Tommy Fields (A Biltmore Christmas, Sweet Pecan Summer, Sand Dollar Cove) has released a soundtrack album for the western Long Shadows. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Fields’ first track after the jump. Available separately is a digital single featuring the songs from the movie by Shockley & Fields. Click here to stream/download the single and also listen to the title song below. Long Shadows is co-written and directed by William Shockley and stars Dermont Mulroney, Dominic Monaghan, Jacqueline Bisset, Sarah Cortez and Blaine Maye. The movie follows a tormented ex-outlaw who takes a broken young drifter under his wing, but as violence brews and old ghosts rise, the two face a brutal fight for redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Long Shadows’ Soundtracks Released
Posted: December 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Long Shadows, score, Soundtrack, Tommy Fields, William Shockley
2026 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: December 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the nominees in the Best Original Score category of next year’s 98th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, historical data, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film music community, the level of awards campaigning and awareness of the competing titles, and the response to the movies and their chances in other categories. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Neighbors’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bill Conti, John G. Avildsen, Neighbors, score, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the 1981 comedy Neighbors directed by John G. Avildsen and starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cathy Moriarty and Kathryn Walker. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Bill Conti (Rocky, The Karate Kid, For Your Eyes Only, The Right Stuff, Masters of the Universe, The Thomas Crown Affair). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main title and end credits tracks after the jump. Varese Sarabande has previously released the premiere release of Conti’s score, coupled with the Tom Scott’s unused score by as a (now out-of-print) limited edition CD back in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Anna Drubich Scoring Meredith Alloway’s ‘Forbidden Fruits’
Posted: December 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Drubich, Forbidden Fruits, Meredith Alloway
Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within, Time Cut, Sting) has been tapped to score the upcoming horror feature Forbidden Fruits. The film is directed by Meredith Alloway and stars Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, Lola Tung, Emma Chamberlain and Gabrielle Union. The movie revolves around a young woman leads a secret witch cult at a mall store, when a new hire starts to question their sisterhood, forcing them to confront inner darkness or meet violent ends. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sarah’s Oil’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cyrus Nowrasteh, Kathryn Bostic, Sarah's Oil, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama Sarah’s Oil. The album features the film’s original score composed by Kathryn Bostic (Clemency, Women of the Movement, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 3 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track below. The label has previously released the original song The Gift co-written and performed by Tamar Braxton last month. Sarah’s Oil is co-written and directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and stars Zachary Levi, Naya Desir-Johnson, Sonequa Martin-Green, Garret Dillahunt, Mel Rodriguez, Bridget Regan and Kenric Green. The movie tells the story of an African American girl born in the early 1900s who believes there is oil beneath the land she’s allotted and must turn to her family and some wildcatters to maintain control of her land. Read the rest of this entry »
David Buckley Scoring Ric Roman Waugh’s ‘Shelter’
Posted: December 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Buckley, Ric Roman Waugh, Shelter
Composer David Buckley (The Sandman, The Good Wife, Nobody, The Nice Guys, Papillon, The Forbidden Kingdom, Jason Bourne) is reteaming with director Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch, Shot Caller) on the upcoming action thriller Shelter. The film is directed by Waugh and stars Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Naomi Ackie and Bill Nighy. The movie is set on a remote coastal island, where a reclusive man rescues a young girl from a deadly storm and – forced out of isolation – must confront his turbulent past while protecting her, sending them on a journey of survival and redemption. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sandokan’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Calibro 35, Sandokan, score, Soundtrack
Lux Vide has released a soundtrack album for the event series Sandokan. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by the Italian cinematic funk band Calibro 35 (Blanc, Sogni di Gloria). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the title song based on the theme from the original the 1976 series of the same title and the first score track after the jump. Sandokan is developed by Alessandro Sermoneta, Scott Rosenbaum & Davide Lantieri and stars Can Yaman, Alanah Bloor, Alessandro Preziosi, Ed Westwick, John Hannah, Owen Teale, Madeleine Price, Lucy Gaskell, Matt McCooey, Gilberto Gliozzi, Samuele Segreto, Mark Grosy and Sergej Onopko. The adventure drama is based on the iconic series of novels by Emilio Salgari and follows the titular pirate as he is fighting for the survival of his crew, but when a raid brings him into contact with the independent, restless daughter of the British consul in Labuan, their kindred spirits ignite in a passion that will transform both their lives forever. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Alexandria Stapleton, Netflix, Pierre Charles, score, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary series Sean Combs: The Reckoning. The album features the show’s original music composed by Pierre Charles (Inventing Anna, They Cloned Tyrone, East New York, Clean Slate, Story Ave). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Sean Combs: The Reckoning is directed by Alexandria Stapleton and unpacks the shocking allegations behind Sean “Diddy” Combs and his Bad Boy empire, spanning decades of his life and career. The 4-parter executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson features never-before-seen materials, including exclusive interviews with those formerly in his orbit. Read the rest of this entry »
‘North’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bente Lohne, North, Raymond Enoksen, score, Soundtrack
Warner Music Norway has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature North. The album features the film’s original music composed by Raymond Enoksen (Atlantic Crossing, Ice Road Rescue, Hammarskjöld, Outlier, Haunted). The soundtrack is now available to stream on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first and final track below. Available separately as a digital single is Maria Arredondo’s original song Finding You from the movie. North is directed by Bente Lohne and features the voices of Mads Mikkelsen, Jennifer Lynn Wilson, RJ Navarra Balde and Brianna Fernandez. The movie inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen tells the story of a young woman who sets off into the great unknown in search of her friend who has mysteriously vanished and – on her journey – makes friends with people, beasts, birds, and a kind witch, unaware that a hostile enemy and her devil apprentice is watching her. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘My Perfect Christmas Tree’ from ‘The Merchants of Joy’ Released
Posted: December 1, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Celia Aniskovich, Jackson Greenberg, The Merchants of Joy
Venice Music has released the original song My Perfect Christmas Tree from the documentary The Merchants of Joy. The track written by the film’s composer Jackson Greenberg (Cartel Land, City of Ghosts, AKA Jane Roe, Madu, Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On) with lyrics by Pam Autuori and performed by the MUSYCA Children’s Choir is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song after the jump. The Merchants of Joy directed by Celia Aniskovich centers on five families who hustle each winter to turn sidewalks into holiday outpost and follows these Christmas die-hards as they source, sell, and safeguard a family tradition at risk. Read the rest of this entry »
