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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2026)

Premiering on Tuesday, September 1, is the Paramount+ original series The Varnell Hill Show executive produced by Martin Lawrence and Bentley Kyle Evans and starring Tommy Davidson (who reprises his role of the title character first introduced in the classic sitcom Martin), Kym Whitley, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Emmanuel Hudson, Nick Cafero and Chris Williams. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Head (P-Valley, Tom Swift, Boomerang, She the People, The Family Business, Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia). The comedy, which is set behind the scenes of a long-running late-night talk show and follows Varnell as he fights to stay relevant in a rapidly changing entertainment landscape, will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.

Premiering on Wednesday, September 2, is the British action thriller The Runner directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot and Alfred Enoch. Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Mauritianian, The Ipcress File, Cleaner,  High & Low: John Galliano, Name Me Lawand, Klitschko: More Than a Fight, Je Suis Karl) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

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Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Anton Corbijn’s ‘A Talent for Murder’

Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Out of the Furnace, Locke, Leave No Trace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey) has recently scored the upcoming British thriller A Talent for Murder. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn (The American, A Most Wanted Man) and stars Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke. The movie is based on Joanna Murray-Smith’s play Switzerland and tells the story of a mysterious young man from a New York publisher who is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology..

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action/animated hybrid comedy Coyote vs. Acme directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Luis Guzmán, P.J. Byrne, Eric Bauza, Martha Kelly, Kenneth Choi, Candi Milo and Jim Cummings. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Fury, Our Planet, Last Night in Soho, The Aeronauts, The Running Man, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Over the Moon, My Policeman, Heads of State, Heart of Stone). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday and iam8bit will release a vinyl edition. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is being released by Ketchup Entertainment.

Also opening wide is the post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Benedict Wong, Guy Pearce, Ewen Bremner, Sam Spruell and Allison Janney. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Mulan, Gladiator II, The Meg, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood 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 20th Century Studios.

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‘Umthetho’ Soundtrack Album Released

Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South African Netflix original series Umthetho. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Joel Assaizky (Marked, Vaya, White Wedding, Soon Comes Night). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. Umthetho is based on the streamer’s Brazilian series Brotherhood (Irmandade) and stars Nqobile Nunu K.H., Given Stuurman, Tony Kgoroge, Ernest Msibi, Lorcia Cooper, Molefi Monaisa, Sthembiso Khoza, Sindi Dlathu, Mandla Gaduka and Sello Ramolahloane. The crime drama produced by Black Brain Pictures follows an idealistic state prosecutor who is pulled into a brutal prison syndicate led by the brother she thought she lost, forcing her to choose between justice and family, law and survival, truth and betrayal.

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‘Howard Shore – A Piano Tribute’ Album Announced

Warner Classics has announced Howard Shore – A Piano Tribute, an album crafted by Dimitri Soudoplatoff featuring new arrangements of classic film scores by the Academy Award-winning composer performed by pianist Aurélien Pontier, joined by violinist Nemanja Radulovic, soprano Natalie Dessay, and other guests. Shore himself was directly involved in the production. Among the titles included are pieces from the composer’s scores from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey & The Desolation of Smaug, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo & The Departed, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Crash & Eastern Promises, David Fincher’s Seven & The Game, Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, among others. The album will be released (coinciding with Shore’s 80th birthday) digitally on October 16 and on CD a few weeks later and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first track (Goodbye from Penny Marshall’s Big) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump.

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Troye Sivan’s Original Song ‘LA Wants Me Dead’ from FX’s ‘The Shards’ Released

Interscope Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the FX original series The Shards. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original song LA Wants Me Dead co-written (with Leland & Oscar Görres) and performed by Troye Sivan. Also listen to the track after the jump. The Shards is developed by Ryan Murphy & Bret Easton Ellis based on Ellis’ bestselling novel of the same name and stars Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Homer Gere, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell, Evan Rachel Wood, Jordan Roth and Wes Bentley.

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‘Lady’ Soundtrack Released

Natural Frequencies has released a soundtrack album for the British comedy Lady. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonny Woodley. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first and final track after the jump. Lady is co-written and directed by Samuel Abrahams and stars Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston, Juliet Cowan and Olisa Odele. The movie follows a lonely, narcissistic aristocrat who dupes a struggling, opportunistic director into filming her every move, but her obsession with the spotlight takes a surreal turn when she starts becoming invisible.

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‘Dark Hollow’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Editions Verde will release a soundtrack album for the indie creature feature Dark Hollow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jordan Dykstra (20 Days in Mariupol, Blow the Man Down, Holding Liat, Restless). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 4 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Dark Hollow is written and directed by Daniel Byers and stars June Shreiner, David Garelik, J. Stephen Brantley, Brennon Weese, Jonathan Spivey, Ian Deighan and Sean Michael Wilkinson. The horror movie revolves around a nightmarish monster that emerges from the depths of an Appalachian coal mine and follows a young mother who must hunt down the creature to protect her home and save her family.

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Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘The Dark’ Released

Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the ITV drama The Dark. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed byTim Morrish (The Jetty, One Day, Brassic, Fifteen-Love, Red Rose). Also included is an instrumental version fo Vanbur’s In the Absence. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. The Dark is developed by Matt Hartley based on GR Halliday’s debut novel From the Shadows and stars Laura Donnelly, Mark Rowley and Helen Baxendale. The 6-part thriller follows a detective who embarks on a tense cat and mouse hunt for a twisted serial killer when the body of a young man is found eerily staged in the idyllic Scottish wilderness.

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Danny Elfman’s ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ Main Title Theme Released

WaterTower Music has released the main title theme from the HBO Max original series Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. The track written by Academy Award nominee Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man,The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Men in Black, Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the theme after the jump. Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is created by Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn & Bill Prady and stars Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie.

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