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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 23, 2026)

January 23, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Arco, Arnaud Toulon, Conisch, Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, H Is for Hawk, In Cold Light, Jonas Struck, Mercy, Michael Nomad Ripoll, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, Philippe Brault, Ramin Djawadi, Return to Silent Hill

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi thriller Mercy directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Kylie Rogers and Chris Sullivan. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Fallout, Iron Man, Westworld, Eternals, Pacific Rim, Uncharted, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Prison Break). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Amazon MGM Studios release.

Also opening nationwide is the psychological horror thriller Return to Silent Hill co-written and directed by Christophe Gans and starring Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson. Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill video games) has composed the film’s original music. Laced 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 Cineverse.

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‘Return to Silent Hill’ Soundtrack Album Details

January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 1 comment

Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Christophe Gans, Return to Silent Hill, score, Soundtrack

Laced Records will release a soundtrack album for the psychological horror thriller Return to Silent Hill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Akira Yamaoka who is best known for his scores for the Silent Hill video game franchise and previously co-scored the first two installments (2006’s Silent Hill & 2012’s Silent Hill: Revelation) in the feature series. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. Return to Silent Hill is co-written and directed by Christophe Gans and stars Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson. The movie follows James Sunderland who is drawn to the titular once-familiar town now consumed by darkness when he receives a mysterious letter from his lost love and faces monstrous creatures as he searches for her.

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Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ to Be Released

October 26, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Marcin Przybyłowicz, Netflix, score, Soundtrack

Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill) and Marcin Przybyłowicz (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077). Also included is the opening titles song This Fffire performed by Franz Ferdinand (check out the titles sequence below), as well as the end credits song Let You Down performed by Dawid Podsiadło. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 27 (click here to stream/download). A vinyl edition (scheduled to come out in early 2024) is available for pre-order on Amazon. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is created by Rafał Jaki & Mike Pondsmith based on the Cyberpunk 2077 video game. The Studio Trigger & CD Projekt production is set in a dystopian world riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants and follows a reckless street kid who strives to become a mercenary outlaw.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 26, 2012)

October 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Chad Fischer, Chasing Mavericks, Christopher Young, Cloud Atlas, Deborah Lurie, Fun Size, Jeff Danna, Johnny Klimek, Orbital, Pusher, Reinhold Heil, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, The Black Tulip, Tom Tykwer

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

One of the most talked about and ambitious film of the season is the epic adventure drama Cloud Atlas directed by Tom Tykwer and Andy & Lana Wachowski and starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. The film’s music is composed by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score earlier this week. For the full album details and to listen to audio clips, check out our previous article. Also visit Film Music Magazine for an audio interview with the composers and ASCAP’s website for another interview with Klimek and Heil.

Also opening wide is the horror sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D based on the video game, directed by Michael J. Bassett and starring Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell. Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka who preciously scored the first installment in the series have written the music for the film. Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album digitally on October 30 and physically on December 18. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

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‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’ Soundtrack Announced

October 24, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 10 comments

Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Jeff Danna, score, Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Soundtrack

Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack album for the horror sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka who preciously scored the first installment in the film series based on the video game. The soundtrack will be released digitally on October 30, 2012. A physical release is scheduled to come out in December and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out below. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is directed by Michael J. Bassett and stars Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss and Malcolm McDowell. The movie will be released this Friday, October 26, 2012 by Open Road Films.

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Jeff Danna & Akira Yamaoka to Score ‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’

November 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Akira Yamaoka, Jeff Danna, Michael J. Bassett, Silent Hill, Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Director Michael J. Bassett has recently announced on his official blog that Jeff Danna and Akira Yamaoka are set to reunite to score the upcoming sequel Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. The movie based on the horror video game stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Malcolm McDowell and Carrie-Anne Moss. Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger return as their characters from the first Silent Hill installment. The film’s story centers on a young woman who is plagued by terrifying nightmares and her father’s disappearance and discovers, on the eve of her 18th birthday, that she’s not who she thinks she is. Don Carmody (Resident Evil: Apocalypse & Afterlife) and Samuel Hadida (True Romance) are producing the project through Davis-Films.

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