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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic fantasy drama Practical Magic 2 directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Lee Pace, Joey King, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod. The film’s original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman,  The Gilded Age, Hacksaw Ridge,  The CrownThe Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Smallfoot, Hotel Rwanda). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Bleachers, Brandi Carlile & Aldae today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the period action drama The Uprising written and directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Woody Norman, Jonny Lee Miller, Katherine Waterston and Sky Yang. Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, Lion, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift,  A House of Dynamite, One Life) 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 for more information about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features.

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‘Hope’ Soundtrack Album Details

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the South Korean sci-fi/action thriller Hope. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Sirens, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking, See You Yesterday). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits and check out the composer’s title track below. Hope is written and directed by Na Hong-jin and stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton. The movie takes place in a remote South Korea village, where the police chief and and an officerare called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village and follows a coterie of hunters who set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead.

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Michael Abels Scoring Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’

Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Sirens, Star Wars: The Acolyte, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, See You Yesterday, Breaking) is scoring the upcoming South Korean sci-fi/action thriller Hope. The film is directed by Na Hong-jin (The Wailing, The Yellow Sea) and stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton. The movie follows a local police chief who is alerted when a tiger has appeared in the town’s hills. What begins as a local emergency soon spirals into a terrifying mystery that forces the town’s residents to confront the unknown.

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Chance The Rapper & Nico Segal to Develop Movie Musical ‘Hope’

Deadline is reporting that Chance The Rapper is developing the original movie musical Hope. The hip-hop artist who recently contributed music to Illumination’s animated feature Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch is producing the MGM production with Pat Corcoran and Scott Bernstein (Straight Outta Compton, The Turning). Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Nico Segal (aka Donnie Trumpet) will oversee the creation of the film’s original music. Carlito Rodriguez is writing the screenplay for the film, which follows a group of Chicago teenagers that band together to turn art into action within their community.

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