Rhino Records will release a new soundtrack album for the 1960s TV series The Monkees created by Bob Rafelson & Bert Schneider and starring David Jones, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith & Peter Tork. The album features the songs from the show’s first season by the titular band, including 14 rare, broadcast-exclusive TV mixes created especially for the comedy and more than two dozen songs from the season. Tracks include the theme song written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, the Neil Diamond-penned Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) and Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s Take a Giant Step. Made for TV: Official Soundtrack to Season 1 of The Monkees will be released digitally on August 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The album is also being released as a Lp/2-CD/Blu-ray box set on the same day (visit Amazon to order). A first track (She (Mono TV Version)) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
New Soundtrack Album for NBC’s The Monkees’ Season 1 Announced
Posted: June 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: NBC, Soundtrack, The Monkees
Michael Giacchino Scoring Taika Waititi’s ‘Klara and the Sun’
Posted: June 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Klara and the Sun, Michael Giacchino, Taika Waititi
Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, The Incredibles, Jurassic World, Ratatouille, Spider-Man: Far from Home, The Batman, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) has provided the original score for the upcoming sci-fi comedy drama Klara and the Sun. The film is directed by Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows) and stars Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Steve Buscemi, Aran Murphy and Natasha Lyonne. The movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro and revolves around an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, when she gets chosen by a teenage girl who suffers from a mysterious illness to be her companion Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mongrels’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hao-Ting Shih, Jerome Yoo, Mongrels, score, Soundtrack, Tae-Young Yu
Continuum 120 Music has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian drama Mongrels. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hao-Ting Shih & Tae-Young Yu. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to a track (Birthday Montage) from the composer’s score below. Mongrels is written and directed by Jerome Yoo and stars Sein Jin, Jae-hyun Kim and Da-nu Nam. The movie is set in 1991 and tells the story of a grieving Korean family who immigrate to the Canadian prairies to help cull the troubling population of feral dogs, but must confront their own personal trials and tribulations. Read the rest of this entry »
David Arnold Scoring Channel 4’s ‘Mog’s Bad Thing’
Posted: June 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Channel 4, David Arnold, Mog's Bad Thing, Robin Shaw
David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate, Sherlock, Tomorrow Never Dies, Good Omen, Shaft) is retuning to score the upcoming animated special Mog’s Bad Thing. The film is directed by Robin Shaw (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt) and features the voices of Adjoa Andoh as the Narrator, Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Amelie Law, Teddy Skelton, Katherine Parkinson, John Thomson, Mawaan Rizwan and Amelia Theodorou. The Lupus Films production is based Judith Kerr’s children’s book of the same title and follows the titular tabby cat who hides in the attic feeling sorry for herself when her family is hosting a cat show in their garden which should be her chance to shine. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Delhi Crime’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ceiri Torjussen, Delhi Crime, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Golden Karavan has released a soundtrack album for the Indian Netflix original series Delhi Crime. The album features selections of the show’s third season composed by Ceiri Torjussen (The Canal, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, Jack Goes Home, All Creatures Here Below, The Bombardment, American Night). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Action Time) after the jump. Delhi Crime is created by Richie Mehta and stars Shefali Shah, Huma Qureshi, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang, Mita Vasisht, Sayani Gupta, Anuraag Arora, Gopal Datt, Jaya Bhattacharya and Denzil Smith. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 21, 2026)
Posted: June 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Woman of Substance, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, BritBox, Dan Deacon, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Jack Halama, Lindsay Wright, Little Brother, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock, Rotem Frimer, Strung, The Agency, Wild Cherry
Premiering today is the second season of the Paramount+ original series The Agency developed by Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth based on the French format Le Bureau des Legendes and starring Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Harriet Sansom Harris, Katherine Waterson, John Magaro, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Andrew Brooke, and Christian Ochoa Lavernia. Lindsay Wright (Archie, Domino Day, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper, The Walk-In, The Essex Murders: Who Killed Goldfinger?) has joined Season 1 composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (All of Us Strangers, Living, H Is for Hawk, The Assessement, Censor, Strays) to score the new season, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
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remiering in the U.S. on Wednesday, June 24, is the British TV series Wild Cherry created by Nicole Lecky and starring Eve Best, Carmen Ejogo, Imogen Faires, Amelia May and Lecky herself. Rotem Frimer (The Many Deaths of Nora Dalmasso, Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the “titles” song Dear Daughter co-written and performed by Lecky in late 2025 when the 6-part thriller premiered in the UK on BBC One. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the series, which is making its domestic debut on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Game of Thrones: Dragonfire’ Lofi Music Album Released
Posted: June 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Game of Thtones
WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album for the free-to-play mobile strategy game Game of Thrones: Dragonfire featuring ten lofi mixes (by Lomme, Kurt Stewart, Ivylake, Ohyou. Scott Reinwand, Kjetil Rostad & Jamen Brook) inspired by music from the HBO’s hit series Games of Thrones created by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss based on George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and starring Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Iain Glen, Alfie Allen and Isaac Hempstead Wright. Tracks include lofi adaptations of major Ramin Djawadi compositions, including his main title theme, the Season 6 finale centerpiece Light of the Seven and The Night King theme from the final season. The album is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to several tracks after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Divine Punishment’ (‘Castigo Divino’) Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: June 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Castigo Divino, Cláudia Correia, Divine Punishment, Pablo Guerrero, score, Soundtrack
Cláudia Correia (Bear Claw Camp, Os Lusíadas) will release a soundtrack album for the Spanish/Portuguese fantasy comedy Divine Punishment (Castigo Divino). The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, July 21. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Divine Punishment is directed by Pablo Guerrero and stars Juan Dávila, Natalia Rodriguez, Macarena Gómez, Pepón Nieto, Jeriel Figueroa Ferrera, Darío Paso and Lolita. The movie follows a self-centered nurse who inherits a magical object granting him supernatural healing powers and goes from exploiting his new gift for profit to discovering his own humanity and helping others.. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 19, 2026)
Posted: June 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amelia Warner, Color Book, Dabney Morris, Girls Like Girls, Jed Kurzel, Jessica Rose Weiss, Jim Ghedi, Leviticus, Maddie's Secret, Mark Jenkin, Michael Hesslein, Randy Newman, Rose of Nevada, Sam Thompson, The Death of Robin Hood, Toy Story 5, Unidentified
Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated sequel Toy Story 5 directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Joan Cusack, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Greta Lee, Conan O’Brien, Scarlett Spears, Craig Robinson, Shelby Rabara, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Tony Hale, Kristen Schaal,Bonnie Hunt, Wallace Shawn, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Melissa Villaseñor and Keanu Reeves. The film’s original score is composed by Randy Newman (Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, The Natural, The Princess and the Frog, Cars. Pleasantville, Marriage Story, Avalon, James and the Giant Peach). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as Taylor Swift’s original song I Knew It, I Knew You today. Click here to listen to the song, click here to check out the project’s music team credits and click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Pixar Animation Studios production.
Also opening wide is the period thriller The Death of Robin Hood written and directed by Michael Sarnoski and starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Noah Jupe and Murray Bartlett. Folk singer/songwriter Jim Ghedi has composed the film’s original music. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the artists’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the A24 release. Read the rest of this entry »
Dustin O’Halloran Scoring Rachel Morrison’s ‘Love of Your Life’
Posted: June 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dustin O'Halloran, Love of Your Life, Rachel Morrison
This week, Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Like Crazy, Transparent, The Old Guard, Eleanor the Great, Ammonite, The Essex Serpent, A Spy Among Friends) has been recording his score for the upcoming romantic drama Love of Your Life. The film marks the second feature directorial effort of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison (Black Panther) following 2024’s The Fire Inside and stars Margaret Qualley, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aaron Pierre, Catherine Keener and Gabriel Basso. The movie revolves around a young woman who is swept up in an all-consuming love that sets her life on an unexpected path. Read the rest of this entry »
