BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that Theodore Shapiro will be honored as a BMI Icon at the 2026 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on May 13 in Beverly Hills, CA. The Emmy Award- winning composer will be receiving this honor for his outstanding body of work in some of the most culturally defining films and TV series over the last 25 years. In addition to his music for Apple TV’s Severance, for which he received two Emmy Awards and an additional nomination for his main title theme, the composer’s scoring credits include the features The Devil Wears Prada (and its upcoming sequel), Dodgeball, 13 Going on 30, Bombshell, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and, most recently, last year’s hit thriller The Housemaid. Read the rest of this entry »
Theodore Shapiro to Be Honored as BMI Icon at 2026 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Posted: April 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards, Theodore Shapiro
‘Big Mistakes’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Big Mistakes, Netflix, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Peaches, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release the official soundtrack album for the streamer’s original series Big Mistakes. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Canadian electroclash artist Peaches (Merrill Nisker) and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (What If…?, Marvel Zombies, Regarding Susan Sontag, Prisoner’s Daughter, Stockholm, Pennsylvania, Don’t Look Deeper, Bird Karma). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the title track below. Big Mistakes is created by Dan Levy & Rachel Sennott and stars Levy himself, Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf, Jack Innanen, Abby Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Boran Kuzum, Mark Ivanir, Ilia Volok, Jacob Gutierrez, Joe Barbara and Darren Goldstein. The comedy follows two deeply incapable siblings who get blackmailed into working for gangsters and become the most disorganized duo in organized crime. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Desert Child’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 8, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Armand Amar, Gilles De Maistre, L'enfant du désert, score, Soundtrack, The Desert Child
Long Distance has released a soundtrack album for the French family adventure The Desert Child (L’enfant du désert). The album features the film’s original music composed by Armand Amar (The Concert, The Wolf and the Lion,Autumn and the Black Jaguar, The Source, Mia and the White Lion, A Bag of Marbles, Belle & Sebastian, The History of Love). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title tracks after the jump. The Desert Child is directed by Gilles de Maistre and stars Nahel Tran, Nahil Bouazzaoui, Zayn Sekkat and Kev Adams. The movie follows a 14 year-old girl who publishes a story about a tribal child raised by ostriches that her grandfather has been telling her since she was little and – after a local community hears about her book – gets invited to the Sahara, where she meets a Nomad girl of her own age. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘Stay Back!’ from ‘The Boys’ Season 5 Released
Posted: April 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Karukas, Amazon, Antony Starr, Christopher Lennertz, The Boys
Madison Gate Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the fifth season of the Prime Video original series The Boys. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Stay Back! written/produced by the show’s composer Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Sausage Party, Horrible Bosses, Agent Carter) & Alex Karukas and performed by Antony Starr (who stars as Homelander). Also listen to the full track after the jump. The Boys is developed by Eric Kripke and also stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Karen Fukuhara, Tomer Capone, Colby Minifie, Cameron Crovetti, Tomer Capone, Susan Heyward, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ely Henry, Dylan Colton, Emma Elle Paterson, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Daveed Diggs. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Mother Mary’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: April 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Anne Hathaway, Charli XCX, David Lowery, FKA twigs, Jack Antonoff, Mother Mary, Soundtrack
The full details of the soundtrack album for David Lowery’s psychological drama Mother Mary have been revealed. The album features the film’s original songs written by Jack Antonoff & Charli XCX and FKA twigs and performed by lead actress Anne Hathaway. Mother Mary: Greatest Hits will be released digitally on April 17 by A24 Music and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks (Burial & My Mouth Is Lonely for You) have already been released as digital singles over the last few weeks. A separate album featuring Daniel Hart’s original score from the movie will be announced soon. Mother Mary is written and directed by Lowery and also stars Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber, Atheena Frizzell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sian Clifford, Alba Baptista and Isaura Barbé-Brown. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Deadloch’ Soundtrack Albums Released
Posted: April 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amanda Brown, Amazon, Deadloch, score, Soundtrack
Strange Loop Recordings has released two soundtrack albums for the Australian Prime Video original series Deadloch. The albums feature selections of the original music from the show’s first two seasons composed by Amanda Brown (Babyteeth, Red Obsession, The Secrets She Keeps, One Night, Son of a Lion). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download both the Season 1 and Season 2 soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s main theme and credits track after the jump. Deadloch is created by Kate McCartney & Kate McLennan and stars Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Luke Hemsworth, Alicia Gardiner, Nina Oyama, Steve Bisley, Shari Sebbens and Jean Tong. The crime comedy revolves around two vastly different female detectives who are thrown together to solve the death of a local man (in Season 1) and a former policing partner (in Season 2). Read the rest of this entry »
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine Scoring HBO’s & BBC’s ‘Half Man’
Posted: April 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, Evgueni Galperine, Half Man, HBO, Richard Gadd, Sacha Galperine
Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (The Undoing, Scenes from a Marriage, Loveless, Kraven the Hunter, The Family, Radioactive, Wizard of Lies) have composed the original music for the upcoming HBO/BBC limited series Half Man. The show is created by Richard Gadd and stars Gadd himself, Jamie Bell, Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson, Marianne McIvor, Neve McIntosh, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Amy Manson, Anjli Mohindra, Julie Cullen, Tim Downie,Stuart McQuarrie, Sandy Batchelor, Tom Andrews, Philippine Velge, Piers Ewart, Scot Greenan, Charlotte Blackwood, Calum Manchip and Kate Robson-Stuart. The 6-part drama spans almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day and explores the highs and lows of the relationship between two brothers, from their troubled teenage years to their falling out as adults. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Romería’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: April 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carla Simón, Ernest Pipó, Romería, score, Soundtrack
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish/German drama Romería. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ernest Pipó (Summer 1993). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Romería is written and directed by Carla Simón and stars Llúcia Garcia, Mitch, Tristán Ulloa, Alberto Gracia, Sara Casasnovas, José Ángel Egido, Marina Troncoso, Janet Novás and Celine Tyll. The movie tells the story of a follows 18-year-old girl, orphaned at a young age, as she visits Spain’s Atlantic coast to meet her paternal grandparents for the first time and pieces together memories of her parents with the stories told by relatives who have their own secrets to protect. Read the rest of this entry »
Mac Quayle Scoring Apple TV’s ‘Dark Matter’ Season 2
Posted: April 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Dark Matter, Mac Quayle
Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, Leave the World Behind, Feud: Bette and Joan, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Beauty, Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Gaslit, His & Hers) has been tapped to score the second season of the Apple TV original series Dark Matter. The show is created by Blake Crouch (Wayward Pines, Good Behavior) based on his bestselling novel of the same title and stars Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Oakes Fegley, Dayo Okeniyi and Amanda Brugel. The new season of the sci-fi thriller follows the Dessens as they settle into a quiet life in a world that finally seems safe until the unimaginable forces them to run once again. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Privileges’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: April 7, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Amine Bouhafa, HBO Max, Privileges, score, Soundtrack
22D Music has released a soundtrack album for the French HBO original series Privileges. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Amine Bouhafa (Four Daughters, Timbuktu, The Little Sister, Beauty and the Dogs, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Ad Vitam, Gagarine). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Privileges is created, written and directed by Marie Monge & Vladimir de Fontenay and stars Manon Bresch, Melvil Poupaud, Nina Zem, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Anne Azoulay, Sandor Funtek, Stéphanie Atala and Eva Huault. The 6-part drama follows a young inmate hoping for a last chance at redemption as he takes a job inside a luxury Parisian hotel rife with ruthless ambition and betrayal. Read the rest of this entry »
