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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 29, 2026)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror feature Backrooms directed by Kane Parsons and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell. The film’s original music is composed by Edo Van Breemen (The Monkey, Keeper, Afflicted, Air, Hollow in the Land, The Backward Class) and Parsons. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the North Road Films, Atomic Monster, 21 Laps Entertainment & Phobos production, which is being released by A24.

Also opening nationwide is the historical drama Pressure written and directed by Anthony Maras and starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Damian Lewis, Chris Messina and Kerry Condon. Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front, Dune: Prophecy, The Day of the Jackal, The Amateur,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 Focus Features release.

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Lyric Video for ‘Power Ballad’ Original Song ‘How to Write a Song Without You’ Released

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The official lyric music video for the original song How to Write a Song Without You from the musical comedy drama Power Ballad has been released. The track written by Gary Clark and director John Carney is also being released today in several different versions performed by lead actors Nick Jonas & Paul Rudd as part of the movie’s official soundtrack album by Republic Records. Check out the lyric video of the Jonas version after the jump and visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream the song and soundtrack. Power Ballad is co-written and directed by Carney and also stars Peter McDonald, Havana Rose Liu, Jack Reynor and Marcella Plunkett.

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‘Power Ballad’ Soundtrack Album Announced

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Republic Records will release the official soundtrack album for the musical comedy drama Power Ballad. The album features the film’s original songs co-written by director John Carney (Once, Begin Again, Flora and Son) & Gary Clark (who serves as the project’s executive music producer) and performed by lead actors Paul Rudd & Nick Jonas, including  How to Write a Song Without You (in three different versions), as well as the covers performed by Rudd and his fictional band. The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, May 29 and will be available to stream on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Power Ballad is co-written and directed by Carney and also stars Peter McDonald, Havana Rose Liu, Marcella Plunkett and Jack Reynor. The movie follows a past-his-prime wedding singer who crosses paths with a fading boyband star during a gig, but when his new friend turns one of his songs into a hit, he sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves.

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‘Sing Street’ 10th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack Album Released

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Decca Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 2016 musical comedy drama Sing Street written and directed by John Carney and starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor and Mark McKenna. The album features the original songs from the film written by Carney and Gary Clark (Flora and Son, Power Ballad, Modern Love), as well as the film’s other songs by artists including Adam Levine, Motörhead, The Cure, Duran Duran, The Jam, among others. Also included are two brand new track versions performed by the Sing Street Band featuring cast from the stage musical adaption. The 10th Anniversary Edition is being released as a CD and vinyl edition, which includes new liner notes by Clark, and is now available to available to order on Amazon. The two new tracks (Dream for You & Drive It Like You Stole It) are also available to stream/download as digital singles and can be checked out below.

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‘Power Ballad’ to Feature Original Songs by Gary Clark & John Carney

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Songwriter/record producer Gary Clark and director John Carney (Once, Begin Again) have written the original songs for the upcoming musical comedy drama Power Ballad. They also composed the original score for the film directed by Carney and starring Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Havana Rose Liu, Marcella Plunkett and Jack Reynor. The movie follows a past-his-prime wedding singer who crosses paths with a fading boyband star during a gig, but when his new friend turns one of his songs into the hit that reignites his career, he sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves.

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Full Version of Original Song ‘Meet in the Middle’ from ‘Flora and Son’ Released

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Lakeshore Records has released the full version of the Academy Award-shortlisted original song Meet in the Middle from the musical comedy drama Flora and Son. The track co-written (with Gary Clark, John Carney & Robert John Ardiff) and performed by lead actors Eve Hewson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt is now available as a digital single, which also includes a previously unreleased score track (Hug Through Park by Clark), on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to both the song and new score track after the jump. The full soundtrack album featuring all songs from the movie was released digitally last September and on vinyl today (click here to order).

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 22, 2023)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action sequel Expend4bles directed by Scott Waugh and starring Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Dolph Lundgren, Iko Uwais, Randy Couture and Andy Garcia. The film’s original music is composed by Guillaume Roussel (Black Beauty, 3 Days to Kill, Happy!, The Spy, The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan). Millennium Media Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate Records.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie It Lives Inside co-written and directed by Bishal Dutta and starring Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Betty Gabriel, Mohana Krishnan and Vik Sahay. Wesley Hughes (The Stay, ReBroken) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows an Indian-American teen who unleashes an ancient Indian demonic force that kidnaps her estranged friend, premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Neon.

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‘Flora and Son’ Soundtrack Album Announced

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Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the musical drama Flora and Son. The album features the songs from the movie written by Gary Clark (Sing Street) & director John Carney (Once, Begin Again) and performed by cast members Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Orén Kinlan, as well as several score tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 15 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download) and a vinyl edition (to be released this December) is available to order here. A first song (High Life performed by Hewson & Kinlan) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below and a second single (Meet in the Middle by Gordon-Levitt & Hewson) will be coming out on September 13. Flora and Son is written and directed by Carney and revolves around a single mom at war with her teenage son who rescues a beat-up guitar from a dumpster to find him a hobby.

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‘Flora and Son’ to Feature Original Songs by Gary Clark & John Carney

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Songwriter/record producer Gary Clark and director John Carney (Once, Begin Again) and have written the original songs for the upcoming musical drama Flora and Son. Clark also composed the original score for the film written and directed by Carney and starring Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orén Kinlan and Jack Reynor. The movie follows a single mom who is at war with her teenage son and rescues a beat-up guitar from a dumpster to find him a hobby.

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‘Modern Love’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Announced

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Milan Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the Amazon anthologhy series Modern Love. The album features both score music and original songs from the show’s second season. Executive music producer Gary Clark and series showrunner, director, writer & executive producer John Carney have written both instrumental music and original vocal tracks featuring performances by Rosie Carney, Nerina Pallot, John Byrne and ANDERMO. The record also features songs written and performed by Andy Shauf, Chong the Nomad, Morcheeba’s Skye Edwards, Clark and Gregor Philip, as well as score tracks by Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Indignation), Philip and Brian Byrne (Albert Nobbs, Boychoir). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, August 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A first score track by Wadley (Good for Both of Us) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out below. Decca Classics has previously released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the first season.

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