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 […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 17, 2025)
Posted: October 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Atticus Derrickson, Ballad of a Small Player, Black Phone 2, Blue Moon, Carter Burwell, Frankenstein, Good Fortune, Graham Reynolds, Grow, Isaac Middleton, Oli Julian, Pets on a Train, Rob Mazurek, Roddy Hart, The Mastermind, The Twits, The Wilderness, Tommy Reilly, Triuth & Treason, Volker Bertelmann
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 10, 2025)
Posted: October 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 100 Meters, A House of Dynamite, After the Hunt, Alan Myson, Andrew Morgan Smith, Atticus Ross, Blitz//Berlin, Christopher Bear, Deathstalker, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Mark Isham, Nine Inch Nails, Roofman, Sam Davis, Soul on Fire, The Oval Portrait, Trent Reznor, Tron: Ares, Urchin, Volker Bertelmann
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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 3, 2025)
Posted: October 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anemone, Ben Cherney, Bobby Krlic, Bone Lake, Brittany Allen, Brooke Blair, Coyotes, Eldad Guetta, Fairyland, Good Boy, Killing Faith, Michael Penn, Nala Sinephro, Roque Banos, Sam Boase-Miller, Shell, The Smashing Machine, Will Blair
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 […]
‘Zootopia 2’ to Feature Original Song ‘Zoo’ by Shakira
Posted: September 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blake Slatkin, Byron Howard, Ed Sheeran, Jared Bush, Shakir, Zootopia 2
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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 26, 2025)
Posted: September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All of You, Bau: Artist at War, Dead of Winter, Dustin O'Halloran, Eleanor the Great, Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie, Hania Rani, Ian Hultquist, John Coda, Jonny Greenwood, Justin Burnett, One Battle After Another, Oscar Senen, Predators, Sam Ewing, Sofia degli Alessandri, Stephanie Economou, Stolen Girl, The Strangers: Chapter 2, The Summer Book, Tim Hecker, Volker Bertelmann
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 […]
Marius de Vries to Compose Music for Rania Attieh’s & Daniel Garcia’s ‘Queen of the Falls’
Posted: September 8, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Daniel Garcia, Marius de Vries, Queen of the Falls, Rania Attieh
Marius de Vries (Coda, Strange Magic, Kick-Ass, Sucker Punch, Navalny) is composing the music for the upcoming indie drama Queen of the Falls. The film is written and directed by Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia (H., Initials S.G.) and is set to star Pamela Anderson and Guy Pearce. The movie is being described as a “music-infused […]
Duncan Thum & David Bertok Win Emmy Award for ‘Chef’s Table: Legends’ Episode ‘José Andrés’
Posted: September 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Chef's Table: Legends, David Bertok, Duncan Thum, Emmy Awards, Kendrick Lama, Tony Russell
Duncan Thum & David Bertok have received their first Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) category for their score for Netflix’s Chef’s Table: Legends episode José Andrés at today’s second night of the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album […]
Theodore Shapiro & Mick Giacchino Win Emmy Awards for ‘Severance’ Season 2 & ‘The Penguin’ Scores
Posted: September 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Apple TV +, Christopher Lennertz, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Emmy Awards, Gabel Hilfer, Mick Giacchino, Severance, The Boys, The Penguin, The Studio, The White Lotus, Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro has won his second Emmy Award for his score for the episode Cold Harbor from the second season of the Apple TV+ original series Severance in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category at tonight’s first night of the 77th Creative Prime Emmy Awards. He previously won his first Emmy for his music […]
