Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the sci-fi/action adventure Jurassic World Rebirth directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rupert Friend, Luna Blaise, Philippine Velge, David Iacono, Ed Skrein and Bechir Sylvain. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest HotelThe Shape of WaterHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Godzilla, The Queen). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.

Opening in around 300 theaters this week is the Canadian post-apocalyptic thriller 40 Acres co-written and directed by R.T. Thorne and starring Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes, Kataem O’Connor, Leenah Robinson, Elizabeth Saunders, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Jaeda LeBlanc, Haile Amare and Tyrone Benskin. Todor Kobakov (Born to Be Blue, Backstabbing for Beginners, The Samaritan, Most Dangerous Game, TrickstersSweetness in the Belly) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Snow (1946-2025)

Posted: July 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Mark Snow passed away today at age 78 at his home in Connecticut. The composer, best known for his theme and score from the Fox mystery series The X-Files, wrote numerous scores for film and television over the last five decades. He earned six Emmy Award nominations for his music from The X-Files and received nine other Emmy nominations for the television movies Something About Amelia, The Last Capone, An American Story, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Helter Skelter, the miniseries Children of the Dust, as well as UPN’s Nowhere Man and CBS’ Ghost Whisperer. His other TV scoring credits include The WB’s Smallville & Birds of Prey, Fox’s Millennium, Harsh Realm & The Lone Gunmen and CBS’ Blue Bloods, which finished its series run last year. Read the rest of this entry »

Republic Records will release physical versions of the best-selling soundtrack album for Sony Pictures Animation’s Netflix original film KPop Demon Hunters. The album features the original songs from the movie, including Takedown written by Lindgren & the animated feature’s executive music producer Ian Eisendrath and performed by TWICE’s Jeongyeon, Jihyo, Chaeyoung, tracks written by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Vince,Danny Chung, KUSH, Stephen Kirk, Jenna Andrews, as well as a score suite by composer Marcelo Zarvos. Visit Amazon to order the CD version (to be released on August 8) and click here to order the vinyl edition (to be released on October 17). Both versions include a fold-out poster and photo card. Also check out our previous article for the full album details. Read the rest of this entry »

Dynamic Soundtrack Records has released a new soundtrack album for the Cartoon Network original animated series Justice League. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Lolita Ritmanis  Michael McCuistion & Kristopher Carter (Batman: The Animated SeriesTeen Titans, Young Justice, Avengers AssembleBabylon 5: The Road HomeBatman: The Brave and the Bold). The Vol. 1 soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Ritmanis’ main title track below. La-La Land Records has previously released a 4-CD set featuring highlights from the composers’ music from both seasons of the show back in 2016. Justice League is developed by Bruce Timm and features the voices of Kevin Conroy, George Newbern, Michael Rosenbaum, Susan Eisenber, Phil LaMarr, Carl Lumbly and Maria Canals. Read the rest of this entry »

MovieScore Media’s Reality Bytes has released a soundtrack album for the documentary ADA: My Mother the Architect. The album features the film’s original music composed by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves, Gunpowder MilkshakeThe Operative, Ghost Stories, A MistakeThe Etruscan Smile). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s opening and end titles tracks after the jump. ADA: My Mother the Architect is directed by Yael Melamede and centers on her mother, Ada Karmi-Melamede, one of the most accomplished architects in the world whose work remains largely unrecognized beyond architectural circles. The movie explores the profound tension between career and motherhood and a unique mother-daughter bond. Read the rest of this entry »

Accidental Editions will release a soundtrack album for the British drama Hot Milk. The album features the film’s original music composed by Matthew Herbert (Disobedience, A Fantastic WomanGloria BellThe Responder, The Wonder,  The Beast Must Die, The Cave, Temple). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 4 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s titles and credits tracks below . Hot Milk is written and directed by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (who made her feature directorial debut on the project) and stars Emma Mackey, Vicky Krieps, Fiona Shaw, Vincent Perez, Patsy Ferran, Yann Gael and Vangelis Mourikis. The movie follows a young woman who travels to the Spanish coast with her domineering mother, who seeks a cure for a strange illness. Read the rest of this entry »

Republic Records will release the first-ever soundtrack album for the Nickelodeon animated series The Wild Thornberrys created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, David Silverman, Steve Pepoon & Stephen Sustarsic and starring Lacey Chabert, Tom Kane, Danielle Harris, Tim Curry, Flea and Jodi Carlisle. The Vol. 1 album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Drew Neumann (Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Æon Flux, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Biohazard, ScalpsThe Tomb). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 4 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Music India has released the “introduction” theme for the upcoming Indian epic drama Ramayana. The track written by the film’s Academy Award-winning composers Hans Zimmer (The Lion KingDune, Inception, The Dark KnightGladiatorInterstellar) & A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire127 HoursLagaan, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Viceroy’s House) and featuring lyrics by Kumar Vishwas is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the theme after the jump. Ramayana is directed by Nitesh Tiwari and stars Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi, Ravi Dubey and Sunny Deol. Read the rest of this entry »

Platoon will release a soundtrack album for the British Apple TV+ original motorcycle adventure series Long Way Home. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Charlie Jefferson (Killing Escobar, Scheme Birds). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 4 and will be available to stream on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Long Way Home starring and executive produced by Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman follows the duo as they ride refurbished vintage motorbikes from Ewan’s home in Scotland to Charley’s in England, across the North Sea to Scandinavia, all the way up to the Arctic Circle and then down to the Baltics and through continental Europe, before eventually hopping back over the English Channel two months later. Read the rest of this entry »

Buck Records has released a soundtrack album for the British Paramount+ original series Little Disasters. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Ragnar Ólafsson (Fractures). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Little Disasters is created by Ruth Fowler based on the novel of the same title by Sarah Vaughan and stars Diane Kruger, Jo Joyner, Shelley Conn, Ben Bailey Smith and Emily Taaffe. The 6-part psychological thriller follows four mothers who have met ten years ago and supported each other through motherhood whose friendship begins to fall apart when one of them brings her baby daughter to the hospital with a head injury she can’t explain. Read the rest of this entry »