Category: Film Music News

Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 7, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi action adventure Predator: Badlands directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. The film’s original music is composed by Sarah Schachner (Assassin’s Creed Origins & Valhalla, Prey, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Infinite Warfare, The Lazarus Effect) & Benjamin Wallfisch (Alien: Romulus, It, The Flash, The Invisible Man, Twisters, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Mortal Kombat, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening wide is the historical drama Nuremberg written and directed by James Vanderbilt and starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, Richard E. Grant, Mark O’Brien, John Slattery, Lydia Peckham, Wrenn Schmidt, Colin Hanks, Lotte Verbeek and Andreas Pietschmann. Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Now You See Me, Thor: The Dark World) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’ score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures Classics.

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68th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 68th Grammy Awards have been announced. The 2026 Grammys will take place on Sunday, February 1, from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories:

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Severance: Season 2 – Theodore Shapiro
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 31, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the animated feature Stitch Head written and directed by Steve Hudson and starring Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Tia Bannon, Fern Brady and Jamali Maddix. The film’s original score is composed by Nick Urata (Paddington, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Focus, Little Miss Sunshine, Quiz Lady, Animal Control, Ruby Sparks). Air-Edel Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as several original songs co-written by Hudson earlier this month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment.

Opening semi-wide in around 900 theaters is the psychological thriller Anniversary directed by Jan Komasa and starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Phoebe Dynevor, Madeline Brewer, Zoey Deutch, Daryl McCormack, Mckenna Grace and Dylan O’Brien. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Black Rabbit, Speak No Evil, The Outsider, Enemy, The Gift, Presumed Innocent, The Staircase,  The White Tiger, Tulsa King, Smoke, Boy Erased) have composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Wednesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Lionsgate release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 24, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical drama Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere written and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffman, David Krumholtz and Marc Maron. The film’s original music is composed by The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites (The Long Walk). Dave Cobb serves as the project’s executive music producer. Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie performed by Allen White on December (check out our previous article for the full album details and click here to listen to five first tracks). Milan Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring Fraites’ score today (click here for the full details).

Also opening wide is the romantic drama Regretting You directed by Josh Boone and starring Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco, Mason Thames, Scott Eastwood, Sam Morelos, Clancy Brown and Willa Fitzgerald. Nathaniel Walcott (The Fault in Our Stars, The Stand, Stuck in Love, Midnight Sun, Come and Find Me) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures production.

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Klaus Doldinger (1936-2025)

Klaus Doldinger passed away this past Thursday at age 89 in Munich, Germany. The jazz musician, composer and arranger wrote numerous scores for film and television between the late 1960s and the late 2010s. His best known feature scoring credits include Wolfgang Petersen’s Academy Award-nominated 1981 submarine war epic Das Boot, Petersen’s 1984 fantasy adventure The NeverEnding Story, Andrew Berkin’s 1992 romantic drama Salt on Our Skin and Volker Schlöndorff’s 1998 thriller Palmetto. He also wrote the theme for the long-running German hit series Tatort.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 17, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Black Phone 2 co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Jeremy Davies and Arianna Rivas. The film’s original music composed by the director’s son, Atticus Derrickson, who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Also opening in theaters nationwide is the comedy Good Fortune written and directed by Aziz Ansari and starring Seth Rogen, Ansari himself, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Oh and Keke Palmer. Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, The Banshees of Inisherin, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,  The Blind Side, Twilight, Anomalisa) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Lionsgate release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 10, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi sequel TRON: Ares directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian Anderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cameron Monaghan, Arturo Castro and Jeff Bridges. The film’s original music is composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Soul, Challengers, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as Nine Inch Nails. Interscope Records & The Null Corporation have released a soundtrack album featuring the band’s score and songs last month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Walt Disney Pictures release.

Also opening nationwide this weekend is the crime comedy drama Roofman directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O. Yang and Peter Dinklage. Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, High Maintenance, Adults, Mother, Couch, Swallowed, The Passenger) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album will be released by Varese Sarabande according to the movie’s end credits, but no details have been announced yet. Check out our previous article for more information about the dramedy, which is being released by Paramount Pictures.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 3, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine written and directed by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk, Lyndsey Gavin, James Moontasri, Satoshi Ishii, Yoko Hamamura, Stephen Quadros and Jason Tremblay. The film’s original music is composed by Belgian experimental jazz musician Nala Sinephro who has made her feature scoring debut on the project. Warp Records & A24 Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the artist’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the A24 release.

Also opening wide this weekend is the horror thriller Bone Lake written and directed by Mercedes Byrce Morgan and starring Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Marco Pigossi and Andra Nechita. Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, The Machinist, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, Come Play, Sexy Beast, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Killer’s Game) and Ben Cherney (The Kids Are Alright 2) have composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street.

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‘Zootopia 2’ to Feature Original Song ‘Zoo’ by Shakira

Shakira has recorded the original song Zoo for Walt Disney Pictures Animation’s upcoming sequel Zootopia 2. The track, which is featured in the film’s just new “final” trailer, is written by Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin & Shakira, produced by Slatkin, Alex (A.C.) Castillo, Shakira & Sheeran and will be released as a digital single next Friday, October 10 by Walt Disney Records. A 7″ single on purple translucent glitter vinyl is available to order on Amazon. A full soundtrack album featuring the song and 23 tracks of composer Michael Giacchino’s originala score will be coming out on November 21. Check back on this page for the full album details. Shakira who returns as the voice of Zootopia’s biggest pop star, Gazelle, has previously previously contributed the original song Try Everything for the 2016 original movie.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 26, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller One Battle After Another written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Alana Haim, Regina Hall and Wood Harris. The film’s original music is composed Jonny Grennwood (There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread, The Master, The Power of the Dog, Inherent Vice, Spencer, You Were Never Really Here, Licorice Pizza). Nonesuch Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the family adventure Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie directed by Ryan Crego and starring Laila Lockhart Kraner, Gloria Estefan, Kristen Wiig, Kyle Mooney, Thomas Lennon, Jason Mantzoukas, Fortune Feimster, Ego Nwodim and Melissa Villaseñor. Stephanie Economou (Ruby Gilman: Teenage Kraken, Jupiter’s Legacy, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, About My Father) has composed the film’s original score. Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring a score suite, as well as the songs from the film performed by the cast, as well as aespa, Lu Kala & others today. Click here for the album details and for more information about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

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