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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 24, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical drama Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere written and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffman, David Krumholtz and Marc Maron. The film’s original music is composed by The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites (The Long Walk). Dave Cobb serves as the project’s executive music producer. Columbia Records will release a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie performed by Allen White on December (check out our previous article for the full album details and click here to listen to five first tracks). Milan Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring Fraites’ score today (click here for the full details).

Also opening wide is the romantic drama Regretting You directed by Josh Boone and starring Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco, Mason Thames, Scott Eastwood, Sam Morelos, Clancy Brown and Willa Fitzgerald. Nathaniel Walcott (The Fault in Our Stars, The Stand, Stuck in Love, Midnight Sun, Come and Find Me) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records 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 Paramount Pictures production.

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‘Bugonia’ Soundtrack Album Details

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Yorgos Lanthimos’ comedy Bugonia. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness). Also included is Marlene Dietrich’s rendition of  Where Have All the Flowers Gone. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, October 31. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. A first track (Star Saliva / Industry) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Bugonia is directed by Lanthimos, written by Will Tracy and stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Stavros Halkias, Aidan Delbis and Alicia Silverstone. The movie is based on the 2003 South Korean feature Save the Green Planet and follows two conspiracy obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

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Jerskin Fendrix Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards

Jerskin Fendrix was named Film Composer of the Year at the 24th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 51st Ghent Film Festival, for his scores for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things (for which he also received an Academy Award nomination earlier this year) and Kinds of Kindness. He was also the winner in the Discovery of the Year category. Natalie Holt was honored as TV Composer of the Year today for her score for the second season of Marvel’s Disney+ series Loki. She has previously been nominated twice in the category and also received a Discovery nomination in 2021. Billie Eislish and Finneas O’Connell won the award in the Original Song category for What Was I Made For? from Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, for which they also received an Academy Award this year.

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Jerskin Fendrix to Reteam with Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Bugonia’

Composer Jerskin Fendrix is set to reteam with Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster) on the director’s next feature, Bugonia. The film starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons is based on the 2003 South Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet! and follows two conspiracy obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Will Tracy (The Menu, The Regime) wrote the screenplay.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 21, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the crime drama The Bikeriders written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, Norman Reedus, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook, Damon Herriman, Beau Knapp, Emory Cohen and Karl Glusman. The film’s original score is composed by David Wingo (Barry, Mayans, M.C., The Report, Our Brand Is Crisis, Kidding). Mutant and Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album featuring thirteen 60s songs from the movie by artists such as The Sonics, Gary U.S. Bonds, Dale Hawkins, The Stooges, The Staple Singers, The Shangri-Las, Mickey Murray, among others, as a vinyl edition later this summer. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.

Also opening wide is the horror thriller The Exorcism co-written and directed by Joshua John Miller and starring Russell Crowe, Sam Worthington, Ryan Simpkins, Chloe Bailey, David Hyde Pierce and Adam Goldberg. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, Tokyo Vice, Fear the Walking Dead, Enemy, The White Tiger, The Staircase, Boy Erased) have composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by Vertical.

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‘Kinds of Kindness’ Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Jerskin Fendrix who previously scored (and received an Academy Award nomination for) the director’s last feature, Poor Things. Also included are songs by Eurythmics, Cobrah, Dio, as well as Margaret Qualley’s rendition of the Bee Gees’ How Deep is Your Love. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 21 by Milan Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and and any other major digital music services. Listen to the composer’s first track and Qualley’s cover after the jump. Waxwork Records will release a vinyl edition. Kinds of Kindness is co-written and directed by Lanthimos and stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Qualley, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn and Hunter Schafer.

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Jerskin Fendrix Scoring Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Kinds of Kindness’

Composer Jerskin Fendrix is reteaming with director Yorgos Lanthimos on the upcoming sci-fi anthology movie Kinds of Kindness. The film is co-written (with Efthimis Filippou) and directed by Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster) and stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Hunter Schafer and Mamoudou Athie. No plot details have been revealed yet. Lanthimos is also producing the project with Ed Guiney (Room, Disobedience), Andrew Lowe (Normal People, The Wonder) and Kasia Malipan.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 8, 2023)

Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated feature The Boy and the Heron written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring (in its English language version) Christian Bale, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Mark Hamill, Florence Pugh, Karen Fukuhara and Luca Padovan. The film’s original music is composed by Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle). Studio Ghibli has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for the full album details). Available separately from Milan Records is the original song Spinning Globe by Kenshi Yonezu (click here to listen to the track and to learn more about the movie).

Opening in select theaters today before expanding nationwide in the coming weeks is the fantasy comedy Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichae. Jerskin Fendrix has composed the film’s original music and made his scoring debut on the project. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Searchlight Pictures.

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‘Poor Things’ Soundtrack Album Details

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for Yorgos Lanthimos’ fantasy comedy Poor Things. The album features the movie’s original music written by pianist, violinist, songwriter and composer Jerskin Fendrix who has made his film scoring debut on the project. The soundtrack will be released on December 8 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Two first tracks (Bella/Lisbon) are already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. A vinyl edition will be released by Waxwork Records. Poor Things is directed by Lanthimos, written by Tony McNamara and stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Abbott, Ramy Youssef and Jerrod Carmichael. The movie follows  a young woman brought back to life by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist who runs off with a slick and debauched lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.

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Jerskin Fendrix Scoring Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’

Pianist, violinist, songwriter and composer Jerskin Fendrix has made his feature scoring debut on the upcoming comedy Poor Things. The film is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster) and stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Jerrod Carmichael, Ramy Youssef and Christopher Abbott. The movie is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray and revolves around a young woman brought back to life by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist who runs off with a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.

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