Bryce Dessner (of The National) (Train Dreams, Sing Sing, The Two Popes, We Live in Time, The Accountant 2, Cyrano, Bardo, She Came to Me, Manhunt, A Good Person) has provided the original score for the upcoming drama A Statement. The film is directed by Tom McCarthy (Spotlight, The Station Agent) and stars Paul Rudd, Evan Peters, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, John Turturro, Mary Catherine Garrison, Tatiana Maslany, Nina Arianda and Zach Woods. The movie based on the book Losing Earth by Nathaniel Rich is set at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, when twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effects of Co2 emissions on the climate. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryce Dessner Scoring Tom McCarthy’s ‘A Statement’
Posted: September 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Statement, Bryce Dessner, Tom McCarthy
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‘No Rest for the Wicked’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hettarher, Kasper Kalle, No Rest for the Wicked, score, Soundtrack
TUTL Records has released a soundtrack album for the Danish supernatural gothic romance No Rest for the Wicked. The album features the film’s original score composed by Hettarher (The Last Paradise on Earth). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Koltur) after the jump. No Rest for the Wicked is co-written and directed by Kasper Kalle and stars Egor Venned, Pilou Asbaek, Sofia Nolsoe, Kjartan Hansen, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Brimheim, Noomi Kunoy Heradottir, Bui Egason Dam and Klaus Sondergaard. The movie inspired by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs’ 1885 short story Manor is set in the 1860s in the Faroe Islands and follows a young fisherman whose isolated life is transformed by the arrival of a rugged Danish whaler. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of John Barry’s The L-Shaped Room’ Score Announced
Posted: September 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anthony Simmons, Four in the Morning, John Barry, score, sm, Soundtrack, The L-Shaped Room, zgiyzduyvj
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring three scores from British 1960s films composed by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Somewhere in Time, Indecent Proposal, Body Heat, The Man with the Golden Gun, Chaplin). The album features the composer’s newly remastered music from the 1965 drama Four in the Morning written and directed by Anthony Simmons and starring Ann Lynn, Judi Dench, Norman Rodway, Brian Phelan & Joe Melia, the world premiere release of his score from the 1962 British romantic drama The L-Shaped Room written and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Bernard Lee, Brock Peters & Cicely Courtneidge, as well as his opening and closing titles music from 1966’s Dutchman directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Shirley Knight & Al Freeman, Jr.. The soundtrack is now available to order as a CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies, on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Violinist’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ervin Han, Isabel Latorre, La Violinista, Raúl García, Ricky Ho, score, Soundtrack, The Violinist
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature The Violinist (La Violinista). The album features the film’s original music composed by Ricky Ho (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants) and Isabel Latorre (Unicorns, Valenciana). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Ho’s end titles track after the jump. The Violinist is directed by Ervin Han & Raúl García and features the voices of Kheng Hua Tan, Ayden Sng, Kazuya Tanabe, Adrian Pang, Rong Fang and Enrique Arce. The movie follows music journalist who uncovers a decades-long mystery stretching from 1930s Singapore through World War II, tracing how a single violin bound together an affluent girl and an orphaned musical prodigy over 80 years of history. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 27, 2026)
Posted: September 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Africa Earth's Wild Home, AMC, Coven Academy, East of Eden, Freeform, HBO, Kill Jackie, Laura Karpman, Matteo Zingales, National Geographic, Netflix, Oli Julian, Pinar Toprak, Sam Watts, Starz, Tip Toe, War
Premiering on Thursday, October 1, is the Netflix limited series East of Eden developed by Zoe Kazan based on John Steinbeck’s classic novel of the same name and starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Ciarán Hinds, Joseph Zada and Joe Anders. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (American Fiction, Captain America: Brave New World, The Marvels, Miss Marvel, Down Cemetery Road, What If…?, The Love Hypothesis, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Duster, Marvel Zombies). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 7-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Freeform original series Coven Academy created by Tim Federle and starring Malina Pauli Weissman, Malachi Barton, Ora Duplass, Jordan Leftwich, Louis Thresher and Tiffani Thiessen. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Rosewood, High School Musical: The Musical, The Series, Rectify, Better Nate Than Never, DMV, The Unicorn) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the supernatural teen drama, which will air Thursdays on Freeform and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
‘4 Blocks Zero’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: 4 Blocks Zero, HBO Max, Schallbauer, score, Soundtrack, Stefan Will
PPG Masters has released a soundtrack album for the German HBO Max original series 4 Blocks Zero. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Stefan Will (Freud, Transit, Phoenix, The State I Am In, Burning Days) & Schallbauer (Crooks, Banksters, The Net – Promised Land). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the first track from each composer after the jump. 4 Blocks Zero is a prequel to the 2017 series 4 Blocks (scored by Will) and stars Tariq Al-Saies, Tareq Nassery, Rami Fadel Khalaf, Soufiane El Mesaudi, Fatima Khanfour, Almountaser “Monty” Alchltouh, Siana Zayed, Mohammad Eliraqui and Luis Vorbach. The 8-part crime drama written by Bernd Lange, Natalie Zoghbi & Hassan Akkouch travels back to 1990s Berlin and tells the story of the early years of the Hamady family, caught between bureaucracy, politics and social exclusion, determined to build a new life in Germany. Read the rest of this entry »
Oli Julian Scoring HBO’s & Sky’s ‘War’
Posted: September 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Kay, HBO, Oli Julian, Sky, War
Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, Breeders, Fackham Hall, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, The Full Monty) is the composer of the new HBO/Sky original series War. The show is created by George Kay (Lupin, Hijack) and stars Dominic West, Sienna Miller, Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Pip Torrens, Archie Renaux, Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Emma Laird, Archie Panjabi, Aran Murphy, Adrian Scarborough, Shaheen Jafargholi, Akiya Henry, Miles Jupp, Honor Swinton Byrne, Kartanya Maynard, Dylan Edwards, Mark Quartley, Alexandra Mardell and Steve Furst. The legal drama follows the lives of London’s most powerful lawyers as two rival law firms clash over a headline-grabbing legal battle, drawing an ambitious young lawyer into a ruthless world where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy, and winning is everything. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Trial’ (‘El Juicio’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 26, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amaozn, El Juicio, score, Sergei Grosny, Soundtrack, The Trial
Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Prime Video original series The Trial (El Juicio). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Sergei Grosny (Intertwined, The Absent Voice, Menem, Coppola, the Agent, FreeKs, The Roar of the Butterflies, Ringo: Glory and Death).. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. The Trial is created by Daniel Krauze and stars Eugenio Derbez, Pedro Alonso, Karla Gaytán and Iker Solano. The legal drama centers on a brutal battle that erupts between two families when a wealthy heir is accused of raping a classmate, one fighting for justice, the other wielding power, money, and fear to bury the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 25, 2026)
Posted: September 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ari Balouzian, Charlie Harper, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Daniel Vildósola, Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers, Forgotten Island, Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty!, Heart of the Beast, Ilan Eshkeri, Jared Michael Fry, Jonathan Snipes, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Nathan Halpern, Nathan Matthew David, Never After Dark, Noah Sorota, Paul Leonard Morgan, Primetime, Son Lux, The Deputy, The Incomer, The Stunt Driver, Tom Kingston, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological thriller Primetime directed by Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine. The film’s original score is composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, You Can See Everything, Monsters of God, Ren Faire, Atropia, Spermworld). A24 Music has releases a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original end credits song by Phoebe Bridgers today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the A24 release.
Also opening wide is the survival thriller Heart of the Beast directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe. Jared Michael Fry (The Beekeeper, A Working Man, Safehouse) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
Phoebe Bridgers’ Original End Credits Song ‘On Video’ from ‘Primetime’ Released
Posted: September 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Lance Oppenheim, Phoebe Bridgers, Primetime
A24 Music has released the original end credits song On Video from the psychological crime thriller Primetime. The track is co-written and performed by Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers (who also made her acting debut in the film) and is now available to stream/download as digital single on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. As previously reported, the track is also included on the official soundtrack album, which also features the movie’s original score composed by Ari Balouzian and has just been released today. Primetime is directed by Lance Oppenheim and stars Robert Pattinson (as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen), Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine. Read the rest of this entry »
