on Atticus Lish’s book of the same name and follows a Uyghur woman laboring in New York’s underground kitchens who is torn between creating a better life together or living a life on her own when she encounters a troubled young American veteran who has just returned from three tours in the Middle East. Read the rest of this entry »
Will Blair & Brooke Blair Scoring Macon Blair’s ‘The Shitheads’
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Brooke Blair, Macon Blair, The Shitheads, Will Blair
Composers Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, The Informer, Hold the Dark, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin) are reuniting with director Macon Blair on the upcoming comedy The Shitheads. The film is written and directed by Macon and stars Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Nicholas Braun, Kiernan Shipka and Peter Dinklage. The movie follows two unqualified bozos who get hired to transfer a rich teen to rehab, but their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Return to Silent Hill’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Akira Yamaoka, Christophe Gans, Return to Silent Hill, score, Soundtrack
Laced Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological horror thriller Return to Silent Hill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Akira Yamaoka who is best known for his scores for the Silent Hill video game franchise and previously co-scored the first two installments (2006’s Silent Hill & 2012’s Silent Hill: Revelation) in the feature series. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. Return to Silent Hill is co-written and directed by Christophe Gans and stars Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson. The movie follows James Sunderland who is drawn to the titular once-familiar town now consumed by darkness when he receives a mysterious letter from his lost love and faces monstrous creatures as he searches for her. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Cosmic Princess Kaguya!’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, Netflix, Shingo Yamashita, Soundtrack
A soundtrack album has been released for the Netflix original anime film Cosmic Princess Kaguya!. The album features the original songs from the movie written by a team of well-known Vocaloid producers, led by ryo (supercell) and joined by kz (livetune), 40mP, HoneyWorks, Aqu3ra and yuigot. The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also check out the music video for the “main theme”, Ex-Otogibanashi (Ex-Fairy Tale), composed by ryo (supercell) and performed by Yachiyo after the jump. Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is directed by Shingo Yamashita and features the voices of Yuko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase and Saori Hayami. The Studio Colorido & Studio Chromato production is inspired by the Japanese folk tale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and tells the story of a 17-year-old high school student in Tokyo whose life gets knocked off its orbit when a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Steal’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Martin Phipps, score, Soundtrack, Steal
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the British Prime Video original series Steal. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Martin Phipps (The Crown, Napoleon, Woman in Gold, The Aftermath, War & Peace, The Honourable Woman, Victoria, Peaky Blinders). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 23 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Thieves) below. Steal is created by S.A. Nikias and stars Sophie Turner, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Archie Madekwe. The 6-part heist thriller revolves around an ordinary office worker at a pension fund investment company who finds herself at the heart of the heist of the century when a gang of violent thieves force her and her best mate to execute their demands. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Laura Stern Affair’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Akim Isker, Eric Neveux, HBO Max, L'affaire Laura Stern, score, Soundtrack, The Laura Stern Affair
Unkle Productions has released a soundtrack album for the French limited series The Laura Stern Affair (L’affaire Laura Stern). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Eric Neveux (Intimacy, The Attack, Zombillennium, The Illegal, A Stork’s Journey, Black Diamond, Poly, SamSam). Also included are the songs Je t’accuse by Suzane (and Impasse des sortilèges by Bless. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first track (Laura) of Neveux’s score below. The Laura Stern Affair is created by Frédéric Krivine & Marie Kremer and stars Valérie Bonneton, Samir Guesmi, Pascal Rénéric, Rym Foglia and Pauline Parigot. The 4-part drama directed by Akim Isker follows a pharmacist and activist who witnesses the brutal murder of a member of her group and – shattered and enraged by the system’s indifference – vows to protect women at any cost. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mercy’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mercy, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack, Timur Bekmambetov
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Mercy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Fallout, Westworld, Iron Man, Uncharted, Eternals, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music platforms. Also listen to the composer’s title track below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Mercy is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and stars Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Chris Sullivan, Annabelle Wallis and Kylie Rogers. The movie is set in the near future and follows a detective who stands on trial accused of murdering his wife and has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to an advanced A.I. Judge before it determines his fate. Read the rest of this entry »
98th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
