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 »
Daniel Pemberton Scoring Kristoffer Borgli’s ‘The Drama’
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Pemberton, Kristoffer Borgli, The Drama
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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 »
Jeff Morrow Scoring HBO’s ‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’
Posted: January 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO, Jeff Morrow, Judd Apatow, Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!, Michael Bonfiglio
Composer Jeff Morrow (Snow White, A Christmas Story Christmas, Science Fair, The Snoopy Show, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure) is reuniting with directors Judd Apatow (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) & Michael Bonfiglio (Paris to Pittsburgh, From the Ashes) on the new HBO original documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!. The 2-parter explores the life, career, friendships, and loves of legendary writer, director, producer, and performer, Mel Brooks. The film chronicles his early sketches, landmark films and Broadway hits, including Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Young Frankenstein & Spaceballs, and highlights how he turned personal pain, postwar trauma, and the absurdities of life into bold satire that subverted norms and reshaped American comedy. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Greenland 2: Migration’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Buckley, Greenland, Greenland 2: Migration, Ric Roman Waugh, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the post-apocalyptic survival thriller Greenland 2: Migration. The album features the film’s original music composed by David Buckley (The Sandman, The Good Wife, Jason Bourne, Nobody, The Nice Guys, The Lincoln Lawyer, Papillon, Evil, The Forbidden Kingdom) who previously scored the 2020 original Greenland movie. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 9. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album and also listen to Buckley’s first track below. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Greenland 2: Migration is directed by Ric Roman Waugh and stars Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, Sophie Thompson, William Abadie and Trond Fausa Aurvåg. The sequel takes place ten years after the events of the first installment and follows the Garrity family as they are forced to leave the safety of their bunker to traverse a shattered world in search of a new home. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Pitt’ Soundtrack Album to Be Released
Posted: January 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Gavin Brivik, HBO Max, score, Soundtrack, The Pitt
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the HBO Max original series The Pitt. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Gavin Brivik (How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Cam, Barron’s Cove, Wild Indian, The Seventh Day, Minor Premise, Living Undocumented). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 9 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s final track after the jump. The Pitt is created by R. Scott Gemmill and stars Noah Wyle, Tracey Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Fiona Dourif, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Taylor Dearden and Shabana Azeez. The Emmy Award-winning drama follows the staff of Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center as they work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Primate’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: January 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Adrian Johnston, Johannes Roberts, Primate, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the horror movie Primate. The album features the film’s original music composed by Adrian Johnston (Becoming Jane, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Kinky Boots, Lassie, Brideshead Revisited, Dancing on the Edge, The Child in Time, A Very Royal Scandal, The Tunnel). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 9 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s main title and end credits tracks below. Primate is co-written and directed by Johannes Roberts and stars Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Benjamin Cheng, Gia Hunter, Victoria Wyant, Tienne Simon and Charlie Mann. The 18Hz production follows a group of friends whose tropical vacation turns into a terrifying tale of horror and survival when a pet chimpanzee becomes a homicidal monster after being bitten by a rabid animal. Read the rest of this entry »
