Category: Film Music News

Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 30, 2026)

January 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the survival horror thriller/comedy Send Help directed by Sam Raimi and starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spider-Man, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Alice in Wonderland,Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black). Hollywood Records 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 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening nationwide is the action thriller Shelter directed by Ric Roman Waugh and staring Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Bill Nighy and Naomi Ackie. David Buckley (The Sandman, Nobody, The Good Wife, The Nice Guys, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Good Fight, The Lincoln Lawyer, Papillon, Jason Bourne) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by Black Bear Pictures.

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2026 BAFTA Nominations Announced

January 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: BAFTA, BAFTA Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2026 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of ten titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, February 22 at London’s Royal Festival Hall hosted by Alan Cumming. For the full list of nominations, click here.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 23, 2026)

January 23, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Arco, Arnaud Toulon, Conisch, Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, H Is for Hawk, In Cold Light, Jonas Struck, Mercy, Michael Nomad Ripoll, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, Philippe Brault, Ramin Djawadi, Return to Silent Hill

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi thriller Mercy directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Kylie Rogers and Chris Sullivan. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Fallout, Iron Man, Westworld, Eternals, Pacific Rim, Uncharted, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Prison Break). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Amazon MGM Studios release.

Also opening nationwide is the psychological horror thriller Return to Silent Hill co-written and directed by Christophe Gans and starring Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson. Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill video games) has composed the film’s original music. Laced 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 Cineverse.

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98th Academy Awards Nominations Announced

January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

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This morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network, streamed live on Hulu and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Here are the music-related nominations:

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62nd Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced

January 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

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The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 62nd Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, ADR, production and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Alan Meyerson for Joseph Kosinksi’s F1 (scored by Hans Zimmer), Peter Cobbin & Kirsty Whaley for Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein (music by Alexandre Desplat), Chris Fogel for Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (scored by Max Aruj & Alfie Godfrey) & Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (music by Ludwig Goransson), Graeme Stewart for One Battle After Another (scored by Jonny Greenwood).

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‘Virus: 32’ Soundtrack Released

January 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Gustavo Hernández, Hernán González Villamil, score, Shudder, Soundtrack, Virus: 32

Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Uruguayan zombie horror thriller Virus: 32. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hernán González Villamil (Home Team, Simon of the Mountain, Night Watch, Como el mar). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track after the jump. Virus:32 is co-written and directed by Gustavo Hernández and stars Paula Silva, Daniel Hendler, Pilar Garcia and Franco Rilla. The movie tells the story of a rapidly spreading virus that rages through the streets of Montevideo and follows a mother and daughter as they try to survive the outbreak.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 16, 2026)

January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, A Private Life, All You Need Is Kill, Angela Little, Bryan Adams, Charlie the Wonderdog, Eike Hosenfeld, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Killer Whale, Michael Fiedler, Petteri Sainio, Rob, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Seeds, Sound of Falling, Yasuhiro Maeda

Opening in theaters nationwide is the post-apocalyptic horror sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple directed by Nia DaCosta and starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film’s original music is composed by Hildur Guđnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl, Tar, A Haunting in Venice, Women Talking, The Bride!, Hedda, Sicario: Day of the Soldado). Milan Records 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 Sony Pictures.

Also opening wide is the animated feature Charlie the Wonderdog co-written and directed by Shea Wageman and starring Owen Wilson, Tabitha St. Germain, Dawson Littman, Elishia Perosa, Ruairi MacDonald and Zac Bennett-McPhee. Petteri Sainio (Rocket Club, Faithful Planet) has composed the film’s original score and Bryan Adams has written the movie’s original songs. Bad Records has released a soundtrack album featuring score, as well as a separate EP featuring Adams’ songs today. Click here for the full details of the score album and click here for the details and to listen to all tracks of the song EP.

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey’ Soundtrack Released

January 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Disasterpeace, Kent Seki, score, Soundtrack, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey

Paramount Music has released a soundtrack for the animated short Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey. The digital single features the film’s original music composed by Disasterpeace (aka Rich Vreeland) (It Follows, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Triple Frontier, Under the Silver Lake, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music platforms. Also listen to the full score after the jump. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey is directed by Kent Seki, written by Andrew Joustra and features the voices of Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Brady Noon, Nicolas Cantu, Beck Bennett and Zach Woods.

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Ludwig Göransson Wins Golden Globe for ‘Sinners’ Score

January 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Golden Globes, Ludwig Göransson, Sinners

Ludwig Göransson was honored with his second Golden Globe in the Best Original Score category for his music from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at tonight’s 31st Critics Choice Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. He previously received the award for his music from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in 2024. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated in the category were Hans Zimmer (F1), Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Max Richter (Hamnet), Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another) and Kangding Ray (Sirat).

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Guy Moon (1962-2026)

January 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

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Guy Moon died this past Thursday at age 63 due to injuries sustained from a traffic collision in Los Angeles. The composer wrote dozens of scores and songs for film and television over the last four decades. His best known credits include Nickelodeon’s animated series The Fairly OddParents, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the Music & Lyrics category, as well as the 1995 hit feature The Brady Bunch Movie and its 1996 sequel A Very Brady Sequel, Nickelodeon’s Danny Phantom & Back at the Barnyard, DreamWorks Animation’s Prime Video animated show The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Michael Miner’s 1989 thriller Deadly Weapon, Strathford Hamilton’s 1990 feature Diving In, Aram Rappaport’s 2017 movie The Crash, the Netflix animated series Johnny Test and the 2024 Network original series The Green Veil.

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