Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 16, 2026)

Posted: January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Opening in theaters nationwide is the post-apocalyptic horror sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple directed by Nia DaCosta and starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film’s original music is composed by Hildur Guđnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl, Tar, A Haunting in Venice, Women Talking, The Bride!, Hedda, Sicario: Day of the Soldado). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Also opening wide is the animated feature Charlie the Wonderdog co-written and directed by Shea Wageman and starring Owen Wilson, Tabitha St. Germain, Dawson Littman, Elishia Perosa, Ruairi MacDonald and Zac Bennett-McPhee. Petteri Sainio (Rocket Club, Faithful Planet) has composed the film’s original score and Bryan Adams has written the movie’s original songs. Bad Records has released a soundtrack album featuring score, as well as a separate EP featuring Adams’ songs today. Click here for the full details of the score album and click here for the details and to listen to all tracks of the song EP. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Heated Rivalry’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Milan Records has released the full soundtrack album for the HBO Max/Crave original series Heated Rivalry. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Peter Peter. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio samples. Also check out our previous article to listen to the first two tracks that were released last week. Heated Rivalry is created by Jacob Tierney based on the book series Game Changers by Rachel Reid and stars Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, Christina Chang, François Arnaud, Dylan Walsh, Robbie G.K., Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova and Sophie Nélisse. Read the rest of this entry »

Mark Sayfritz Scoring Darren Lynn Bousman’s ‘Twisted’

Posted: January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Composer Mark Sayfritz (Dark Tide, Snatch TV series, I’ll Be Watching, The Devil You Know, Sniper: Reloaded) is reuniting with director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, Spiral) on the upcoming horror thriller Twisted. The film is directed by Bousman and stars Djimon Hounsou, Lauren Lavera, Mia Healey, Neal McDonough and Alicia Witt. The movie revolves around a con artist whose real estate scam unravels into a nightmare when she’s captured by a surgeon with a terrifying plan. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Charlie the Wonderdog’ Soundtrack EP Released

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Bad Records has released the original songs from the animated feature Charlie the Wonderdog co-written and performed by Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Bryan Adams. The 3-track EP features the tracks Charlie the Wonderdog (co-written with Robert John “Mutt” Lange), You Got to Believe (co-written with Gretchen Peters) & Anything Is Possible (co-written with Eliot Kennedy) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to all three tracks and watch the official music video for Anything Is Possible after the jump. As previously reported, the label has also released a separate soundtrack featuring Petteri Sainio’s original score from the film today. Charlie the Wonderdog is co-written and directed by Shea Wageman and stars Owen Wilson, Dawson Littman, Elishia Perosa, Tabitha St. Germain, Zac Bennett-McPhee and Ruairi MacDonald. Read the rest of this entry »

CHVRCHES’ ‘Addicted to Love’ Cover from ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 3 Released

Posted: January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Hollywood Records has released the cover version of the Robert Palmer song Addicted to Love from the third season of the Hulu original series Tell Me Lies. The track produced and performed by the synth-pop band CHVRCHES is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Tell Me Lies is created by Meaghan Oppenheimer based on Carola Lovering’s novel of the same name and stars Grace Van Patten, Jackson White, Cat Missal, Sonia Mena, Spencer House, Branden Cook, Costa D’Angelo and Alicia Crowder. Read the rest of this entry »

‘All You Need Is Kill’ Soundtrack Album Released

Posted: January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Japanese anime feature All You Need Is Kill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yasuhiro Maeda (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar & Final Transmutation). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first and final track after the jump. All You Need Is Kill directed by Kenichiro Akimoto is based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s novel of the same title, which also inspired Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow. The Warner Bros. Japan & Studio 4°C production follows a resourceful, but isolated young woman volunteering to help rebuild Japan after the mysterious appearance of a massive alien flower when gets caught in an endless time loop after getting killed over and over again and must navigate the trauma and repetition of death, until she crosses paths with a shy young man trapped in the same cycle. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Charlie the Wonderdog’ Score Album Released

Posted: January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Bad Records has released a soundtrack album for the animated feature Charlie the Wonderdog. The album features the film’s original score composed by Petteri Sainio (Rocket Club, Faithful Planet). 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 (A Hero Is Born) after the jump. A separate EP featuring Bryan Adam’s original songs from the movie is also being released today. Charlie the Wonderdog is co-written and directed by Shea Wageman and features the voices of Owen Wilson, Dawson Littman, Tabitha St. Germain, Elishia Perosa, Ruairi MacDonald and Zac Bennett-McPhee. The movie tells the story of a lovable dog who was mysteriously abducted by aliens and receives superpowers that transform him into the superhero. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: January 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Paramount Music has released a soundtrack for the animated short Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey. The digital single features the film’s original music composed by Disasterpeace (aka Rich Vreeland) (It Follows, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Triple Frontier, Under the Silver Lake, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music platforms. Also listen to the full score after the jump. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey is directed by Kent Seki, written by Andrew Joustra and features the voices of Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Brady Noon, Nicolas Cantu, Beck Bennett and Zach Woods. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Rip’ Soundtrack Album Details

Posted: January 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film The Rip. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, 2 Guns, The Rainmaker, Pompeii, Contraband, Colony, Copshop, Code Black). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 16 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Rip is written and directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Kyle Chandler, Scott Adkins, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Lina Esco and Nestor Carbonell. The action thriller follows a team of Miami cops who discover millions in cash inside a run-down stash house, forcing the team to question everything and everyone they thought they could rely on. Read the rest of this entry »

Jamal Green Scoring Natasha Kermani’s ‘The Dreadful’

Posted: January 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Jamal Green (Breeders, Take Cover, TOEM, G’wed, Something We Made, Skelattack) has provided the original score for the upcoming British gothic horror feature The Dreadful. The film is written and directed by Natasha Kermani (Lucky, Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story) and stars Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurence O’Fuarain. The movie is set in medieval England and tells the story of a young woman and her domineering mother-in-law who struggle to survive on the outskirts of society, when a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all. Read the rest of this entry »

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