Editions Verde has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Holding Liat. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jordan Dykstra (20 Days in Mariupol, Blow the Man Down, Restless). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track (A Sense of Symmetry) after the jump. Holding Liat is directed by Brandon Kramer and examines the Gaza war through the lens of an Israeli family whose daughter was kidnapped on October 7. The movie produced by Darren Aronofsky (for Protozoa Pictures) has recently been shortlisted in the Documentary Feature category for this year’s Academy Awards. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Holding Liat’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brandon Kramer, Holding Liat, Jordan Dykstra, score, Soundtrack
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 9, 2026)
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adrian Johnston, Danny Elfman, Dead Man's Wire, Greenland 2: Migration, I Was a Stranger, Lukasz Targosz, My Neighbor Adolf, Nick Chuba, Paris Hurley, Primate, The Chronology of Water
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror feature Primate co-written and directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Gia Hunter, Charlie Mann, Victoria Wyant, Benjamin Cheng and Tienne Simon. The film’s original music is composed by Adrian Johnston ( The Strangers: Prey at Night, Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited, Kinky Boots, Lassie, A Very Royal Scandal, Dancing on the Edge, The Child in Time, The Tunnel). Lakeshore Records & Paramount Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening nationwide is the post-apocalyptic survival thriller Greenland 2: Migration directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, William Abadie, Amber Rose Revah, Sophie Thompson and Trond Fausa Aurvåg. David Buckley (The Sandman, The Good Wife,The Nice Guys, The Lincoln Lawyer, Papillon, Jason Bourne, Nobody, Evil, The Forbidden Kingdom). Lakeshore Records 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 Lionsgate. Read the rest of this entry »
Jaeil Jung Scoring Peacock’s ‘Ponies’
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jaeil Jung, Peacock, Ponies
Jaeil Jung (Parasite, Squid Game, Mickey 17, Okja, Twinless, Broker, Tempest) is making his American television scoring debut on the new Peacock original series Ponies. The show is created by David Iserson (The Spy Who Dumped Me) & Susanna Fogel (Cat Person, Winner) and stars Emilia Clarke, Haley Lu Richardson, Adrian Lester, Nicholas Podany, Artjom Gilz, Petro Ninovskyi and Vic Michaelis. The espionage thriller follows two “PONIES” (“persons of no interest” in intelligence speak) who become CIA operatives after their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR as they uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bone Lake’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Ben Cherney, Bone Lake, Mercedes Byrce Morgan, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the thriller Bone Lake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Machinist, The Killer’s Game, Come Play, Sexy Beast) & Ben Cherney (The Kids Are Alright 2) . Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s title and end credits tracks after the jump. Bone Lake is directed by Mercedes Byrce Morgan and stars Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita and Marco Pigossi. The movie follows a couple whose romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Kristoffer Borgli’s ‘The Drama’
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Kristoffer Borgli, The Drama
This week, Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Bad Guys, Materialists, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Birds of Prey) has been recording his score for the upcoming romantic dramedy The Drama. The film is written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario, Sick of Myself) and stars Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Hailey Benton Gates and Mamoudou Athie. The movie revolves around a happily engaged couple who is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. Read the rest of this entry »
Television Academy Announces Rule Change in Two Music Categories
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The Television Academy has announced a number of rules changes for the 78th Emmy Awards competition in 2026, including two updates in the music categories. In the Outstanding Main Title Theme Music category, eligibility has been expanded to “include main-on-end themes. Both a Main Title Theme (appearing at the beginning of the program) and a Main-on-End Title Theme (appearing after the final act, before the end credits/crawl) are eligible.” In addition, the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score) category will now allow eligibility for reality programs that contain an original dramatic score. Read the rest of this entry »
2026 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2026. 112 films were submitted for consideration in the Original Score category and 10 titles are advancing. Members of the Music chapter vote to determine the llonglist and the nominations. Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, is opening today to BAFTA’s voting members and will close on January 20. The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 will be announced on January 27 and the ceremony will take place on February 22. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Innate’ (‘Innato’) Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Innate, Innato, Netflix, Nico Casal, score, Soundtrack
Nico Casal (Wandering Heart, Sunday’s Illness, Yo, addicto) has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish TV series Innate (Innato). The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the show and is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Innate is directed by Lino Escalera & Inma Torrente and stars Elena Anaya, Imanol Arias, Emma Suárez, Aura Garrido, Roberto Álamo, Ane Gabarain, Clara Sans, Fernando Guallar, Juan Blanco, Joana Vilapuig, Ignacio Mateos, Natalia Huarte, Tito Asorey and Teo Soler. The 8-part crime thriller follows a psychologist who is forced to confront her past when a new series of murders echoes the crimes that put her serial killer father behind bars. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Heated Rivalry’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: January 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Crave, HBO Max, Heated Rivalry, Peter Peter, Soundtrack
Milan Records has released the first two tracks from the soundtrack album for the HBO Max/Crave original series Heated Rivalry. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services are Rivalry & It’s You, the former the techno theme that opens the first episode and recurs throughout the series and the latter an original song featured in the second episode (Olympians), both written by the show’s composer Peter Peter. Also listen to both tracks after the jump. The full soundtrack album will be released later this month. Read the rest of this entry »
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brett Haley, Keegan DeWitt, Netflix, People We Meet on Vacation, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film People We Meet on Vacation. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, Friendship, I’ll See You in My Dreams, The Chair Company, A Teacher, All the Bright Places, The Hero, Divorce, Gemini, Morris from America, Love Again). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. People We Meet on Vacation is directed by Brett Haley and stars Emily Bader, Tom Blyth, Lucien Laviscount, Sarah Catherine Hook, Alan Ruck, Miles Heizer, Molly Shannon, Jameela Jamil, Lukas Gage and Tommy Do. The romantic comedy drama is based on Emily Henry’s bestselling novel of the same title and follows a free-spirited and routine-loving guy who – after years of summer vacations – start to wonder if they could be a perfect romantic match. Read the rest of this entry »
