Jealous Butcher Records has released a soundtrack album for the indie comedy drama Burt. The album features the film’s original score composed by Tim Rutili (Monstrous, The Evening Hour, Brawler, Beauty Is Embarrassing). Also included are three original songs by Burt Berger who also stars in the title role . The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first song (Freedom) and Rutli’s main theme below. Burt is co-written and directed by Joe Burke and stars Oliver Cooper, Berger, Steven Levy and Catlin Adams. The movie executive produced by David Gordon Green follows a street musician with Parkinson’s whose life gets turned upside down when a young man from New York arrives claiming to be his son and invites him to stay for the weekend at the house he shares with his grumpy landlord. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Burt’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 25, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Burt, Burt Berger, Joe Burke, score, Soundtrack, Tim Rutili
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 24, 2026)
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Sad and Beautiful World, Andrew Scott Bell, Anthony Sahyoun, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, Brunello, Brunello the Gracious Visionary, Her Private Hell, Jeremy Zuckerman, Matthew Herbert, Motor City, Nicola Piovani, Pino Donaggio, Pinocchio: Unstrung, Rosebush Pruning, Sheep in the Box, Steve Jablonsky, Yuta Bandoh
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Motor City directed by Potsy Ponciroli and starring Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster, Pablo Schreiber, Ben McKenzie, Lionel Boyce and Amar Chadha-Patel.The film’s original music is composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, The Island, Desperate Housewives, Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor, Skyscraper, Ender’s Game, DC League of Super-Pets). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being distributed by the Independent Film Company.
Opening semi-wide in around 700 theaters is the sci-fi/horror thriller Her Private Hell co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Sophie Thatcher, Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth, Charles Melton, Aoi Yamada, Shioli Kutsuna, Dougray Scott, Diego Calva and Hidetoshi Nishijima. Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Body Double, Blow Out, The Howling) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a couple of tracks by Julian Winding who has provided additional music, today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Neon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Moana: Voices Across the Ocean’ Inspired By Album Details Announced
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dwayne Johnson, Moana
Disney Music Group has announced the details of the Moana: Voices Across the Ocean “inspired by” album. The 15-track album features 14 original songs and one cover song of We Know the Way, co-written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa‘i, and featured on the Moana Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The project brought together 25 up-and-coming Pacific artists who pulled inspiration from the spirit, themes and influence of Disney’s Moana into their own musical worlds and identities. The album, which blends genres of Island Reggae, R&B, Pop, Island Country, Soul, and Dance, will be released digitally next Friday, July 31. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. The experience behind Moana: Voices Across the Ocean comes from Dwayne Johnson (who is also a featured artist and writer on the album), along with his wife, Lauren Hashian and co-executive producers Tiana Nonosina Liufau and Kayla Fa‘amaligi. Read the rest of this entry »
Mayer Hawthorne’s Original Song ‘Ice Water’ from ‘Camp Snoopy’ Released
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Apple TV +, Camp Snoopy, Mayer Hawthorne
Peanuts Worldwide has released the original song Ice Water from the Apple TV original animated series Camp Snoopy. The track written, produced and performed by Mayer Hawthorne is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Camp Snoopy is developed by Rob Boutilier & Scott Montgomery based on the Peanuts characters created by Charles M. Schulz and executive produced by Paige Braddock, Chris Bracco, Boutilier, Stephanie Betts, Josh Scherba and Logan McPherson. Read the rest of this entry »
Ariel Marx Scoring Hulu’s ‘Furious’
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ariel Marx, Elizabeth Meriwether, Furious, Hulu
Composer Ariel Marx (Shiva Baby, Candy, Murdaugh: Death in the Family, Sanctuary, A Small Light,The Last Frontier, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, A Friend of the Family, The Tale) is reteaming with writer/producer Elizabeth Meriwether (The Dropout, New Girl) on the new Hulu original series Furious. The show is created by Meriwether loosely inspired by Bob Rafelson’s 1987 feature Black Widow (written by Ronald Bass and scored by Michael Small) and stars Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Jake Lacy. The crime thriller follows an FBI agent on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. Read the rest of this entry »
’72 Hours’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 72 Hours, Christopher Lennertz, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Tim Story
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film 72 Hours. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Lost in Space, Back in Action, Sausage Party, Agent Carter, Tom & Jerry, Identity Thief, Baywatch, Supernatural). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to two tracks from the composer’s score after the jump. 72 Hours is directed by Tim Story and stars Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Kam Patterson, Ben Marshall, Zach Cherry, Kevin Dunn, Teyana Taylor and Andy Garcia. The comedy follows a 40-year-old executive who hopes to save his flailing career by joining a group of 20-somethings on a wild three-day bachelor party, after he’s inadvertently added to their group text. Read the rest of this entry »
Dominik Scherrer Scoring BBC’s ‘The Rapture’
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alina Marazzi, BBC, Dominik Scherrer, La ragazza con la Leica, The Girl with the Leica, The Rapture
Dominik Scherrer (The Tourist, The Missing, The Widow, Miss Austen, Baptiste, Ripper Street, Primeval, The Serpent, The Assassin, The Confessions of Frannie Langton) has recently scored the new BBC drama The Rapture. The show is written by Bryony Kimmings (Last Christmas) & Rebecca Manley based on Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel of the same title and stars Ruth Madeley, India Amarteifio, Sam Hazeldine, Iwan Rheon, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jack Farthing, Lisa Palfrey, Siena Kelly, Naby Dakhli, Dean Rehman, Richard Elis, Robert Rhodes and Ruth Jones. The 5-part psychological thriller follows a child psychologist recovering from a car crash that killed her husband and left her paralyzed who takes a job working in a maximum security facility for juvenile patients, where she meets the unit’s most disturbed patient who was found guilty of brutally murdering her mother and claims to have psychic powers. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Saccharine’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hannah Peel, Natalie Erika James, Saccharine, score, Soundtrack
Real World X has released a soundtrack album for the Australian supernatural body horror feature Saccharine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hannah Peel (Rogue Agent, Midwinter Break, Bring Them Down, Insomnia, The Midwich Cuckoos, Scoop, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, Underland, Silent Roar, The Deceived). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Saccharine is written and directed by Natalie Erika James and stars Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, Madeleine Madden and Robert Taylor. The movie follows a medical student who – after succumbing to an obscure weight-loss craze involving the eating of human ashes – finds herself haunted by the ghost of the person she’s eating. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heartstopper’ Soundtrack Vinyl Box Set Announced
Posted: July 23, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adiescar Chase, Heartstopper, Heartstopper Forever, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Music On Vinyl will release a deluxe box set featuring vinyl editions of the soundtrack albums for all three seasons of the Netflix original series Heartstopper created by Alice Osema and starring Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Jenny Walser & Leila Khan, as well as this year’s finale film Heartstopper Forever. The 4-LP set, which features the drama’s original music composed by Adiescar Chase (Bergerac, Waterloo Road, Falling, Consent), is pressed on marble-colored records in blue, pink, yellow, and orange, and housed in a collector’s box, is complemented by an 8-page booklet featuring liner notes by Oseman, four A4 art cards showcasing the original artwork from each release, and a Heartstopper diary, inspired by the series. The box set will be released on October 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Replacing Dad’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 23, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: CBS, Joyce Chopra, Lee Holdridge, Replacing Dad, score, Soundtrack
BSX Records has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1999 television movie Replacing Dad directed by Joyce Chopra, written by David J. Hill and starring Mary McDonnell, William Russ, Jack Coleman, Erik von Detten, Camilla Belle and Tippi Hedren. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Lee Holdridge (Splash, The Beastmaster, Mr. Mom, The Mists of Avalon, Old Gringo, Oliver’s Story). The soundtrack was released on the label’s official website this past May and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s opening titles and end credits tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »
