Composer John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Hocus Pocus, The Emperor’s New Groove, Liar Liar, The Princess Diaries, Horizon: An American Saga) is reuniting with director Jon Favreau (The Mandalorian and Grogu, Chef) on the upcoming Disney+ limited live-action/animated hybrid series Oswald. The show is written and directed by Favreau and stars Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryder Allen, Amy Sedaris, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Martin, Al Madrigal, Mykal-Michelle Harris. The 3-parter is based on the cartoon character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit created by Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks in the 1920s. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney Scoring Disney+’s ‘Oswald’ TV Series
Posted: August 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Disney Plus, John Debney, Jon Favreau, Oswald
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 14, 2026)
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adiescar Chase, Alec Puro, All Night Wrong, Austin Wintory, Celia Hollander, Elijah Peel, Erick Alexander, Jared Bulmer, Kevin D. Sepe, Michael Giacchino, Nimrods, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, Pinar Toprak, The Brink of War, The End of Oak Street, The Rivals of Amziah King, The Wrong Girls, Ty Segall, Union County
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi adventure The End of Oak Street written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Bethany Anne Lind, Christian Convery, Chris Coy, P.J. Byrne, Andrea Frankle, Pilot Bunch and Hudson Meek. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, The Batman, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek, Zooptopia). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday and Mutant will release a CD and vinyl version. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the animated feature PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie directed by Cal Brunker and starring Carter Young, Mckenna Grace, Jennifer Hudson, Meredith MacNeill, Terry Crews,Fortune Feimster, Jameela Jamil, Hayden Chemberlen, Ron Pardo, Paris Hilton, Lucien Duncan-Reid, Bill Nye and Snoop Dogg. Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, The Lost City,Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Stargirl, Shotgun Wedding, Slumberland, Loney Planet, Family Switch) has composed the film’s original score. Spin Master has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today and Visva & Republic Records have released two digital singles featuring the original songs Bottle Up by the Backstreet Boys & Work by Ava Max in previous weeks. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘All Night Wrong’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adiescar Chase, All Night Wrong, Jason James, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian/British crime comedy thriller All Night Wrong. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adiescar Chase (Heartbreaker, Waterloo Road, Falling, Bergerac, Consent). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. All Night Wrong is directed by Jason James and stars Maria Bakalova, Tyler Labine, Zach Cherry and Emily Hampshire. The movie follows a married man with an inferiority complex and a grieving young widow who meet for a blind date and inadvertently steal a car containing $40,000 and a dead body in the trunk. Read the rest of this entry »
Haim Mazar Scoring Disney’s ‘Lilo & Scratch’
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fawn Veerasunthorn, Haim Mazar, Lilo & Scratch, Malcon Pierce
Last month, Haim Mazar (Scary Movie, The Iceman, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Sneakerheads, Woke, Self Help, Desperation Road, I Am Wrath) has recorded his score for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming short Lilo & Scratch. The film is directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn (Wish) & Malcon Pierce and stars Chris Sanders who reprises his voice performance as Stitch from the 2001 animated feature Lilo & Stitch (scored by Alan Silvestri) and last year’s live-action adaptation (scored by Dan Romer). Maia Kealoha who played Lilo in last year’s film also lends her voice to the short, which follows Stitch as he is tasked with looking after Scratch, a cat Lilo has found. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex G, Jane Schoenbrun, score, Soundtrack, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
The details of the soundtrack album for Jane Schoenbrun’s horror feature Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma have been announced. The album features selections of the film’s original score composed by Alex G who previously scored Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow & We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. Also included is the original song Pain Is the Heart of Love written by Alex G featuring lyrics by Schoenbrun and vocals by Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile (already available now as a digital single), as well as other songs from the movie by R.E.M., Sally Shapiro, Counting Crows, Donna Lewis and Okay Kaya. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, August 21 and physically (on CD, cassette & vinyl) later this year by Waxwork Records. Visit the label’s official website to pre-order the physical versions and check back on this page for the streaming/download link. A separate score album will be coming out on September 11. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is written and directed by Schoenbrun and stars Hannah Einbinder, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry,Sarah Sherman, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kevin McDonald, Quintessa Swindell, Patrick Fischler and Jack Haven. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The End of Oak Street’ Soundtrack CD and Vinyl Edition Announced
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Robert Mitchell, Michael Giacchino, score, Soundtrack, The End of Oak Street
Mutant has announced physical versions of the soundtrack album for David Robert Mitchell’s sci-fi adventure The End of Oak Street written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery, Bethany Anne Lind, Chris Coy, P.J. Byrne, Hudson Meek, Pilot Bunch and Andrea Frankle.. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Lost, The Batman, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Jurassic World,Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Both the CD version and 2LP edition are set to be released this November and are now available on the label’s official website. Both versions are also expected to be available on other major music stores soon. Check back on this page for the pre-order link. WaterTower Music has previously released the digital version last Friday. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Don’t Say Good Luck’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Don't Say Good Luck, Julia Hart, Netflix, Nick Baxter, score, Soundtrack, Yuli
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Don’t Say Good Luck. The album features the movie’s original score composed by multi-instrumentalist, music producer, artist, and composer Yuli (Murder 101) who has made her feature scoring debut on the project. Also included are the cover songs from the film produced by Nick Baxter performed by lead actress Sunny Sandler and other cast members. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the covers of Olivia Rodrigo’s Enough for You and Sara Bareilles’ When He Sees Me & Bad Idea, as well as a score track below. Don’t Say Good Luck is directed by Julia Hart and also stars Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Bebe Neuwirth, Steve Buscemi, Jack Champion, Jon Lovitz, Stephanie Beatriz, Scarlett Estevez and Emma McNulty. The coming-of-age dramedy revolves around a teenager who is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical, until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the stage. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Scoring Marc Turtletaub’s ‘Borges and Me’
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Borges and Me, Marc Turtletaub, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front, Adrift, The Day of the Jackal, Pressure, A House of Dynamite, The Amateur, One Life) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama Borges and Me. The film is directed by Marc Turtletaub (Puzzle, Gods Behaving Badly) and stars Alan Cumming, Fionn Whitehead, Freya Mavor, Luis Gnecco, John Gordon Sinclair, Morven Christie, Peter Mullan and Stuart Bowman. The movie based on author Jay Parini’s memoir of the same name is set in the 1970s and follows a young Parini as a student who finds himself committed to driving a blind poet Jorge Luis Borges across the Scottish countryside. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mia & Sebastian’s Theme’ from ‘La La Land’ (10th Anniversary Version) Released
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damien Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Interscope Records has released a new version of Mia & Sebastian’s Theme from Damien Chazelle’s 2016 movie musical La La Land starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and Rosemarie DeWitt. Composer Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash, Babylon, First Man) who received his first two Academy Awards for his score and a song from the film has recorded a new version of the theme for the musical’s 10th anniversary. The track is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the new version after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonas Hofer, Marco Petry, Mein bester Freund seine Freundin und ich, My Best Friend His Girlfriend and Me, Netflix, Paul Eisenach, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the German Netflix original film My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (Mein bester Freund, seine Freundin und ich). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Paul Eisenach (Lost Ones, Summer Rebels, Berlin Bouncer) & Jonas Hofer (Black Island, Spy City). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks (The Boys & The Boss) after the jump. My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me is co-written and directed by Marco Petry and stars Kostja Ullmann, David Kross, Janina Uhse, Larissa Sirah Herden, Ferdinand Hofer, Mira Huber, Jasmin Shakeri, Anna Herrmann, Thomas Heinze and Sascha Nathan. The comedy follows two best friends who living, working and planning to travel the world together, until one friend’s new romance turns everything upside down. Read the rest of this entry »
