Hollywood Records has released a new version of Christina Vidal‘s song Take Me Away from Freakier Friday. The track (originally written by Andrew Klippel, Barry Palmer, Micaela Slayford, Belinda Reid, Jessica Bennet & Jaclyn Pearson for 2003’s Freaky Friday movie) is produced by Suzy Shinn, performed by the fictional band Pink Slip & Vidal and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. Freakier Friday is directed by Nisha Ganatra and stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters, Manny Jacinto, Sophia Hammons, Rosalind Chao, Vanessa Bayer, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Chad Michael Murray and Mark Harmon.
Category: Film Music News
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 4, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the sci-fi/action adventure Jurassic World Rebirth directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rupert Friend, Luna Blaise, Philippine Velge, David Iacono, Ed Skrein and Bechir Sylvain. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Godzilla, The Queen). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Opening in around 300 theaters this week is the Canadian post-apocalyptic thriller 40 Acres co-written and directed by R.T. Thorne and starring Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes, Kataem O’Connor, Leenah Robinson, Elizabeth Saunders, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Jaeda LeBlanc, Haile Amare and Tyrone Benskin. Todor Kobakov (Born to Be Blue, Backstabbing for Beginners, The Samaritan, Most Dangerous Game, Tricksters, Sweetness in the Belly) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures.
Mark Snow (1946-2025)
Mark Snow passed away today at age 78 at his home in Connecticut. The composer, best known for his theme and score from the Fox mystery series The X-Files, wrote numerous scores for film and television over the last five decades. He earned six Emmy Award nominations for his music from The X-Files and received nine other Emmy nominations for the television movies Something About Amelia, The Last Capone, An American Story, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Helter Skelter, the miniseries Children of the Dust, as well as UPN’s Nowhere Man and CBS’ Ghost Whisperer. His other TV scoring credits include The WB’s Smallville & Birds of Prey, Fox’s Millennium, Harsh Realm & The Lone Gunmen and CBS’ Blue Bloods, which finished its series run last year.
Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025)
Lalo Schifrin passed away today at age 93 of complications from pneumonia. The Grammy Award-winning Argentinian composer, best known his Mission: Impossible theme written for the 1960s TV series and used in the Tom Cruise-starring feature franchise, wrote numerous scores for film and television over a six decades-spanning career. He earned six Academy Award nominations for his scores for Stuart Rosenberg’s 1967 drama Cool Hand Luke, 1976 feature Voyage of the Damned & 1979 horror classic The Amityville Horror, Mark Rydell’s 1967 drama The Fox and Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 1983 comedy The Sting II and the original song People Alone from Joel Oliansky’s 1980 movie musical The Competition. He received an Honorary Oscar at the 10th Governors Awards in 2018.
Daniel Blumberg, Chris Bacon, Siddhartha Khosla, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Anthony Willis, Carlos Rafael Rivera & Others Invited to Join Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 534 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Daniel Blumberg who received his first Academy Award (and nomination) this year for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Clément Ducol & Camille who received their first Academy Award for the original song El Mal and another nomination for the score from Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez, as well as Chris Bacon (Heretic, M3GAN 2.0), Siddhartha Khosla (The Idea of You, A Family Affair), Isobel Waller-Bridge (Wicked Little Letters, Magpie), Anthony Willis (Saltburn, M3GAN), Carlos Rafael Rivera (Ezra, Chupa), Branford Marsalis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rustin), Nami Melumad (Thor: Love and Thunder, Griffin in Summer), Toby Chu (The Monkey King, Unforgettable), Stephanie Economou (Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3), Michael A. Levine (Outbreak, Atypical Wednesday), Segun Akinola (The Bayou, Girl You Know It’s True), Diego Baldenweg (In the Land of Saints and Sinners, Zwingli), Amanda Jones (Moving On, Mea Culpa), René G. Boscio (Emergency, Lake George), Lorenz Dangel (September 5, Dying), Ré Olunuga (Drift, Girl), Maxence Dussère (Le Principal, Wild Seas), Rihards Zaļupe (Flow, Kaka, Pavasaris un Draugi), Amritha Vaz (Little Stones, Miss India America), Wei San Hsu (Invisible Nation, Another Woman), Andranik Berberyan (Amerikatsi, Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev), Kwong Wing Chan (Peg O’ My Heart, The Dumpling Queen) and Youssou N’Dour (Kirikou and the Sorceress, Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love).
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 20, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide is the post-apocalyptic horror movie 28 Years Later directed by Danny Boyle and starring Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Christopher Fulford, Edvin Ryding and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film’s original music is composed by the Scottish hip hop trio Young Fathers (Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole & Graham ‘G’ Hastings). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the group’s score and songs today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the animated feature Elio directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi & Adrian Molina and starring Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Brad Garrett, Jameela Jamil and Shirley Henderson. Rob Simonsen (Deadpool & Wolverine, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Whale, The Adam Project, The Way Back, Foxcatcher, The Age of Adaline, It Ends with Us, (500) Days of Summer, Nerve) has composed the film’s original music. Walt Disney 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 Pixar Animation Studios production, which is being released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Carter Burwell Elected to Academy Board of Governors
Composer Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, True Grit, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Blind Side, Twilight, Being John Malkovich) has been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2025-2026 Board of Governors. He joins Lesley Barber and Richard Gibbs who will be the other two governors of the music branch in the next term. It will mark Burwell’s first term serving on the music branch board. The Academy’s 19 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms, followed by a two-year hiatus, after which eligibility renews for up to two additional three-year terms for a lifetime maximum of 12 years. The Board of Governors sets the Academy’s strategic vision, preserves the organization’s financial health, and assures the fulfillment of its mission.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 6, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the action movie Ballerina directed by Len Wiseman and starring Ana de Armas, Gabriel Byrne, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane, Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Norman Reedus. The film’s original score is composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Watchmen, Deadpool 2, 300, X, Atomic Blonde) & Joel J. Richard (John Wick, Quantico, Books of Blood). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music today (click here for the full album details). Always Never Records has released a separate EP featuring three tracks by Le Castle Vania and Columbia Records has released two digital singles featuring the end credits songs (click here to listen to all tracks and to learn more about the Lionsgate release).
Also opening wide this weekend is the survival horror thriller Dangerous Animals directed by Sean Byrne and starring Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Liam Greinke, Rob Carltonand Ella Newton. Michael Yezerski (The Tax Collector, Blindspotting, The Devil’s Candy, The Vigil, Corporate Animals, Feel the Beat) has composed the film’s original music. Range Music 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 movie, which is being released by the Independent Film Company & Shudder.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 30, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the martial arts action adventure Karate Kid: Legends directed by Jonathan Entwistle and starring Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen and Joshua Jackson. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, The Man in the High Castle, Money Monster, Your Friends & Neighbors,The King’s Man, Violent Night, Spirited). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Also opening nationwide today is the upcoming supernatural horror thriller Bring Her Back directed by Danny & Michael Philippou and starring Sally Hawkins, Billy Barrat, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips and Sally-Anne Upton. Cornel Wilczek (Talk to Me, Apple Cider Vinegar, Together, Clickbait, Nowhere Boys, These Final Hours, Glitch, The Mule, Cut Snake) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Click here to check out the project’s music team credits and visit our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the A24 release.
Alf Clausen (1941-2025)
Alf Clausen passed away yesterday at age 84 at his home in Los Angeles after battling Parkinson’s disease. The composer is best known for his music for the Fox animated hit show The Simpsons, which he scored between 1990 and 2017 and for which he received two Emmy Awards and 23 Emmy Award nominations. His other scoring credits include ACB’s Moonlighting, for which he received six additional Emmy Award nominations, the NBC sitcom ALF, the ABC/Fox adult animated series The Critic, the CBS sitcom Bette, as well as the 1998 feature comedy Half Baked.