ENKA has released a soundtrack album for the French biographical drama Forsaken (L’Abandon). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nicolas Errèra (Hidden Man, Raging Fire, My Mother, God, and Sylvie Vartan, Survive, Adoring, Shaolin, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, The Serpent’s Path, Mountain Cry). The soundtrack is now available on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Forsaken is co-written and directed by Vincent Garenq and stars Antoine Reinartz, Emmanuelle Bercot, Nedjim Bouizzoul, Azize Kabouche and Emma Boumali. The movie based on Stéphane Simon’s book The Last Days of Samuel Paty chronicles the final eleven days of a French school teacher whose murder triggered by a class on free speech shook France in 2020. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Forsaken’ (‘L’Abandon’) Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 21, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Forsaken, L'Abandon, Nicolas Errèra, score, Soundtrack, Vincent Garenq
Toby Genkel’s ‘High in the Clouds’ to Feature Themes by Paul McCartney
Posted: July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: High in the Clouds, Michael Giacchini, Paul McCartney, Toby Genkel
Paul McCartney has composed the themes for the upcoming animated feature High in the Clouds. The Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter who was previously announced to contribute original songs to the film is also receiving credit for providing the themes to the score (presumably based on his songs) according to producer Nicolas Atlan who shared images from last week’s scoring sessions at Abbey Road Studios in London on social media. Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Star Trek, The Incredibles, The Batman, Ratatouille, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Jurassic World) has composed the score for the movie directed by Toby Genkel (The Amazing Maurice, Two by Two: Overboard!) and starring Himesh Patel, Celine Dion, Hannah Waddingham, McCartney himself, Lionel Richie, Ringo Starr, Idris Elba, Clémence Poésy, Jimmy Fallon, Pom Klementieff and Alain Chabat. The animated musical tells the story of a teenage squirrel who embarks on an extraordinary journey to set music free after he accidentally sparked a revolution against the bossy diva-owl who has banned all music from his town. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Il Ras del Quartiere’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carlo Vanzina, Goblin, Il Ras del Quartiere, score, Soundtrack
Cinevox Records has announced the first-ever soundtrack release for the 1983 Italian cult comedy Il Ras del Quartiere co-written and directed by Carlo Vanzina and starring Diego Abatantuono, Lino Troisi, Isabella Ferrari, Lara Nakszyński and Mauro Di Francesco. The 4-track EP features the film’s original music composed by Goblin (Suspiria, Deep Red, Zombi, Contamination, The Heroin Busters). The soundtrack was released as vinyl edition last month (and now available from various speciality stores) and is now also available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to all four tracks, originally composed by Fabio Pignatelli & Marco Rinalduzzi, recorded at Trafalgar Recording Studios in Rome and newly remixed by Pignatelli himself, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Thomas Newman Scoring John Madden’s ‘Onwards and Sideways’
Posted: July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, John Madden, Onwards and Sideways, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, Skyfall, Road to Perdition, 1917, Wall-E, The Horse Whisperer, Meet Joe Black, Elemental, Bridge of Spies) has provided the original score for the upcoming British drama Onwards and Sideways. The film is directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Quills) and stars Rhys Ifans, Laura Linney, Monica Dolan and Rory Kinnear. The movie explores the relationship between the deputy head of a primary school and composer and single mother of two daughters who are confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Her Private Hell’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pino Donaggio, score, Soundtrack
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi/horror thriller Her Private Hell. The album features the film’s original music composed by Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Body Double, The Howling, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Seed of Chucky). Also included are five tracks by Julian Winding. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, July 24 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Touch of Beauty) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Her Private Hell is co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and stars Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth, Aoi Yamada, Diego Calva, Shioli Kutsuna, Dougray Scott and Hidetoshi Nishijima. The movie follows a troubled young woman who searches for her father after a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity. Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Anthony McCarten’s ‘The Price of Peace’
Posted: July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anthony McCarten, Harry Gregson-Williams, The Price of Peace
Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Mulan, Gladiator II, The Meg, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run) is attached to score the upcoming period political thriller The Price of Peace. The film is directed by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour) and stars Guy Pearce as Harry S. Truman, Jared Harris as Winston Churchill, Merab Ninidze as Joseph Stalin, Mia Threapleton as Mary Churchill and Danny Huston as General Groves. The movie explores the pivotal 1945 Potsdam Conference where the fate of post-war Germany, Europe and the world was decided. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Grantchester’ Seasons 3-11 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Grantchester, ITV, John Lunn, PBS, score, Soundtrack
Dubois Records has released a new soundtrack album for the ITV drama Grantchester. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh (and final) season composed by Emmy Award winner John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom, The White Queen, Jamestown, The White Princess, Belgravia). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. Silva Screen Records has previously released an album featuring Lunn’s music from the first two seasons back in 2014. Grantchester is developed by Daisy Coulam based on James Runcie’s book series The Grantchester Mysteries and stars James Norton, Tom Brittney, Rishi Nair, Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver, Nick Brimble, Bradley Hall, Kacey Ainsworth, Oliver Dimsdale and Melissa Johns. Read the rest of this entry »
Tom Hodge Scoring Kevin Macdonald’s ‘The Runner’
Posted: July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Kevin Macdonald, The Runner, Tom Hodge
Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Ipcress File, Cleaner, Name Me Lawand, Je Suis Karl) has composed the original music for the British psychological thriller The Runner. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void) and stars Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot and Alfred Enoch. The movie follows a high-powered lawyer at the top of London’s legal world who finds out that her son be been taken during her routine morning run and is forced to sprint through the city and obey a series of sinister commands to bring him back. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Treasure & Dirt’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jackson Milas, score, Soundtrack, Treasure & Dirt
Sonar Music has released a soundtrack album for the Australian TV series Treasure & Dirt. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Jackson Milas (The Way, My Way, Return to Paradise, The Desert Said Dance). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. Treasure & Dirt is based on the novel of the same title by Chris Hammer and stars Michael Dorman, Liv Hewson, Sarah Peirse, Bessie Holland, Kris McQuade and Glenda Linscott. The crime drama follows two detectives who are seconded to the desolate and lawless outback mining town of Nullah when a headless torso is found deep inside an opal mine. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 19, 2026)
Posted: July 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 72 Hours, Apple TV +, Christopher Lennertz, Danny Elfman, Dara Taylor, HBO Max, Joseph LoDuca, National Geographic, Netflix, Pompeii: Out of Time, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, The Dink
Premiering on Wednesday, July 22, is the National Geographic event series Pompeii: Out of Time hosted by Tom Hiddleston, directed by Tom Barbor-Might (who also serves as the project’s showrunner and director), Grant Mansfield, Kevin R. Wright, Helen Flint, Alan Eyres and Carolyn Payne. The show’s original music is composed by Aisling Brouwer (The Buccaneers, White Riot, Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story). Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on July 24. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 3-part docudrama, which will air on National Geographic and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu the following day.
Premiering on Thursday, July 23, is the HBO Max original series Stuart Fails to Save the Universe created by Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn & Bill Prady and starring Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie. Joseph LoDuca ( Xena: Warrior Princess, The Evil Dead, Spartacus, Chucky, The Librarians, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Leverage) is composing the show’s original score and Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Beetlejuice) has provided the main title theme music. Click here for more information about the The Big Bang Theory spinoff, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max. Read the rest of this entry »
