The 16th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out tonight at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Niki Sherrod received the top honor in the Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films category for her work on Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. Gabe Hilfer received the award in the Mid-Level Budget Films category for his music supervision on Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme and Sarah Bromberg & Stephanie Diaz-Matos were honored in the Low Budget Films category for their music supervision on Lawrence Lamont’s One of Them Days.
Category: Film Music News
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 27, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher sequel Scream 7 co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson and starring Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Michelle Randolph, Matthew Lillard, Anna Camp, David Arquette, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Mark Consuelos, Jimmy Tatro, Celeste O’Connor, Tim Simons and Joel McHale. The film’s original score is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker, Hellboy) who previously composed the music for the first four installments. No score album has been announced yet. Several songs from the movie have been released as digital singles over the last two weeks. Check out our previous articles for more information and click here to check out the music team credits of the Paramount Pictures release.
Opening semi-wide in a few hundred AMC theaters this weekend is the comedy K-Pops! co-written and directed by Anderson .Paak and starring the singer/songwriter himself, Soul Rasheed, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park, Jee Young Han, and Yvette Nicole Brown. Emily Bear (Moana 2, The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Dog Gone, Our Little Secret) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be released in the coming weeks. A first song from the soundtrack (but not featured/credited in the movie), Keychain by aespa & Anderson .Paak), was released as a digital single today. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Aura Entertainment.
Ludwig Göransson Wins BAFTA Award for ‘Sinners’ Score
Ludwig Göransson has received his second BAFTA Award for his music for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners in the Original Score category at today’s 2024 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. He previously received his first BAFTA for his score from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in 2024. The other composers nominated in the category were Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia), Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Max Richter (Hamnet) and Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another).
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Music Team Wins Annie Award
The music team of Sony Pictures Animation’s Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters was honored with the Annie Award in the Feature category at tonight’s 53rd Annie Awards ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Sony Pictures’ President of Music Spring Aspers, composer Marcelo Zarvos and songwriter Mark Sonnenblick accepted the award in person at the event. The other contenders in the category were Arnaud Toulon for Arco, Rob Simonsen for Elio, Mari Fukuhara for Little Amélie or the Character of Rain and Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin & Michael Giacchino for Zootopia 2.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 20, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the faith-based drama I Can Only Imagine 2 directed by Andrew Erwin & Brent McCorkle (Jesus Revolution, Unsung Hero, Steve McQueen: American Icon, Unconditional) and starring John Michael Finley, Milo Ventimiglia, Sophie Skelton, Arielle Kebbel, Trace Adkins, Sammy Dell and Dennis Quaid. McCorkle has also composed the film’s original score. Fair Trade Services has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie performed by MercyMe, Finley & others, as well as selections of the score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Kingdom Company production, which is being released by Lionsgate.
Also opening wide is the comedy thriller How to Make a Killing written and directed by John Patton Ford and starring Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Topher Grace, Bill Camp, Zach Woods and Ed Harris. The film’s original music is composed by Emile Mosseri (Minari, Kajillionaire, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Homecoming, Preparation for the Next Life, When You Finish Saving the World, Stutz). Greedy Heart 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 A24 release.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 13, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is period romantic drama Wuthering Heights written and directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Alison Oliver, Ewan Mitchell, Shazad Latif and Martin Clunes. The film’s original score is composed by Anthony Willis (Promising Young Woman, M3GAN, Saltburn, How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, Violence Ends) and the film’s original songs are co-written and performed by Charli XCX. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and also click here to check out the music team credits for the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the thriller Crime 101 written and directed by Bart Layton and starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tate Donovan and Nick Nolte. Blanck Mass (aka Benjamin John Power) (Calm with Horses, She Rides Shotgun, The Rig, Gazza, Ted K) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album (to be released by Invada Records) will be announced soon. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.
Giles Martin to Serve as Executive Music Producer on Sam Mendes’ ‘The Beatles – A Four Film Cinematic Event’
Sony Pictures announced today that record producer/songwriter (and son of Beatles producer George Martin) will serve as the executive music producer on The Beatles – A Four Film Cinematic Event. The four films are directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and will star Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, as well as Saoirse Ronan, James Norton, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Anna Sawai, Aimee Lou Wood, Harry Lloyd, Lucy Boynton, Farhan Akhtar, Morfydd Clark and Harry Lawtey. The movies – one from each band member’s point-of-view – will intersect to tell the story of the legendary group.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 6, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the gothic romance Dracula written and directed by Luc Besson and starring Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Haymon Maria Buttinger and Zoë Bleu Sidel. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Men in Black, Alice in Wonderland). Because Music & EuropaCorp have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last summer when the movie opened overseas (under the title Dracula: A Love Story). Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about film, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Vertical.
Also opening wide is the romantic comedy drama Solo Mio directed by Charles & Daniel Kinnane and starring Kevin James, Kim Coates, Julee Cerda, Alyson Hannigan, Jonathan Roumie and Julie Ann Emery. Joy Ngiaw (WondLa, Blush, Rescued by Ruby, Glamorous,Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase) 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 for more information about the Angel Studios release.
Ludwig Göransson Wins SCL Award for ‘Sinners’ Score
Ludwig Göransson has won the SCL Award in the Outstanding Original Score in a Studio Film category for his music from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at tonight’s 7th Annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. In the Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film category, Bryce Dessner received the award for his score from Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams. In the Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media categories, Göransson & Raphael Saadiq were honored for the song I Lied to You from Sinners (drama/documentary category) and EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick won the award for Golden from the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters (comedy/musical category).
Ludwig Göransson Wins Grammy Award for ‘Sinners’ Score
Ludwig Göransson has won the Grammy Award for his score from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 68th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. He was previously honored with a Grammy in the same category for his music for Coogler’s Black Panther and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and also received two awards for Childish Gambino’s This Is America.