Este Haim (of HAIM) (Maid, Anyone But You, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Suncoast, Tow) & Amanda Yamate (Trap House, Every Body) have teamed up to score the upcoming Netflix original film Voicemails for Isabelle. The movie is written and directed by Leah McKendrick (Scrambled) and stars Zoey Deutch, Nick Robinson, Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage, Ciara Bravo, Harry Shum Jr., Megan Danso, McKendrick herself, Toby Sandeman and Spencer Lord. The romantic comedy revolves around a young woman whose hilariously confessional voicemails to her late sister are unknowingly redirected to a stranger, who begins to fall in love from afar. Read the rest of this entry »
Este Haim & Amanda Yamate Scoring Leah McKendrick’s ‘Voicemails for Isabelle’
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amanda Yamate, Este Haim, Leah McKendrick, Netflix, Voicemails for Isabelle
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‘Is God Is’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aleshea Harris, Is God Is, Joseph Shirley, Moses Sumney, score, Soundtrack
The details of the soundtrack album for the thriller Is God Is have been revealed. The album features the film’s original music composed by singer/songwriter Moses Sumney and Joseph Shirley (Creed III, The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, The Underdoggs, Bad Trip, Killer Heat, Fairfax,The Mysterious Benedict Society).The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 22 by Lakeshore Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A first track, Sins of the Father performed by Sumney & Kara Jackson, is already available to stream/download now as a digital single and can also be checked out below. Is God Is is written and directed by Aleshea Harris and stars Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Janelle Monáe, Mykelti Williamson, Josiah Cross, Erika Alexander, Vivica A. Fox and Sterling K. Brown. The movie based on Harris’ play of the same title follows two sisters who embark on a quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that will push them to extraordinary lengths. Read the rest of this entry »
Anna Drubich to Score Josh Monkarsh’s ‘Jacob and the Wolf’
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Anna Drubich, Jacob and the Wolf, Josh Monkarsh
Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Forbidden Fruits, Werewolves Within, Time Cut, Sting) is set to score the upcoming comedic thriller Jacob and the Wolf. The film is written and directed by Josh Monkarsh (As We Know It) and stars Sam Lerner, Camille Hyde, Nikola Djuricko, Richard Kind, Bronson Pinchot, Oliver Cooper, Louis Lombardi, Pete Gardner,Timothy Hornor and Chris Webster. The movie follows a young couple who inherit a seemingly ideal home, but soon learn of its Nazi-affiliated dark past, leading to deadly consequences as their beliefs are questioned. Read the rest of this entry »
Mitchell Leib to Serve as Executive Music Producer on John Ottman’s ‘Billy and Me’
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Billy and Me, John Ottman, Mitchell Leib
Mitchell Leib, president of music and soundtracks at The Walt Disney Studios, will serve as the executive music producer on the upcoming biographical drama Billy and Me. The film is directed by composer/editor John Ottman (Bohemian Rhaposdy, X2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, Fantastic Four) who previously made his feature directorial debut on 2000’s Urban Legends: Final Cut and tells the origin story of Billy Joel before before Piano Man, the 1973 song and album that lofted him to stardom. The movie is told through the eyes of Joel’s first manager, Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him four years later and oversaw his career up to his breakthrough deal with Columbia Records in 1972. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Transformers: The Movie’ Reformatted Edition Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Nelson Shin, Soundtrack, The Transformers: The Movie, Vince DiCola
Hasbro, in collaboration with record label Reigning Phoenix Music, will release a new soundtrack album for the 1986 animated feature The Transformers: The Movie directed by Nelson Shin based on the original Transformers television series and starring Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, Orson Welles, Lionel Stander, John Moschitta, Jr., Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. The Reformated Edition features ten re-recorded, reimagined tracks from the Vince DiCola-scored film, including new recordings of The Touch & Dare by Stan Bush, Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way by Sebastian Bach, a new version of The Transformers (Theme) by metal artist Brittney Slayes (Unleash The Archers) and other re-recordings from Mark Osegueda (Kerry King, Death Angel), Francesco Cavalieri (Wind Rose, V.B.O.) and Cold Slither’s Torch. The soundtrack will be released digitally, on CD and as a limited edition vinyl on July 24. Visit Amazon to pre-order the digital and physical versions. Stan Bush’s The Touch is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Andrew Bernstein, Jack Ryan, Ramin Djawadi, score, Soundtrack, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, William Marriott
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Prime Video original movie Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Pacific Rim, Fallout, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Uncharted, Eternals, A Wrinkle in Time) who has previously scored all four seasons of the Jack Ryan TV series and William Marriott (Beacon 23). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 20 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title track below. Jack Ryan: Ghost War is directed by Andrew Bernstein and stars John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, JJ Feild, Douglas Hodge, Max Beesley, Betty Gabriel and Sienna Miller. The thriller follows the title character as he reluctantly gets pulled back into espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy and joins two CIA allies and a sharp MI6 officer to battle a rogue black-ops unit in a high-stakes, deeply personal fight. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Permafrost’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Antartica - Quasi una fiaba, Giorgio Giampà, Lucia Calamaro, Marta Lucchesini, Permafrost, score, Soundtrack
Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian drama Permafrost (Antartica – Quasi una fiaba). The album features the film’s original music composed by Giorgio Giampà (The Enforcer, Time Share, Christian, We Are the Thousand) & Marta Lucchesini (My Family, My Name Is Vendetta). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track after the jump. Permafrost is directed by Lucia Calamaro and stars Silvio Orlando, Barbara Ronchi, Valentina Bellè, Simone Liberati, Angelo Spagnoletti, Lorenzo Balducci, Enrico Borello, Stefano Rossi Giordani, Mario Russo and Astrid Casali. The movie follows group of scientists as they explore the future of humanity in Antarctica, when an eccentric, stubborn scientist arrives at the station and disrupts their plans. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bunnylovr’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bunnylovr, Eli Keszler, Katarina Zhu, score, Soundtrack
Deeper Into Movies will release a soundtrack album for the drama Bunnylovr. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eli Keszler (Pet Shop Days, Harka, Bad Shabbos, Alex’s War). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Bunnylovr is written and directed by Katarina Zhu and stars Zhu herself, Rachel Sennott, Austin Amelio, Perry Yung and Jack Kilmer. The movie follows a drifting Chinese American cam girl who struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father. Read the rest of this entry »
Hulu’s & Disney+’s ‘Adventure Time: Side Quests’ to Feature Music by Matthew Janszen
Posted: May 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adventure Time, Adventure Time: Side Quests, Disney Plus, Hulu, Matthew Janszen
Hulu announced today that Matthew Janszen (Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Fatal Affair, Bugs Bunny Builders, Megamind Rules, Love Accidentally) is scoring the streamer’s upcoming animated series Adventure Time: Side Quests. The show is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and stars Sasha Knight as Finn the Human, John DiMaggio who returns as the voice of Jake the Dog, as well as Tom Kenny as Ice King, Hynden Walch as Princess Bubblegum, Olivia Olson as Marceline and BMO as Niki Yang. The companion to the original Adventure Time series follows young hero Finn and his magical dog best friend Jake as they embark on adventures across the fantastical land of Ooo – partying with cloud people and punching evil in the butt along the way. Read the rest of this entry »
Stephanie Economou Scoring HBO’s ‘Lanterns’
Posted: May 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: DC Studios, HBO, Lanterns, Stephanie Economou
Stephanie Economou (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Jupiter’s Legacy, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, About My Father, The Chair) has ben tapped to score the upcoming HBO original series Lanterns. The show is created by Chris Mundy (Ozark, True Detective), Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) & Tom King based on the DC comic characters from Green Lantern and stars Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Laura Linney, Poorna Jagannathan, Jason Ritter, Nathan Fillion, Ulrich Thomsen, J. Alphonse Nicholson and Jasmine Cephas Jones. The DC Studios and Warner Bros. Television production follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops, as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. Read the rest of this entry »
