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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 23, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Clayface directed by James Watkins and starring Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Eddie Marsan, Nancy Carroll, Max Minghella and Joshua James. The film’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Verity, All Quiet on the Western Front,  Lion, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, The Uprising, Dune: Prophecy,  Adrift, A House of Dynamite). 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 DC Studios production, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Also opening nationwide is the animated feature Wildwood directed by Travis Knight and starring Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Mahershala Ali, Amandla Stenberg, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Jemaine Clement, Tom Waits, Tantoo Cardinal, Maya Erskine and Richard E. Grant. Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Kubo and the Two Strings, Pride and Prejudice, Darkest Hour,V for Vendetta,  Anna Karenina, The Boxtrolls, Paddington in Peru, Bumblebee) has composed the film’s original score. Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as The Decemberists’ original song The Better Part of Bravery (also available as a digital single) today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the LAIKA Studios production, which is being distributed by Fathom Entertainment.

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Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Anton Corbijn’s ‘A Talent for Murder’

Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Out of the Furnace, Locke, Leave No Trace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey) has recently scored the upcoming British thriller A Talent for Murder. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn (The American, A Most Wanted Man) and stars Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke. The movie is based on Joanna Murray-Smith’s play Switzerland and tells the story of a mysterious young man from a New York publisher who is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology..

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 8, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action fantasy adventure Mortal Kombat II directed by Simon McQuoid and starring Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Josh Lawson, Jessica McNamee, Lewis Tan, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Damon Herriman, Tati Gabrielle, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Alien: Romulus, Twisters, Hidden Figures, Shazam!, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Blade Runner 2049, The Invisible Man) who previously scored the original 2021 movie. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a new remix of the Olivier Adams-composed theme song Techno Syndrome from the game (feat. Ed Boon) last Friday. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Also opening wide the murder mystery comedy The Sheep Detectives directed by Kyle Balda and starring Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Galitzine, Nicholas Braun, Molly Gordon, Emma Thompson, Hong Chau, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brett Goldstein, Regina Hall, Chris O’Dowd,Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey and Rhys Darby. Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, WandaVision, Free Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Muppets, The Hangover, Agatha All Along, The Peanuts Movie) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Amazon MGM Studios release.

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‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ Soundtrack Album Released

Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original film Remarkably Bright Creatures. The album features the movie’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Leave No Trace, Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Locke, Last Chance Harvey). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Remarkably Bright Creatures is directed by Olivia Newman and stars Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Beth Grant, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Brandon McEwan, Donald Sales and Mapuana Makia. The drama is based on Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel of the same title by and tells the story of a widow who bonds with a clever octopus and an adrift young man while working nights at a small-town aquarium.

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Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Olivia Newman’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’

Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone,  The Lost Daughter, Leave No Trace, Out of the Furnace, Locke,  Daddio, Last Chance Harvey) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Remarkably Bright Creatures. The movie is directed by Olivia Newman (Where the Crawdads Sing, First Match) and stars Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Joan Chen, Beth Grant, Kathy Baker, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Donald Sales, Brandon McEwan and Mapuana Makia. The drama is based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Shelby Van Pelt and tells the story of a widow who bonds with a clever octopus and an adrift young man while working nights at a small-town aquarium.

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‘Prisoner 951’ Soundtrack Album Released

Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC drama Prisoner 951. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, The Lost Daughter, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Locke, Last Chance Harvey). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks after the jump. Prisoner 951 is created by Stephen Butchard based on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s & Richard Ratcliffe’s book A Yard of Sky and stars Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes. The 4-part drama directed by Philippa Lowthorpe tells the true story of a British-Iranian citizen who was imprisoned and held hostage by the Iranian state for six years, and her husband who campaigned for justice and her return.

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Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring BBC’s ‘Prisoner 951’

Dickon Hinchliffe (The Lost Daughter, Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, Out of the Furnace, Locke,Last Chance Harvey, Daddio) is the composer of the new BBC drama Prisoner 951. The show is created by Stephen Butchard (This City Is Ours, The Last Kingdom) based on the book A Yard of Sky written by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe & Richard Ratcliffe and stars Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes. The 4-part drama directed by Philippa Lowthorpe (H Is for Hawk, Swallows and Amazons tells the true story of Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen who was imprisoned and held hostage by the Iranian state for six years, and her husband Richard who campaigned for justice and her return.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 30, 2025)

Premiering today is the new AMC+ original series The Last Anniversary developed by Samantha Strauss based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel by  and starring Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald, Uli Latukefu, Helen Thomson, Susan Prior, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Xavier Samuel and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. The show’s original music is composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey). Check out our previous article to learn more about the 6-part mystery drama, which will be available to stream in the U.S. exclusively on AMC+.

Also premiering today is the Paramount+ original series MobLand created by Ronan Bennett and starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Paddy Considine, Lara Pulver, Joanne Froggatt, Anson Boon, Daniel Betts, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson, Lisa Dwan, Geoff Bell and Emily Barber. Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, The Young Victoria, Still Alice, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Kick-Ass) & Matt Bellamy (of the rock band Muse) are composing the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the crime drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.

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Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring AMC+’s & Binge’s ‘The Last Anniversary’

Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Leave No Trace, Out of the Furnace, Last Chance Harvey, Daddio) has composed the original music for the new AMC+ original series The Last Anniversary. The show is developed by Samantha Strauss (Apple Cider Vinegar, Nine Perfect Strangers) based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall) and stars Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald, Helen Thomson, Uli Latukefu, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Susan Prior, Xavier Samuel, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Angela Punch McGregor, Leon Ford, Charlie Garber, Nikki Shiels, Josephine Blazier, Elizabeth Cullen and Ines English. The 6-part mystery drama directed by John Polson (Hide and Seek, Swimfan) revolves around a young woman finding herself drawn into a complex web of family secrets after inheriting a house on a remote island.

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‘Firebrand’ Soundtrack Album Details

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the historical drama Firebrand. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, The Lost Daughter, Locke, Out of the Furnace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, July 5 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’s title track after the jump. Firebrand is directed by Karim Aïnouz and stars Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Sam Riley, Erin Doherty, Eddie Marsan, Junia Rees, Patsy Ferran, Ruby Bentall, Maia Jemmett and Bryony Hannah. The movie explores how Katherine Parr navigates a perilous marriage to the volatile Henry VIII in Tudor England, where court intrigue and the king’s paranoia threaten her survival.

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