Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 8, 2026)

Posted: May 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action fantasy adventure Mortal Kombat II directed by Simon McQuoid and starring Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Josh Lawson, Jessica McNamee, Lewis Tan, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Damon Herriman, Tati Gabrielle, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Alien: Romulus, Twisters, Hidden Figures, Shazam!, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Man) who previously scored the original 2021 movie. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a new remix of the Olivier Adams-composed theme song Techno Syndrome from the game (feat. Ed Boon) last Friday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Also opening wide the murder mystery comedy The Sheep Detectives directed by Kyle Balda and starring Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Galitzine, Nicholas Braun, Molly Gordon, Emma Thompson, Hong Chau, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brett Goldstein, Regina Hall, Chris O’Dowd,Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey and Rhys Darby. Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, WandaVision, Free Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Muppets, The Hangover, Agatha All Along, The Peanuts Movie) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Amazon MGM Studios release. Read the rest of this entry »

Gabriel Mann Scoring Hulu’s ‘Not Suitable for Work’

Posted: May 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Rectify, Rosewood, Better Nate Than Never, DMV, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series) has been tapped to score the upcoming Hulu original series Not Suitable for Work. The show is created by Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project, Never Have I Ever) and stars Ella Hunt, Avantika Vandanapu, Will Angus, Nicholas Duvernay, Jack Martin and Jay Ellis. The comedy follows five work-obsessed twenty-somethings who strive for professional success and, if they have time, personal happiness, in Manhattan. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Thank You, Next’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: May 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Turkish Netflix original series Thank You, Next. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Batur Yurtsever, Dağhan Kök & Ulaş Özbiçer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ final track (Love Kills Slowly) below. Thank You, Next is created by Ece Yörenç and stars Serenay Sarıkaya, Metin Akdülger, Hakan Kurtaş, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Boran Kuzum and Bade İşçil. The romantic comedy drama revolves around a young lawyer who has been unlucky in relationships as she dives head first into the confusing world of modern dating, with the unwavering support of her best friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Ben Lovett Scoring Mark Heyman’s ‘Pendulum’

Posted: May 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Ben Lovett (The Night House, Hellraiser, The Ritual, The Signal, The Wind, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, The Old Ways) has provided the original score for the upcoming horror thriller Pendulum. The film marks the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Mark Heyman (Black Swan, Strange Angels) and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, Norman Reedus and Jacki Weaver. The movie follows a married couple as they journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the possibility of healing after a traumatic event, and must determine if the group’s spiritual practices offer genuine healing or mask a terrifying truth that threatens to consume them both. Read the rest of this entry »

‘I Love Boosters’ Soundtrack EP Released

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Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack EP for Boots Riley’s crime comedy I Love Boosters. The 5-track EP features five songs from the movieperformed by lead actress Keke Palmer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also click here to listen to the previously released 2-D and check out the other four tracks (written by Alina Kaline, Ben Boye, Mike Aaberg, Jesse Strauss, Joel Robinow & Palmer herself) after the jump. A separate album featuring Tune-Yards’ original score from the film will be coming out on May 22. I Love Boosters is written and directed by Riley and also stars Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter and Demi Moore. The movie follows a crew of professional shoplifters who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Boroughs’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Legacy Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series The Boroughs. The album features twenty songs from the show, including Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road & Born to Run, as well as classic tracks from Santana, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Bob Seger, Earth Wind & Fire, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Tina Turner, Heart, Bill Withers & others. The soundtrack will released physically on June 19. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version and vinyl edition. A separate album featuring John Paesano’s original score from the series will be announced soon. The Boroughs is created by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and stars Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Geena Davis, Clarke Peters, Denis O’Hare, Bill Pullman, Jena Malone, Seth Numrich, Carlos Miranda and Alice Kremelberg. The supernatural drama produced by the Duffer Brothers is set in a seemingly perfect retirement community and follows a grieving newcomer whose monstrous encounter inspires him to join a group of unlikely heroes to uncover a dark secret that proves their “golden years” are more dangerous than anyone expects. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ Soundtrack Album Released

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Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Remarkably Bright Creatures. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Leave No Trace, Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Locke, Last Chance Harvey). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Remarkably Bright Creatures is directed by Olivia Newman and stars Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Beth Grant, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Brandon McEwan, Donald Sales and Mapuana Makia. The drama is based on Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel of the same title by and tells the story of a widow who bonds with a clever octopus and an adrift young man while working nights at a small-town aquarium. Read the rest of this entry »

Kirby’s Song ‘Saving Grace’ from Prime Video’s ‘Spider-Noir’ Released

Posted: May 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Milan Records has released the original song Saving Grace from the upcoming Prime Video original series Spider-Noir. The track written by Oak Felder & Sebastian Kole and performed by Kirby is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services., including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. A full soundtrack album, which also includes Kris Bowers’ & Michael Dean Parson’s original score from the show, will be released on May 27. Check back on this page for the full album details. Spider-Noir is developed by Oren Uziel & Steven Lightfoot and stars Nicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston and Brendan Gleeson. Read the rest of this entry »

Keefus Ciancia to Score Heidi James’ ‘Quads & The Kicker’

Posted: May 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Keefus Ciancia (Killing Eve, Eric, London Spy, The Radleys, Great Expectations, Made for Love, The Fall, Diana, The Motel Life) has been hired to score the upcoming neo-noir thriller Quads & The Kicker. The film is written and directed by Heidi James and stars Kelly Marie Tran, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Ashley Reyes and Jamie Neumann. Molly Venter of Goodnight Moonshine is contributing original songs to the movie, which is inspired by the Off-Broadway play Never The Same Rhyme Twice by Andy Rooster Bloch. The thriller is set within the shadowy world of female poker grifters and follows a once-loyal sisterhood as shifting alliances – and a triple-con – fracture the bond that once held them together. Read the rest of this entry »

‘We Are Jeni’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: May 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album for the Investigation Discovery documentary special We Are Jeni. The album features the original music from the Arrow Media & Smith & Nasht production composed by Bryce Jacobs (Drive Hard, 12 Monkeys, Random Tropical Paradise, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. We Are Jeni follows the true story of an Australian woman, Jeni Haynes, who created more than 2,500 identities to confront a lifetime of unimaginable abuse at the hands of her father and bring him to justice. Read the rest of this entry »

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