Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2001 family action adventure Spy Kids written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Teri Hatcher, Alan Cumming, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick and Tony Shalhoub. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands), John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, The Jungle Book, Hocus Pocus), Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Smurfs, The Angry Birds Movie), Rodriguez himself, Los Lobos and Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia, Gladiator 2, The Martian), including previously unreleased music, alternate versions and demo cues. Also included are Floop’s Song (Cruel World) written by Elfman and performed by Cumming and the end credits song Spy Kids (Save the World) performed by Fonda. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Chapter III has previously released the original 2001 soundtrack album. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded ‘Spy Kids’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Gavin Greenaway, Harry Gregson-Williams, Heitor Pereira, John Debney, Los Lobos, Robert Rodriguez, score, Soundtrack, Spy Kids
‘Young Harry Houdini’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: James Orr, Lee Holdridge, NBC, score, Soundtrack, Young Harry Houdini
BSX Records has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1987 television movie Young Harry Houdini co-written and directed by James Orr and starring Wil Wheaton, Jeffrey DeMunn, Kerri Green, Roy Dotrice, Barry Corbin, J. Reuben Silverbird, Rossie Harris, Phillip Brock, José Ferrer, Michael Alldredge, Sean McClory and Lee de Broux. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Emmy Award winner Lee Holdridge (Splash, The Mists of Avalon, The Beastmaster, Mr. MomOld Gringo, Oliver’s Story). The soundtrack was released digitally on the label’s official website last month and is now also available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s opening titles track after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Meshell Ndegeocello Scoring Tyler Perry’s ‘Doing Life’
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Doing Life, Meshell Ndegeocello, Netflix, Tyler Perry
Singer/songwriter, rapper and composer Meshell Ndegeocello (Queen Sugar, Lackawanna Blues, BMF (Black Mafia Family), Our Kind of People, Disappearing Acts) has provided the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Doing Life. The movie is written and directed by Tyler Perry (The Six Triple Eight, Diary of a Black Woman) ) and stars Naomi Baker, Jay Reeves, Tamberla Perry, Jasmine Sargent, Karen Obilom, Lucky Johnson,Cali Rae Benard, Danielle Moné Truitt, Marley Jade Benard and Cornell Young IV. The drama explores the life of a single mother fighting for survival and a reformed ex-con with untapped talents who forge an unexpected bond. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story, Sarah Appleton, score, Soundtrack, Thibault Chavanis
Thibault Chavanis (Kill Your Lover, The Impact) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Full Moon Rising: The Charles Band Story is directed by Sarah Appleton and chronicles the life and career of Charles Band, producer/director of such genre classics as Re-Animator, Puppetmaster, From Beyond, Trancers and Evil Bong. The movie explores his early career (discovering John Carpenter who edited his sex comedy Last Foxtrot in Burbank ), the Empire Pictures debacle, his Full Moon features success story, and how his Media and Wizard labels helped launch the 1980s home video boom, told in his own words and those closest to him. Read the rest of this entry »
’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Soundtrack Vinyl Edition Announced
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Nia DaCosta, score, Soundtrack
Mutant has announced a vinyl edition of the soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic horror movie 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple directed by Nia DaCosta, written by Alex Garland and starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hildur Guđnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl, Tar, Women Talking, A Haunting in Venice, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, The Bride!, Hedda). The limited vinyl edition will be released this fall and now available for pre-order on Amazon. Milan Records has previously released the digital version this past January. Read the rest of this entry »
‘No Place for Football’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Smith, Derek Smith, Joe Bridges, Mike MacLennan, No Place For Football, score, Soundtrack, Tom Howe
Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the sports documentary No Place For Football. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joe Bridges and Mike MacLennan (Eyriki, Crazy Cat Lady). Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Dog Man, Early Man, Reminders of Him. Knuckles, Elle, Every Year After, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Daisy Jones & the Six) has provided the main theme. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ firs track (Welcome to Greenland) below. No Place For Football is directed by Brandon & Derek Smith and tells the story of the Greenlandic Football Championship, during which, for one week, a nation of 57,000 people looked on as a club from Nuuk traveled to the host town of Ilulissat to compete for the Golden Tuukkaq, the medallion awarded to the national champions. Read the rest of this entry »
18yoman & Tiffi’s Original Song ‘Show Me the Way’ from ‘Leviticus’ Released
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 18YOMAN, Adrian C, Adrian Chiarella, Leviticus, Tiffi
Lakeshore Records has released the original song Show Me the Way from the Australian supernatural horror drama Leviticus. The track written and performed by 18yoman & tiffi is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. The label has previously released a full soundtrack album featuring Jed Kurzel’s original score from the movie this past June. Leviticus is written and directed by Adrian Chiarella and stars Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Ewen Leslie, Jeremy Blewitt and Davida McKenzie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Red and the Black’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Le rouge et le noir, Les Garçons, score, Soundtrack, The Red and the Black
Glaz Records has released a soundtrack album for the French limited series The Red and the Black (Le rouge et le noir). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Les Garçons (Sharon Stone: Survival Instinct, Un autre père) . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track from the composers’ score below. The Red and the Black is created by Georges-Marc Benamoud based on the work by Stendhal and stars Victor Belmondo, Virginie Ledoyen, Camille Razat, Patrick Timsit, Patrick Mille, Théo Cholbi, Romane Bohringer, Sophie Guillemin, Zoé Adjani and Fred Testot. The 4-part period drama directed by Gaël Morel tells the story of brilliant yet deeply conflicted young man torn between two women and whose greatness leads him down a path where love, pride, and hypocrisy collide – with tragic consequences. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Furious’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Marx, Disney Plus, Elizabeth Meriwether, Furious, Hulu, score, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Furious. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Ariel Marx Marx (Dying for Sex, Shiva Baby, Candy, Sanctuary, A Small Light, Murdaugh: Death in the Family, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Last Frontier, A Friend of the Family, The Tale). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 31 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Catherine) below. Furious is created by Elizabeth Meriwether loosely inspired by Bob Rafelson’s 1987 feature Black Widow and stars Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, Scoot McNairy, Jake Lacy and Quincy Tyler Bernstine. The crime thriller follows an FBI agent on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer whose their lives start to intertwine. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2026)
Posted: August 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Apple TV +, Clash of the Thundermans, Colin Stetson, Frederik Wiedmann, Matthew Head, Mayday, Nickelodeon, Paramount+, The Runner, The Varnell Hill Show, Tom Hodge
Premiering on Tuesday, September 1, is the Paramount+ original series The Varnell Hill Show executive produced by Martin Lawrence and Bentley Kyle Evans and starring Tommy Davidson (who reprises his role of the title character first introduced in the classic sitcom Martin), Kym Whitley, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Emmanuel Hudson, Nick Cafero and Chris Williams. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Head (P-Valley, Tom Swift, Boomerang, She the People, The Family Business, Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia). The comedy, which is set behind the scenes of a long-running late-night talk show and follows Varnell as he fights to stay relevant in a rapidly changing entertainment landscape, will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 2, is the British action thriller The Runner directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot and Alfred Enoch. Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Mauritianian, The Ipcress File, Cleaner, High & Low: John Galliano, Name Me Lawand, Klitschko: More Than a Fight, Je Suis Karl) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
