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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2026)

August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action/animated hybrid comedy Coyote vs. Acme directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Luis Guzmán, P.J. Byrne, Eric Bauza, Martha Kelly, Kenneth Choi, Candi Milo and Jim Cummings. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Fury, Our Planet, Last Night in Soho, The Aeronauts, The Running Man, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Over the Moon, My Policeman, Heads of State, Heart of Stone). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday and iam8bit will release a vinyl edition. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is being released by Ketchup Entertainment.

Also opening wide is the post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Benedict Wong, Guy Pearce, Ewen Bremner, Sam Spruell and Allison Janney. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Mulan, Gladiator II, The Meg, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood 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 20th Century Studios.

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‘Idiots’ Soundtrack Album Details

August 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Brooke Blair, Idiiots, Macon Blair, score, Soundtrack, Will Blair

Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music will release a soundtrack album for the comedy Idiots. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, The Toxic Avenger, The Informer, Hold the Dark, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin). Also included is the composers’ (as The Whoopsie Dews) original song A Perfect Heart, as well as tracks by The John Byrne Band, A.M. Mills, The Hogs, Yosemite in Black & others. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to A Perfect Heart and a score track below. Idiots is written and directed by Macon Blair and stars Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Braun and Kiernan Shipka. The movie follows two unqualified bozos who get hired to transfer a rich teen to rehab, but their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 27, 2026)

February 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Brooke Blair, Emily Bear, EmmoLei Sankofa, Ernst Reijseger, Ghost Elephants, Ian Hultquist, Idiotka, K-Pops, Marco Beltrami, Scream 7, Space Cowboy, Undercard, Will Blair

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher sequel Scream 7 co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson and starring Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Michelle Randolph, Matthew Lillard, Anna Camp, David Arquette, Asa Germann, Sam Rechner, Mark Consuelos, Jimmy Tatro, Celeste O’Connor, Tim Simons and Joel McHale. The film’s original score is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker, Hellboy) who previously composed the music for the first four installments. No score album has been announced yet. Several songs from the movie have been released as digital singles over the last two weeks. Check out our previous articles for more information and click here to check out the music team credits of the Paramount Pictures release.

Opening semi-wide in a few hundred AMC theaters this weekend is the comedy K-Pops! co-written and directed by Anderson .Paak and starring the singer/songwriter himself, Soul Rasheed, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park, Jee Young Han, and Yvette Nicole Brown. Emily Bear (Moana 2, The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, Dog Gone, Our Little Secret) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be released in the coming weeks. A first song from the soundtrack (but not featured/credited in the movie), Keychain by aespa & Anderson .Paak), was released as a digital single today. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Aura Entertainment.

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Will Blair & Brooke Blair Scoring Macon Blair’s ‘The Shitheads’

January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Brooke Blair, Macon Blair, The Shitheads, Will Blair

Composers Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, The Informer, Hold the Dark, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin) are reuniting with director Macon Blair on the upcoming comedy The Shitheads. The film is written and directed by Macon and stars Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Nicholas Braun, Kiernan Shipka and Peter Dinklage. The movie follows two unqualified bozos who get hired to transfer a rich teen to rehab, but their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 3, 2025)

October 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Anemone, Ben Cherney, Bobby Krlic, Bone Lake, Brittany Allen, Brooke Blair, Coyotes, Eldad Guetta, Fairyland, Good Boy, Killing Faith, Michael Penn, Nala Sinephro, Roque Banos, Sam Boase-Miller, Shell, The Smashing Machine, Will Blair

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine written and directed by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk, Lyndsey Gavin, James Moontasri, Satoshi Ishii, Yoko Hamamura, Stephen Quadros and Jason Tremblay. The film’s original music is composed by Belgian experimental jazz musician Nala Sinephro who has made her feature scoring debut on the project. Warp Records & A24 Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the artist’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the A24 release.

Also opening wide this weekend is the horror thriller Bone Lake written and directed by Mercedes Byrce Morgan and starring Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Marco Pigossi and Andra Nechita. Roque Banos (Don’t Breathe, The Machinist, Evil Dead, In the Heart of the Sea, Come Play, Sexy Beast, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Killer’s Game) and Ben Cherney (The Kids Are Alright 2) have composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street.

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‘Killing Faith’ Soundtrack Album Details

October 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Brooke Blair, Killing Faith, Ned Crowley, score, Soundtrack, Will Blair

Sheep Thief Records will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural western Killing Faith. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, The Toxic Avenger, Rebel Ridge, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, The Informer, Black Christmas, Hold the Dark, Blue Ruin). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 3 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. Killing Faith is written and directed by Ned Crowley and stars Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Jack Alcott, Raoul Trujillo, Emily Ford, Jamie Neumann, Joanna Cassidy and Bill Pullman. The movie follows a widowed physician who agrees to escort a recently freed slave and her daughter through the plague-ridden Arizona desert in 1849 in the hope of finding a cure for the child’s mysterious illness.

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Brooke Blair & Will Blair Scoring Ned Crowley’s ‘Killing Faith’

September 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Brooke Blair, Killing Faith, Ned Crowley, Will Blair

Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, The Toxic Avenger, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,Hold the Dark, The Informer, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin) have recently scored the new supernatural western Killing Faith. The film is written and directed by Ned Crowley and stars Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Raoul Trujillo, Jack Alcott, Jamie Neumann, Joanna Cassidy, Emily Ford and Bill Pullman. The movie is set against the plague-ravaged deserts of the 1849 Arizona territory and follows a faithless physician who agrees to escort an anguished mother and her afflicted daughter on a journey across a treacherous desert in the hope of finding a cure for her mysterious illness.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 29, 2025)

August 29, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: A Little Prayer, Brooke Blair, Caught Stealing, Greg Danner, Griffin in Summer, Idles, Joel P. West, Love Brooklyn, Nami Melumad, Rob Simonsen, The Roses, The Toxic Avenger, Theodore Shapiro, Will Blair

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the crime thriller Caught Stealing directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Liev Schreiber, Matt Smith, Vincent D’Onofrio, Carol Kane, Benito A Martínez Ocasio and Griffin Dunne. The album features the film’s original score is composed by Rob Simonsen (Deadpool & Wolverine, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, It Ends with Us, The Way Back, Foxcatcher, The Age of Adaline, Nerve, (500) Days of Summer) and performed the post-punk band Idles who also contributed several original songs to the project. has released a soundtrack album featuring both score and songs today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the comedy The Roses directed by Jay Roach and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Belinda Bromilow, Allison Janney, Sunita Mani, Jamie Demetriou, Ncuti Gatwa, Zoë Chao and Kate McKinnon. Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, Tropic Thunder, Ghostbusters, A Simple Favor, Bombshell, Spy) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as two covers performed by Susanna Hoffs, Rufus Wainwright & Eric D. Johnson last Friday. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Searchlight Pictures.

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Soundtrack Album Details

August 28, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Brooke Blair, score, Soundtrack, The Toxic Avenger, Will Blair

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the superhero comedy The Toxic Avenger. The album features the film’s original score composed by Brooke Blair & Will Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, The Informer, Hold the Dark, Black Christmas, Blue Ruin, Sweet Virginia). Also included are the original songs The Good Things written by the Blair Brothers and performed by The Whoopsie Dews feat. Vaughn Faison and (We Are) Crazy and Dangerous My Baby Is an Axe written by Brooke, Will & Macon Blair and performed by The Killer Nutz, as well as tracks by The Giraffes and East Hundred. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 29 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the original songs and the score opening titles track below. The Toxic Avenger is written and directed by Macon Blair and stars Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay, Julia Davis and Taylour Paige.

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‘Rosario’ Soundtrack to Be Released

June 12, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Brooke Blair, Felipe Vargas, Rosario, score, Soundtrack, Will Blair

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the supernatural horror feature Rosario. The album features the film’s original music composed by Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, Rebel Ridge, The Informer, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Hold the Dark, Blue Ruin, Black Christmas, Sweet Virginia). Sarmen Almond is the featured score vocalist. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 13 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen the composers’ title track below. Rosario is directed by Felipe Vargas and stars Emeraude Toubia, David Dastmalchian, José Zúñiga, Emilia Fauche, Diana Lein and Paul Ben-Victor. The movie revolves around a young woman tormented by a supernatural familial curse who must confront the past she swore was buried before it buries her.

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