Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the crime thriller By Any Means directed by Elegance Bratton and starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, David Strathairn, Nicole Beharie, LisaGay Hamilton,Ethan Embry, Josh Lucas, LaChanze and Giancarlo Esposito. The film’s original score is composed by Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, The Woman King, 25th Hour, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Love & […]
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Release of James Horner’s ‘Skyward Spirit’ Score Announced
Posted: September 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Horner, Simon Rhodes, Skyward Spirit
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has announced the release of newly discovered score by Academy Award-winning film composer James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Aliens, Apollo 13, Field of Dreams, Legends of the Fall), more than ten years after his tragic death. Originally written for aerobatic flight display, Skyward Spirit was rediscovered […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2026)
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brooke Blair, Buddy, Chai Min-joo, Chris Roe, Colony, Coyote vs. Acme, Finding Emily, Hanging by a Wire, Harry Gregson-Williams, Idiots, Just Play Dead, Michael Yezerski, Morgan Kibby, Robert Folk, Shawn Coleman, Steven Price, Sven Faulconer, The Dog Stars, The Salt Path, The Sun Never Sets, Will Blair
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action/animated hybrid comedy Coyote vs. Acme directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Luis Guzmán, P.J. Byrne, Eric Bauza, Martha Kelly, Kenneth Choi, Candi Milo and Jim Cummings. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Fury, Our Planet, Last Night […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 14, 2026)
Posted: August 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adiescar Chase, Alec Puro, All Night Wrong, Austin Wintory, Celia Hollander, Elijah Peel, Erick Alexander, Jared Bulmer, Kevin D. Sepe, Michael Giacchino, Nimrods, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, Pinar Toprak, The Brink of War, The End of Oak Street, The Rivals of Amziah King, The Wrong Girls, Ty Segall, Union County
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi adventure The End of Oak Street written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and starring Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Bethany Anne Lind, Christian Convery, Chris Coy, P.J. Byrne, Andrea Frankle, Pilot Bunch and Hudson Meek. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 31, 2026)
Posted: July 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: I Want Your Sex, James Clements, Michael Giacchino, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Gentleman Thief, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Yagmur Kaplan, Yoshihiro Hanno
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando and Mark Ruffalo. The film’s original music is composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Lost, Up, The Batman, Jurassic World, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Doctor Strange, […]
Tems to Serve as Executive Music Producer of ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Soundtrack
Posted: July 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Burrna Boy, Children of Blood and Bone, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Tems
Nigerian singer/songwriter and record producer Tems will serve as the executive music producer of the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone. Burna Boy is the executive music consultant of the movie co-written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King, Love & Basketball) and staring Thuso […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 24, 2026)
Posted: July 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Sad and Beautiful World, Andrew Scott Bell, Anthony Sahyoun, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, Brunello, Brunello the Gracious Visionary, Her Private Hell, Jeremy Zuckerman, Matthew Herbert, Motor City, Nicola Piovani, Pino Donaggio, Pinocchio: Unstrung, Rosebush Pruning, Sheep in the Box, Steve Jablonsky, Yuta Bandoh
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Motor City directed by Potsy Ponciroli and starring Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster, Pablo Schreiber, Ben McKenzie, Lionel Boyce and Amar Chadha-Patel.The film’s original music is composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, The Island, Desperate Housewives, Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor, Skyscraper, Ender’s Game, DC League of Super-Pets). No word on a […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 17, 2026)
Posted: July 17, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dan Romer, Horsegirls, Ludwig Göransson, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Odyssey, Yonatan Riklis
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action epic The Odyssey written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Elliot Page, Lupita Nyong’o, John Leguizamo and Charlize Theron. The film’s original music is composed by Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Sinners, Oppenheimer, Creed, The Mandalorian & Grogu, Turning […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 10, 2026)
Posted: July 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: <pama, Craig Wedren, Double Danger, Evil Dead Burn, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Gangland, James Wakefield, Jordan Lehning, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, Moana, Night Nurse, Opetaia Foaʻi, Sam Clapp, Steven Jackson, The Isolate Thief
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action adaptation of the animated feature Moana directed by Thomas Kail and starring Catherine Lagaʻai, Dwayne Johnson, Rena Owen, John Tui and Frankie Adams. The film’s original songs are composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto, Hamilton, In the Heights), Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina (Twister, Brother Bear, Tarzan, Speed, Bad Boys, August Rush, Planes, Con Air) and the film’s […]
