George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, The Blue Planet, Anna and the King, Hitch, Ever After: A Cinderella Story, The Lady in the Van) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming British comedy Up Against It. The film is directed by Trudie Styler (Freak Show, The Sweatbox) and stars Antonio Banderas, Forest Whitaker, Úrsula Corberó, Eva Birthistle, Eden Hamilton and Arinzé Kene. The movie follows a a long-divorced and estranged couple who must reunite for an unexpected mission: having another child to save their teenage daughter’s future. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton Scoring Trudie Styler’s ‘Up Against It’
Posted: August 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: George Fenton, Trudie Styler, Up Against It
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‘X-Men ’97’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Marvel, score, Soundtrack, The Newton Brothers, X-Men '97
Hollywood Records will release a new soundtrack album for Marvel Animation’s Disney+ original series X-Men ’97. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed The Newton Brothers (Daredevil: Born Again, The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Five Nights at Freddy’s, The Forever Purge, The Life of Chuck, The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, Oculus). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first two tracks below. The label has previously released an album featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 back in 2024. X-Men ’97 is developed by Beau DeMayo and stars Ross Marquand as Professor X, Matthew Waterson as Magneto, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Ray Chase as Cyclops, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Alison Sealy-Smith as StormLenore Zann as Rogue and George Buza as Beast. . Read the rest of this entry »
Leopold Ross Scoring Prime Video’s ‘Blade Runner 2099’
Posted: August 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Blade Runner 2099, Leopold Ross
Writer/producer Silka Louisa (Shining Girls) has revealed in a recent interview with Collider that Leopold Ross (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Shogun, The Book of Eli, Death Note, Triple 9, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, Dr. Death, Dreamin’ Wild) is scoring the upcoming Prime Video limited series Blade Runner 2099. The show is based on characters created by Philip K. Dick and stars Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer, Dimitri Abold, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey Daniel Rigby, Amy Lennox, Johnny Harris, Sheila Atim and Matthew Needham. The sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic (scored by Vangelis) and Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049 (scored by Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch) takes place fifty years after the events of the second movie and follows a fugitive who takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner and – forced to partner with a Replicant days from dying – hunts down a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse their fragile city. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Savage Mountain’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, Even Sigstad, Savage Mountain, score, Sky, Soundtrack
Sky Music has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original documentary Savage Mountain. The album features the film’s original music composed by Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres (Long Live My Happy Head, Tish, The Oil Machine). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s “pretitles” and end credits tracks after the jump. Savage Mountain is directed by Even Sigstad, produced by Filip Christensen of Field Productions and tells the story behind Kristin Harila’s record-breaking climb of the world’s 14 highest mountains and the controversy that followed. The movie documents the highs and lows of Harila’s journey from a relative newcomer to the multiple world-record holder as she takes on one of the most ambitious challenges in mountaineering history. Read the rest of this entry »
Robert Duncan Scoring MGM+’s ‘American Hostage’
Posted: August 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: American Hostage, MGM+, Robert Duncan, Shawn Ryan
Robert Duncan (Castle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Missing, Lie to Me, The Equalizer) has been tapped to score the upcoming MGM+ original anthology series American Hostage. The show is created by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) & Eileen Myers based on the first season of the podcast of the same name and stars Jon Hamm, Giovanni Ribisi, Kristoffer Polaha, William Jackson Harper, Mireille Enos, Jonathan Tucker and Kat Cunning. The 8-part psychological thriller takes place in the 1970s and tells the true story of Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Beast Race’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Amazon, Antonio Pinto, Beast Race, Corrida dos Bichos, Ernesto Solis, Fernando Meirelles, Rodrigo Pesavento, score, Soundtrack
Amazon Content Services has released a soundtrack album for the Brazilian dystopian action thriller Beast Race (Corrida dos Bichos). The album features the film’s original music composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, Lord of War, McFarland, USA, Amy, Nine Days, Flight Risk, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Senna). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s end credits track after the jump. Beast Race is directed by Ernesto Solis, Rodrigo Pesavento & Fernando Meirelles and stars Matheus Abreu, Rodrigo Santoro, Isis Valverde, Bruno Gagliasso, Thainá Duarte, Seu Jorge, João Guilherme, Grazi Massafera, Silvero Pereira and Anitta. The movie is set in a future Rio de Janeiro and follows a young leader of the resistance who must enter a deadly parkour-inspired competition in order to save his sister’s life. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ Soundtrack Vinyl Release Announced
Posted: August 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Gore Verbinski, Hans Zimmer, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has announced the first-ever vinyl release of the soundtrack album for Gore Verbinski’s 2006 fantasy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård and Bill Nighy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Lion King, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Dune, Inception, Rain Man, Man of Steel). The soundtrack will be released on vintage “Bottle Clear” vinyl on September 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a vinyl edition of the album for 2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl last year. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish’ Vol. 2 Score Album Released
Posted: August 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ben Bromfield, Dr. Seuss's Red Fish Blue Fish, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Netflix Music will release a new soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated series Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish. The album features selections of the show’s original score from the show’s third season composed by Ben Bromfield (Ginny & Georgia, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Oddballs). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first track below. The label has previously released an album featuring the composer’s score from the first seasons and Earl St. Clair’s main title theme earlier this year and a separate album featuring the Atomic Cartoons production’s songs written by Rob Cantor and performed by PJ Morton last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Arthur Sharpe Scoring Wayne Wang’s ‘Diary of a Mad Old Man’
Posted: August 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Arthur Sharpe, Diary of a Mad Old Man, Wayne Wang
Arthur Sharpe (Landscapers, Guilt, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Ghosts, Flowers, Prime Target, Dreamland) has provided the original score for the upcoming drama Diary of a Mad Old Man. The film is directed by Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club, Maid in Manhattan) and stars Gabriel Byrne, Fan Bingbing and Lily Frank. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki and follows an aging widower who gets drawn into an unnervingly intimate relationship with his caregiver daughter-in-law. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Boulevard’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Beatriz López-Nogales, Boulevard, score, Sonia Méndez, Soundtrack
Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album for the Spanish romantic drama Boulevard. The album features the film’s original music composed by Beatriz López-Nogales (Los Justos, Detective Toure, Alardea). 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. Boulevard is directed by Sonia Méndez and stars Eve Ryan, Mikel Niso, Biel Antón, Ainara Helguera, Jon Lukas, Enzo Oliver, Najwa Khliwa, Brian Vilche, Esther Acebo, Christian Checa, Luis Zahera, Pepe Barroso and Claudia Roset. The movie is based on the bestselling Wattpad novel by Flor M. Salvador and tells the story of a teenage girl who moves to a new city, where she meets an emotionally scarred boy struggling with severe trauma, substance addiction, and the guilt of losing his brother in a tragic accident. Read the rest of this entry »
