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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 9, 2026)

October 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the drama The Social Reckoning written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Wunmi Mosaku, Bill Burr, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen and Jeremy Strong. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The King’s Speech, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Godzilla, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Queen, Frankenstein, Philomena). Sony Classical 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 Sony Pictures.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Other Mommy directed by Rob Savage and starring Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, Arabella Olivia Clark and Karen Allen. Patrick Jonsson (The Boogeyman,The White Helmets, Mint, Scrapper, Black Earth Rising, Wildcat, The Lost Children, Virunga, On Her Shoulders) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music 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 Blumhouse Atomic Monster production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

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‘Angel and the Badman’ Soundtrack Album Released

October 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Angel and the Badman, Hanan Townshend, Julio Quintana, score, Soundtrack

Angel (Studios) has released a soundtrack album for the western Angel and the Badman. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, The Long Game, Semper Fi, Went Up the Hill, The Vessel, Blue Miracle, Outcry). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Angel and the Badman is directed by Julio Quintana and stars Zachary Levi, Meg Fraser, Tommy Lee Jones, Neal McDonough, Barrett Klepac, Jean Louisa Kelly, Melissa Chambers, Jesus Carus, Maurice Greene and Sean Bridgers. The movie based on James Edward Grant’s 1947 feature (starring John Wayne) tells the story of a wounded outlaw who stumbles onto a rancher’s land, where he is offered a chance at a life beyond violence by the rancher’s daughter.

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‘Deep Quiet Room’ Soundtrack Album Released

June 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Deep Quiet Room, Hanan Townshend, score, Shen Ko-shang, Soundtrack

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Taiwanese drama Deep Quiet Room. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Went Up the Hill, Semper Fi, The Long Game, The Vessel, Blue Miracle, Outcry). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon or any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Living a Twisted Life) below. Deep Quiet Room is co-written and directed by Shen Ko-shang and stars Joseph Chang, Ariel Lin, King Shih-chieh, Umin Boya, Bella Chen, Ding Ning, and Tai Jo-mei. The movie revolves around a grieving husband after his wife’s tragic suicide as he discovers a hidden manuscript that exposes dark, devastating secrets of abuse within her family.

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‘Went Up the Hill’ Soundtrack Album Released

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

Tags: Hanan Townshend, Samuel Van Grinsven, score, Soundtrack, Went Up the Hill

MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the Australian/New Zealand psychological drama Went Up the Hill. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, The Long Game, Semper Fi, The Vessel, Blue Miracle, Outcry). Also included is the title song written and performed by lead actress Vicky Krieps. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to Townshend’s opening titles track and the song after the jump. Went Up the Hill is co-written and directed by Samuel Van Grinsven and also stars Dacre Montgomery, Sarah Peirse, Arlo Green and Finlay Grey. The movie follows a man who travels to New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, where he meet her grieving widow, when his mother’s ghost returns to inhabit both of them.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 15, 2025)

August 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Nobody 2 directed by Timo Tjahjanto and starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, Sharon Stone, RZA, Christopher Lloyd and Colin Hanks. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (Bullet Train, The Man in the High Castle, The Fall Guy, Peter Rabbit, Karate Kid: Legends, Your Friends & Neighbors, Money Monster, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Dope Thief, Violent Night). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs performed by José James, Des Rocs & Lewis himself today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Universal Pictures release.

Opening semi-wide in a couple of hundred theaters is the crime thriller Americana written and directed by Tony Tost and stars Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Halsey, Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon, Simon Rex, Toby Huss, Gavin Maddox Bergman, Derek Hinkey and Harriet Sansom Harris. David Fleming (Superman, The Last of Us, Damsel, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Hillbilly Elegy, Blue Planet II, The Unforgivable) has composed the film’s original score. A soundtrack album is expected to be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. Check out our previous article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Lionsgate.

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‘Between Borders’ Soundtrack Album Released

January 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Between Borders, Hanan Townshend, Mark Freiburger, score, Soundtrack

Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, The Long Game, Went Up the Hill, Blue Miracle, Semper Fi, The Vessel, Outcry) has released a soundtrack album for the drama Between Borders. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track after the jump. Between Borders is co-written and directed by Mark Freiburger and stars Elizabeth Tabish, Patrick Sabongui and Elizabeth Mitchell. The movie follows the Petrosyan family who finds themselves as outcasts in their home country of Azerbaijan and then in Russia and – after finding their eternal hope through a church planted by American missionaries – are pushed to seek refuge in the United States.

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Hanan Townshend Scoring Samuel Van Grinsven’s ‘Went Up the Hill’

July 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Hanan Townshend, Samuel Van Grinsven, Went Up the Hill

Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, The Long Game, To the Wonder, Semper Fi, Blue Miracle, The Vessel, Outcry) is scoring the upcoming Australian/New Zealand psychological horror feature Went Up the Hill. The film is written and directed by Samuel Van Grinsven (Sequin in a Blue Room) and stars Dacre Montgomery and Vicky Krieps. The movie follows a man who travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother, where he meet her grieving widow, when his mother’s ghost returns to inhabit both of them.

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‘The Long Game’ Soundtrack to Be Released

June 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Hanan Townshend, Julio Quintana, score, Soundtrack, The Long Game

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the sports drama The Long Game. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Blue Miracle, Semper Fi, The Vessel, Outcry, The Book of Vision). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 14 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 Long Game is co-written and directed by Julio Quintana and stars Jay Hernandez, Dennis Quaid, Julian Works, Oscar Nuñez, Jaina Lee Ortiz and Cheech Marin. The movie is based on Humberto G. Garcia’s novel Mustang Miracle and tells the true story of five young Mexican-American caddies in 1957 Texas who build their own golf course after being barred from playing on the courses where they worked.

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Hanan Townshend Scoring Julio Quintana’s ‘The Long Game’

March 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Hanan Townshend, Julio Quintana, The Long Game

Composer Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Semper Fi, Outcry, The Book of Vision) is reuniting with director Julio Quintana on the upcoming sports drama The Long Game. The film starring Jay Hernandez, Dennis Quaid, Cheech Marin, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Julian Works, Oscar Nuñez, Brett Cullen, Richard Robichaux and Paulina Chávez is set in 1950s Texas and follows five young Mexican-American caddies at a local, exclusive golf club where the discriminatory laws of the era forbade them from playing, as they create their own homemade course in the Texas desert.

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Soundtrack Album for HBO’s ‘Simple as Water’ to Be Released

January 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Hanan Townshend, HBO, HBO Max, Megan Mylan, score, Simple as Water, Soundtrack

Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Simple as Water. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Blue Miracle, Outcry, Semper Fi, The Book of Vision). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, January 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Simple as Water directed by Megan Mylan (Lost Boys of Sudan, Smile Pinki) was filmed over the course of five years in five countries including Turkey, Greece, Germany, Syria and the US and explores the impact of war, separation, and displacement and takes audiences into Syrian families’ quests for normalcy and building a new life.

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