John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Shrek, Happy Feet, Bolt, Don’t Worry Darling, X-Men: The Last Stand) is scoring Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming animated feature Minions & Monsters. The film is directed by Pierre Coffin who previously co-directed the first three Despicable Me films and the first Minions film. The movie tells the story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created. Read the rest of this entry »
John Powell Scoring Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Minions & Monsters’
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Illumination Entertainment, John Powell, Minions, Minions & Monsters
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Songs from ‘Mile End Kicks’ Released
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avril Lavigne, Bailey Spinn, Chandler Levack, Charlotte Sands, Gore., Mile End Kicks, Soundtrack, The Sands
Sumerian Records has released several digital singles featuring five songs from and inspired by the Canadian romantic comedy Mile End Kicks. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are cover versions of Alanis Morisette’s Ironic performed by Avril Lavigne, Wake Up by Bailey Spinn, Forgiven by The Haunt, You Learn by Gore. and Mary Jane by Charlotte Sands. Also listen to all five tracks after the jump. Mile End Kicks is written and directed by Chandler Levack and stars Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick, Stanley Simons, Magi Merlin, Juliette Gariépy, Audrey Ann Boucher and Svetlana Citta. The movie tells the story of a young music critic who moves to Montreal to figure out life and love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘180’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 180, Alex Yazbek, Chris Letcher, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South African Netflix original film 180. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Chris Letcher (Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, The Challenger Disaster, Motel Acacia). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s credits track after the jump. 180 is written and directed by Alex Yazbek and stars Prince Grootboom, Noxolo Dlamini, Danica De La Rey, Warren Masemola, Fana Mokoena, Desmond Dube, Kabelo Thai, Bongile Mantsai, Makhaola Ndebele and Zenobia Kloopers. The thriller follows an enraged father who spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance when an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Soundtrack Albums Announced
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jon Favreau, Ludwig Göransson, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Mandalorian and Grogu
Walt Disney Records will release three different versiond of the soundtrack for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. The digital version featuring the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Ludwig Göransson (Sinners, Oppenheimer, Black Panther, Tenet, Turning Red, Creed, Community) will be released on May 15. A standard vinyl edition pressed on 12-inch black vinyl featuring thirteen score tracks will be coming out on June 5 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon and a special limited edition Mandalorian helmet-shaped 10” die-cut vinyl, which includes two new score cues, will be released on May 22 and is available for pre-order here. Check back on this page for the details of both the digital and vinyl editions. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Roommates’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Chandler Levack, Hays Holladay, Netflix, Roommates, Ryan Holladay, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Roommates. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Ryan Holladay & Hays Holladay (Weapons, Class Action Park). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composers’ first two tracks after the jump. Roommates is directed by Chandler Levack and stars Sadie Sandler, Chloe East, Billy Bryk, Sarah Sherman, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll, Aidan Langford, Carol Kane, Janeane Garofalo and Martin Herlihy. The comedy explores the blossoming friendship between a naive, hopeful college freshman and her cool and confident new roommate that quickly spirals into a war of passive aggression. Read the rest of this entry »
Juliana Madrid’s ‘New Person, Same Old Mistakes’ Cover from ‘Beef’ Season 2 Released
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Beef, Juliana Madrid, Netflix
A24 Music has released the cover version of Tame Impala’s New Person, Same Old Mistakes from the second season of the Netflix original series Beef. The track produced by Benjamin Ruttner and performed by Juliana Madrid is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. As previously reported, a full soundtrack album featuring Finneas O’Connell’s original score from Season 2 was also released today. Beef is created by Lee Sung Jin and stars Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, Seoyeon JangSeoyeon Jang, William Fichtner, Youn Yuh-jung, Song Kang-ho and Mikaela Hoover. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Palestine 36’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Annemarie Jacir, Ben Frost, Palestine 36, score, Soundtrack
Invada Records has released a soundtrack album for the historical drama Palestine 36. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ben Frost (Dark, 1899, Raised by Wolves, Sleeping Beauty, Super Dark Times, Fortitude). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. Palestine 36 is written and directed by Annemarie Jacir and stars Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri, Yasmine Al Massri, Kamel Al Basha, Liam Cunningham, Billy Howle and Jeremy Irons. The movie, which was selected as Palestine’s submission for the International Feature category at this year’s AcademyA wards, is set against the backdrop of 1936 Palestine when the territory was under British mandatory control and charts the lives and ambitions of those living under British rule . Read the rest of this entry »
Keke Palmer’s Original Song ‘2-D’ from ‘I Love Boosters’ Released
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Boots Riley, I Love Boosters, Keke Palmer
Lakeshore Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the crime comedy I Love Boosters. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is 2-D co-written (with Alina Hubbard-Riley, Dominic Dalay & Joel Robinow) and performed by lead actress Keke Palmer. Also listen to to the track after the jump. More songs from the film will be released in the coming weeks. I Love Booster is written and directed by Boots Riley and also stars Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Eiza González, Poppy Liu, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter and Demi Moore. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, James Reed, Netflix, Patrick Jonsson, Richard Collins, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough. The album features the film’s original music composed by Patrick Jonsson (The Boogeyman, Scrapper, Black Earth Rising, The White Helmets, The Lost Children, Wildcat, Virunga, On Her Shoulders) & Richard Collins (Heart of Invictus, Secret Amazon: Into the Wild). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to two tracks from the composers’ score after the jump. A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough is directed by James Reed and follows the legendary veteran naturalist as he tells the story of a remarkable group of gorillas, from his first encounter in the ’70s to the present day. The Silverback Films production waves together contemporary and archival footage of the gorilla group and narrated by Attenborough – including excerpts from his 1978 journals. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’
Posted: April 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Harry Gregson-Williams, Ridley Scott, The Dog Stars
Composer Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek,Man on Fire, Mulan, The Meg, Chicken Run) is reteaming with director Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) on the upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars. The film starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Margaret Qualley follows a civilian pilot and ex-Marine as they navigate the aftermath of a pandemic that has wiped out nearly the entire population. Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Twisters) wrote the screenplay based on the novel of the same title by Peter Heller. Read the rest of this entry »
