James Ó Ceallaigh (aka James Kelly) (Snowpiercer, The Stranger) has made his (solo) feature scoring debut on the upcoming action thriller The Surgeon. The film is written and directed by Roshan Sethi (A Nice Indian Boy, World’s Best) and stars Michelle Yeoh, Martin Freeman, Laurie Davidson, Joseph Mydell and Yuri Kolokolnikov. The movie follows a retired surgeon who is abducted and forced to operate on a mystery patient before using her medical knowledge to fight back. Read the rest of this entry »
James Ó Ceallaigh Scoring Roshan Sethi’s ‘The Surgeon’
Posted: September 12, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: James Kelly, James Ó Ceallaigh, Roshan Sethi, The Surgeon
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2026)
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Charlie Nguyen Kim, Davide Tomat, Don't Move, Federico Bisozzi, Hope, If I Go Will They Miss Me, Malcolm Parson, Michael Abels, Nima Fakhrara, Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger, Practical Magic 2, Runner, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Fix, The Uprising, Volker Bertelmann, Zebedee Budworth
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic fantasy drama Practical Magic 2 directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Lee Pace, Joey King, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod. The film’s original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Gilded Age, Hacksaw Ridge, The CrownThe Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Smallfoot, Hotel Rwanda). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Bleachers, Brandi Carlile & Aldae today. 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 period action drama The Uprising written and directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Woody Norman, Jonny Lee Miller, Katherine Waterston and Sky Yang. Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, Lion, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift, A House of Dynamite, One Life) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music 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 movie, which is being released by Focus Features. Read the rest of this entry »
John Debney & Josh Debney Scoring TNT’s ‘ High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, John Debney, Josh Debney, TNT
John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Emperor’s New Groove, The Jungle Book, Liar Liar, The Princess Diaries, Horizon: An American Saga) has teamed up with his son Josh Debney (Santa Clarita Diet, Careful What You Wish For, The Road Within) to score the new TNT limited series High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam. The show is created by Daniel Stiepleman (On the Basis of Sex, Out of My Mind) & Jonathan Wakeham (To Catch a Killer, Midas Man) inspired by the memoir Debriefing the President by CIA analyst John Nixon and stars Joel Kinnaman, Waleed Zuaiter, Lena Góra, Tom Berenger, Rebecca Night, Paul Ryan, Christopher McDonald, Matt Barr, Dar Salim, Ewan Miller and Talia Balsam. The 8-part political thriller tells the story of Nixon, the first CIA officer to interrogate Saddam Hussein following his capture in December 2003, who is forced to confront the far-reaching consequences of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ramifications that would reverberate around the world for decades to come. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Fix’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Davide Tomat, Federico Bisozzi, Guy Moshe, score, Soundtrack, The Fix
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller The Fix. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Bisozzi & Tomat (Mondocane, The Holy Boy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ Larry’s Suite after the jump. The Fix is co-written and directed by Guy Moshe and stars Liam Neeson, Zachary Levi, Quincy Isaiah, Elnaaz Norouzi, and Titus Welliver. The movie follows a group of war-torn CIA operators who – after their mission in Afghanistan goes tragically wrong – enter the heart of Tehran to earn redemption by pulling off a daring rescue. Read the rest of this entry »
Kid Cudi to Score Second Directorial Feature ‘Wrong Number’
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Kid Cudi, Wrong Number
Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi is set to score the upcoming horror thriller Wrong Number. The film marks the rapper/singer/songwriter/music producer and actor’s second directorial feature (following the upcoming drama Doe) and stars Mescudi himself, Barbie Ferreria, Lucy Barrett, Dewayne Perkins, Clifton Powell and Laura Harrier The movie follows a lonely self-help author whose unexpected romance with a mysterious woman turns into a waking nightmare when he becomes the target of an unseen stalker and the prime suspect in a string of murders. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Primetime’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ari Balouzian, Lance Oppenheim, Phoebe Bridgers, Primetime, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for the psychological crime thriller Primetime have been announced. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Monsters of God, Ren Faire, Atropia, You Can See Everything, Spermworld). Also included is the original end title song On Video written and performed by Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers who also made her acting debut in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25 by A24 Music. As previously reported, a first track (Savior) from Balouzian’s score has already been released today. Primetime is directed by Lance Oppenheim and stars Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine. The movie is set in 2006, on the eve of the iPhone and the collapse of “appointment television,” and follows To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen as he sets out to make television history. Read the rest of this entry »
Christopher Bear Scoring Adult Swim’s ‘The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza’
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adult Swim, Christopher Bear, The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza
Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, Roofman, High Maintenance, Carolina Caroline, Mother, Couch, Fantasy Life, Omaha, Swallowed, The Passenger) is the composer of the new Adult Swim original series The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza. The show is created by Mendoza himself and follows a very scared man as he navigates a barrage of absurd, terrifying, and hilarious dreamscapes. The horror sketch comedy’s guest star lineup includes Thomas Lennon, Marc Maron, Fred Melamed, Haley Joel Osment, Wanda Sykes, Randall Park, Eva Victor and Steve Buscemi. Read the rest of this entry »
Gautier Capuçon’s ‘Danny Elfman: Cello Concerto & Film Music’ Album Announced
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Danny Elfman, Gautier Capuçon
Warner Classics has announced Danny Elfman: Cello Concerto & Film Music Gautier Capuço, an album featuring the premiere recording of the Academy Award-nominated composer’s Cello Concerto, written expressly for the French cellist Gautier Capuçon. The music is performed with Lionel Bringuier and the BBC Concert Orchestra and appears alongside themes from some of Elfman’s most beloved film and television scores, including The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Simpsons, Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Black Beauty, Fifty Shades of Grey, Good Will Hunting, among others, all arranged by pianist Jérôme Ducros. The album will be released digitally and physically on November 20. Check back on this page for the pre-order link of the CD and vinyl edition. A first track (Ice Dance from Edward Scissorhands) is already available to stream/download now and can also be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Runner’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Nguyen Kim, Runner, score, Scott Waugh, Soundtrack
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Charlie Nguyen Kim. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main themes after the jump. As previously reported, available separately as a digital single is Logan Pringle’s original song Until I See You, which was released last week as a digital single. Runner is directed by Scott Waugh and stars Alan Ritchson, Owen Wilson, Rodrigo Santoro, Leila George, Adriana Barraza, Peta Sergeant, Sullivan Stapleton and Geraldine Hakewill. The movie follows a former soldier and delivery driver who is tasked with transporting a liver meant for a gravely ill young girl’s transplant – and finds himself protecting the man who donated it, all while evading mercenaries determined to seize the organ at any cost. Read the rest of this entry »
First Track from Ari Balouzian’s ‘Primetime’ Score Released
Posted: September 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ari Balouzian, Lance Oppenheim, Primetime
A24 Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for the psychological crime thriller Primetime. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Savior written by the film’s composer Ari Balouzian (Monsters of God, Some Kind of Heaven, Atropia, You Can See Everything, Ren Faire, Spermworld). Also listen to the track after the jump. A full soundtrack album will be released on September 25. Primetime is directed by Lance Oppenheim and stars Robert Pattinson (as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen), Merritt Wever, Matthew Maher, Skyler Gisondo and Bokeem Woodbine. Read the rest of this entry »
