Saleka (aka Saleka Shyamalan) and composer James Newton Howard have written an original song for the upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Remain. The track, entitled So Alive, is produced by Saleka & Jon Maguire, performed by Saleka & singer/songwriter Calum Scott, and is featured during the end credits of the film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor, Ashley Walters, Jay O. Sanders and Julie Hagerty. The movie based on a story by the director & Nicholas Sparks follows an reclusive architect who moves to small coastal town to complete his latest project and encounters an alluring young woman who pulls him out of his shell, and into the center of a deadly mystery that hangs over the town.
Category: Film Music News
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 25, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological thriller Primetime directed by Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine. The film’s original score is composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, You Can See Everything, Monsters of God, Ren Faire, Atropia, Spermworld). A24 Music has releases a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original end credits song by Phoebe Bridgers today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the A24 release.
Also opening wide is the survival thriller Heart of the Beast directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe. Jared Michael Fry (The Beekeeper, A Working Man, Safehouse) 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 Paramount Pictures release.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 18, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action horror movie Resident Evil co-written and directed by Zach Cregger and starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser. The film’s original music is composed by Hays Holladay & Ryan Holladay (Weapons, Roommates, Class Action Park). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details, to listen to two tracks and to learn more about the Constantin Film, Columbia Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment & PlayStation production, which is being released by Sony Pictures.
Also opening wide is the animated comedy Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom directed by Steve Cox & Matthew Walker and starring Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Kate Harbour, Dani Dyer and Roman Kemp. Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Princess, Journey’s End, Chad Powers, Rivals, Beecham House, Talamasca: The Secret Order, Knightfall, Herself, Press). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score as well as a new “Halloween Mix” of the Shaun the Sheep theme song (Life’s a Treat) today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed in the U.S. by GKIDS.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic fantasy drama Practical Magic 2 directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Lee Pace, Joey King, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod. The film’s original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Gilded Age, Hacksaw Ridge, The CrownThe Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Smallfoot, Hotel Rwanda). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Bleachers, Brandi Carlile & Aldae today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the period action drama The Uprising written and directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Woody Norman, Jonny Lee Miller, Katherine Waterston and Sky Yang. Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, Lion, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift, A House of Dynamite, One Life) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot 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 Focus Features.
David Fleming, Sean Callery & Sara Barone Win Emmy Awards for ‘Widow’s Bay’ & ‘The Beast in Me’ Scores
David Fleming has won his second Emmy Award for his score for the episode Out History from the Apple TV original series Widow’s Bay in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category at tonight’s second night of the 78th Creative Prime Emmy Awards. Sean Callery received his fifth Emmy Award and Sara Barone was honored with her first Emmy in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special category for their score from the episode The Beast and Me of the Netflix limited series The Beast in Me. Dave Porter has won the Emmy Award for his theme for the Apple TV series Pluribus in the Outstanding Main Title Theme Music category.
Tyler Strickland Wins Emmy Award for ‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Score
Tyler Strickland has received his first Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score) category for his score for Colin Hanks’ Prime Video original documentary John Candy: I Like Me at today’s first night of the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 4, 2026)
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 & Basketball). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is expected to be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. AB Records has released the original title song written by Diane Warren and performed by David Kushner & The Isley Brothers last Friday and will release a separate album featuring more songs on September 18. Click here to listen to the track and check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Paramount Pictures.
Also opening wide is the action/horror movie Onslaught directed by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and starring Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Drew Starkey, Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Rebecca Hall, Michael Biehn and Alex Pereira. Matthew Pusti (aka Makeup and Vanity Set) (A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, The Girlfriend Experience) has composed the film’s original music. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the A24 release.
Release of James Horner’s ‘Skyward Spirit’ Score Announced
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 by Horner’s flying teammate Ed Shipley before it was orchestrated and arranged by the composer’s long-standing engineer and good friend Simon Rhodes last year. Recorded by the RSNO in Scotland’s Studio, conducted by Robert Ziegler, the score will be released this Friday, September 4 on all major streaming platforms following its premiere at the International Ayr Show earlier that day.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2026)
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 in Soho, The Aeronauts, The Running Man, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Over the Moon, My Policeman, Heads of State, Heart of Stone). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday and iam8bit will release a vinyl edition. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is being released by Ketchup Entertainment.
Also opening wide is the post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Benedict Wong, Guy Pearce, Ewen Bremner, Sam Spruell and Allison Janney. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Mulan, Gladiator II, The Meg, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood 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 movie, which is being released by 20th Century Studios.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 14, 2026)
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, The Batman, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Jurassic World, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek, Zooptopia). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday and Mutant will release a CD and vinyl version. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the animated feature PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie directed by Cal Brunker and starring Carter Young, Mckenna Grace, Jennifer Hudson, Meredith MacNeill, Terry Crews,Fortune Feimster, Jameela Jamil, Hayden Chemberlen, Ron Pardo, Paris Hilton, Lucien Duncan-Reid, Bill Nye and Snoop Dogg. Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, The Lost City,Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Stargirl, Shotgun Wedding, Slumberland, Loney Planet, Family Switch) has composed the film’s original score. Spin Master has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today and Visva & Republic Records have released two digital singles featuring the original songs Bottle Up by the Backstreet Boys & Work by Ava Max in previous weeks. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release.