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 »
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
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‘Cotton Candy Bubble Gum’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Benjamin Zecker, Cotton Candy Bubble Gum, J Pinder, score, Soundtrack
Benjamin Zecker (About Fate, Home Economics, This Is the Year, Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal) has released a soundtrack album for the coming-of-age comedy Cotton Candy Bubble Gum. 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 Zecker’s first track below. Cotton Candy Bubble Gum is written and directed by J Pinder and stars Nick Darnell, Morgan Jay, R. Marcus Taylor, Jack Stone, JadaPaige, Ben Scattone, Mildred Marie Langford, Jecobi Swain, Rodney J. Hobbs and Sophia Renee Sherman. The movie follows a 21-year-old mama’s boy still living at home who – after his mother gets engaged to a vindictive cop – must secure a paid promotion at his internship by the end of the day or find a new place to live. Read the rest of this entry »
Este Haim & Amanda Yamate Scoring Leah McKendrick’s ‘Voicemails for Isabelle’
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Yamate, Este Haim, Leah McKendrick, Netflix, Voicemails for Isabelle
Este Haim (of HAIM) (Maid, Anyone But You, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Suncoast, Tow) & Amanda Yamate (Trap House, Every Body) have teamed up to score the upcoming Netflix original film Voicemails for Isabelle. The movie is written and directed by Leah McKendrick (Scrambled) and stars Zoey Deutch, Nick Robinson, Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage, Ciara Bravo, Harry Shum Jr., Megan Danso, McKendrick herself, Toby Sandeman and Spencer Lord. The romantic comedy revolves around a young woman whose hilariously confessional voicemails to her late sister are unknowingly redirected to a stranger, who begins to fall in love from afar. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Is God Is’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aleshea Harris, Is God Is, Joseph Shirley, Moses Sumney, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the thriller Is God Is have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Moses Sumney and Joseph Shirley (Creed III, The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, The Underdoggs, Bad Trip, Killer Heat, Fairfax,The Mysterious Benedict Society).The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 22 by Lakeshore Records. A first track, Sins of the Father performed by Sumney & Kara Jackson, is already available to stream/download now as a digital single and can also be checked out below. Is God Is is written and directed by Aleshea Harris and stars Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Janelle Monáe, Mykelti Williamson, Josiah Cross, Erika Alexander, Vivica A. Fox and Sterling K. Brown. The movie based on Harris’ play of the same title follows two sisters who embark on a quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that will push them to extraordinary lengths. Read the rest of this entry »
Anna Drubich to Score Josh Monkarsh’s ‘Jacob and the Wolf’
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Drubich, Jacob and the Wolf, Josh Monkarsh
Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Forbidden Fruits, Werewolves Within, Time Cut, Sting) is set to score the upcoming comedic thriller Jacob and the Wolf. The film is written and directed by Josh Monkarsh (As We Know It) and stars Sam Lerner, Camille Hyde, Nikola Djuricko, Richard Kind, Bronson Pinchot, Oliver Cooper, Louis Lombardi, Pete Gardner,Timothy Hornor and Chris Webster. The movie follows a young couple who inherit a seemingly ideal home, but soon learn of its Nazi-affiliated dark past, leading to deadly consequences as their beliefs are questioned. Read the rest of this entry »
Mitchell Leib to Serve as Executive Music Producer on John Ottman’s ‘Billy and Me’
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Billy and Me, John Ottman, Mitchell Leib
Mitchell Leib, president of music and soundtracks at The Walt Disney Studios, will serve as the executive music producer on the upcoming biographical drama Billy and Me. The film is directed by composer/editor John Ottman (Bohemian Rhaposdy, X2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, Fantastic Four) who previously made his feature directorial debut on 2000’s Urban Legends: Final Cut and tells the origin story of Billy Joel before before Piano Man, the 1973 song and album that lofted him to stardom. The movie is told through the eyes of Joel’s first manager, Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him four years later and oversaw his career up to his breakthrough deal with Columbia Records in 1972. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Transformers: The Movie’ Reformatted Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nelson Shin, Soundtrack, The Transformers: The Movie, Vince DiCola
Hasbro, in collaboration with record label Reigning Phoenix Music, will release a new soundtrack album for the 1986 animated feature The Transformers: The Movie directed by Nelson Shin based on the original Transformers television series and starring Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, Orson Welles, Lionel Stander, John Moschitta, Jr., Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. The Reformated Edition features ten re-recorded, reimagined tracks from the Vince DiCola-scored film, including new recordings of The Touch & Dare by Stan Bush, Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way by Sebastian Bach, a new version of The Transformers (Theme) by metal artist Brittney Slayes (Unleash The Archers) and other re-recordings from Mark Osegueda (Kerry King, Death Angel), Francesco Cavalieri (Wind Rose, V.B.O.) and Cold Slither’s Torch. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and as a limited edition vinyl on July 24. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital and physical versions. Stan Bush’s The Touch is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Andrew Bernstein, Jack Ryan, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, William Marriott
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Prime Video original movie Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Pacific Rim, Fallout, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Uncharted, Eternals, A Wrinkle in Time) who has previously scored all four seasons of the Jack Ryan TV series and William Marriott (Beacon 23). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 20. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Jack Ryan: Ghost War is directed by Andrew Bernstein and stars John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, JJ Feild, Douglas Hodge, Max Beesley, Betty Gabriel and Sienna Miller. The thriller follows the title character as he reluctantly gets pulled back into espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy and joins two CIA allies and a sharp MI6 officer to battle a rogue black-ops unit in a high-stakes, deeply personal fight. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Permafrost’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antartica - Quasi una fiaba, Giorgio Giampà, Lucia Calamaro, Marta Lucchesini, Permafrost, score, Soundtrack
Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama Permafrost (Antartica – Quasi una fiaba). The album features the film’s original music composed by Giorgio Giampà (The Enforcer, Time Share, Christian, We Are the Thousand) & Marta Lucchesini (My Family, My Name Is Vendetta). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track after the jump. Permafrost is directed by Lucia Calamaro and stars Silvio Orlando, Barbara Ronchi, Valentina Bellè, Simone Liberati, Angelo Spagnoletti, Lorenzo Balducci, Enrico Borello, Stefano Rossi Giordani, Mario Russo and Astrid Casali. The movie follows group of scientists as they explore the future of humanity in Antarctica, when an eccentric, stubborn scientist arrives at the station and disrupts their plans. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bunnylovr’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bunnylovr, Eli Keszler, Katarina Zhu, score, Soundtrack
Deeper Into Movies will release a soundtrack album for the drama Bunnylovr. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eli Keszler (Pet Shop Days, Harka, Bad Shabbos, Alex’s War). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 19. The streaming/download link will be added to this article within the next day. Bunnylovr is written and directed by Katarina Zhu and stars Zhu herself, Rachel Sennott, Austin Amelio, Perry Yung and Jack Kilmer. The movie follows a drifting Chinese American cam girl who struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father. Read the rest of this entry »
