Columbia Records has released the fifth song from the soundtrack for the slasher sequel Scream 7. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Criminal co-written (with Laura Veltz & Steven Rusch) and performed by Jessie Murph. Also check out the official visualizer music video after the jump. Four other songs (Rearranging Scars by Sueco, Twisting the Knife by Ice Nine Kills feat. Mckenna Grace, Creepin by Don Toliver & The Kill by Stella Lefty) from the movie have previously been released over the last two weeks. Scream 7 is co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson and stars Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Michelle Randolph, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Matthew Lillard, David Arquette, Jimmy Tatro, Anna Camp, Mark Consuelos, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Celeste O’Connor, Tim Simons and Joel McHale. Read the rest of this entry »
Jessie Murph’s Original Song ‘Criminal’ from ‘Scream 7’ Released
Posted: February 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jessie Murph, Kevin Williamson, Scream 7
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 27, 2026)
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brooke Blair, Emily Bear, EmmoLei Sankofa, Ernst Reijseger, Ghost Elephants, Ian Hultquist, Idiotka, K-Pops, Marco Beltrami, Scream 7, Space Cowboy, Undercard, Will Blair
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher sequel Scream 7 co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson and starring Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Michelle Randolph, Matthew Lillard, Anna Camp, David Arquette, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Mark Consuelos, Jimmy Tatro, Celeste O’Connor, Tim Simons and Joel McHale. The film’s original score is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker, Hellboy) who previously composed the music for the first four installments. No score album has been announced yet. Several songs from the movie have been released as digital singles over the last two weeks. Check out our previous articles for more information and click here to check out the music team credits of the Paramount Pictures release.
Opening semi-wide in a few hundred AMC theaters this weekend is the comedy K-Pops! co-written and directed by Anderson .Paak and starring the singer/songwriter himself, Soul Rasheed, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park, Jee Young Han, and Yvette Nicole Brown. Emily Bear (Moana 2, The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Dog Gone, Our Little Secret) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be released in the coming weeks. A first song from the soundtrack (but not featured/credited in the movie), Keychain by aespa & Anderson .Paak), was released as a digital single today. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Aura Entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Undercard’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: EmmoLei Sankofa, score, Soundtrack, Tamika Miller, Undercard
EmmoLei Sankofa (The Other Black Girl, Step Up, Launchpad: Project CC, Three Ways) has released a soundtrack album for the boxing drama Undercard. The album features the composer’s original music from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Sankofa’s first two tracks after the jump. Undercard is co-written and directed by Tamika Miller and stars Wanda Sykes, Bentley Green, Xavier Mills, Roselyn Sánchez, William Stanford Davis, Berto Colón and Estella Kahiha. The movie follows a two-time former boxing champion and recovering alcoholic as she attempts to reconnect with the 21-year-old son she abandoned. Read the rest of this entry »
Brian Tyler & Breton Vivian Scoring CBS’ ‘Marshals’
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, CBS, Marshals, Yellowstone
Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Now You See Me, Thor: The Dark World) and Breton Vivian (Five Feet Apart, Redeeming Love, Black Dog) are returning to score new CBS drama Marshals. The Yellowstone spinoff is created by Spencer Hudnut (SEAL Team) and stars Luke Grimes who reprises his role of Kayce Dutton, alongside Logan Marshall-Green, Gil Birmingham, Ash Santos, Arielle Kebbel, Tatanka Means and Mo Brings Plenty. The series follows Dutton as he joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana. Read the rest of this entry »
‘TRON Ares: Divergence’ Album Released
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, Joachim Rønning, Nine Inch Nails, score, Soundtrack, Trent Reznor, Tron: Ares
Interscope Records & The Null Corporation have released TRON Ares: Divergence, a new album featuring previously unreleased score tracks from last year’s sci-fi sequel composed by Nine Inch Nails, as well as new remixes by artists including Mark Pritchard, Boys Noize, ARCA, Lanark Artefax, Chilly Gonzales, Jack Dangers, Pixel Grip, Danny L Harle, Working Men’s Club, The Dare and Schwefelgelband. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Also listen to several tracks after the jump. The labels have previously released the original soundtrack album last September. TRON: Ares is directed by Joachim Rønning and stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian Anderson, Arturo Castro Cameron Monaghan and Jeff Bridges. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Season 2 Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Declan de Barra, Giona Ostinelli, Netflix, One Piece, Sonya Belousova, The HU
Netflix Music has released the first song from the soundtrack for the second season of the streamer’s original series One Piece. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is Pray to the Sun written by the show’s composers Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli and performed by Declan de Barra & the Mongolian folk metal band The Hu. Also listen to track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring the songs and score from the new season will be released next month. One Piece is developed by Matt Owens & Steven Maeda based on the Manga series of the same title and stars Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Taz Skylar, Jacob Romero and Charithra Chandran. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Per Aspera Ad Astra’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kevin Riepl, Lorne Balfe, Per Aspera Ad Astra, score, Soundtrack, Stuart Michael Thomas
Dream Studio has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese sci-fi adventure Per Aspera Ad Astra. The album the film’s original score composed by Kevin Riepl (Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earth, Cabin Fever, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, The Night Crew, Green Lantern: Beware My Power) & Stuart Michael Thomas (The Cut, Midnight Bayou, Northern Lights, Bustin’ Down the Door, Blue Smoke) and produced by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Black Adam, His Dark Materials). Also included is the title song performed by lead actor Dylan Wang (aka Wang Hedi). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first score track and the song after the jump. Per Aspera Ad Astra is directed by Han Yan and also stars Zu Feng, Luo Haiqiong and Wang Duo. Read the rest of this entry »
Fever Ray’s Original Songs ‘The Lake’ & ‘Wrong Flower’ from ‘The Bride!’ Released
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fever Ray, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride
WaterTower Music has released the original songs The Lake & Wrong Flower from Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!. The tracks are written and performed by Fever Ray and are now available to stream/download as a digital EP (featuring both “cinematic” and original versions) on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both songs after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released next Friday, March 6. The Bride! is written and directed by Gyllenhaal and stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim Phillips Scoring Netflix’s ‘Vladimir’
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Tim Phillips, Vladimir
Tim Phillips (Becoming Elizabeth, Shameless) has composed the original music for the new Netflix limited series Vladimir. The show is created by Julia May Jonas based on her book of the same title and stars Rachel Weisz, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Jessica Henwick, Matt Walsh and Ellen Robertson. The comedy drama revolves around an English professor whose complicated marriage and career are thrown into total chaos when she becomes obsessed with a handsome new colleague. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Lorne Balfe’s ‘The Dinosaurs’ Score Released
Posted: February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Lorne Balfe, Netflix, The Dinosaurs
Netflix Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for the streamer’s original documentary series The Dinosaurs. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Life & Death written by the show’s composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album is expected to be released next week. The Dinosaurs is narrated by Morgan Freeman, produced by Silverback Films & Amblin Documentaries and follows the rise and fall of the dinosaurs across hundreds of millions of years. Read the rest of this entry »
