Kevin Kiner (Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Peacemaker, Hell on Wheels, Making a Murderer, Wing Commander), Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner are the composers of the new Disney+ original animated series Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. The show is created by Dave Filoni (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett), developed by Filoni & Matt Michnovetz and features the voices of Sam Witwer (in the title role), Gideon Adlon, Wagner Moura, Richard Ayoade, Dennis Haysbert, Chris Diamantopoulos, Vanessa Marshall, Charlie Bushnell, David C. Collins, A.J. LoCascio and Steve Blum. The Lucasfilm Animation production is set after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and follows Maul as he is plotting to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire, where he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who could be the apprentice he is seeking to aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner Scoring Disney+’s ‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’
Posted: March 29, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Filoni, Deana Kiner, Disney Plus, Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner, Star Wars, Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 29, 2026)
Posted: March 29, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Cieri, David Mitcham, Henry David Thoreau, Hulu, Leo Birenberg, Marco Beltrami, National Geographic, Netflix, PBS, Pizza Movie, Secrets of the Bees, The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson, Zach Robinson
Premiering tomorrow, March 30 is the PBS documentary Henry David Thoreau directed by Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers, executive produced by Ken Burns & Don Henley, narrated by George Clooney and featuring the voices of Jeff Goldblum, Meryl Streep, Ted Danson and Tate Donovan. The 2-part film’s original music is composed by David Cieri (The Vietnam War, Hemingway, Oklahoma City, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History). Ropeadope will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score tomorrow. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which will air over two nights on March 30 & 31 on PBS. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Secrets of the Bees’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Mitcham, National Geographic, score, Secrets of the Bees, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Secrets of the Bees. The album the show’s original music composed by David Mitcham (Dancing with the Birds, Secret Lives of Orangutans, The Elephant, the Emperor and the Butterfly Tree, The Last Orangutan Eden, Wonder of Song). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Secrets of the Bees is hosted and narrated by National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory, produced by Alastair Fothergill, Huw Cordey & Nadége Laici (who also directed) for Silverback Films and executive produced by James Cameron & Maria Wilhelm for Lightstorm Earth. The 2-parter uses groundbreaking filming technology to reveal the extraordinary world of bees und uncover their astonishing architecture and intelligence. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 27, 2026)
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Days, 13 Days 13 Nights, A Magnificent Life, Alpha, Anna Drubich, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Christopher Bear, Fantasy Life, Forbidden Fruits, Guillaume Roussel, Holy Days, James William Blades, Jim Williams, Karl Sölve Steven, Marius de Vries, Matt Robertson, Our Hero Balthazar, Stefano Bollani, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, They Will Kill You
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action/horror comedy They Will Kill You co-written and directed by Kirill Sokolov and starring Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Tom Felton, Paterson Joseph, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette. The film’s original music is composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Hacks, Lessons in Chemistry, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Dept. Q, Ezra, Griselda, Chupa, Just Beyond). Waxwork Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the horror comedy Forbidden Fruits co-written and directed by Meredith Alloway and starring Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Lola Tung, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain and Gabrielle Union. Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within, Sting, Time Cut) has composed the film’s original music. Waxwork Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by the Independent Film Company & Shudder. Read the rest of this entry »
‘House of David’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, House of David, Soundtrack
Capitol Christian Music Group has released a new soundtrack album for Wonder Project’s Prime Video original series House of David. The album features twelve songs from and inspired by the show’s second season by artists such as Elevation Worship, lead actor Michael Iskander, Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes, CeCe Winans, Brooke Ligertwood and UPPERROOM. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here. Also listen to the new season’s lead single, You Lead Me co-written (with Natalie Hemby) and performed by Lauren Daigle after the jump. The label has previously released an album featuring songs from Season 1 last year. House of David is created by Jon Erwin and also stars Ali Suliman, Ayelet Zurer, Stephen Lang, Indy Lewis, Ethan Kai, Yali Topol Margalith, Oded Fehr, Sam Otto, Louis Ferreira, Ashraf Barhom, Davood Ghadami and Alexander Uloom. Read the rest of this entry »
Alex Heffes Scoring Justin Chadwick’s ‘Brothers Under Fire’
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Brothers Under Fire, Justin Chadwick
Composer Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, The Regime, State of Play, Shardlake, The Rite) is reuniting with director Justin Chadwick (Tulip Fever, The Other Boleyn Girl) on the upcoming action thriller Brothers Under Fire. The film stars Kiefer Sutherland as a captain whose squadron on leave for a wedding in Mexico encounters a murderous cartel and is forced into a battle to save his men when war erupts between his squad and the cartel. Omar Chaparro, Laura Osma, Tommy Martinez and Ashton Sanders are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The AI Doc’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Tyrell, Daniel Roher, Marius de Vries, Matt Robertson, score, Soundtrack, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marius de Vries (Coda, Kick-Ass, Sucker Punch,Strange Magic, Easy Virtue, The End) & Matt Robertson (Navalny, Bad Genius). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track (Imagine a Galaxy) after the jump. The AI Doc is directed by Daniel Roher & Charlie Tyrell and follows father-to-be Roher as he tries to figure out what is happening with the AI insanity. The movie produced by Daniel Kwan explores the existential dangers and stunning promise of the most powerful technology humanity has ever created…and what’s at stake if we get it wrong. Read the rest of this entry »
Jacques Brautbar Scoring Adam Shankman’s ‘Stop! That! Train!’
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Shankman, Jacques Brautbar, Stop! That! Train!
Jacques Brautbar (Bob Trevino Likes It, Skywalkers: A Love Story, Supercool, Ravage, Black as Night, Phobias, It Ain’t Over, Kings of Beer) is scoring the upcoming action comedy Stop! That! Train!. The film is directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray, The Pacifier) and stars Ginger Minj, Jujubee, RuPaul, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Latrice Royale, Marcia Marcia Marcia, Monét X Change, Symone, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rachel Bloom, Matt Rogers, Lisa Rinna and Nicole Richie. The movie follows two best friends and train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express and – when a catastrophic storm threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Los Angeles – must join forces with the snobby first class attendants and the President to save the day. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deathstalker’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blitz//Berlin, Deathstalker, score, Slash, Soundtrack, Steven Kostanski
Raven Banner Releasing has released a soundtrack album for the Deathstalker reboot. The album features the film’s original score composed by Blitz//Berlin (Silent Night, Deadly Night, Queens of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Still/Born, PG: Psycho Goreman, Frankie Freako). Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash is a featured soloist on the score. Visit Amazon or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to two tracks below. Sparks & Shadows Records has previously released a digital single featuring Bear McCreary’s title song (in two different versions), as well as the song Walking Alone by Nina Bergman & Jonah Nimoy. Deathstalker is written and directed by Steven Kostanski and stars Daniel Bernhardt, Christina Orjalo, Paul Lazenby, Nicholas Rice, as well as Patton Oswalt as the voice of Doodad. The movie based on the 1983 feature of the same title follows the title character who gets marked by dark magic and hunted by monstrous assassins when he recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield and must break the curse to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
Miley Cyrus’ Original Song ‘Younger You’ from Disney+’s ‘Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special’ Released
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, Miley Cyrus
Hollywood Records has released the original song Younger You from Disney+’s Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special. The track co-written (with Michael Pollack, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, Gregory “Aldae” Hein & Jon Bellio) and performed by Miley Cyrus is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official music video after the jump. The Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special is hosted by Alex Cooper and features Cyrus as she revisits her most memorable moments in an in-depth interview. Read the rest of this entry »
