The 98th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. Two of the five nominees in the Original Song category were performed live. Check out the performances of the Oscar-winning Golden from KPop Demon Hunters by Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami (the singing voices behind HUNTR/X), as well as the Oscar-nominated I Lied to You from Sinners performed by Miles Caton & Raphael Saadiq (joined by Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Guy, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, Shaboozey & Alice Smith) after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Highlights from the 98th Academy Awards
Posted: March 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards
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‘Dantza’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dantza, Pascal Gaigne, score, Soundtrack, Telmo Esnal
Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish musical feature Dantza. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Gaigne (The Endless Trench, The Olive Tree, Nora, The Giant, The Chapel, Remember Me). The soundtrack was released as a limited edition CD last month (visit the label’s official website to order) and is now also available digitally (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Also listen to the composer’s 12-minute Danças Suite below. Dantza is directed by Telmo Esnal and tells a story about the cycle of life and the evolution of man through Basque dances and their ancestral symbolism. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludwig Göransson Wins Academy Award for ‘Sinners’ Score
Posted: March 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Ludwig Göransson was honored with his third Academy Award for his score from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at tonight’s 98th Oscar ceremony. He previously won the prize for his music from Coogler’s Black Panther in 2019 and from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in 2024. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Max Richter (Hamnet), Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia) and Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein). Read the rest of this entry »
Anne Chmelewsky Scoring BBC’s ‘The Other Bennet Sister’
Posted: March 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anne Chmelewsky, BBC, BritBox, The Other Bennet Sister
Anne Chmelewsky (Where Hands Touch, The Shepherd, To Cook a Bear, Maestra, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Only People) is the composer of the new BBC drama The Other Bennet Sister. The show is developed by Sarah Quintrell (The Power) based on Janice Hadlow’s novel of the same name and stars Ella Bruccoleri, Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Tanya Reynolds, Richard Coyle, Dónal Finn, Laurie Davidson, Varada Sethu, Maddie Close, Molly Wright, Poppy Gilbert and Grace Hogg-Robinson. The 10-part series follows Mary Bennet, the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity and purpose. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 14, 2026)
Posted: March 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Breton Vivian, BritBox, Chris Roe, Imperfect Women, Paramount+, Siddhartha Khosla, The Lady, The Madison
Premiering today is the Paramount+ original series The Madison created by Taylor Sheridan and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Beau Garrett, Amiah Miller, Elle Chapman, Patrick J. Adams, Kevin Zegers, Alaina Pollack, Ben Schnetzer, Danielle Vasinova, Rebecca Spence and Matthew Fox. The show’s original music is composed by Breton Vivian (Yellowstone, Five Feet Apart, 1923, Redeeming Love, 1883, Marshals, Black Dog). Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Premiering on Wednesday, March 18, is the Apple TV limited series Imperfect Women created by Annie Weisman based on Araminta Hall’s novel and starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, Kate Mara, Joel Kinnaman, Corey Stoll, Leslie Odom Jr., Audrey Zahn, Jill Wagner, Rome Flynn, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Keith Carradine, Jackson Kelly, Violette Linnz, Wilson Bethel, Ana Ortiz, Indiana Elle and Sherri Saum. Siddhartha Khosla (Only Murders in the Building, Paradise, This Is Us, The Idea of You, Rabbit Hole, Welcome to Chippendales, Looking for Alaska) has composed the show’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released on Friday, March 20. Click here to learn more about the 8-part psychological thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV. Read the rest of this entry »
Colin Stetson Scoring Miko Lim’s ‘Stormbound’
Posted: March 14, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Colin Stetson, Miko Lim, Stormbound
Colin Stetson (Hereditary, Color Out of Space, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hold Your Breath, Uzumaki, The First) has composed the original score for the upcoming IMAX documentary Stormbound. The film is directed by Miko Lim (Ocean Mother) and chronicles the life of Jeff Gammon, one of America’s top stormchasers. The movie features unseen footage of Hurricanes Charley, Florence, Ian, Irma & Katrina to showcase nature’s raw power with an inspiring true story of hope and survival. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 13, 2026)
Posted: March 13, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Daniel Blumberg, Erick Schroder, Jongnic Bontemps, Lior Rosner, Pompei: Below the Clouds, Reminders of Him, Shanika Lewis-Waddell, Shirley Song, Slanted, Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead, The Gates, Tom Howe, Undertone
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic drama Reminders of Him directed by Vanessa Caswill and starring Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Bradley Whitford, Lainey Wilson and Lauren Graham. The film’s original score is composed by Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Knuckles, Dog Man, Daisy Jones & the Six, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Early Man, Book Club: The New Chapter). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as an original song by Noah Cyrus and another song by Morgan Harper-Jones today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the Canadian horror feature Undertone written and directed by Ian Tuason and starring Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Jeff Yung and Keana Lyn Bastidas. Shanika Lewis-Waddell has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows the host of a popular paranormal podcast who becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way, premiered at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and is being distributed by A24. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The King’s Warden’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 13, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dalpalan, Jang Hang-jun, score, Soundtrack, The King's Warden
Leeway Music & Media has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean historical drama The King’s Warden. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dalpalan (Moving, The Wailing, Believer, Tempest, Romantics Anonymous, A Bittersweet Life). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s final track after the jump. The King’s Warden is co-written and directed by Jang Hang-jun and stars Yoo Hae-jin, Yoo Ji-tae, Park Ji-hoon and Jeon Mi-do. The movie is set in 15th Century Korea and tells the story of a village chief who voluntarily goes into exile to revive his village and a young deposed king exiled at Cheongnyeongpo. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat to Score Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’
Posted: March 13, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aaron Sorkin, Alexandre Desplat, The Social Reckoning
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Jurassic World Rebirth, Godzilla, Frankenstein, The Queen, Philomena) has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Social Reckoning. The film is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, A Few Good Men) and stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong (as Mark Zuckerberg), Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Bill Burr, Anna Lambe, Portia Doubleday, Nelson Franklin, Aidan Laprete, Kelley Pereira and Patrick Fischler. The sequel to David Fincher’s 2010 feature The Social Network (scripted by Sorkin and scored by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross who received their first Academy Award for their music) tells the true story of how young Facebook engineer Frances Haugen enlists the help of Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets. Read the rest of this entry »
‘DRAGN’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 13, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alex Heffes, Dragn, Peter Webber, score, Soundtrack
Platoon has released a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller DRAGN. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alex Heffes (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Last King of Scotland, Queen of Katwe, Touching the Void, The Regime, State of Play, 11.22.63, The Rite). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first track (Into the Forest) after the jump. DRAGN is directed by Peter Webber and stars James Paxton, Carlos Bardem, Lilly Krug, Alice Pagani, Franz Drameh, Jadran Malkovich and Alex Lane. The movie follows a group of co-workers on a routine corporate team-building trip who become the prey of a rogue AI-driven drone, turning their trip into a nightmare. Read the rest of this entry »
