Caldera Records has announced the premiere release of the unused score from the 1979 legal drama Kramer vs. Kramer written and directed by Robert Benton and starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Jane Alexander. The CD features music written for the Academy Award-winning film by David Shire (The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Return to […]
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David Shire’s Unused ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ Score to Be Released
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Lowell Rich, David Shire, George Roy Hill, Kramer vs. Kramer, Robert Benton, score, Soundtrack, The Defection of Simas Kudirka, The World According to Garp
Fernando Velazquez Scoring Renny Harlin’s ‘Deep Water’
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Deep Water, Fernando Velazquez, Renny Harlin
Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible, A Monster Calls, The Orphanage, Crimson Peak, Hercules, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Devil) has composed the original music for the upcoming shark thriller Deep Water. The film is directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) and stars Aaron Eckhart, Angus Sampson, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Barrett and Molly Belle Wright. The movie […]
‘Whatever It Takes’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: March 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ceux qui comptent, Fred Avril, Jean-Baptiste Leonetti, Pierre Lottin, score, Soundtrack, Whatever It Takes
Milan Records has released a soundtrack EP for the French comedy drama Whatever It Takes (Ceux qui comptent). The 5-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Fred Avril (The Lifeguard, Just the Three of Us, Mars Express, Pearl, I Am Not an Easy Man) and lead actor Pierre Lottin. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download […]
Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner Scoring Disney+’s ‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’
Posted: March 29, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Filoni, Deana Kiner, Disney Plus, Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner, Star Wars, Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
Kevin Kiner (Narcos: Mexico, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Peacemaker, Hell on Wheels, Making a Murderer, Wing Commander), Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner are the composers of the new Disney+ original animated series Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. The show is created by Dave Filoni (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett), developed by Filoni & Matt Michnovetz and […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 29, 2026)
Posted: March 29, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Cieri, David Mitcham, Henry David Thoreau, Hulu, Leo Birenberg, Marco Beltrami, National Geographic, Netflix, PBS, Pizza Movie, Secrets of the Bees, The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson, Zach Robinson
Premiering tomorrow, March 30 is the PBS documentary Henry David Thoreau directed by Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers, executive produced by Ken Burns & Don Henley, narrated by George Clooney and featuring the voices of Jeff Goldblum, Meryl Streep, Ted Danson and Tate Donovan. The 2-part film’s original music is composed by David Cieri (The […]
‘Secrets of the Bees’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: David Mitcham, National Geographic, score, Secrets of the Bees, Soundtrack
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the National Geographic original documentary series Secrets of the Bees. The album the show’s original music composed by David Mitcham (Dancing with the Birds, Secret Lives of Orangutans, The Elephant, the Emperor and the Butterfly Tree, The Last Orangutan Eden, Wonder of Song). The soundtrack is now available […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 27, 2026)
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Days, 13 Days 13 Nights, A Magnificent Life, Alpha, Anna Drubich, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Christopher Bear, Fantasy Life, Forbidden Fruits, Guillaume Roussel, Holy Days, James William Blades, Jim Williams, Karl Sölve Steven, Marius de Vries, Matt Robertson, Our Hero Balthazar, Stefano Bollani, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, They Will Kill You
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action/horror comedy They Will Kill You co-written and directed by Kirill Sokolov and starring Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Tom Felton, Paterson Joseph, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette. The film’s original music is composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Hacks, Lessons in Chemistry, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Dept. Q, Ezra, […]
‘House of David’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, House of David, Soundtrack
Capitol Christian Music Group has released a new soundtrack album for Wonder Project’s Prime Video original series House of David. The album features twelve songs from and inspired by the show’s second season by artists such as Elevation Worship, lead actor Michael Iskander, Kari Jobe & Cody Carnes, CeCe Winans, Brooke Ligertwood and UPPERROOM. The […]
Alex Heffes Scoring Justin Chadwick’s ‘Brothers Under Fire’
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Heffes, Brothers Under Fire, Justin Chadwick
Composer Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, The Regime, State of Play, Shardlake, The Rite) is reuniting with director Justin Chadwick (Tulip Fever, The Other Boleyn Girl) on the upcoming action thriller Brothers Under Fire. The film stars Kiefer Sutherland as a captain whose squadron on leave for a wedding […]
‘The AI Doc’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Charlie Tyrell, Daniel Roher, Marius de Vries, Matt Robertson, score, Soundtrack, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. The album features the film’s original music composed by Marius de Vries (Coda, Kick-Ass, Sucker Punch,Strange Magic, Easy Virtue, The End) & Matt Robertson (Navalny, Bad Genius). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major […]