Quartet Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish horror thriller Crazy Old Lady (Vieja Loca). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Pedro Osuna (Argentina, 1985, Every Minute Counts ). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on most major digital music services, including Amazon. A CD version is available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release. Also listen to the composer’s Vieja Loca Suite after the jump. Crazy Old Lady is written and directed by Martín Mauregui and stars Carmen Maura and Daniel Hendler. The movie produced by J.A. Bayona revolves around a man caught in a nightmare after receiving a desperate call from an ex-girlfriend to look after her senile mother. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Crazy Old Lady’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 13, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Crazy Old Lady, Martín Mauregui, Pedro Osuna, score, Shudder, Vieja Loca
Weekly TV Music Roundup (October 12, 2025)
Posted: October 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ariel Marx, Brian Chan, Caleb Chan, CBS, Chase Deso, Danny Bensi, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, DMV, Fil Eisler, Gabriel Mann, HBO, Hulu, Keegan DeWitt, Leopold Ross, Murdaugh: Death in the Family, Netflix, Nick Chuba, Peacock, Saunder Jurriaans, Sheriff Country, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, The Chair Company
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Chair Company created by Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin and starring Robinson himself, Lake Bell, Sophia Lillis, Joseph Tudisco and Will Price. The show’s original music is composed by Keegan DeWitt (Hearts Beat Loud, A Teacher, I’ll See You in My Dreams, The Threesome, Divorce, Morris from America, Sorry for Your Loss, The Hero, Love Again). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the comedy, which will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
Premiering tomorrow, October 13, is the CBS comedy DMV developed by Dana Klein based on a short story by Katherine Heiny and starring Harriet Dyer, Tony Cavalero, Tim Meadows, Alex Tarrant, Molly Kearney and Gigi Zumbado. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Emily in Paris, Rectify, Rosewood, Better Nate Than Never, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the series, which will air Monday nights on CBS and will also be available to stream on Paramount+. Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Foster Scoring BBC’s ‘Riot Women’
Posted: October 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ARXX, BBC, Ben Foster, BritBox, Riot Women, Sally Wainwright
Ben Foster (Ridley, Torchwood, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Hidden Kingdoms, The Good Karma Hotel, Scott & Bailey) is the composer of the new BBC drama Riot Women. The show is created by Sally Wainwright (Gentleman Jack, Renegade Nell) and stars Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, Amelia Bullmore, Lorraine Ashbourne, Taj Atwal, Chandeep Uppal and Macy Seelochan. The punk duo ARXX has contributed original songs to the 6-part series, which follows a teacher, a police officer, a midwife, a pub landlady and a shoplifting freeloader who form a female punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Obituary’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: October 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Hulu, Obituary, RTÉ, score, Soundtrack, Steve Lynch
Steve Lynch (Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, Wreck, The Cuckoo,Let Us Prey, Boys from Hell) has released a new soundtrack album for the RTÉ/Hulu original series Obituary. The album features selections of the composer’s original score from the show’s second season and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Lynch’s first track after the jump. The composer has previously released an album featuring his music from Season 1 back in 2023. Obituary is created by Ray Lawlor and stars Siobhán Cullen, Michael Smiley, Danielle Galligan, Ronan Raftery, Noni Stapleton and Máiréad Tyers. Read the rest of this entry »
CBS’ ‘Sheriff Country’ to Feature Music by Fil Eisler
Posted: October 11, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Fil Eisler, Sheriff Country
Fil Eisler (Outer Banks, Revenge, Empire, UnReal, How to Be Single, Thunder Force, Superintelligence, Fast Charlie, The Titan) is composing the original score for the new CBS drama Sheriff Country. The first spinoff to the network’s Fire Country is developed by Joan Rater & Tony Phelan (Grey’s Anatomy, A Small Light) and actor Max Thieriot and stars Morena Baccarin, Matt Lauria, Michele Weaver, W. Earl Brown, Christopher Gorham, as well as Thieriot & Diane Farr who reprise their roles from the original series. The show follows the the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief as she investigates criminal activity while she patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater, contending with her ex-con father and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 10, 2025)
Posted: October 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 100 Meters, A House of Dynamite, After the Hunt, Alan Myson, Andrew Morgan Smith, Atticus Ross, Blitz//Berlin, Christopher Bear, Deathstalker, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Mark Isham, Nine Inch Nails, Roofman, Sam Davis, Soul on Fire, The Oval Portrait, Trent Reznor, Tron: Ares, Urchin, Volker Bertelmann
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi sequel TRON: Ares directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian Anderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cameron Monaghan, Arturo Castro and Jeff Bridges. The film’s original music is composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Soul, Challengers, Gone Girl, Watchmen, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as Nine Inch Nails. Interscope Records & The Null Corporation have released a soundtrack album featuring the band’s score and songs last month. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Walt Disney Pictures release.
Also opening nationwide this weekend is the crime comedy drama Roofman directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O. Yang and Peter Dinklage. Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Past Lives, High Maintenance, Adults, Mother, Couch, Swallowed, The Passenger) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album will be released by Varese Sarabande according to the movie’s end credits, but no details have been announced yet. Check out our previous article for more information about the dramedy, which is being released by Paramount Pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: October 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Justin Burnett, Renny Harlin, score, Soundtrack, The Strangers: Chapter 2
Justin Caine Burnett (Dungeons & Dragons, Getaway, After, An American Haunting, 9-1-1: Lone Star & Nashville, Java Heat) will a soundtrack album for the slasher sequel The Strangers: Chapter 2. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, October 11. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first track (Prey) below. The Strangers: Chapter 2 is directed by Renny Harlin and stars Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath. The second part of the trilogy follows the sole survivor of The Strangers’ murdering spree of the previous night as she tries to survive the continued attack from the masked killers while reckoning with the ways that these events are transforming her into someone else. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann Scoring CBS’ ‘DMV’
Posted: October 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: CBS, Dana Klein, DMV, Gabriel Mann
Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Rosewood, Better Nate Than Never, Rectify, High School Musical: The Musical – The Series) is scoring the new CBS comedy DMV. The show is developed by Dana Klein based on a short story by Katherine Heiny and stars Harriet Dyer, Tim Meadows, Tony Cavalero, Alex Tarrant, Molly Kearney and Gigi Zumbado. The series is set at the Department of Motor Vehicles, where employees are making minimum wage dealing with customers who are annoyed before they even walk in the door. Read the rest of this entry »
Songs from ‘Deathstalker’ Reboot Released
Posted: October 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bear McCreary, Brendan McCreary, Deathstalker, Slash, Soundtrack, Steven Kostanski
Sparks & Shadows Records has released a digital single featuring two songs from the Deathstalker reboot. The soundtrack includes the film’s title song (in two different versions) featuring Emmy Award-winning composer Bear McCreary and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash leading an all-star band comprised of singer Brendan McCreary, original Deathstalker II composer Chuck Cirino, drummer Gene “The Atomic Clock” Hoglan, bassist Pete Griffin and guitarist Omer Ben-Zvi, as well as the song Walking Alone by Danish actress and singer/songwriter Nina Bergman and multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy. The 3-track single is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the music video for the title track and listen to Walking Alone after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Shakira’s Original Song ‘Zoo’ from ‘Zootopia 2’ Released
Posted: October 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Blake Slatkin, Byron Howard, Ed Sheeran, Jared Bush, Shakira, Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Records has released the original song Zoo from Walt Disney Pictures Animation’s sequel Zootopia 2. The track is co-written (with Ed Sheeran & Blake Slatkin), -produced (with Slatkin, Alex (A.C.) Castillo & Sheeran) and performed by Shakira and is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A 7″ single on purple translucent glitter vinyl will be released on November 21 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A full soundtrack album featuring the song and 23 tracks of Michael Giacchino’s original score will also be coming out on the same day. Zootopia 2 is directed by Jared Bush & Byron Howard and features the voice talent of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Quinta Brunson, Fortune Feimster,Ke Huy Quan, Idris Elba, Shakira herself, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Warburton and Nate Torrence. Read the rest of this entry »
