Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the British Netflix limited series Hostage. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Alien: Earth, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, Zero Day, The Night Of, Legion, Untamed, For All Mankind). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to two tracks from the composer’s score after the jump. Hostage is created by Matt Charman and stars Suranne Jones, Julie Delpy, Corey Mylchreest, Ashley Thomas, Martin McCann, Mark Lewis Jones, Jehnny Beth, Hiftu Quasem, Isobel Akuwudike and Sophie Robertson. The 5-part thriller follows the British Prime Minister as she goes head to head with the French President and is forced to make an unimaginable decision when her husband is kidnapped.
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‘Alien: Earth’ Soundtrack Album Details
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the FX original series Alien: Earth. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Ripley, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Legion, The Night Of, Untamed, For All Mankind, Zero Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 12 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to two tracks below. Alien: Earth is created by Noah Hawley and stars Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Essie Davis, Adrian Edmondson, Lily Newmark, Adarsh Gourav, David Rysdahl, Erana James, Jonathan Ajayi, Diêm Camille, Kit Young, Moe Bar-El and Sandra Yi Sencindiver.
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.
Jeff Russo Scoring Roberto Sneider’s ‘Looking Through Water’
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Alien: Earth, Ripley, Zero Day, The Night Of, Legion, Untamed, The Umbrella Academy, For All Mankind) has provided the original score for the upcoming drama Looking Through Water. The film is directed by Roberto Sneider (Tear This Heart Out, You’re Killing Me Susana) and stars Michael Stahl-David, David Morse, Ximena Romo, Cameron Douglas, Walker Scobell and Michael Douglas. The movie follows a successful executive who joins his estranged father for a fishing competition in Belize after a public meltdown, only to find healing, truth, and purpose in an unexpected family bond.
Jeff Russo Scoring Netflix’s ‘Hostage’
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Night Of, Ripley, Zero Day, The Umbrella Academy, Legion, For All Mankind) is the composer of the upcoming British Netflix limited series Hostage. The show is created by Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies, Suite Francaise) and stars Suranne Jones, Julie Delpy, Corey Mylchreest, Martin McCann, Ashley Thomas, Mark Lewis Jones, Isobel Akuwudike, Jehnny Beth, Hiftu Quasem and Sophie Robertson. The 5-part thriller follows the British Prime Minister who is forced to choose between her country and her family when her husband is kidnapped and the French president who is also facing an unimaginable choice when she starts receiving threats .
Jeff Russo Scoring Netflix’s ‘Untamed’
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, The Umbrella Academy, Ripley, The Night Of, Zero Day, Legion, For All Mankind) has composed the original music for the new Netflix limited series Untamed. The show is created by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, American Primeval) & Elle Smith and stars Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago and Wilson Bethel. The mystery thriller revolves around a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness and whose murder investigation sends him on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past.
Jeff Russo Scoring Prime Video’s ‘Ballard’
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, The Umbrella Academy, The Night Of, For All Mankind, Zero Day, Legion) is returning to score the new Prime Video original series Ballard. The spinoff of the streamer’s Bosch: Legacy (which Russo scored during its entire run between 2022 and early 2025) is based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling novels and stars Maggie Q, Titus Welliver, John Carroll Lynch, Courtney Taylor, Michael Mosley, Victoria Moroles, Rebecca Field, Amy Hill, Ricardo Chavira, Alain Uy, Noah Bean and Hector Hugo. The drama follows Detective Renée Ballard as she leads the LAPD’s new and underfunded cold case division, tackling the city’s most challenging long-forgotten crimes with empathy and relentless determination.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 23, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action reimagining of Disney’s animated feature Lilo & Stitch directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and starring Maia Kealoha, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Billy Magnussen, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere and Zach Galifianakis. The film’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Station Eleven, Luca, Superman & Lois, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Maniac, Beasts of No Nation, The Good Doctor). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as several songs this past Wednesday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Walt Disney Pictures release and also click here to check out the project’s music team credits.
Also opening wide is the action sequel Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning co-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny, Pom Klementieff, Holt McCallany, Mariela Garriga, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Shea Whigham and Angela Bassett. Max Aruj (The Ice Road, Crawl, Lansky, Mech Cadets, iBoy) and Alfie Godfrey (Marching Powder, A Town Called Malice) have composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. La-La Land Records will release a CD version and Mutant will release a double vinyl edition. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Paramount Pictures.
‘The Last Rodeo’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama The Last Rodeo. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, Zero Day, The Umbrella Academy, For All Mankind, Legion, The Night Of). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, May 23 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s end titles suite below. The Last Rodeo is co-written and directed by Jon Avnet and stars Neal McDonough, Derek Presley, Mykelti Williamson, Christopher McDonald, Sarah Jones, as well as professional bull riding champion Daylon Swearingen. The movie revolves around a retired rodeo legend as he enters a high-stakes bull-riding competition as the oldest contestant ever in order to save his grandson while he reconciles old wounds with his estranged daughter.
Jeff Russo Scoring Jon Avnet’s ‘The Last Rodeo’
Jeff Russo (Fargo, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard, Ripley, The Umbrella Academy, Legion, The Night Of) has composed the original music for the upcoming drama The Last Rodeo. The film is directed by Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Up Close & Personal) and stars Neal McDonough, Derek Presley, Mykelti Williamson, Sarah Jones, Christopher McDonald and professional bull riding champion Daylon Swearingen. The movie tells the story of a retired rodeo legend facing his own painful past and the fears of his family who enters a high-stakes bull-riding competition as the oldest contestant ever to save his grandson.