Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film The Rip. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, 2 Guns, The Rainmaker, Pompeii, Contraband, Colony, Copshop, Code Black). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 16 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Rip is written and directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Kyle Chandler, Scott Adkins, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Lina Esco and Nestor Carbonell. The action thriller follows a team of Miami cops who discover millions in cash inside a run-down stash house, forcing the team to question everything and everyone they thought they could rely on.
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Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 11, 2025)
Premiering today is the second season of the British TV series The Night Manager created by David Farr based on the characters created by John le Carré and starring Tom Hiddleston, Diego Calva, Camila Morrone, Olivia Colman, Alistair Petrie, Michael Nardone, Douglas Hodge, Hayley Squires, Indira Varma, Paul Chahid and Noah Jupe. The new season’s original music is composed by Federico Jusid (The Secret in Their Eyes, A Gentleman in Moscow, A Thousand Blows, The English, The Penguin Lessons, Watership Down, The Eternaut, The Head, Misconduct). Check out our previous article to learn more about the spy thriller, which currently airs in the UK Sunday nights on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on Prime Video.
Also premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British TV series Bookish created by Mark Gatiss and starring Gatiss himself, Polly Walker, Connor Finch, Elliot Levey, Blake Harrison and Buket Kömür. Sarah Warne (Des, Time, The Long Shadow, Humans, Dark Money, Hollington Drive, Steeltown Murders, The Drowning) has composed the show’s original music. Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last July when the crime drama premiered in the UK on U&alibi. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the series, which is making its domestic debut on PBS.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 12, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Ella McCay written and directed by James L. Brooks and starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Albert Brooks, Ayo Edebiri, Rebecca Hall, Spike Fearn, Joey Brooks, Julie Kavner, Becky Ann Baker, and Woody Harrelson. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (Interstellar, The Dark Knight,The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Dune, Pirates of the Caribbean, Man of Steel). Hollywood 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 20th Century Studios release.
Also opening wide is the horror thriller Dust Bunny written and directed by Bryan Fuller and starring Mads Mikkelsen, Sigourney Weaver, Sophie Sloan, David Dastmalchian and Sheila Atim. Isabella Summers (aka Isa Machine of Florence + the Machine) (Little Fires Everywhere, Lisa Frankenstein, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, KAOS, Physical, The Offer, Hitpig!) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Roadside Attractions.
‘Not Without Hope’ Soundtrack Album Released
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the survival thriller Not Without Hope. The album features the film’s original music composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, Pompeii, The Rainmaker, 2 Guns, Contraband, Cop Shop, Boss Level, Code Black, Colony). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. Not Without Hope is co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Zachary Levi, Terrence Terrell, Quentin Plair, Josh Duhamel, Jobeth Williams, Floriana Lima and Marshall Cook. The movie follows a group of friends whose fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they’re left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 21, 2025)
Premiering on Tuesday, September 23 is the FX original series The Lowdown created by Sterlin Harjo and starring Ethan Hawke, Keith David, Kyle MacLachlan, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kaniehtiio Horn, Tim Blake Nelson, Michael “Killer Mike” Render and Tracy Letts. The show’s original music is composed by singer/songwriter and guitarist JD McPherson who has made his scoring debut on the project. The neo-noir crime drama, which revolves around a self-proclaimed Tulsa “truthstorian” whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble, will air every Tuesday night on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Premiering on Wednesday, September 24, is the Prime Video original series Hotel Costiera created by Elena Bucaccio & Francesco Arlanch and starring Jesse Williams, Maria Chiara Giannetta, Jordan Alexandra, Antonio Gerardi, Sam Haygarth, Tommaso Ragno, Amanda Campana, Pierpaolo Spollon, Alejandra Onieva and Jean-Hugues Anglade. Anton Sanko (The Possession, Rabbit Hole, Ouija, Big Love, The Silent Hour, Fractured, The Half of It) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the 6-part action drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Clinton Shorter Scoring Joe Carnahan’s ‘The Rip’
Composer Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, 2 Guns, Pompeii, Contraband, Colony, Code Black) is reuniting with director Joe Carnahan (Narc, The Grey) on the upcoming Netflix original film The Rip. The crime thriller starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Kyle Chandler, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Scott Adkins, Sasha Calle, Lina Esco & Nestor Carbonell follows a team of Miami cops who discover millions in cash inside a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question, including who they can rely on.
Soundtrack Album for USA’s ‘The Rainmaker’ TV Series to Be Released
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the USA original series The Rainmaker. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, Pompeii, 2 Guns, Code Black, Contraband, Colony, Copshop, Boss Level). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 15 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. The Rainmaker is developed by Michael Seitzman based on the bestselling novel by John Grisham and stars Milo Callaghan, John Slattery, Lana Parrilla, P.J. Byrne, Madison Iseman, Dan Fogler, Robyn Cara and Wade Briggs. The legal drama/thriller follows an attorney fresh out of law school as he goes head-to-head with a courtroom lion and his girlfriend to uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding their client’s son’s mysterious death.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 10, 2025)
Premiering tomorrow, August 11, is the Acorn TV original series Irish Blood created by Christina Ray & Aaron Martin and starring Alicia Silverstone, Jason O’Mara, Simone Kirby, Wendy Crewson, Ruth Codd, Leonardo Taiwo and Dearbhla Molloy. The show’s original music is composed by Ames Bessada (I Used to Be Funny, Black Mirror: Joan Is Awful & Common People, Astrid and Lilly Save the World, Holly Hobbie). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Acorn TV.
Premiering on Tuesday, August 12, is the FX original series Alien: Earth created by Noah Hawley and starring Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Babou Ceesay, Samuel Blenkin, Adrian Edmondson, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Lily Newmark, Adarsh Gourav, Erana James, Jonathan Ajayi, Kit Youn, Moe Bar-El, Diêm Camille and Sandra Yi Sencindiver. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, Ripley, The Night Of, Zero Day, Untamed, For All Mankind) has composed the show’s original music. The sci-fi drama, which follows a hybrid prototype and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers as they make a fateful discovery when a mysterious deep space research vessel crash-lands on Earth that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat, will air every Tuesday on FX and will also be available to stream on Hulu.
Clinton Shorter to Score USA’s ‘The Rainmaker’ TV Series
Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, 2 Guns, Pompeii, Contraband, Copshop, Boss Level, Colony) has been hired to score the upcoming USA original series The Rainmaker. The show is developed by Michael Seitzman (Incarnate, Intelligence) based on the bestselling novel by John Grisham (which has previously been adapted into a feature directed by Francis Ford Coppola and scored by Elmer Bernstein) and stars Milo Callaghan, John Slattery, Madison Iseman, Lana Parrilla, Wade Briggs, P.J. Byrne, Dan Fogler and Robyn Cara. The legal drama follows an attorney fresh out of law school as he goes head-to-head with a courtroom lion and his law school girlfriend to uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 17, 2021)
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the drama Cry Macho directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood himself, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Fernanda Urrejola, Dwight Yoakam and Horacio Garcia-Rojas. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Mancina (Moana, Tarzan, Bad Boys, Speed, Twister, August Rush, Training Day). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Will Banister last week. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is also premiering on HBO Max today.
Also opening wide is the action thriller Copshop directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder and Toby Huss. Clinton Shorter (District 9, The Expanse, 2 Guns, Contraband, Pompeii, Boss Level) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical 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 STXfilms production and Open Road Films release.