Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 8, 2026)

Posted: February 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Premiering today is the Peacock original series The ‘Burbs created by Celeste Hughey inspired by Joe Dante’s 1989 movie of the same name and starring Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar. The show’s original music is composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope,  Us,Star Wars: The Acolyte, Landscape with Invisible Hand, The Burial,  Sirens, I See You Yesterday, Breaking) & Robert Wallace. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock.

Premiering on Wednesday, February 11, is the Polish Netflix limited series Lead Children (Olowiane dzieci) directed by Maciej Pieprzyca and starring Joanna Kulig, Kinga Preis, Michał Żurawski, Marian Dziędziel, Agata Kulesza, Kinga Preis and Sebastian Pawlak. Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz (Quo Vadis, Aida?, Copying Beethoven, In Darkness, Frantz, Rosemary’s Baby, In the Rearview) and Mary Komasa (Treasure, Cracow Monsters, Charlatan) have composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »

Adrian Johnston Scoring ITV’s ‘Betrayal’

Posted: February 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Adrian Johnston (Primate, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Lassie, The Child in Time, Brideshead Revisited,  A Very Royal Scandal, The Tunnel) is the composer of the new ITV original drama Betrayal. The show is written by David Eldridge (The Scandalous Lady W) and stars Shaun Evans, Romola Garai, Zahra Ahmadi, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Gamba Cole, Omid Djalili, Matthew Tennyson, Hayley Tamaddon and Anthony Flanagan . The 4-part thriller directed by Julian Jarrold (A Royal Night Out, Sulphur & White)  follows a mid-career MI-5 officer’s race against time to thwart a major threat while confronting personal turmoil. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Yoh! Bestie’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: February 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South African Netflix original film Yoh! Bestie. The album features the movie’s original songs written by Kabomo Vilakazi. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the first two tracks below. Yoh! Bestie is directed by Johnny Barbuzano and stars Katlego Lebogang, Siya Sepotokele, Didie Makobane, Yonda Thomas, Kagiso Modupe and Fikile Mthwalo. The romantic comedy follows a woman who is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her best friend returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she’s forced to face a new emotion: jealousy. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 6, 2026)

Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the gothic romance Dracula written and directed by Luc Besson and starring Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Haymon Maria Buttinger and Zoë Bleu Sidel. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Men in Black, Alice in Wonderland). Because Music & EuropaCorp have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last summer when the movie opened overseas (under the title Dracula: A Love Story). Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about film, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Vertical.

Also opening wide is the romantic comedy drama Solo Mio directed by Charles & Daniel Kinnane and starring Kevin James, Kim Coates, Julee Cerda, Alyson Hannigan, Jonathan Roumie and Julie Ann Emery. Joy Ngiaw (WondLa, Blush, Rescued by Ruby, Glamorous,Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase) has composed the film’s original music. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Angel Studios release. Read the rest of this entry »

Ludwig Göransson Wins SCL Award for ‘Sinners’ Score

Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Ludwig Göransson has won the SCL Award in the Outstanding Original Score in a Studio Film category for his music from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at tonight’s 7th Annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. In the Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film category, Bryce Dessner received the award for his score from Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams. In the Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media categories, Göransson & Raphael Saadiq were honored for the song I Lied to You from Sinners (drama/documentary category) and  EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick won the award for Golden from the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters (comedy/musical category). Read the rest of this entry »

Dmitri Golovko Scoring Patrick Hughes’ ‘War Machine’

Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Composer Dmitri Golovko (The Gloaming, Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism) is reuniting with director Patrick Hughes (The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Expendables 3) on the upcoming Netflix original film War Machine. The film is co-written (with James Beaufort) and directed by Hughes and stars Alan Ritchson, Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Esai Morales, Jai Courtney, Blake Richardson, Keiynan Lonsdale and Daniel Webber. The action thriller revolves around a combat engineer on one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training who must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Twits’ Vinyl Edition Soundtrack Release Announced

Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Mutant has announced a vinyl release of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original animated film The Twits based on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel, directed by Phil Johnston and starring Johnny Vegas, Margo Martindale, Natalie Portman, Emilia Clarke, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Timothy Simons, Ryan Lopez, Jason Mantzoukas,  Alan Tudyk and Nicole Byer. The album features the movie’s original songs written by Talking Heads’ David Byrne and performed by himself and the animated feature’s voice cast, as well as the original score composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, Renegade Nell, The Full Monty, Breeders, Fackham Hall, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl). Also included are two previously unreleased demo recordings by Byrne. The limited vinyl edition is scheduled to be released this May and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Pole to Pole with Will Smith’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Pole to Pole with Will Smith. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Alien: Romulus, The Flash, Blade Runner 2049, Twisters, It: Welcome to Derry, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Hidden Figures, Shazam!, Mortal Kombat) and Chris Egan (Fireheart, Tiny World). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composers’ first track (Beautiful but Terrifying) after the jump. Pole to Pole with Will Smith follows Smith as he joins seven extraordinary expeditions to discover the secrets of Earth’s most extreme environments, pushing his mental and physical resilience to the limits. Read the rest of this entry »

Tom Holkenborg Scoring Craig Gillespie’s ‘Supergirl’

Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Deadpool, Godzilla vs. Kong, Sonic the Hedgehog, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Alita: Battle Angel) has taken over scoring duties on  DC Studios’ upcoming feature Supergirl. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya, Cruella) and stars Milly Alcock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, Emily Beecham, David Krumholtz and Jason Momoa. The movie follows Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, as she reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on a journey of vengeance and justice when an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home. Read the rest of this entry »

‘A Thousand Blows’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Hollywood Records has released a new soundtrack album for the British Disney+/Hulu original series A Thousand Blows. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Federico Jusid (A Gentleman in Moscow, The English, The Night Agent, The Secret in Their Eyes , Misconduct, The Penguin Lessons, Watership Down, The Head). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track after the jump. The label has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from Season 1 early last year. A Thousand Blows is created by Steven Knight and stars Malachi Kirby, Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham, Jason Tobin, Francis Lovehall, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters, Darci Shaw, Morgan Hilaire, Nadia Albina, Susan Lynch, Daniel Mays, Adam Nagaitis  and Robert Glenister. Read the rest of this entry »

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