Composer/actor/comedian Jay McCarrol (The Kid Detective, Hell of a Summer) is reteaming with writer/director Matt Johnson on the upcoming biographical drama Tony. The film is directed by Matt Johnson and stars Dominic Sessa in the title role of Anthony Bourdain who – as a 19-year old – travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life., Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommers, Stavros Halkias and Antonio Banderas are co-starring. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay McCarrol Scoring Matt Johnson’s ‘Tony’
Posted: May 4, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jay McCarrol, Matt Johnson, Tony
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‘Dr. Seuss’s Horton!’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 4, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Dr. Seuss's Horton!, Netflix, Rob Cantor, score, Soundtrack, Vidjay Beerepoot
Netflix Music has released a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated series Dr. Seuss’s Horton!. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Vidjay Beerepoot (Sex, Death and Bowling, Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon, The Little Vampire 3D, The Pool, Panda Bear in Africa, Super Kitties). Also included are two new songs written by Rob Cantor and performed by the series’ voice cast. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the songs and the first score track after the jump. The label has previously released an EP featuring six songs from Season 1 last year. Dr. Seuss’s Horton! is developed by Dustin Ferrer & Becky Friedman and stars Ethan Monaghan, Max Mittelman and Kitana Turnbull. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Episodes 5-8) Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 4, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Daredevil: Born Again, Disney Plus, Marvel, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers
The full details of the second soundtrack album for Season 2 of the Disney+ original series Daredevil: Born Again have been revealed. The album features selections of the original music from the final four episodes of the Marvel Television production’s second season of the the composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, X-Men ’97, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Doctor Sleep, The Life of Chuck, The Forever Purge,The Fall of the House of Usher). The Season 2 – Vol. 2 soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 5 by Hollywood Records & Marvel Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks below. The labels have previously released the first volume featuring the composers’ music from Episodes 1-4 last month and two albums featuring their score from Season 1 last year. Daredevil: Born Again is developed by Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman & Chris Ord and stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Krysten Ritter, Matthew Lillard, Wilson Bethel, Ayelet Zurer and Margarita Levieva. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 4, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Andreas Pichler, Elon Musk Unveiled - The Tesla Experiment, Henning Fuchs, score, Soundtrack
Impermanence Records has released a soundtrack album for the German documentary Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment The album features the film’s original music composed by Henning Fuchs (Narcissus and Goldmund, House of Promises, Im Prinzip Familie). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Savior) below. Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment is directed by Andreas Pichler and centers on one of the pillars of Musk’s empire: Tesla. The movie features interviews with close confidants, whistleblowers and former Tesla insiders who speak out for the first time, exposing hidden data and buried defects in the race for self-driving cars. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 3, 2026)
Posted: May 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amadeus, Amazon, Anne Chmelewsky, Bear McCreary, BrittBox, Bryce Dessner, Citadel, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Hans Zimmer, Jeff Russo, Kara Talve, Legends, Lord of the Flies, M.I.A., Netflix, Peacock, Sion Trefor, Starz, The Other Bennet Sister
Premiering tomorrow, May 4, is the British limited series Lord of the Flies developed by Jack Thorne based on William Golding’s classic novel of the same title, directed by Marc Munden and starring Winston Sawyers, Lox Pratt, David McKenna, Ike Talbut, Noah & Cassius Flemyng, Cornelius Brandreth, Thomas Connor and Tom Page-Turner. The show’s original score is composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus, Smile, Babygirl, Utopia,The Girl with All the Gifts, The Third Day, National Treasure). Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King Inception, Dune) & Kara Talve (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Prehistoric Planet) have provided the main theme and additional music. Click here for more information about the 4-parter, which premiered in the UK earlier this year on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Netflix.
Premiering on Wednesday, May 6, is the second season of the Prime Video original series Citadel created by Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh & David Weil and starring Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci, Lesley Manville, Ashleigh Cummings, Jack Reynor, Lina El Arabi, Matt Berry, Merle Dandridge, Gabriel Leone and Rayna Vallandingham. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Alien: Earth, Ripley, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, Zero Day, Untamed, The Man Who Feel to Earth) has composed the new season’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the score from Season 2 will be announced soon. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the spy thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: May 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Deana Kiner, Kevin Kiner, score, Sean Kiner, Soundtrack, Star Wars, Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
The details of the soundtrack album for the Disney+ original animated series Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Kevin Kiner (Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch & Rebels, Narcos: Mexico, Peacemaker, Doom Patrol, CSI: Miami, Hell on Wheels), Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner (Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld, Dark Winds, Trese). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 4 by Walt Disney Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the composers’ main theme as a digital single last month. Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is created by Dave Filoni, developed by Filoni & Matt Michnovetz and stars Sam Witwer, Gideon Adlon, Wagner Moura, Dennis Haysbert, Richard Ayoade, Chris Diamantopoulos, Charlie Bushnell, Vanessa Marshall, A.J. LoCascio , David C. Collins and Steve Blum. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Son-In-Law’ (‘El Yerno’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: May 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: El Yerno, Gerardo Naranjo, Netflix, score, Son-In-Law, Soundtrack, Tomas Barreiro
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the Mexican Netflix original film Son-In-Law (El Yerno). The album features the movie’s original music composed by Tomás Barreiro (La Cocina, La Maquina, Museo, The Good Girls, Gueros). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track below. Son-In-Law is directed by Gerardo Naranjo, co-written and produced by James Schamus and stars Adrián Vázquez, Jero Medina, David Gaitán, Eduardo España, Verónica Bravo, Rodrigo Virago, Ianis Guerrero and Mauro Sánchez Navarro. The comedy revolves around a man who becomes a feared political operator after a rough patch. Read the rest of this entry »
Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll Scoring David Tryhorn’s & Ben Nicholas’ ‘Cantona’
Posted: May 2, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Nicholas, Cantona, David Tryhorn, Paul Hartnoll
Orbital member Paul Hartnoll (Pusher, Peaky Blinders, Concrete Plans, Bad Tidings, Tormented) has made his feature documentary scoring debut on the upcoming sports doc Cantona. The film is directed by David Tryhorn & Ben Nicholas (Pelé, The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football) and tells the story of Eric Cantona’s journey from volatile French prodigy to Manchester United legend. The movie features contributions from Cantona himself, Alex Ferguson and David Beckham to trace the life of one of football’s most magnetic and enigmatic figures. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 1, 2026)
Posted: May 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Animal Farm, Deep Water, Fernando Velazquez, Gregoire Hetzel, Heitor Pereira, Hokum, Joseph Bishara, Krano, One Spoon of Chocolate, RZA, Siddhartha Khosla, Swapped, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Last One for the Road, Theodore Shapiro, Two Pianos, Tyler Bates
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2 directed by David Frankel and starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Kenneth Branagh, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Simone Ashley and B.J. Novak. The film’s original score is composed by Theodore Shapiro (Severance, Ghostbusters, The Housemaid, Tropic Thunder, Bombshell, Spy, A Simple Favor, Dodgeball). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music today and Interscope Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie, including Lady Gaga’s & Doechii’s Runway, on the same day. Click here for the details of the score album and click here for the details of the song album and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.
Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Hokum written and directed by Damian McCarthy and starring Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, Florence Ordesh, David Wilmot, Will O’Connell and Michael Patri. Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Malignant, The Curse of La Llorona, Annabelle, Dark Skies, Tarot, The Unholy) has composed the film’s original music. Void Recordings has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Neon. Read the rest of this entry »
Kevin Oh’s Original Song ‘Afterglow’ from Hulu/Disney+s ‘Gold Land’ Released
Posted: May 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Gold Land, Hulu, Kevin Oh
Hollywood Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the South Korean Hulu/Disney+ original series Gold Land. Available to stream/download on all major digital music services is the original song Afterglow co-written (with Wookun Kim) and performed by Kevin Oh. Also check out the official music video and listen to an instrumental version of the song after the jump. Gold Land is written by Hwang Jo-yoon, directed by Kim Sung-hoon and stars Park Bo-young, Kim Sung-cheol, Lee Hyun-wook, Kim Hee-won, Lee Kwang-soo and Moon Jung-hee. Read the rest of this entry »
