Pixar producer Mary Alice Drumm announced at Disney/Pixar’s presentation at the Annecy International Film Festival today that Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & Prodigy, Thor: Love and Thunder, An American Pickle, Absentia, One Fast Move, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window).is scoring the studio’s upcoming short Loving Dory. Thomas Newman (who scored both the original 2003 Finding Nemo and its 2016 sequel Finding Dory, as well as Pixar’s Wall-E and Elemental) is is executive producing the score for the film, which is directed by Lou Hamou-Lhadj (Borrowed Time, Win or Lose) and stars Ellen DeGeneres who returns to voice the title character who falls in love with a plastic bag floating through the sea that she mistakes for a jellyfish. Read the rest of this entry »
Nami Melumad Scoring Pixar Short ‘Loving Dory’
Posted: June 26, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Lou Hamou-Lhadj, Loving Dory, Nami Melumad, Pixar, Thomas Newman
‘Little Brother’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: June 26, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dan Deacon, Little Brother, Matt Spicer, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Little Brother. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Dan Deacon (Task, Venom: The Last Dance, Hustle, Rez Ball, The Changeling, Twixt, Ascension, Time and Water). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. The label has previously released a first track (Brothers) as a digital single last week. Little Brother is directed by Matt Spicer and stars John Cena, Eric André, Michelle Monaghan, Sherry Cola, Christopher Meloni, Ego Nwodim, Caleb Hearon, Ben Ahlers, Bryce Gheisar and Pilot Bunch. The movie follows a family man who has the perfect life until his little brother crashes back into his world as a full-blown agent of chaos, stress-testing every part of his carefully controlled existence. Read the rest of this entry »
Billy Strings’ ‘If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough’ Cover from ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Released
Posted: June 26, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Strings, Jackass, Jackass: Best and Last, Jeff Tremaine
Reprise Records has released a cover version of Roger Alan Wade’s If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough (originally written for 2002’s Jackass: The Movie) from the comedy Jackass: Best and Last. The cover performed by Billy Strings is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Rockers To Swallow has previously released Karen O’s & Wade’s cover of Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again from the fifth and final Jackass installment. Jackass: Best and Last is directed by Jeff Tremaine and stars Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, Dave England, Preston Lacy, Rachel Wolfson, Jasper, Dark Shark, Poopies and Zach Holmes. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ Season 4 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 26, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Habib, Neal Acree, Sam Riegel, score, Soundtrack, The Legend of Vox Machina
Lakeshore Records has released the full soundtrack album for the Prime Video original animated series The Legend of Vox Machina. The album features the original score from the show’s fourth season composed by Neal Acree (Stargate SG-1, The Mighty Nein, StarCraft II, World of Warcraft, Witchblade, Diablo III, Overwatch), as well as the original songs from the new season written by Sam Riegel & Habib. The soundtrack is now available to stream/donwnload on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the music from the first nine episodes of Season 4 over the last few weeks and has also released three albums featuring the songs and score from the first three seasons. The Legend of Vox Machina is based on the characters and adventures of Critical Role’s game campaign and stars Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer and Riegel himself. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Invite’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Devonté Hynes, Olivia Wilde, score, Soundtrack, The Invite
The full details of the soundtrack album for Olivia Wilde’s comedy drama The Invite have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Passing, Queen & Slim, Palo Alto, The Listeners, We Are Who We Are, Master Gardener, Mainstream). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 26 by A24 Music (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A vinyl edition is also in the works. A first track (Contentious Environment) has already been released as a digital single last week. The Invite is directed by Wilde and stars Seth Rogen, Wilde herself, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton. The movie ollows a couple whose upstairs neighbors are about to arrive for dinner, and everything that can go wrong goes worse. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Among Us’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: June 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Among Us, Chrome Canyon, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original animated series Among Us. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Chrome Canyon (aka Morgan Z) (Infinity Train). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 26. The streaming/download link will be added to this page within the next day. Among Us is created by Owen Dennis based on the multiplayer social deception game of the same name and stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Kimiko Glenn, Liv Hewson, Ashley Johnson, Phil LaMarr, Wayne Knight, Randall Park, Dan Stevens, Debra Wilson, Elijah Wood and Patton Oswalt. The CBS Studios & Innersloth production follows a group of eccentric, monochromatic Crewmates of a ship transporting junk across the galaxy who must root out an Impostor in their midst before they fall victim to its villainous designs. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell to Score DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Shrek 5’
Posted: June 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dreamworks Animation, John Powell, score, Shrek, Shrek 5, Soundtrack
John Powell (The Bourne Identity, Wicked, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Happy Feet, Bolt, Don’t Worry Darling, Migration, X-Men: The Last Stand) is set to score DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming sequel Shrek 5. The film is directed by Conrad Vernon (The Addams Family, Sausage Party) & Walt Dohrn (Trolls) and features the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Zendaya, Skyler Gisondo and Marcello Hernandez. Chris Meledandri (Despicable Me, The Super Mario Bros. Movie) and Gina Shay (Shrek Forever After) are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Strung’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Malcolm D. Lee, Peacock, score, Soundtrack, Strung
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the thriller Strung. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge (Cross, Luke Cage, Sugar, Reasonable Doubt, Run This Town, Boogie, Power Book III: Raising Kanan). Also included is the original song Worry About You performed by lead actress Chloe Bailey (as Chlöe), as well as songs by Pardison Fontaine and cast member Coco Jones. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Chlöe’s song and a score track below. Strung is directed by Malcolm D. Lee and also stars Lynn Whitfield, Anna Diop and Lucien Laviscount. The movie follows a talented violinist who takes a prestigious job as a music tutor for the daughter of an influential’s family, when unsettling secrets begin to surface, forcing her to question her dreams, her safety, and even her sanity. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Girls Like Girls’ Score Album to Be Released
Posted: June 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Girls Like Girls, Hayley Kiyoko, Jessica Rose Weiss, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a second soundtrack album for the coming-of-age drama Girls Like Girls. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jessica Rose Weiss (No Hard Feelings, Cinderella, Canary Black, The Kill Room, Don’t Make Me Go, Dog Gone, The Independent, Trouble). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Train Tracks) below. As previously reported, KRO and One Riot Records have released a separate “companion” soundtrack album featuring Hayley Kiyoko’s songs from and inspired by the movie earlier this month. Girls Like Girls is co-written and directed by Kiyoko based on her hit single and novel of the same name and stars Maya da Costa, Myra Molloy, Levon Hawke, Zach Braff, Sierra Sidwell, Alexa Mareka and Sophia Carriere. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Agency’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: June 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Lindsay Wright, Paramount+, score, Soundtrack, The Agency
Viacom International will release a new soundtrack album for the Paramount+ original series The Agency. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (Living, All of Us Strangers, H Is for Hawk, The Assessment, Strays, Censor, The Forgotten Battle) & Lindsay Wright (Archie, Domino Day, The Walk-In, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper, The Alien Autopsy Scandal). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 26 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks below. Lakeshore Records has previously released an album featuring Levienaise-Farrouch’s score from Season 1 last year. The Agency is developed by Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth based on the French format Le Bureau des Legendes and stars Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterson, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, John Magaro, Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Saura Lightfoot-Leon and Andrew Brooke. Read the rest of this entry »
