Deadline is reporting that actor/singer Ben Platt will contribute original music to the upcoming drama Last Dance. He will also star in the movie directed by Karim Aïnouz (Firebrand, Invisible Life), alongside Adrien Brody and Rachel Zegler. The movie follows a celebrated Broadway composer who invites his daughter on a gay cruise through the Caribbean […]
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Ben Platt to Write Music for Karim Aïnouz’s ‘Last Dance’
Posted: May 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ben Platt, Karim Aïnouz, Last Dance
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 1, 2026)
Posted: May 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Animal Farm, Deep Water, Fernando Velazquez, Gregoire Hetzel, Heitor Pereira, Hokum, Joseph Bishara, Krano, One Spoon of Chocolate, RZA, Siddhartha Khosla, Swapped, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Last One for the Road, Theodore Shapiro, Two Pianos, Tyler Bates
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2 directed by David Frankel and starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Kenneth Branagh, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Simone Ashley and B.J. Novak. The film’s original score is composed by Theodore Shapiro (Severance, Ghostbusters, The Housemaid, Tropic Thunder, Bombshell, Spy, A […]
Tom Rowlands Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Mussolini: Son of the Century’ Score
Posted: April 26, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, Jessica Dannheisser, Mussolini: Son of the Century, The Last Musician of Auschwitz, Tom Rowlands
Tom Rowlands (of The Chemical Brothers) has won his first BAFTA TV Craft Award for his music from the Sky limited series Mussolini: Son of the Century directed by Joe Wright, written by Stefano Bises & Davide Serino based on Antonio Scurati’s best-selling novel and starring Luca Marinelli at tonight’s awards ceremony at The Brewery […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 24, 2026)
Posted: April 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Apex, Christopher Bear, Chromosomes, Dan Levy, Desert Warrior, Forest Swords, Fuze, Harvey Mason Jr., Högni, I Swear, James Righton, Just Sing, Matthew Compton, Michael, Mistura, Omaha, Over Your Dead Body, Stephen Rennicks, The School Duel, The Wolf and the Lamb, Timothy Williams, Tony Doogan, Trevor Gureckis, Wasteman
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical musical drama Michael directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, Juliano Krue Valdi and Colman Domingo. Harvey Mason, Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. John Warhurst is the music supervisor and Lior Rosner has provided the underscore […]
Trevor Jones to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 26th World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: April 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Trevor Jones, World Soundtrack Awards
Trevor Jones will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 26th World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert, the closing event of Film Fest Gent’s WSA Film Music Days 2026. During the concert, a selection of the composer’s work will be performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé. Jones has composed scores […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 17, 2026)
Posted: April 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, Alexandre Desplat, Amrum, Brothers Under Fire, Cecile Believe, Charles Watson, Charli XCX, Daniel Hart, Darian Sahanaja, Eagles of the Republic, Erupcja, FKA twigs, Hainbach, Harry Gregson-Williams, Isabella Summers, Jack Antonoff, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, Lorne, Mile End Kicks, Mother Mary, Normal, Ryder McNair, Stephen McKeon
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror feature Lee Cronin’s The Mummy written and directed by Cronin and starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace and Veronica Falcón. The film’s original music is composed by Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground, Queen & Country, Sharp Corner, Pilgrimage, Rose Plays Julie, […]
Lana Del Rey’s & David Arnold’s ‘007 First Light’ Title Song Released
Posted: April 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 007 First Light, David Arnold, James Bond, Lana Del Rey
Interscope Records has released the official title song for the upcoming video game 007 First Light. The track is written by singer/songwriter Lana Del Rey and composer David Arnold (Independence Day, Stargate, Sherlock, Good Omens, Shaft, 2 Fast 2 Furious) who previously scored five James Bond movies (Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, […]
‘Balls Up’ Soundtrack Playlist Released
Posted: April 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amazon, Balls Up, Peter Farrelly
Amazon Music has published an official playlist featuring the songs from the Prime Video original movie Balls Up. Among the artists featured are Empire of the Sun, Starshi[, Mitski, The Fortunes, Buva, Toco, Lloyd Cole, Chicano Batman, Zella Day, Trio Mocotó, Adanowsky, Tim Maia & others. Click here to stream all songs. No word on […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 10, 2026)
Posted: April 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anthony Willlis, Beast, Brian Cachia, David Holmes, Duophonik, Exit 8, Faces of Death, Gavin Brivik, Hamlet, Heads or Tails?, Hunting Matthew Nichols, John Debney, Jon Brion, Maxwell Sterling, Newborn, Outcome, Shohei Amimori, The Christophers, Vittorio Giampietro, Yasutaka Nakata, You Me & Tuscany
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic comedy You, Me & Tuscany directed by Kat Coiro and starring Halle Bailey, Regé-Jean Page, Isabella Ferrari, Marco Calvani, Aziza Scott, Lorenzo de Moor and Nia Vardalos. The film’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, Elf, The Jungle Book, The […]
