Composer Bryan Senti (Lowriders, Save Me, Experimenter, Mood) is reuniting with director Derrick Borte (Unhinged, The Joneses) on the upcoming action thriller The Get Out. The film is based on Thomas Perry’s novel Strip and stars Russell Crowe, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, Nina Dobrev, Josh McConville, Danny Zovatto and Aaron Paul. The movie revolves around a nightclub owner who is forced back into a violent game of cat and mouse when two masked gunmen cartel threats, and a mysterious buyer turn his escape plan into a deadly trap. Read the rest of this entry »
Bryan Senti Scoring Derrick Borte’s ‘The Get Out’
Posted: June 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Bryan Senti, Derrick Borte, The Get Out
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‘Backspot’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Backspot, Casey MQ, D. W. Waterson, score, Soundtrack
DJ and writer/director D.W. Waterson has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian drama Backspot. The album features the film’s original score composed by Casey MQ (aka Casey Manierka-Quaile) (Firecrackers, Tammy’s Always Dying, Fitting In, Miss & Cry), as well as six tracks by Waterson. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to a track by Waterson and MQ’s Riley and Amanda Theme after the jump. Backspot marks Waterson’s feature directorial debut and stars Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Shannyn Sossamon, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Wendy Crewson and Thomas Antony Olajide. The movie follows an ambitious cheerleader who struggles to handle the pressure when she and her girlfriend are both selected for an elite cheer squad. Read the rest of this entry »
Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 5’ to Feature Original Song ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ by Taylor Swift
Posted: June 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andrew Stanton, Pixar, Taylor Swift, Toy Story 5
Taylor Swift has contributed an original song to Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming sequel Toy Story 5. The track, entitled I Knew It, I Knew You , is co-written (with Jack Antonoff) and performed by Swift and will be released as a digital single this Friday, June 5. A limited edition CD edition (in three different versions) is now available for pre-order on Swift’s official website. A full soundtrack album featuring Randy Newman’s original score from the movie will be announced soon. Check back on this page for the full album details. Toy Story 5 is directed by Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Kenna Harris and stars Tom Hanks, Tim Allen Joan Cusack, Tony Hale, Greta Lee, Conan O’Brien and Keanu Reeves. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heidi – Rescue of the Lynx’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heidi - Rescue of the Lynx, score, Soundtrack, Tobias Schwarz, Ute Engelhardt
TV Friends Forever has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Heidi – Rescue of the Lynx. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ute Engelhardt (Maya the Bee Movie, Maya the Bee: The Honey Games & The Golden Herb, Vic the Viking and the Magic Sword). Also included is a new version of the theme song from the 1970s Heidi animated series (originally written by Christian Bruhn, Andrea Wagner & Wolfgang Weinzierl) performed by Sophie van Hasselt. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the song and the first score track below. Heidi – Rescue of the Lynx directed by Tobias Schwarz is based on Johanna Spyri’s book of the same title and tells the story of a girl from the Swiss Alps who must return a young lynx back to its family in the mountains. Read the rest of this entry »
Matt Pusti Scoring Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’
Posted: June 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Wingard, Makeup and Vanity Set, Matthew Pusti, Onslaught
Matt Pusti (aka Makeup and Vanity Set) (The Girlfriend Experience, A Good Woman Is Hard to Find) has been tapped to score the upcoming action/horror thriller Onslaught. The film is directed by Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong) and stars Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Drew Starkey, Alex Pereira, Michael Biehn and Rebecca Hall. The movie follows a mother living in a trailer park as she uses her survival skills to protect her family from a terrifying escaped military threat, while a team of mercenaries attempts to contain it. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Matchmaker’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: June 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Avi Nesher, Costa-Gavras, Philippe Sarde, score, Soundtrack, The Matchmaker
Music Box Records has released a new soundtrack album featuring two scores composed by Academy Award nominee Philippe Sarde (The Tenant, Tess, Lord of the Flies, Quest for Fire, Ghost Story, Barocco, Pirates, Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud). Titles include the world premiere release of the composer’s score from the 2010 Israeli drama The Matchmaker written and directed by Avi Nesher and starring Adir Miller & Tuval Shafir, as well as a remastered version of his music from the 1989 thriller Music Box directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest & Lukas Haas. The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition CD on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track and listen to audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Trio’ (‘Trion’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: June 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Per Störby Jutbring, score, SkyShowtime, Soundtrack, The Trio, Trion
Music Super Circus has released a soundtrack album for the Swedish SkyShowtime original series The Trio (Trion). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Per Störby Jutbring (Thunder in My Heart, Tore, My Skinny Sister, Star Boys). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s song Through the Quiet and first score track (Stockholm ’26) after the jump. The Trio is directed by Anders Hazelius and stars August Wittgenstein, Felix Sandman, Seth Manteus, Rebecka Harper, Alfonsina Bejerano, Nina Zanjani, Eva Röse, Adam Pålsson and Celie Sparre. The is based on Johanna Hedman’s novel of the same title and follows three young people who are irresistibly drawn together as they navigate the risks and possibilities of love, sex and passion. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘For Ages’ from ‘Rick and Morty’ Season 9 Released
Posted: May 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adult Swim, Rick and Morty, Ryan Elder, Wax//Wane
WaterTower Music has released the second track (and first original song) from the soundtrack for the ninth season of the Adult Swim original series Rick and Morty. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music platforms is the end credits song For Ages from the second episode written and performed by Wax//Wane and the show’s composer Ryan Elder (The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Harmontown, Haunted Hotel). Also listen to the track after the jump. The label has previously released the score track Dimensional Infrastructure from the new season by Elder last Sunday. Rick and Morty is created by Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland and stars Roiland himself, Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden, Sarah Chalke, Chris Parnell and Spencer Grammer. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 31, 2026)
Posted: May 31, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Cape Fear, Gabriel Mann, Hulu, Jeff Russo, Michael Andrews, Netflix, Not Suitable for Work, Office Romance, Oliver Coates, The Witness
Premiering on Tuesday, June 2, is the Hulu original series Not Suitable for Work created by Mindy Kaling and starring Ella Hunt, Avantika Vandanapu, Will Angus, Jack Martin, Nicholas Duvernay and Jay Ellis. The show’s original music is composed by Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Emily in Paris, Rosewood, Better Nate Than Never, Rectify, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series, DMV) . Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Thursday, June 4, is the British Netflix limited series The Witness created by Rob Williams and starring Jordan Bolger, Max Fincham, Neil Maskell, Kerry Godliman, Kevin Eldon, Jahsaiah Williams, James Dryden, Jon Pointing, Mark Stanley and James Bradshaw. Oliver Coates (Aftersun, Pillion, 100 Nights of Hero, The History of Sound, Mary & George, Occupied City, The Stranger, Foe, Significant Other) has composed the show’s original music. Click here to learn more about the 3-part true crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »
‘What Is Love?’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: C'est quoi l'amour ?, Fabien Gorgeart, Gabriel des Forêts, score, Soundtrack, What Is Love?
Gabriel des Forêts (The Family) has released a soundtrack album for the French comedy What Is Love? (C’est quoi l’amour?). The album features the composer’s original score, as well as the original Just a Piece of You co-written (with des Forêts) and performed by Paula Stellar and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the song and first score track below. What Is Love? is directed by Fabien Gorgeart and stars Laure Calamy, Vincent Macaigne, Lyes Salem, Mélanie Thierry, Saul Benchetrit and Celeste Brunnquell. The movie follows a long-divorced couple wbk embark on a highly unorthodox trip to the Vatican with their new families in an attempt to annul their Catholic marriage. Read the rest of this entry »
