Folk singer/songwriter Jim Ghedi is making his feature scoring debut on the upcoming thriller The Death of Robin Hood. The film is written and directed by Michael Sarnoski (A Quiet Place: Day One, Pig) and stars Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett and Noah Jupe. The movie follows the title character as he is grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder and finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last, when he gets offered a chance at salvation in the hands of a mysterious woman. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim Ghedi Scoring Michael Sarnoski’s ‘The Death of Robin Hood’
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jim Ghedi, Michael Sarnoski, The Death of Robin Hood
‘Ariel – The Little Mermaid’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ariel, Disney Junior, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Disney Junior animated series Ariel – The Little Mermaid. The album features eleven songs from the second season of the show inspired by the diverse genres of Caribbean music, written by a songwriting team comprised of Anthony M. Jones (Tone), Sofia Quinn, Olivia Waithe, Michelle Zarlenga, Chantry Johnson & Rosemarie Tan and performed by the project’s voice cast. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the first three tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring the songs from Season 1 back in 2024. Ariel is based on Disney’s 1989 animated classic The Little Mermaid and features the voices of Mykal-Michelle Harris, Taye Diggs, Amber Riley, Gracen Newton, Elizabeth Phoenix Caro, Cruz Flateau, Kai Zen, as well as Jodi Benson who voiced Ariel in the original film and guest stars in the new season as Marina Neptina, the title character’s favorite singer. Read the rest of this entry »
Yoshihiro Hanno Scoring Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner’
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Yoshihiro Hanno
Yoshihiro Hanno (Mountains May Depart, The Best Is Yet to Come, Winter Boy, Revolver Lily) has been tapped to score the upcoming Japanese period drama Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner. The film is written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cloud, Wife of a Spy) and stars Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, Tasuku Emoto, Ryota Miyadate and Joe Odagiri. The movie based Honobu Yonezawa’s historical novel of the same title is set in 16th century Japan and follows Lord Murashige Araki who rises up against the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda and finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Vaka’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Atli Orvarsson, Kjartan Holm, score, Sin Fang, Soundtrack, Vaka
Skybound Music has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish Prime Video original serie Vaka. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Atli Örvarsson (Silo, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Vantage Point, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Defending Jacob, The Eagle) and Kjartan Holm & Sin Fang (Fatherhood, The Darkness). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ “intro” track after the jump. Vaka is created by Brynja Björk and stars Jonas Karlsson, Aliette Opheim, Malte Gårdinger and Gizem Erdogan. The 6-part thriller directed by Henrik Georgsson centers on the survival of Stockholm’s population when an epidemic of insomnia sweeps the city, turning everyone’s lives into a waking nightmare. Read the rest of this entry »
Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine Scoring Kornél Mundruczó’s ‘At the Sea’
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: At the Sea, Evgueni Galperine, Kornél Mundruczó, Muriel d'Ansembourg, Sacha Galperine, Truly Naked
Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Baby Reindeer, Kraven the Hunter, Radioactive, Scenes from a Marriage, Loveless, The Family, Wizard of Lies) have composed the original music for the upcoming drama At the Sea. The film is directed by Kornél Mundruczó (Jupiter’s Moon, Pieces of a Woman, White God) and stars Amy Adams, Murray Bartlett, Chloe East, Dan Levy, Brett Goldstein, Jenny Slate, Redding L. Munsell and Rainn Wilson. The movie follows a woman who she returns to her family at their holiday beach home following a long rehabilitation and must readjust to the complicated life she left behind. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mumbo Jumbo’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Da Mumbo Jumbo Blev Kæmpestor, Halfdan E, Karsten Kiilerich, Mumbo Jumbo, score, Soundtrack
PlantSounds has released has released a soundtrack album for the Danish animated feature Mumbo Jumbo (Da Mumbo Jumbo blev kæmpestor). The album features the film’s original music composed by Halfdan E (Borgen, Ragnarok, Secrets We Keep, The Inheritance, The Bride). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first two tracks below. Mumbo Jumbo written and directed by Karsten Kiilerich is based on the children’s book of the same title by Jakob Martin Strids and folllows the title character as he magically grows to giant size and has to go on a dangerous journey with his three friends, to find a scary witch so she can turn him small again. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann & Lennart Saathoff Scoring Lena Stahl’s ‘The Method’
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Corpus Christi, Lena Stahl, Lennart Saathoff, The Method, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, Lion, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift, Hotel Mumbai, The Amateur, A House of Dynamite, The Day of the Jackal, One Life) is teaming up with Lennart Saathoff (Smalltown Girl, Instructions for Survival) to score the upcoming German thriller The Method (Corpus Delicti). The film is written and directed by Lena Stahl (My Son) and stars Hannah Herzsprung, Damian Hardung, Alexander Fehling, Haley Louise Jones and Christian Friedel. The movie based on the novel of the same title by Juli Zeh is set in a society, where comprehensive health and absolute transparency are the guiding principles and follows a scientist whose life is turned upside down when her brother is accused of murder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Elena’s War’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Elena del ghetto, Elena's War, Matteo Curallo, score, Soundtrack, Stefano Casertano
Cinevox Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian historical drama Elena’s War (Elena del ghetto). The album features the film’s original music composed by Matteo Curallo (I, Leonardo, Under the Amalfi Sun, Pink Lady, Here We Are, Michelangelo – Infinito). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Elena’s War is co-written and directed by Stefano Casertano and stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Florence Guérin and Giulia Bevilacqua. The movie tells the true story of Elena Di Porto, a fiercely independent Roman Jewish woman – branded “Elena the Crazy” for her scandalous rejection of social norms – who defied fascism and risked everything to save lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Kelly Rowland’s & Method Man’s Original Song ‘Complicated’ from ‘Relationship Goals’ Released
Posted: February 2, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Kelly Rowland, Linda Mendoza, Method Man, Relationship Goals
KTR Records has released the original song Complicated from the romantic comedy Relationship Goals. The track co-written (with Jessie Reyez, Jack Dine & Plies) and performed by lead actress Kelly Rowland feat. Cliff “Method Man” Smith is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Relationship Goals is directed by Linda Mendoza and also stars Smith, Robin Thede, Annie Gonzalez, Matt Walsh and Dennis Haysbert. Read the rest of this entry »
Sven Faulconer Scoring Matt Bettinelli-Olpin’s & Tyler Gillett’s ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’
Posted: February 2, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Ready or Not, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Sven Faulconer, yler Gillett
Sven Faulconer (Unstable, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Blood Father, The Elephant Whisperers, Lost & Found in Cleveland, The Last Ice) has composed the original score for the upcoming horror comedy sequel Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. The film is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Scream, Abigail) and stars Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Néstor Carbonell, Shawn Hatosy, Elijah Wood, David Cronenberg, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, Daniel Beirne and Varun Saranga. The movie follows Grace moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family as she discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game, this time with her estranged sister at her side. Read the rest of this entry »