Dragon’s Domain Records has announced The Don Davis Collection – Volume 2 featuring the world premiere release of two scores written by the composer of such films as The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Jurassic Park III, Bound & Behind Enemy Lines. The album includes Davis’ original demos for the 2001 slasher movie Valentine directed by Jamie Blanks and starring David Boreanaz, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Capshaw & Jessica Cauffiel, as well as his music from the 1988 thriller Blackout directed by Doug Adams and starring Gail O’Grady and Carol Lynley. The limited edition CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Don Davis’ ‘Valentine’ Score Announced
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blackout, Don Davis, Doug Adams, Jamie Blanks, score, Soundtrack, Valentine
‘How to Make a Killing’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emile Mosseri, How to Make a Killing, John Patton Ford, score, Soundtrack
Greedy Heart Records will release the official soundtrack album for the comedy thriller How to Make a Killing. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Emile Mosseri (Minari, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Kajillionaire, When You Finish Saving the World, Homecoming, Preparation for the Next Life). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 20. The streaming/download link will be added to this page soon. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. How to Make a Killing is written and directed by John Patton Ford and stars Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Bill Camp, Zach Woods, Topher Grace and Ed Harris. The movie follows a blue-collar man a young man robbed of his birthright to a vast family fortune who is determined to get what he feels he’s owed by murdering his way through the family members who stand in his way. Read the rest of this entry »
Ice Nine Kills’ & Mckenna Grace’s Original Song ‘Twisting the Knife’ from ‘Scream 7’ Released
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ice Nine Kills, Kevin Williamson, McKenna Grace, Scream, Scream 7
Fearless Records has released the second song from the soundtrack for the slasher sequel Scream 7. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Twisting the Knife written by Spencer Charnas, Drew Fulk, Steve Sopchak, Joe Occhiuti, Mckenna Grace, Jeris Johnson, William Schultz & John Feldmann and performed by Ice Nine Kills feat. Mckenna Grace (who also stars in the movie). Also check out the official music videos after the jump. A first song (Rearranging Scars by Sueco) has previously been released last week. Scream 7 is co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson and also stars Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Anna Camp, Matthew Lillard, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Tim Simons, Celeste O’Connor,Mark Consuelos and Joel McHale. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jay McCarrol, Matt Johnson, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Canadian mockumentary Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jay McCarrol (BlackBerry, The Kid Detective, Operation Avalanche, Hell of a Summer, The Dirties). Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Score will be released digitally tomorrow, February 20. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is co-written (with McCarrol) and directed by Matt Johnson and stars Johnson and McCarrol themselves. The movie follows Matt & Jay as they accidentally travel back to the year 2008 when their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong. Read the rest of this entry »
Randy Newman Scoring Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 5’
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Andrew Stanton, Pixar, Randy Newman, Toy Story, Toy Story 5
Randy Newman (The Natural, Avalon, Marriage Story, Pleasantville, James and the Giant Peach, Awakenings, The Princess and the Frog, Parenthood, Maverick) has recently been recording his score for Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Toy Story 5. The film is directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E), co-directed by Kenna Harris (Ciao Alberto) and features the voices of Tom Hanks who reprises his role of cowboy Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, Joan Cusack as Jessie, Tony Hale as Forky, as well as new cast additions Greta Lee, Conan O’Brien and Keanu Reeves. The movie follows Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang whose jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Crime 101’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bart Layton, Blanck Mass, Crime 101, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the thriller Crime 101 have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Blanck Mass (aka Benjamin John Power) (Calm with Horses, The Rig, She Rides Shotgun, Ted K, Gazza). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 20 by Invada Records & Lakeshore Records. The streaming/download link will be added to this page within the next day. Crime 101 is is written and directed by Bart Layton and stars Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Monica Barbaro, Barry Keoghan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Corey Hawkins and Nick Nolte. The movie based on Don Winslow’s novella of the same title and follows an elusive thief whose strings of heists unfolding along the 101 freeway in Los Angeles have mystified police and whose path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker who is facing her own crossroads, forcing the two to collaborate. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Scoring Anthony Maras’ ‘Pressure’
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony Maras, Pressure, Volker Bertelmann
Composer Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, Lion, Adrift, Dune: Prophecy, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, A House of Dynamite, One Life) is reuniting with director Anthony Maras on the upcoming historical drama Pressure. The film is co-written (with David Haig) and directed by Maras and stars Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Chris Messina and Damian Lewis. The movie based on Haig’s play of the same titl is set during the tense 72 hours before D-Day as General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg confront an impossible choice: launch the largest and most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Midwinter Break’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hannah Peel, Midwinter Break, Polly Findlay, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Midwinter Break. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, Scoop, Insomnia, Bring Them Down, The Midwich Cuckoos, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, Silent Roar, The Deceived). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 20. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Midwinter Break marks the feature debut of theater director Polly Findlay and stars Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds and Niahm Cusack. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Bernard MacLaverty (who also co-wrote the screenplay) and revolves around a retired long-time couple whose travel from their home in Glasgow to Amsterdam for an impromptu holiday stirs up troubled memories from their past. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Weightless’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: February 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Emilie Thalund, Johan Carøe, score, Soundtrack, Vægtløs, Weightless
OONA has released a soundtrack album for the Danish drama Weightless (Vægtløs). The album features the film’s original music composed by Johan Carøe (Attachment, Miss Osaka, Gold Coast). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Weightless is directed by Emilie Thalund and stars Marie Helweg Augustsen, Ella Paaske, Joachim Fjelstrup. The movie follows a 15-year old teenager as she negotiates space for herself and her desires at a Danish summer ‘wellness’ camp. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Magicampers’ Theme Song Released
Posted: February 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Jr., Magicampers, Michael Dennis Smith, Obie Scott-Wade, Paula Winger
Walt Disney Records has released the theme song from the upcoming Disney Jr. original animated series Magicampers. The track written by Paula Winger, Michael Dennis Smith & the show’s creator Obie Scott-Wade and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Magicampers is created by Scott-Wade and features the voice talent of Cassie Glow, Benjamin Mackey, Mason Blomberg and Uzo Aduba. The OuiDo! production follows the adventures of two best friends at a day camp for magical creatures on a fantastical island. Read the rest of this entry »
