Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the HBO Max original series Hacks. The album selections of the original score from the show’s second, third. fourth and fifth (and final) season composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstones, They Will Kill You, Griselda, Dept. Q) and David Stal (Breakup Season, Axcellerator). Also included are two songs performed by Christopher Briney as Nico Hayes and lead actress Jean Smart’s rendition of Mis Figuritas. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, May 29 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to a score track below. The label has previously released an album featuring Rivera’s score from Season 1 back in 2022. Hacks is created by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello & Jen Statsky and stars Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Downs himself, Megan Stalter, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Mark Indelicato and Rose Abdoo.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 27, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action/horror comedy They Will Kill You co-written and directed by Kirill Sokolov and starring Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Tom Felton, Paterson Joseph, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette. The film’s original music is composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Hacks, Lessons in Chemistry, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Dept. Q, Ezra, Griselda, Chupa, Just Beyond). Waxwork Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the horror comedy Forbidden Fruits co-written and directed by Meredith Alloway and starring Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Lola Tung, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain and Gabrielle Union. Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within, Sting, Time Cut) has composed the film’s original music. Waxwork Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by the Independent Film Company & Shudder.
‘They Will Kill You’ Soundtrack Album Details
WaterTower Music will release a soundtrack album for the action/horror comedy They Will Kill You. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Hacks, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Griselda, Dept. Q, Ezra, Chupa, Just Beyond). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, March 20 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s end credits suite below. A vinyl edition is expected to be released by Waxwork Records. They Will Kill You is co-written and directed by Kirill Sokolov and stars Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, Paterson Joseph and Patricia Arquette. The movie revolves a woman who must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s twisted, mysterious death-trap, before becoming their next offering.
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Kirill Sokolov’s ‘They Will Kill You’
Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, Griselda, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Ezra, Chupa, Just Beyond) has recently scored the upcoming horror/action comedy They Will Kill You. The film is directed by Kirill Sokolov (No Looking Back, Why Don’t You Just Die) and stars Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Tom Felton, Paterson Joseph, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette. The movie revolves around a young woman who must survive the night at a demonic cult’s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering.
‘Dept. Q’ Soundtrack Album Details
Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the British Netflix original series Dept. Q. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, Monsieur Spade, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Hacks, Griselda, Chupa, Ezra, Just Beyond). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Dept. Q is created by Scott Frank & Chandni Lakhani and stars Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, Leah Byrne, Mark Bonnar, Alexej Manvelov, Shirley Henderson, Kate Dickie and Kelly Macdonald. The crime thriller is based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s novels and follows a brash, but brilliant cop who becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh’s cold cases.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 25, 2025)
Premiering tonight is the TNT original series The Librarians: The Next Chapter developed by Dean Devlin & John Rogers and starring Callum McGowan, Jessica Green, Bluey Robinson and Olivia Morris. The show’s original music is composed byJoseph LoDuca (The Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Chucky, Leverage) who previously scored the original The Librarians television movies and TV series. Check out our previous article to learn more about the fantasy adventure drama, which will air every Sunday night on TNT.
Premiering on Thursday, May 29, is the Prime Video limited series The Better Sister created by Olivia Milch & Regina Corrado based on Alafair Burke’s book and starring Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Matthew Modine, Kim Dickens, Gloria Reuben, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Gabriel Sloyer, Bobby Naderi and Lorraine Toussaint. Will Bates (Immaculate, Dumb Money, The Magicians, The Life List, Unbelievable, Away, I Origins, The Path, The Looming Tower) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 8-part crime thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Carlos Rafael Rivera Scoring Netflix’s ‘Dept. Q’
Carlos Rafael Rivera (Lessons in Chemistry, Griselda, Ezra, Chupa, Just Beyond) is the composer of the upcoming British Netflix original series Dept. Q. The show is written and directed by Scott Frank (The Lookout, Logan) and stars Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Kelly Macdonald and Leah Byrne. The crime thriller/drama is based on the novels of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen and revolves around a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh who gets assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralyzed and another policeman dead.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 31, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend (but advertised as a limited release) is the biographical sports drama Young Woman and the Sea directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia and Glenn Fleshle. The film’s original music is composed by Amelia Warner (Mr. Malcolm’s List, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mary Shelley, Mum’s List). Walt Disney Records 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 Walt Disney Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the comedy drama Ezra directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, William Fitzgerald, Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg. Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Lessons in Chemistry, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Griselda, Hacks) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song written by Adrienne Ackerman and performed by Rae Isla today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street.
‘Ezra’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the comedy drama Ezra. The album features the film’s original score composed by Emmy Award and Grammy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Lessons in Chemistry, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Hacks, Griselda, Chupa, Monsieur Spade). Also included is the original title song written by Adrienne Ackerman and performed by Rae Isla. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 31 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the song and Rivera’s Ezra Suite below. Ezra is directed by Tony Goldwyn and stars Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, William Fitzgerald, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson and Goldwyn himself. The movie follows a struggling stand-up comic who moves in with his father after splitting up with his wife and decides to kidnap his autistic child and take him on a cross-country odyssey.
Soundtrack Album for AMC’s ‘Monsieur Spade’ to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the AMC limited series Monsieur Spade. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Grammy Award and Emmy Award winner Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Lessons in Chemistry, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Griselda, Hacks).. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 19 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Listen to the first track (Sam Spade) after the jump. Monsieur Spade is created by Scott Frank& Tom Fontana and stars Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Chiara Mastroianni, Stanley Weber, Louise Bourgoin, Matthew Beard, Jonathan Zaccaï and Rebecca Root. The 6-part crime drama is set in the 1960s in the South of France and follows legendary Detective Sam Spade, the infamous protagonist of Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon, as he investigates the murder of six beloved nuns at a local convent.