Fons Merkies (The Commune) & Laurens Goedhart (All Inclusive, Invasion, Faithfully Yours) have released a new soundtrack album for the Dutch TV series Máxima. The album features selections of composers’ original score from the show’s second season and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Millstreet Films BV has previously released an album featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 back in 2024. Máxima is directed by Saskia Diesing & Joosje Duk and stars Delfina Chaves, Martijn Lakemeier, Elsie de Brauw, Sebastian Koch, Steef de Bot, Bram Suijker, Claire Bender and Abbey Hoes. The new season of the period drama follows Máxima from the preparations for the much-discussed wedding to the coronation ten years later. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Máxima’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fons Merkies, Laurens Goedhart, Máxima, score, Soundtrack, Videoland
Mick Giacchino Scoring Marvel’s Disney+ Series ‘VisionQuest’
Posted: March 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, Marvel, Mick Giacchino, Terry M, VisionQuest
Mick Giacchino (The Penguin, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Zootopia+, The Muppets Mayhem, Extinct, That Dirty Black Bag) has been tapped to score Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ original series VisionQuest. The show is developed by Terry Matalas (Star Trek: Picard, 12 Monkeys) and stars Paul Bettany in the title role, alongside Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, James D’Arcy, Emily Hampshire, Orla Brady, Ruaridh Mollica, as well as James Spader as Ultron. The Marvel Television production takes place after the events in WandaVision (scored by Christophe Beck) and follows Vision as he tries to regain his memory and humanity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Murder in the Building’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Laurent Perez Del Mar, Le crime du 3e étage, Murder in the Building, Rémi Bezançon, score, Soundtrack
B Original has released a soundtrack album for the French comedic crime thriller Murder in the Building (Le crime du 3e étage). The album features the film’s original music composed by Laurent Perez Del Mar (The Red Turtle, My Son, The Mystery of Henri Pick, I Kill Giants, The Kitchen Brigade, Zarafa). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Murder in the Building is written and directed by Rémi Bezançon and stars Gilles Lellouche, Laetitia Casta and Guillaume Gallienne. The movie revolves around a crime writer and his film professor partner who get swept up in a real-life mystery when they begin to suspect their neighbor of murder. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Highlights from the 98th Academy Awards
Posted: March 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards
The 98th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. Two of the five nominees in the Original Song category were performed live. Check out the performances of the Oscar-winning Golden from KPop Demon Hunters by Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami (the singing voices behind HUNTR/X), as well as the Oscar-nominated I Lied to You from Sinners performed by Miles Caton & Raphael Saadiq (joined by Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey & Alice Smith) after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dantza’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dantza, Pascal Gaigne, score, Soundtrack, Telmo Esnal
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish musical feature Dantza. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Gaigne (The Endless Trench, The Olive Tree, Nora, The Giant, The Chapel, Remember Me). The soundtrack was released as a limited edition CD last month (visit the label’s official website to order) and is now also available digitally (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Also listen to the composer’s 12-minute Danças Suite below. Dantza is directed by Telmo Esnal and tells a story about the cycle of life and the evolution of man through Basque dances and their ancestral symbolism. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Göransson Wins Academy Award for ‘Sinners’ Score
Posted: March 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Ludwig Göransson was honored with his third Academy Award for his score from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at tonight’s 98th Oscar ceremony. He previously won the prize for his music from Coogler’s Black Panther in 2019 and from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in 2024. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Max Richter (Hamnet), Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia) and Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein). Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Chmelewsky Scoring BBC’s ‘The Other Bennet Sister’
Posted: March 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Chmelewsky, BBC, BritBox, The Other Bennet Sister
Anne Chmelewsky (Where Hands Touch, The Shepherd, To Cook a Bear, Maestra, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Only People) is the composer of the new BBC drama The Other Bennet Sister. The show is developed by Sarah Quintrell (The Power) based on Janice Hadlow’s novel of the same name and stars Ella Bruccoleri, Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Tanya Reynolds, Richard Coyle, Dónal Finn, Laurie Davidson, Varada Sethu, Maddie Close, Molly Wright, Poppy Gilbert and Grace Hogg-Robinson. The 10-part series follows Mary Bennet, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity and purpose. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 14, 2026)
Posted: March 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Breton Vivian, BritBox, Chris Roe, Imperfect Women, Paramount+, Siddhartha Khosla, The Lady, The Madison
Premiering today is the Paramount+ original series The Madison created by Taylor Sheridan and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Beau Garrett, Amiah Miller, Elle Chapman, Patrick J. Adams, Kevin Zegers, Alaina Pollack, Ben Schnetzer, Danielle Vasinova, Rebecca Spence and Matthew Fox. The show’s original music is composed by Breton Vivian (Yellowstone, Five Feet Apart, 1923, Redeeming Love, 1883, Marshals, Black Dog). Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 18, is the Apple TV limited series Imperfect Women created by Annie Weisman based on Araminta Hall’s novel and starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, Kate Mara, Joel Kinnaman, Corey Stoll, Leslie Odom Jr., Audrey Zahn, Jill Wagner, Rome Flynn, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Keith Carradine, Jackson Kelly, Violette Linnz, Wilson Bethel, Ana Ortiz, Indiana Elle and Sherri Saum. Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, Paradise, This Is Us, The Idea of You, Rabbit Hole, Welcome to Chippendales, Looking for Alaska) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released on Friday, March 20. Click here to learn more about the 8-part psychological thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV. Read the rest of this entry »
Colin Stetson Scoring Miko Lim’s ‘Stormbound’
Posted: March 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Colin Stetson, Miko Lim, Stormbound
Colin Stetson (Hereditary, Color Out of Space, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hold Your Breath, Uzumaki, The First) has composed the original score for the upcoming IMAX documentary Stormbound. The film is directed by Miko Lim (Ocean Mother) and chronicles the life of Jeff Gammon, one of America’s top stormchasers. The movie features unseen footage of Hurricanes Charley, Florence, Ian, Irma & Katrina to showcase nature’s raw power with an inspiring true story of hope and survival. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 13, 2026)
Posted: March 13, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Daniel Blumberg, Erick Schroder, Jongnic Bontemps, Lior Rosner, Pompei: Below the Clouds, Reminders of Him, Shanika Lewis-Waddell, Shirley Song, Slanted, Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead, The Gates, Tom Howe, Undertone
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic drama Reminders of Him directed by Vanessa Caswill and starring Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Bradley Whitford, Lainey Wilson and Lauren Graham. The film’s original score is composed by Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Knuckles, Dog Man, Daisy Jones & the Six, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Early Man, Book Club: The New Chapter). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as an original song by Noah Cyrus and another song by Morgan Harper-Jones today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the Canadian horror feature Undertone written and directed by Ian Tuason and starring Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Jeff Yung and Keana Lyn Bastidas. Shanika Lewis-Waddell has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows the host of a popular paranormal podcast who becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way, premiered at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and is being distributed by A24. Read the rest of this entry »
