Composer Dave Palmer is reteaming with director Peter Farrelly (Green Book, There’s Something About Mary) on the upcoming biographical drama I Play Rocky. The film stars Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone, alongside AnnaSophia Robb, P.J. Byrne, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Matt Dillon, Jay Duplass, Stephan James and Kiki Seto. The movie follows an unknown Stallone as he gambles everything on himself, refusing to sell his highly sought-after Rocky screenplay unless the studio lets him star as Rocky Balboa. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Palmer Scoring Peter Farrelly’s ‘I Play Rocky’
Posted: September 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Dave Palmer, I Play Rocky, Peter Farrelly
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‘The Ribbon Hero’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: September 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Netflix, Ryuichi Takada, Satoru Kosaki, score, Soundtrack, The Ribbon Hero, Yuki Igarashi
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Netflix original anime film The Ribbon Hero. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Satoru Kosaki (Fireworks, The Apothecary Diaries) & Ryuichi Takada (Tekken 6). The soundtrack, which has previously been released exclusively in Japan last month, is now available to stream/download on all major music digital platforms worldwide, including Amazon. Also listen to Kosaki’s title track after the jump. The Ribbon Hero is directed by Yuki Igarashi and features the voices of Saya, Seiran Kobayashi and Koki Uchiyama. The Twin Engine production is inspired by Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga Princess Knight and follows a princess who reawakens as the Ribbon Hero when the monstrous Nergal devastates her kingdom and fights to save her new home from the same dark fate. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: September 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chad Hobson, Ilan Eshkeri, Netflix, score, Scott Weintrob, Soundtrack, Untold, Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, Still Alice, The Young Victoria, MobLand, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, House of Guinness, Kick-Ass) & Chad Hobson (Leaving Neverland, Adulthood, Offender, Sket, Path of Blood). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 8 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track below. Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool is directed by Scott Weintrob and tells the untold origin story of Laurence Tureaud, better known as Mr. T. The Studio Large Eyes, Pantheon Media Group & WWE Films production reveals the full story behind the mohawk, chains and catchphrase from the man himself. Read the rest of this entry »
Colin Stetson Scoring Jacqueline Lentzou’s ‘A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra’
Posted: September 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra, Colin Stetson, Jacqueline Lentzou
Colin Stetson (Hereditary, The Menu, The Whisper Man, Color Out of Space, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Uzumaki, Hold Your Breath) has recently composed the music for the upcoming Greek coming-of-age drama A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Mia mera sti zoi tis tzo: kefalaio Faidra).The film is written and directed by Jacqueline Lentzou (Moon, 66 Questions) and stars Evita Andriopoulou, Eleni Vergeti, Anastasia Gouliamou and Ektoras Lygizos .The movie follows a 15-year old teenager as she goes about an ostensibly ordinary day – missing the school bus, hanging out with her friends and rebelling against her mother – unaware that it is the last day of her life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Operation Cronos’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: September 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Audrey Ismaël, Cronos, Fernando González Molina, Operation Cronos, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish thriller Operation Cronos (Cronos). The album features the film’s original music composed by Audrey Ismaël (The Path of Excellence, The Kingdom, Consent, Germinal, A Place for Her, BAHD, Gloria, Chacun pour tous). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. Operation Cronos is directed by Fernando González Molina and stars Diana Gómez, Enric Auquer and Mónica López. The movie chronicles the relentless pursuit of the terrorists responsible for the events in Barcelona on August 17, 2017, when a terrorist drove a van into crowds on the city’s iconic Las Ramblas, killing thirteen people and injuring over a hundred in a brutal and deliberate attack. Read the rest of this entry »
David Fleming, Sean Callery & Sara Barone Win Emmy Awards for ‘Widow’s Bay’ & ‘The Beast in Me’ Scores
Posted: September 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Bird, Dave Porter, David Fleming, Emmy Awards, Gavin Brivik, Pluribus, Sara Barone, Sean Callery, The Beast in Me, The Pitt, Toko Nagata, Widow's Bay
David Fleming has won his second Emmy Award for his score for the episode Out History from the Apple TV original series Widow’s Bay in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category at tonight’s second night of the 78th Creative Prime Emmy Awards. Sean Callery received his fifth Emmy Award and Sara Barone was honored with her first Emmy in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special category for their score from the episode The Beast and Me of the Netflix limited series The Beast in Me. Dave Porter has won the Emmy Award for his theme for the Apple TV series Pluribus in the Outstanding Main Title Theme Music category. Read the rest of this entry »
Ari Balouzian Scoring Nathan Fielder’s & Lance Oppenheim’s ‘You Can See Everything’
Posted: September 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ari Balouzian, Lance Oppenheim, Nathan Fielder, You Can See Everything
Ari Balouzian (Atropia, Monsters of God, The Giant, They Call Us Monsters) has provided the original score for the upcoming documentary You Can See Everything. The film is directed by Nathan Fielder (Nathan for You, The Rehearsal, The Curse) & Lance Oppenheim and centers on notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes who invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journeyinto the abyss. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 6, 2026)
Posted: September 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Tale of Two Cities, Adam King, Crew Girl, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Last Seen, Marble Hall Murders, MGM+, Murray Gold, Netflix, PBS, Samuel Sim, Sharon Farber, Why Did I Get Married Again?
Premiering today is the MGM+ limited series A Tale of Two Cities created by Daniel West based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens and starring Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack. The show’s original music is composed by Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Bay, The Spanish Princess, Domina, Anne, The Halcyon, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, Home Fires). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 4-part drama, which will be available to stream on MGM+ before making its debut in the UK in the coming months on BBC One.
Also premiering today is the PBS Masterpiece limited series Marble Hall Murders created by Anthony Horowitz and starring Lesley Manville, Timothy McMullan, Jamie Blackley, Mark Bonnar, Patricia Hodge, Daniel Cerqueira, Rupert Penry-Jones, Danny Sapani, Harry Lloyd, Anneika Rose and Zubin Varla. Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Dead Ringers, Torchwood,A Very English Scandal, It’s a Sin, Quiz) who previously scored the first two installments in the Susan Ryeland Mysteries trilogy (Magpie Murders & Moonflower Murders) has composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the 4-parter, which is making its domestic debut on PBS as part of the Masterpiece series before premiering later this year in the UK on BBC One. Read the rest of this entry »
Tyler Strickland Wins Emmy Award for ‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Score
Posted: September 5, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, John Candy: I Like Me, Tyler Strickland
Tyler Strickland has received his first Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score) category for his score for Colin Hanks’ Prime Video original documentary John Candy: I Like Me at today’s first night of the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall. Read the rest of this entry »
Murray Gold Scoring PBS Masterpiece’s & BBC’s ‘Marble Hall Murders’
Posted: September 5, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Marble Hall Murders, Murray Gold, PBS
Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Torchwood, Dead Ringers, A Very English Scandal, It’s a Sin, Quiz) is returning to score the new PBS Masterpiece/BBC drama Marble Hall Murders. The sequel to 2022’s Magpie Murders & 2024’s Moonflower Murders (scored by Gold) is written by Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider, New Blood) based on his own bestselling novel of the same title and stars Lesley Manville & Timothy McMullan who reprise their roles of Susan Ryeland & Atticus Pünd from the original series, as well as Jamie Blackley, Mark Bonnar, Daniel Cerqueira, Patricia Hodge, Rupert Penry-Jones, Harry Lloyd, Anneika Rose, Danny Sapani and Zubin Varla. Read the rest of this entry »
