Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 13, 2026)

Posted: September 13, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Premiering tonight is the TNT limited series High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam created by Daniel Stiepleman & Jonathan Wakeham and starring Joel Kinnaman, Waleed Zuaiter, Lena Góra, Tom Berenger, Christopher McDonald, Rebecca Night, Paul Ryan, Matt Barr, Dar Salim, Ewan Miller and Talia Balsam. The show’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Hocus Pocus, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, The Emperor’s New Groove,  The Princess Diaries, Liar Liar,Horizon: An American Saga) & Josh Debney (Santa Clarita Diet,  The Road Within, Careful What You Wish For). Click here to learn more about the 8-part thriller, which will air ever the next couple of weeks every Sunday and Monday night on TNT.

Also premiering tonight is the Adult Swim original series The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza created by and starring Mendoza himself and guest starring Thomas Lennon, Marc Maron, Wanda Sykes, Fred Melamed, Haley Joel Osment, Eva Victor, Steve Buscemi and Randall Park. Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, Roofman, Adults, Carolina Caroline, High Maintenance, Fantasy Life, Omaha, Mother, Couch, Swallowed, The Passenger) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous article for more information about the sketch horror comedy, which will air Sunday nights on Adult Swim. Read the rest of this entry »

Isobel Waller-Bridge Scoring Susanna White’s ‘Prima Facie’

Posted: September 13, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Isobel Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Emma, Wicked Little Letters, The Phantom of the Open, Vita & Virginia, Munich: The Edge of War, The Miniature Wife, Three Women, Roar) has recently scored the upcoming Australian/British drama Prima Facie. The film is directed by Susanna White (Nanny McPhee Returns, Our Kind of Traitor) and stars Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Ings, Noma Dumezweni, Elizabeth Dulau, Toheeb Jimoh, Harry Treadaway, Khalid Abdalla, Simon Russell-Beale, Elliot Levey and Sarah Junillon. The movie revolves around an ambitious barrister who primarily defends those accused of sex crimes and unexpectedly becomes the accuser in a sexual assault case. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Perfect Lie’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: September 12, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch Netflix original series The Perfect Lie (De Eetclub). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Tessa Jackson (Ron Goossens, Low Budget Stuntman) & Darius Timmer (Wraak). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to two tracks from the composers’ score after the jump. The Perfect Lie is created by Dorien Goertzen based on the bestselling book of the same title written by Saskia Noort and stars Loes Haverkort, Teun Luijkx, Rifka Lodeizen, Remko Vrijdag, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Charlie Chan Dagelet, Noortje Herlaar, Anneke Blok, Edwin Jonker and Jurriaan Bruinier. The 7-part thriller follows four picture-perfect couples who are forced to question everything they thought they knew about each other when one of their own is killed in a house fire. Read the rest of this entry »

James Ó Ceallaigh Scoring Roshan Sethi’s ‘The Surgeon’

Posted: September 12, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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James Ó Ceallaigh (aka James Kelly) (Snowpiercer, The Stranger) has made his (solo) feature scoring debut on the upcoming action thriller The Surgeon. The film is written and directed by Roshan Sethi (A Nice Indian Boy, World’s Best) and stars Michelle Yeoh, Martin Freeman, Laurie Davidson, Joseph Mydell and Yuri Kolokolnikov. The movie follows a retired surgeon who is abducted and forced to operate on a mystery patient before using her medical knowledge to fight back. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2026)

Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic fantasy drama Practical Magic 2 directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Lee Pace, Joey King, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod. The film’s original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman,  The Gilded Age, Hacksaw Ridge,  The CrownThe Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Smallfoot, Hotel Rwanda). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Bleachers, Brandi Carlile & Aldae today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the period action drama The Uprising written and directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Woody Norman, Jonny Lee Miller, Katherine Waterston and Sky Yang. Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, Lion, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift,  A House of Dynamite, One Life) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features. Read the rest of this entry »

John Debney & Josh Debney Scoring TNT’s ‘ High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’

Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Emperor’s New Groove, The Jungle Book, Liar Liar, The Princess Diaries, Horizon: An American Saga) has teamed up with his son Josh Debney (Santa Clarita Diet, Careful What You Wish For, The Road Within) to score the new TNT limited series High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam. The show is created by Daniel Stiepleman (On the Basis of Sex, Out of My Mind) & Jonathan Wakeham (To Catch a Killer, Midas Man) inspired by the memoir Debriefing the President by CIA analyst John Nixon and stars Joel Kinnaman, Waleed Zuaiter, Lena Góra, Tom Berenger, Rebecca Night, Paul Ryan, Christopher McDonald, Matt Barr, Dar Salim, Ewan Miller and Talia Balsam. The 8-part political thriller tells the story of Nixon, the first CIA officer to interrogate Saddam Hussein following his capture in December 2003, who is forced to confront the far-reaching consequences of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ramifications that would reverberate around the world for decades to come. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Fix’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller The Fix. The album features the film’s original music composed by Federico Bisozzi & Tomat (Mondocane, The Holy Boy). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ Larry’s Suite after the jump. The Fix is co-written and directed by Guy Moshe and stars Liam Neeson, Zachary Levi, Quincy Isaiah, Elnaaz Norouzi, and Titus Welliver. The movie follows a group of war-torn CIA operators who – after their mission in Afghanistan goes tragically wrong – enter the heart of Tehran to earn redemption by pulling off a daring rescue. Read the rest of this entry »

Kid Cudi to Score Second Directorial Feature ‘Wrong Number’

Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi is set to score the upcoming horror thriller Wrong Number. The film marks the rapper/singer/songwriter/music producer and actor’s second directorial feature (following the upcoming drama Doe) and stars Mescudi himself, Barbie Ferreria, Lucy Barrett, Dewayne Perkins, Clifton Powell and Laura Harrier  The movie follows a lonely self-help author whose unexpected romance with a mysterious woman turns into a waking nightmare when he becomes the target of an unseen stalker and the prime suspect in a string of murders. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Primetime’ Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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The full details of the soundtrack album for the  psychological crime thriller Primetime have been announced. The album features the film’s original score composed by Ari Balouzian (Some Kind of Heaven, Monsters of God, Ren Faire, Atropia, You Can See Everything, Spermworld). Also included is the original end title song On Video written and performed by Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers who also made her acting debut in the movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25 by A24 Music (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). As previously reported, a first track (Savior) from Balouzian’s score has already been released today. Primetime is directed by Lance Oppenheim and stars Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine. The movie is set in 2006, on the eve of the iPhone and the collapse of “appointment television,” and follows To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen as he sets out to make television history. Read the rest of this entry »

Christopher Bear Scoring Adult Swim’s ‘The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza’

Posted: September 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, Roofman, High Maintenance, Carolina Caroline, Mother, Couch, Fantasy Life, Omaha, Swallowed, The Passenger) is the composer of the new Adult Swim original series The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza. The show is created by Mendoza himself and follows a very scared man as he navigates a barrage of absurd, terrifying, and hilarious dreamscapes. The horror sketch comedy’s guest star lineup includes Thomas Lennon, Marc Maron, Fred Melamed, Haley Joel Osment, Wanda Sykes, Randall Park, Eva Victor and Steve Buscemi. Read the rest of this entry »

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