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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 9, 2026)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the drama The Social Reckoning written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and stars Mikey Madison, ​Jeremy Allen White, ​Wunmi Mosaku, ​Bill Burr, ​Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen ​and Jeremy Strong. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Queen, Frankenstein, Philomena). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Other Mommy directed by Rob Savage and starring Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, Arabella Olivia Clark and Karen Allen. Patrick Jonsson (The Boogeyman,The White Helmets, Mint, Scrapper, Black Earth Rising, Wildcat, The Lost Children, Virunga, On Her Shoulders) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse Atomic Monster production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

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‘The Social Reckoning’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Social Reckoning. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Jurassic World Rebirth, Frankenstein, Godzilla, The Queen, Philomena). Also included is The Lament written by the composer and feat. vocals by soprano Renée Fleming. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, October 9 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. The Social Reckoning is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and stars Mikey Madison, ​Jeremy Allen White, ​Wunmi Mosaku, ​Betty Gilpin, ​Bill Burr, Billy Magnussen ​and Jeremy Strong. The companion piece to David Fincher’s 2010 feature The Social Network tells the story of a young Facebook engineer who enlists the help of a Wall Street Journal reporter to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 17, 2026)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror feature Lee Cronin’s The Mummy written and directed by Cronin and starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace and Veronica Falcón. The film’s original music is composed by Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground, Queen & Country,  Sharp Corner, Pilgrimage, Rose Plays Julie, The Damned, Norm of the North, My Name Is Emily). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the action thriller Normal directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Bob Odenkirk, Lena Headey, Henry Winkler, Brendan Fletcher, Billy MacLellan, Ryan Allen, Jess McLeod, Reena Jolly, Peter Shinkoda, Derek Barnes and David Lawrence Brown. Harry Gregson-Williams  Shrek, The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mulan, Man on Fire, Chicken Run, Gladiator II, Kingdom of Heaven) and Ryder McNair (Andy Kaufman Is Me, Yosemite) have composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Magnolia Pictures.

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Alexandre Desplat to Score Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’

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Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The King’s Speech, Jurassic World Rebirth, Godzilla, Frankenstein, The Queen, Philomena) has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Social Reckoning. The film is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, A Few Good Men) and stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong (as Mark Zuckerberg), Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Bill Burr, Anna Lambe, Portia Doubleday,  Nelson Franklin, Aidan Laprete, Kelley Pereira and Patrick Fischler. The sequel to David Fincher’s 2010 feature The Social Network (scripted by Sorkin and scored by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross who received their first Academy Award for their music) tells the true story of how young Facebook engineer Frances Haugen enlists the help of Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.

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‘Eagles of the Republic’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Sony Classical will release the official soundtrack album for the political thriller Eagles of the Republic (Les Aigles de la République). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Jurassic World Rebirth, Godzilla, The Queen, Frankenstein, Philomena). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Eagles of the Republic is written and directed by Tarik Saleh and stars Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri, Amr Waked, Zineb Triki and Cherien Dabis. The movie, which has been selected as Swedish’s entry in the International Feature category for next year’s Academy Awards, marks the third installment’s in Saleh’s Cairo trilogy and follows Egypt’s most adored actor who gets drawn into a shadowy world full of dangers after he’s forced to star in a propaganda film.

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‘Frankenstein’ Soundtrack Album Details

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The full details of the soundtrack album for Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix original film Frankenstein have been revealed. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, Jurassic World Rebirth,The King’s Speech, The Queen). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 7 by Netflix Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Two first tracks have already been released as digital singles last month. Check out our previous article to listen to Fire and check out the second track, Forgiveness, after the jump. A physical release will be announced soon. Frankenstein is written and directed by del Toro and stars Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Christoph Waltz, Lars Mikkelsen, Charles Dance, David Bradley and Christian Convery.

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‘The Incredible Shrinking Man’ Soundtrack Released

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Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the French sci-fi aadventure The Incredible Shrinking Man (L’homme qui rétrécit). The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, The King’s Speech, The Queen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Jurassic World Rebirth, Godzilla, Philomena). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list. Also listen to the composer’s main theme after the jump. The Incredible Shrinking Man is directed by Jan Kounen and stars Jean Dujardin, Marie-Josee Croze, Stephanie van Vyve, Salim Talbi and Daphne Richard. The movie is based on Richard Matheson’s classic sci-fi novel and follows a shipbuilder who inexplicably shrinks and must fight for survival in now-hostile ordinary household environment.

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First Track from Alexandre Desplat’s ‘Frankenstein’ Score Released

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Netflix Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Fire written by the film’s composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Jurassic World Rebirth, Godzilla, The King’s Speech, The Queen). Also listen to the full track after the jump. Frankenstein is written and directed by del Toro and stars Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Charles Dance, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen and Christian Convery.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 8, 2025)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror movie Weapons written and directed by Zach Cregger and starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Austin Abrams, Alden Ehrenreich, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong and Amy Madigan. The film’s original music is composed by Ryan Holladay & Hays Holladay and Cregger himself. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the artists’ score last Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the New Line Cinema production, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Also opening wide is the comedy sequel Freakier Friday directed by Nisha Ganatra and starring Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Rosalind Chao, Vanessa Bayer, Chad Michael Murray and Mark Harmon. Amie Doherty (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Spirit Untamed,  Happiest Season, Blue Eye Samurai, Undone, Please Don’t Destroy, The High Note) has composed the film’s original score. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring four tracks from the composer’s score, as well as songs by Lohan, Pink Slip, The Beaches and Chantry Johnson last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Walt Disney Pictures release.

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Alexandre Desplat’s ‘Paris – Hollywood’ Album Announced

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Warner Classics will release Paris – Hollywood, a new concert album featuring music composed by Alexandre Desplat. The record features new arrangements of fifteen scores written by the Academy Award-winning composer, performed by the Orchestre de Paris and conducted by Desplat himself. Titles include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, Little Women, The Queen, Argo, Syriana, among other films. Paris – Hollywood will be released digitally and as a 2-CD set on September 19. Visit Amazon to pre-order the CD version. A first track (The King’s Speech) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below.

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