Category: Film Music News

Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 19, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated sequel Toy Story 5 directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Joan Cusack, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Greta Lee, Conan O’Brien, Scarlett Spears, Craig Robinson, Shelby Rabara, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Tony Hale, Kristen Schaal,Bonnie Hunt, Wallace Shawn, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Melissa Villaseñor and Keanu Reeves. The film’s original score is composed by Randy Newman (Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, The Natural, The Princess and the Frog, Cars. Pleasantville, Marriage Story, Avalon, James and the Giant Peach). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as Taylor Swift’s original song I Knew It, I Knew You today. Click here to listen to the song, click here to check out the project’s music team credits and click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Pixar Animation Studios production.

Also opening wide is the period thriller The Death of Robin Hood written and directed by Michael Sarnoski and starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Noah Jupe and Murray Bartlett. Folk singer/songwriter Jim Ghedi has composed the film’s original music. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the artists’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the A24 release.

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Bret McKenzie to Write Original Songs for Peter Baynton’s ‘Little Santa’

Apple TV announced today that Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie is writing original songs for the upcoming animated feature Little Santa. The film directed by Peter Baynton (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland) and is based on the popular children’s book of the same title by author and illustrator Jon Agee. The movie follows young Santa Claus on an Oz-like trek through the North Pole, meeting and inspiring the offbeat friends who will create Christmas and remind the world to believe.

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Kris Bowers Elected to Academy Board of Governors

Composer Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot, Green Book, King Richard,  Bridgerton, The Color Purple, GOAT, Haunted Mansion, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Secret Invasion) has been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2026-2027 Board of Governors. He joins Carter Burwell and Lesley Barber who will be the other two governors of the music branch in the next term. It will mark Bowers’ 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.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 12, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Eve Hewson, Colin Firth and Colman Domingo. The film’s original music is composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,  Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Schindler’s List). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today and a CD and vinyl edition will be coming out in the coming months. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release and click here to check out the project’s music team credits.

Also opening wide is the Hong Kong action movie The Furious directed by Kenji Tanigaki and starring Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Joey Iwanaga, Yang Enyou and Brian Le. Elliot Leung (Operation Red Sea, The Rescue, Operation Avalanche, Cesium Fallout, Freelance, Warriors of Future) and Olivia Xiaolin have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today and Brainfeeder has released the original song Mudhole by Flying Lotus as Captain Murphy last week. Click here to listen to the song and click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 5, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy adventure Masters of the Universe directed by Travis Knight and starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes,  Idris Elba, Jared Leto, James Purefoy, Alison Brie, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Charlotte Riley and Kristen Wiig. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Project Hail Mary, Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, The Bad Guys, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Birds of Prey, The Drama, Materialists). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original title song co-written and performed by The Darkness today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Amazon MGM Studios release.

Also opening nationwide is the comedy Scary Movie directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Marlon & Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Damon Wayans Jr., Kim & Gregg Wayans, Chris Elliott, Heidi Gardner, Cameron Scott Roberts, Cheri Oteri, Dave Sheridan,  Lochlyn Munro and Sydney Park. Haim Mazar (The Iceman, Sneakerheads, Half Baked: Totally Hight, The Taking of Debora Logan, Woke, Versa, Self Help, I Am Wrath, Desperation Road) 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 sixth installment in the Scary Movie franchise, which is being released by Paramount Pictures.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 29, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror feature Backrooms directed by Kane Parsons and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell. The film’s original music is composed by Edo Van Breemen (The Monkey, Keeper, Afflicted, Air, Hollow in the Land, The Backward Class) and Parsons. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the North Road Films, Atomic Monster, 21 Laps Entertainment & Phobos production, which is being released by A24.

Also opening nationwide is the historical drama Pressure written and directed by Anthony Maras and starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Damian Lewis, Chris Messina and Kerry Condon. Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front, Dune: Prophecy, The Day of the Jackal, The Amateur,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 Focus Features release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 22, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Lucasfilm’s Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu co-written and directed by Jon Favreau and starring Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Brendan Wayne, Lateef Crowder and Martin Scorsese The film’s original music is composed by Ludwig Göransson (Sinners, Oppenheimer, Black Panther, Creed, Turning Red, Venom, Tenet, Community). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score digitally last Friday and will release physical versions in the coming weeks. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie.

Also opening nationwide is the supernatural horror thriller Passenger directed by André Øvredal and starring Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell and Melissa Leo. Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Sinister, The Shipping News, Ghost Rider, The Hurricane, Drag Me to Hell, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Gift) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records & Paramount Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today and Intrada Records will release a CD version next month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.

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Mitchell Leib to Serve as Executive Music Producer on John Ottman’s ‘Billy and Me’

Mitchell Leib, president of music and soundtracks at The Walt Disney Studios, will serve as the executive music producer on the upcoming biographical drama Billy and Me. The film is directed by composer/editor John Ottman (Bohemian Rhaposdy, X2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, Fantastic Four) who previously made his feature directorial debut on 2000’s Urban Legends: Final Cut and tells the origin story of Billy Joel before before Piano Man, the 1973 song and album that lofted him to stardom. The movie is told through the eyes of Joel’s first manager, Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him four years later and oversaw his career up to his breakthrough deal with Columbia Records in 1972.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 15, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror feature Obsession written and directed by Curry Barker and stars Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter and Cooper Tomlinson. The film’s original music is composed by Rock Burwell. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer and singer/songwriter’s score today and Waxwork Records will release a vinyl edition. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Focus Features.

Also opening wide is the action thriller In the Grey written and directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Kristofer Hivju, Rosamund Pike, Michael Vu, Emmet J. Scanlan, Carlos Bardem, Fisher Stevens and Jason Wong. Chris Benstead (The Gentlemen, Young Sherlock, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Wrath of Man,  Fountain of Youth, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre) has composed the film’s original music. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music 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 movie, which is being released by Black Bear Pictures.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 8, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action fantasy adventure Mortal Kombat II directed by Simon McQuoid and starring Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Josh Lawson, Jessica McNamee, Lewis Tan, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Damon Herriman, Tati Gabrielle, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Alien: Romulus, Twisters, Hidden Figures, Shazam!, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Man) who previously scored the original 2021 movie. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a new remix of the Olivier Adams-composed theme song Techno Syndrome from the game (feat. Ed Boon) last Friday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Also opening wide the murder mystery comedy The Sheep Detectives directed by Kyle Balda and starring Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Galitzine, Nicholas Braun, Molly Gordon, Emma Thompson, Hong Chau, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brett Goldstein, Regina Hall, Chris O’Dowd,Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey and Rhys Darby. Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, WandaVision, Free Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Muppets, The Hangover, Agatha All Along, The Peanuts Movie) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Amazon MGM Studios release.

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