Mark Isham (Crash, Miracle, A River Runs Through It, 42, Once Upon a TimeJudas and the Black Messiah, The Accountant) is the composer of the upcoming MGM+ original series The Westies. The show is created by Chris Brancato (Hannibal, Narcos) & Michael Panes and stars J.K. Simmons, Titus Welliver. Tom Brittney, Sarah Bolger, Stanley Morgan, Jessica Frances Dukes, Allen Leech, Hilary Mccormack and Hamish Allan-Headly The crime drama is set in the early 1980s when the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the titular infamously violent Irish gang’s home turf in Hell’s Kitchen promises a financial windfall. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Isham Scoring MGM+’s ‘The Westies’
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Brancato, Mark Isham, MGM+, The Westies
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‘The Boroughs’ Score Album Details
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: John Paesano, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Boroughs
The full details of the score album for the Netflix original series The Boroughs have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by John Paesano (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Maze Runner, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Daredevil, Invincible, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Truth Be Told) . The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 21 by Netflix Music. The streaming/download link will be added to this page within the next day. As previously reported, Legacy Recordings will release a separate album featuring the songs from the movie on the same day. The Boroughs is created by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and stars Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Bill Pullman, Clarke Peters,Denis O’Hare, Jena Malone, Carlos Miranda, Seth Numrich, and Alice Kremelberg. The supernatural drama executive produced by the Duffer Brothers is set in a seemingly perfect retirement community and follows a grieving newcomer whose terrifying nighttime encounter reveals that something monstrous is stalking the manicured cul-de-sac. Read the rest of this entry »
Kylie Minogue’s Original Song ‘Light Up’ from Netflix Documentary Series ‘Kylie’ Released
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Kylie, Kylie Minogue, Michael Harte, Netflix
Netflix Music has released the original song Light Up from the Netflix original documentary series Kylie. The track co-written (with Chris Martin, Richard Stannard, Duck Blackwell & Luke Fitton) and performed by Kylie Minogue is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song, which is featured in the final episode of the show, after the jump. Kylie is directed by Michael Harte and explores one of music’s most enduring icons who has consistently reshaped pop and sold over 80 million records along the way. Read the rest of this entry »
Dan Deacon Scoring Matt Spicer ‘Little Brother’
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dan Deacon, Little Brother, Matt Spicer, Netflix
Dan Deacon ( Task, Venom: The Last Dance, Hustle, The Changeling, Ascension, Twixt, Rez Ball, Strawberry Mansion, Wedding Season) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Little Brother. The movie is directed by Matt Spicer (Ingrid Goes West) and stars John Cena, Eric André, Michelle Monaghan, Sherry Cola, Christopher Meloni, Ego Nwodim, Ben Ahlers, Bryce Gheisar, Caleb Hearon and Pilot Bunch. The comedy follows a tightly wound realtor and family man whose picture-perfect life gets an extreme makeover when his chaotic little brother suddenly reappears. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell’s Music from Universal Epic Universe’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of Berk’ to Be Released
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of Berk, John Powell, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a digital version of the soundtrack album for Universal Epic Universe’s How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of Berk in Orlando, Florida. The album features the original music from the theme park area based on DreamWorks Animation’s hit franchise composed by Academy Award nominee John Powell (Wicked, The Bourne Identity, Shrek, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, Don’t Worry Darling, Bolt, X-Men: The Last Stand) who previously scored all three How to Train Your Dragon animated features and last year’s live-action adaptation. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 21. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link A vinyl edition is currently available to purchase exclusively at the theme park. Read the rest of this entry »
Mateo Messina to Score Casey Twenter’s ‘The Swimming Lesson’
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Casey Twenter, Matteo Messina, The Swimming Lesson
Mateo Messina (Juno, Blockers, Tall Girl, Superstore, Butter, The Wrong Missy, Desperados, Barely Lethal) is attached to score the upcoming indie dramedy The Swimming Lesson. The film is directed by Casey Twenter and will star Heidi Gardner and William H. Macy. The movie revolves around a single mother who leaves behind her complicated life in Los Angeles to return to her childhood home, where she winds up embroiled in a custody battle over her autistic son who is obsessed with the ocean but terrified of swimming. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John Debney, Paul Tibbitt, score, Soundtrack, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Varese Sarabande will release a new soundtrack album for the 2015 animated/live-action hybrid feature The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water directed by Paul Tibbitt and starring Antonio Banderas, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence and Douglas Lawrence. The album features the expanded original score from the Paramount Animation & Nickelodeon Studios production composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, The Jungle Book, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Emperor’s New Groove, Liar Liar), including previously unreleased music. The Deluxe Edition soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on July 10. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD and digital version. A first track (Burgerbeard on Island Open ) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Volker Bertelmann’s ‘De Gaulle: Tilting Iron’ Score Released
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antonin Baudry, De Gaulle: Tilting Iron, La Bataille de Gaulle - L'âge de fer, Volker Bertelmann
Milan Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the French biographical drama De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (La Bataille de Gaulle – L’âge de fer). Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is Vive de Gaulle written by the film’s composer Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Lion, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift, The Day of the Jackal, A House of Dynamite, The Amateur, One Life). Also listen to the track after the jump. De Gaulle: Tilting Iron is directed by Antonin Baudry and stars Simon Abkarian (as legendary French army officer Charles de Gaulle), Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur,Loïc Corbery, Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoît Magimel, Niels Schneider, Anamaria Vartolomei, Félix Kysyl. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Timecop’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: May 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Mark Isham, Peter Hyams, score, Soundtrack, Timecop
Varese Sarabande will release a new soundtrack album for the 1994 sci-fi thriller Timecop directed by Peter Hyams and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ron Silver and Mia Sara. The album features the expanded original score from the film composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Blade, Once Upon a Time, The Accountant, Godfather of Harlem, 42, Nell, The Black Dahlia), as well as two unused tracks. The Deluxe Edition soundtrack will be released digitally and on CD on July 10 and is now available for pre-order in both versions on Amazon. Isham’s main theme is already available to stream/download as a digital single and can also be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Wynne Bennett Scoring Apple TV’s ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Wynne Bennett
Composer and record producer Wynne Bennett has made her narrative television scoring debut on the new Apple TV original series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. The show is created by David J. Rosen (Us & Them, Citadel) and stars Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, Brandon Flynn, Murray Bartlett, Jon Michael Hill, Jessy Hodges, Charlie Hall, Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg, Nola Wallace and Dolly De Leon. The comedic thriller follows a newly divorced mother who is convinced she witnessed a crime and begins her own investigation while simultaneously struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
