Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi action adventure Predator: Badlands directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. The film’s original music is composed by Sarah Schachner (Assassin’s Creed Origins & Valhalla, Prey, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Infinite Warfare, The Lazarus Effect) & Benjamin Wallfisch (Alien: Romulus, It, The Flash, The Invisible Man, Twisters, The Conjuring: Last […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 7, 2025)
Posted: November 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Kovacs, Antony Partos, Benjamin Wallfisch, Brian Tyler, Bryce Dessner, Christy, George Vjestica, Grand Prix of Europe, Hania Rani, In Your Dreams, John Debney, Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring, Kathryn Bostic, Lynn Ramsay, Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, Nuremberg, Predator: Badlands, Raife Burchell, Sacha Puttnam, Sarah Schachner, Sarah's Oil, Sentimental Value, Steve McLaughlin, Stone Cold Fox, Train Dreams, Tyler Michael Smith, Volker Bertelmann
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68th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: November 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards
The nominations for the 68th Grammy Awards have been announced. The 2026 Grammys will take place on Sunday, February 1, from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories: Best Score Soundtrack […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 31, 2025)
Posted: October 31, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anniversary, Anthony Willis, Danny Bensi, Haim Mazar, Hallow Road, John Kaced, Lesbian Space Princess, Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, Lorne Balfe, Mari Fukuhara, Michael Darren, Nick Urata, Nouvelle Vague, Peter Adams, Safe House, Sam Ewing, Saunder Jurriaans, Self-Help, Stitch Head, Vincent Must Die, Violent Ends
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the animated feature Stitch Head written and directed by Steve Hudson and starring Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Tia Bannon, Fern Brady and Jamali Maddix. The film’s original score is composed by Nick Urata (Paddington, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Focus, Little Miss Sunshine, Quiz Lady, Animal Control, Ruby […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 24, 2025)
Posted: October 24, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bugonia, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, Dream Eater, Hedda, Hildur Guðnadóttir, James Burkholder, Jeremiah Fraites, Jerskin Fendrix, Julian Stirpe, Kensuke Ushio, Last Days, Nathan Alexander, Nathaniel Walcott, Regretting You, Shelby Oaks, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, The Newton Brothers
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical drama Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere written and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffman, David Krumholtz and Marc Maron. The film’s original music is composed by The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites (The Long […]
Klaus Doldinger (1936-2025)
Posted: October 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger passed away this past Thursday at age 89 in Munich, Germany. The jazz musician, composer and arranger wrote numerous scores for film and television between the late 1960s and the late 2010s. His best known feature scoring credits include Wolfgang Petersen’s Academy Award-nominated 1981 submarine war epic Das Boot, Petersen’s 1984 fantasy adventure […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
