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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2026)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological thriller Verity directed by Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett, Brady Wagner and Ismael Cruz Córdova. The film’s original music is composed by  Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front, Dune: Prophecy, Pressure, The Amateur, Adrift, The Day of the Jackal,The Uprising, A House of Dynamite, One Life). Lakeshore Records 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 Amazon MGM Studios.

Also opening nationwide is the comedy Digger co-written and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Jesse Plemons, Emma D’Arcy, Michael Stuhlbarg, Burn Gorman, Sophie Wilde and Robert John Burke. Cosmo Sheldrake has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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Chanda Dancy Scoring Jeremy Garelick’s ‘Rolling Loud: The Movie’

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Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, Devotion, One of Them Days, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Swiped) has recently been scoring the upcoming comedy Rolling Loud: The Movie. The film is written and directed by Jeremy Garelick (Murder Mystery 2, The Wedding Ringer) and stars Owen Wilson, Matt Rife, Christine Ko, Sexyy Red, Ty Dolla $ign, Ski Mask The Slump God, Henry Winkler, Christian Convery, Jolene and Travis Scott. The movie follows a by-the-book dad who sneaks his 13-year-old son into the world’s largest hip-hop festival, triggering a chaotic adventure with a reckless co-worker and an eccentric volunteer.

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‘Swiped’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original movie Swiped. The album features the film’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Devotion, One of Them Days, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Defeated). Also included are two original songs written by Dancy and performed by Ronan My Love. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, September 19 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first score track and both songs below. Swiped is directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and stars Lily James, Myha’la, Jackson White, Dan Stevens, Ben Schnetzer, Pierson Fode, Ian Colletti, Aidan Laprete, Ana Yi Puig, Pedro Correa, Mary Neely, Coral Peña and Hunter Sansone. The biographical drama tells the real-life story of Whitney Wolfe Herd, the woman who helped create two innovative blockbuster dating apps and, in doing so, became the world’s youngest female billionaire.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 14, 2025)

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Making its linear debut in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Reunion created by William Mager and starring Matthew Gurney, Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Rose Ayling-Ellis and Eddie Marsan. The show’s original music is composed by Jeremy Warmsley (Carnage, Big Mood, Homebound, Jalopy, The Power of Parker). Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past May following the drama’s UK debut on BBC One. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the 4-parter, which will air every Sunday night on Showtime and is also available to stream on Paramount+ for Premium Plan subcribers

Premiering on Tuesday, September 16, is the Netflix original documentary Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story directed by Rebecca Chaiklin and produced by Chris Smith, Rebecca Chaiklin and Stacy Smith. Mark Yaeger (Embeds, Yoko, Valensole 1965) has composed the film’s original music. The movie, which goes behind the scenes with Märtha Louise and Shaman Durek Verrett in the lead-up to their divisive wedding in Norway, will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

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Chanda Dancy Scoring Yaniv Raz’s ‘Eternal Return’

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Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Devotion, One of Them Days,Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Defeated) has composed the original score for the upcoming romantic fantasy drama Eternal Return. The film is written and directed by Yaniv Raz (Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets) and stars Naomi Scott, Kit Harington, Simon Callow, Sonoya Mizuno and Jay Lycurgo. The movie follows an adventurous trio as they are journeying back through time in search of the power to love again.

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Chanda Dancy Scoring Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s ‘Swiped’

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Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, One of Them Days, Devotion, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Defeated) has composed the original music for the upcoming biographical drama Swiped. The film is directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Unpregnant, Valley Girl) and stars Lily James, Myha’la, Jackson White, Dan Stevens, Pierson Fode, Ben Schnetzer, Ian Colletti, Aidan Laprete, Mary Neely, Ana Yi Puig, Pedro Correa, Coral Peña and Hunter Sansone. The movie is inspired by the true story of online dating platform Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd who became one of the youngest self-made billionaires at age 31.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 18, 2025)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher movie I Know What You Did Last Summer directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and starring Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Billy Campbell, Austin Nichols, Sarah Pidgeon, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Gabbriette Bechtel and Freddie Prinze Jr. The album film’s original music is composed by Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, Devotion, One of Them Days, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, I Wanna Dance with Somebody). Milan Records 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 Sony Pictures release.

Also opening nationwide is the western Eddington written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes, Clifton Collins Jr., Micheal Ward, Deirdre O’Connell, Amélie Hoeferle and William Belleau. Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Enola Holmes, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Birds of Prey) & Bobby Krlic (Midsommar, Blue Beetle, Him, Beef, Beau Is Afraid, Returnal) have composed the film’s original music. A24 Music 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 A24.

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the slasher sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award nominee Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, One of Them Days, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Devotion, The Defeated,  I Wanna Dance with Somebody). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 18 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. I Know What You Did Last Summer is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Billy Campbell, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Austin Nichols, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Gabbriette Bechtel, as well as the stars from the original 1997 movie, Jennifer Love Hewitt & Freddie Prinze Jr.

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Chanda Dancy Scoring Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

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Chanda Dancy (Blink Twice, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, One of Them Days, Devotion, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, The Defeated) has recently been recording her score for the upcoming slasher sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer. The film is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge, Someone Great) and stars Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Billy Campbell, Sarah Pidgeon, Austin Nichols, Gabbriette Bechtel, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The movie follows five friends who cover up their involvement in a deadly car accident. When their past comes back to haunt them a year later, they turn to two survivors of the legendary Southport Massacre of 1997 for help.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 17, 2025)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Wolf Man co-written and directed by Leigh Whannell and starring  Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matlida Firth, Beatriz Romilly, Ben Prendergast, Sam Jaeger, Zac Chandler, Benedict Hardie and Milo Cawthorne. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Alien: Romulus, The Invisible Man, Twisters, Blade Runner, Shazam!, 2049, Hidden Figures, Thirteen Lives). Back Lot Music 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 Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Also opening wide is the comedy One of Them Days directed by Lawrence Lamont and starring Keke Palmer, SZA, Katt Williams, Maude Apatow, Janelle James and Lil Rel Howery. Chanda Dancy (Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Blink Twice, Devotion, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Aftershock, The Defeated) has composed the film’s original music. Madison Gate 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 Sony Pictures

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