AB Records has released the original title song from the crime thriller By Any Means. The track written by Honorary Academy Award winner Diane Warren and performed by David Kushner & The Isley Brothers is now available to stream/download (in two different versions) on most major digital music services. Also listen to both the “film version” and :soundtrack version” after the jump. A full soundtrack album featuring both versions and more songs from the movie will be released on September 18. By Any Means is directed by Elegance Bratton and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, David Strathairn, LisaGay Hamilton, Josh Lucas, Ethan Embry, LaChanze and Giancarlo Esposito. Read the rest of this entry »
Diane Warren’s, David Kushner’s & The Isley Brothers’ Original ‘By Any Means’ Title Song Released
Posted: August 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: By Any Means, David Kushner, Diane Warren, Elegance Bratton, The Isley Brothers
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‘Never Stop Chasing’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ken Cole, Leo Birenberg, Never Stop Chasing, score, Soundtrack, Zach Robinson
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Never Stop Chasing. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winners Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Super Troopers 3 Twisted Metal, The Breadwinner, Obliterated, Florida Man). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title track after the jump. Never Stop Chasing is directed by Ken Cole and follows storm chaser Reed Timmer and his crew as they pursue the world’s most powerful tornadoes, confronting danger, friendship, and the personal cost of a life driven by the relentless pursuit of storms. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Tad and The Magic Lamp’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Enrique Gato, score, Soundtrack, Tad and The Magic Lamp, Tadeo Jones y la lámpara maravillosa, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Grupo Editorial Telecinco will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Tad and The Magic Lamp ( Tadeo Jones y la lámpara maravillosa). The album features the film’s original music composed by Zacarías M. De la Riva (Automata, The Kill Team, Below Zero, Black Snow, Bent, You Keep the Kids) who previously scored the first three installments (Tad – The Lost Explorer, Tad Jones and the Secret of King Midas & Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy) in the series. The composer has recorded his score with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Hernand. The soundtrack will be released digitally on Wednesday, August 26 (click here to pre-save). Also check out a short preview after the jump. Tad and The Magic Lamp is directed by Enrique Gato and follows Tad, his girlfriend Sara and their friends Momia, Jeff & Belzoni as they embark on an adventure after Tadeo accidentally unleashes an ancient spell. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Back to the 90s’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Back to the 90s, Facundo Scalerandi, Liam Mour, Soundtrack
BMG Rights Management has released a soundtrack album for the German comedy Back to the 90s. The album features the songs from the film, as well as the movie’s original score composed by Liam Mour (Get Up, Krass Klassenfahrt – Der Kinofilm). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to several tracks, including the lead single, 1995, written by Take That frontman Gary Barlow, after the jump. Back to the 90s is directed by Facundo Scalerandi and stars Bene Schulz, Jacob Rott, Julien Brown, Luis Freitag, Tim Schäcker, Felicitas Woll, Luise Aschenbrenner, Anja Pichler, Sidney Fahlisch, Helena von Have and Derya Akyol. The movie follows a rising boy band who get sent back to 1995 via an elevator before the biggest showcase of their lives and have to race to reverse the time slip. Read the rest of this entry »
Terence Blanchard Scoring Elegance Bratton’s ‘By Any Means’
Posted: August 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: By Any Means, Elegance Bratton, Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, 25th Hour, Inside Man, The Woman King, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Love & Basketball, Red Tails) has composed the original score for the upcoming period crime thriller By Any Means. The film is directed by Elegance Bratton (The Inspection) and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, Ethan Embry, LaChanze, David Strathairn and Giancarlo Esposito. The movie, which also features an original title by Diane Warren, is inspired by a true story and follows a young Black FBI agent who is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders and finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur. Read the rest of this entry »
‘S&X’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mari Fukushige, Netflix, S&X, score, Shogo Kusano, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese Netflix original series S&X. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Fukushige Mari. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. S&X is based on Kisei Tada’s popular manga of the same name and stars Kento Nakajima, Yuko Araki, Ryota Miura, Aoi Nakamura, Sawako Fujima, Rinka Kumada, Yusuke Santamaria, Sayaka Yamaguchi and Shiro Sano. The 7-part drama directed by Shogo Kusano revolves around a sex therapist who treats diverse and intimate sexual issues at his clinic, but secretly hides a struggle of his own. Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Westlake Scoring Paramount+’s ‘Golden Axe’
Posted: August 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chris Westlake, Golden Axe, Paramount+
Chris Westlake (Before We Go, Small Town Crimes, Transit) is the composer of the upcoming Paramount+ original animated series Golden Axe. The show is created by Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty) & Joe Chandler (American Dad) based on SEGA’s video game of the same name and stars Matthew Rhys, Danny Pudi, Lisa Gilroy, Liam McIntyre and Carl Tart. The series follows legendary warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare and Gilius Thunderhead as they reunite to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder, who just won’t seem to stay dead and are forced to work with Hampton Squib, an inexperienced and wildly underprepared adventurer whose dream of heroism far exceeds his abilities. as Chronos “Evil” Lait, an uncomfortably cheesy humanoid panther. Read the rest of this entry »
Meghan Trainor to Write Original Songs for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s ‘Margie Claus’
Posted: August 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ben Falcone, Damon Jones, Kirk DeMicco, Margie Claus, Meghan Trainor
Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Meghan Trainor will contribute original songs to the upcoming animated feature Margie Claus. The film is directed by Kirk DeMicco (Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, The Croods) and features the voices of Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Andrew Scott, Annie Mumolo, Octavia Spencer, Cole Escola, Georgette Falcone, Gary Farmer, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Cedric Yarbrough and Maria Bakalova. The movie follows Santa’s wife Margie who has to spring into action when Santa Claus goes missing on Christmas Eve and puts together a wildly unqualified rescue team and ventures to the South Pole where good cheer can get you killed. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Eric Byers, Jason Hehir, Lucia Micarelli, Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter, score, Soundtrack
Vital Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lucia Micarelli & Eric Byers (Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the musicians’/composers’ title track after the jump. Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter is directed by Jason Hehir and explores the journey of the tennis GOAT who began playing on the hardscrabble courts of Serbia and rose to become the most accomplished champion in the history of men’s tennis. The movie features intimate interviews with Djokovic himself, his family, his wife Jelena, and leading figures from the world of tennis, including Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker & Jim Courier, as well as media personalities such as Patrick McEnroe, Mary Carillo, Howard Bryant, Chris Clarey & Matthew Futterman to paint a portrait of a complicated figure whose difficult moments are inseparable from the fire that made him a champion. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Insidious, Insidious: Out of the Further, Jacob Chase, Joseph Bishara, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the supernatural horror movie Insidious: Out of the Further. The album features the film’s original music composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Malignant, Hokum. The Curse of La Llorona, Dark Skies, Tarot, The Unholy)who previously scored the first five installments in the Insidious feature series. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 21 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Insidious: Out of the Further is co-written and directed by Jacob Chase and stars Amelia Eve, Brandon Perea, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Island Austin, Charli Penton, as well as Lin Shaye who returns as Elise Rainier. The Blumhouse production follows a young mother who discovers thsy she can travel into The Further and – when something evil comes after her – discovers that she can bring what lives there back to the real world. Read the rest of this entry »
