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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 6, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the Japanese monster movie Godzilla Minus Zero written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetake Yoshioka, Min Tanaka, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Yuki Yamada, Iun Kunimura, Sakura Ando and Mio Tanaka. The film’s original music is composed by Naoki Sato (Godzilla Minus One, Rurouni Kenshin, Pretty Cure, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Masquerade Night, Blood-C, X). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday and Rambling Records has released a CD and vinyl edition in Japan. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Toho production, which is being distributed stateside by GKIDS.

Also opening wide is the animated feature The Cat in the Hat directed by Erica Rivinoja & Alessandro Carlon and starring Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, Giancarlo Esposito, America Ferrera, Quinta Brunson, Paula Pell, Tiago Martinez, Bowen Yang and Tituss Burgess.have been revealed. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life,The LEGO Batman Movie,  Black Adam, His Dark Materials, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the project’s theme song by Fitz & Tim Minchin and an original end credits Hilary Duff last Friday. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures Animation production.

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‘I Play Rocky’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Loma Vista Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama I Play Rocky. The album features nine songs from the film written and performed by Grammy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, whistler, and songwriter Andrew Bird, including three previously unreleased tracks (Moody Mule, Magical Thinking & How Long Have You Been Standing There). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 20. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. I Play Rocky is directed by Peter Farrelly and stars Anthony Ippolito, AnnaSophia Robb, P.J. Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Matt Dillon, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass, Stephan James and Kiki Seto. The movie follows an unknown s Sylvester Stallone as he gambles everything on himself, refusing to sell his highly sought-after Rocky script unless the studio lets him star as Rocky Balboa.

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‘Drummer Boy’ Soundtrack Album Released

Curb Records has released the full soundtrack album for the period musical drama Drummer Boy. The album features the film’s original songs written by the Grammy Award-winning Christian pop duo for KING & COUNTRY.and performed by cast members Lucas Leach, India Brown, Ioan Gruffudd, Melora Hardin, Beverley Knight, Iain Glen and Beth Easdown. Also included are  “Radiant Mix” versions of two of the songs performed by for KING & COUNTRY themselves. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to several tracks after the jump. Drummer Boy directed by Joel David & Ben Smallbone is set during the American Revolutionary War and tells the story of two brothers on opposite sides of the battlefield and an enslaved woman who each search for freedom in a world built to deny it.

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‘Steps’ Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original animated film Steps have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot, Bridgerton, Green Book, Spider-Noir, GOAT, Haunted Mansion, Hexed, The Color Purple, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Dear White People). Also included are the movie’s original songs written and produced by Justin Tranter and performed by Jennie, Emei, Rose Gray, as well as Amanda Seyfried (who also stars the voice of Cinderella). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 20 by Netflix Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, a first song (Someone to Hold performed by Jennie) has already been released as a digital single today. Steps iss directed by Alyce Tzue & John Ripa and also stars Ali Wong, Stephanie Hsu, Daniel Radcliffe, Young Mazino, Nikki Glaser, Peter Dinklage and Bette Midler. The animated comedy follows Cinderella’s “evil” stepsister Lilith who steals the Fairy Godmother’s wand and shatters the story as we know it.

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‘Musk’ (Vol. 1) Soundtrack Album Released

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Musk. The album features selections of the film’s original score composed by Daniel Pemberton (Project Hail Mary, Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, The Bad Guys, Birds of Prey, Masters of the Universe, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.). The Vol. 1 soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. As previously reported, Matador Records has released the original song Let Me Sell You a Dream by Talking Heads’ David Byrne & Pemberton from the movie as a digital single last month. Musk is directed by Alex Gibney and takes a look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live in.

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Bear McCreary’s & AURORA’s Original Song ‘Morning Shall Come’ from ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3 Released

Fontana has released the original song Morning Shall Come from the third season of the Prime Video original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The track written by the show’s composer Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, , Outlander) and Norwegian singer/songwriter AURORA (and lyrics co-written with J.D. Payne) and performed by Aurora and the Trinity Boys Choir (background vocals) is now available to stream on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also check out the official lyric music video after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album will be released next Friday, November 13.

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‘Campus Drivers’ Soundtrack Album Released

Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album for the French Prime Video original series Campus Drivers. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by David Menke (The Last Days of American Crime, Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation, Skylines, Sam – A Saxon) & Pegazi. The soundtrack is now available to stream here. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. Campus Drivers is created by Thomas Boullé based on CS Quill’s bestselling novels and stars Carmen Kassovitz, Baptiste Masseline, Madior Fall, Felix Nebel, Esteban Vial,Enzo Lorente, Paolo Luka-Noé, Louna Balavoine, Eloïse Rey and Cassandra Cano. The YA drama follows a college student who is forced into a chaotic live-in arrangement after a sudden breakup sparks an intense attraction with the wealthy peer behind the university’s popular ride-hailing app.

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JENNIE’s Original Song ‘Someone to Hold’ from Netflix Animated Film ‘Steps’ Released

Netflix Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for the streamer’s upcoming animated film Steps. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is Someone to Hold written by Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels & Jason Gill and performed by JENNIE (of the South Korean girl group Blackpink). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring more songs and Kris Bowers’ original score from the movie will be released on November 20. Steps is directed by Alyce Tzue & John Ripa and stars Ali Wong, Amanda Seyfried, Stephanie Hsu, Nikki Glaser, Daniel Radcliffe, Young Mazino, Peter Dinklage and Bette Midler.

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‘Ghost Song’ (‘Geister’) Soundtrack Released

Radyo Bombero has released a soundtrack album for the German fantasy drama Ghost Song (Geister). The album features the film’s original scorer composed by Malakoff Kowalski (The Silent Forest, A Stasi Comedy), as well as the movie’s original songs by Jugglerz. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. A CD version and vinyl edition will be coming out next week and is also available to order on Amazon. Also listen to the “title song” Ya Mami (feat. Aya Samra) and the score title track after the jump. Ghost Song is co-written and directed by Fatih Akin and stars Mariam Dawoud, Eren M. Güvercin, Carlotta von Falkenhayn and Gabriel-Winner Amorim. The movie follows two 20-year-olds who meet and connect at a graduation party, only for one of them to die tragically the very same night, leading into a paranormal and existential exploration of grief, love, and loss.

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‘The One’ Score Album Released

The Audio Planet has released a soundtrack album for the faith-based drama The One. The album features the film’s original score composed by Stephen Tackett & Josh Tackett (Do Us Part). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ first and final track after the jump. A separate album featuring the songs from the movie is also being released. The One is directed by Lisa Arnold and stars Jana Kramer, Martin Sheen, Olivia Sanabia, Nick Zano and Noah Redclay. The movie tells the story of an 18-year-old battling PTSD and homelessness after aging out of the foster system who sets out to see the country’s largest Christmas tree, crossing paths with a mysterious traveler and a grieving runaway teen of grieving the loss of her twin sister.

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