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Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 22, 2026)

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Premiering tomorrow, February 23, is the CBS drama CIA created by Dick Wolf & David Hudgins and starring Tom Ellis, Nick Gehlfuss, Natalee Linez and Necar Zadegan. The show’s original music is composed by Atli Örvarsson (Silo, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Defending Jacob, The Edge of Seventeen, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Rams, Vantage Point, Chicago Fire/PD/Med, The Eagle).Check out our previous news article to learn more about the FBI spinoff, which will air Monday nights on CBS and will also be available to stream on Paramount+.

Also premiering tomorrow following a special premiere episode last month is the NBC comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins created by Robert Carlock & Sam Means and starring Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe, Erika Alexander, Precious Way, Bobby Moynihan, and Jalyn Hall. Jack Grabow has composed the theme for the show. The series, which follows a disgraced former football star on a mission to rehabilitate his image with the help of award-winning filmmaker who. also has to confront the ghosts of his past in order to earn back the admiration of his fans and the respect of his family, will air every Monday night on NBC and will also be available to stream on Peacock.

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‘Sin City’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Album Announced

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Varèse Sarabande has announced expanded CD and digital editions, as well the first-ever vinyl release of the soundtrack for the 2005 neo-noir crime anthology feature Sin City directed by Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Desperado) & Frank Miller and starring Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro, Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke and Elijah Wood. The album features the film’s original music composed by Rodriguez, John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Horizon: An American Saga) and Graeme Revell (Dead Calm, Tomb Raider, Pitch Black, The Negotiator, Daredevil, The Crow) who respectively scored the three different chapters to the big-screen adaptation of Miller’s neo-noir comic. The soundtrack will be released on March 27 as a widely available “Blood Red” translucent pressing, joined by exclusive limited-edition color variants from Barnes & Noble, Mondo and Enjoy the Ride. A Deluxe Edition expanded version of the film score featuring the complete original score cues by Rodriguez, Revell & Debney paired with brand-new liner notes will be released digitally and on CD as part of Varèse’s CD Club series on April 24. Visit Amazon to order the 2-CD version and vinyl edition and click here to stream/download the digital version.

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John Debney & Bruce Broughton Scoring Prime Video’s ‘The Gray House’

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John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus) & Bruce Broughton  (Silverado, Rescuers Down Under, Tombstone, Young Sherlock Holmes, The Miracle on 42nd Street) have teamed up to score the upcoming Prime Video limited series The Gray House. The show is directed by Roland Joffé (The Mission, The Killing Fields) and stars Mary-Louise Parker, Daisy Head, Amethyst Davis, Paul Anderson, Robert Knepper, Ian Duff, Hannah James, Christopher McDonald, Rob Morrow, Colin O’Donoghue, Colin Morgan, Sam Trammell, Keith David and Ben Vereen. The 8-part historical drama written by Leslie Greif & Darrell Fetty (Hatfields & McCoys) and John Sayles (Lone Star, Sunshine State) tells the true story of the four unsung women operating at the heart of Confederate power who evolved their Underground Railroad operation into a daring espionage network, risking their lives and freedom to help preserve the nation’s future and safeguard American Democracy.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 19, 2025)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi action adventure Avatar: Fire and Ash co-written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Giovanni Ribisi, Jack Champion, Joel David Moore, David Thewlis, Jemaine Clement and CCH Pounder. The film’s original music is composed by Simon Franglen (Avatar: The Way of Water, The Magnificent Seven, Peppermint, Avatar: World of Pandora,Notre Dame on Fire). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this month. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the third installment in the Avatar series, which is being released by 20th Century Studios.

Also opening wide is the psychological thriller The Housemaid directed by Paul Feig and starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Elizabeth Perkins and Michele Morrone. Theodore Shapiro (Severance, The Devil Wears Prada, Bombshell, A Simple Favor, Marley & Me, Ghostbusters, Spy, Tropic Thunder, Spies in Disguise) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a two volume soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (with vocals by Caroline Shaw) today. Check out soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Lionsgate release.

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John Debney Scoring Kat Coiro’s ‘You, Me & Tuscany’

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John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2,The Jungle Book, Horizon: An American Saga, The Emperor’s New Groove, Hocus Pocus) is currently recording his score for the upcoming romantic comedy You, Me & Tuscany. The film is directed by Kat Coiro (A Case of You, Life Happens) and stars Halle Bailey, Regé-Jean Page, Isabella Ferrari, Lorenzo de Moor, Aziza Scott, Marco Calvani, Lorenzo de Moor and Nia Vardalos. The movie follows a young woman who has abandoned her dreams of becoming a chef, when she meets a handsome Italian who happens to have a villa sitting empty in Tuscany and decides to jet off for Italy and crash at the place by pretending to be the owner’s son’s fiancée.

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‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Milan Records & Paramount Music will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2, The Emperor’s New Groove, The Jungle Book, Hocus Pocus) who previously scored 2015’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, December 19 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s final track below. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants is directed by Derek Drymon and features the voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence, Bill Fagerbakke, Mr. Lawrence, Regina Hall, Ice Spice (who also contributed the original song Big Guy), Arturo Castro, Sherry Cola, George Lopez and Mark Hamill.

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‘In Your Dreams’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original animated film In Your Dreams. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, Elf, Hocus Pocus, Liar Liar, Horizon: An American Saga, The Emperor’s New Groove). Also included are the songs from the film, including the original tracks The Holding On and the Letting Go written by Daniel Blake and performed by voice cast members Simu Liu & Cristin Milioti and Sleep2Dream written by Gigi Shabestari & Ryan Raines and performed by ggwendolyn, as well as covers of Don’t Cha & Mister Sandman produced by Alana Da Fonseca. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 14 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Listen to the first two songs and the final score track below and also click here to check out the project’s music team credits. In Your Dreams is directed by Alex Woo, co-directed by Erik Benson and also features the voices of Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Craig Robinson, Omid Djalili, Gia Carides, SungWon Cho and Zachary Noah Piser.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 7, 2025)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi action adventure Predator: Badlands directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. The film’s original music is composed by Sarah Schachner (Assassin’s Creed Origins & Valhalla, Prey, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Infinite Warfare, The Lazarus Effect) & Benjamin Wallfisch (Alien: Romulus, It, The Flash, The Invisible Man, Twisters, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Mortal Kombat, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening wide is the historical drama Nuremberg written and directed by James Vanderbilt and starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, Richard E. Grant, Mark O’Brien, John Slattery, Lydia Peckham, Wrenn Schmidt, Colin Hanks, Lotte Verbeek and Andreas Pietschmann. Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Now You See Me, Thor: The Dark World) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’ score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures Classics.

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‘The Emperor’s New Groove’ 25th Anniversary Vinyl Edition Soundtrack Announced

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Walt Disney Records has announced the premiere vinyl release of the soundtrack for the 2000 animated classic The Emperor’s New Groove directed by Mark Dindal and starring David Spade, John Goodman, Patrick Warburton, Eartha Kitt and Wendie Malick. The album features the film’s original songs written by Sting & David Hartley, as well as six tracks from the animated faeture’s original score composed by John Debney (The Jungle Book, Hocus Pocus, The Passion of the Christ, Elf, Iron Man 2) . The soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 25th anniversary, will be released as 2-LP set pressed on lemonade and grape color vinyl on November 14 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

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John Debney Scoring Adam Shankman’s ‘The Man with the Bag’

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John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf,  Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, The Emperor’s New Groove, Hocus Pocus) has recently been recording his score for the upcoming holiday comedy The Man with the Bag. The film is directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray, Bedtime Stories) and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Ritchson, Awkwafina, Liza Koshy, Kyle Mooney, Ken Jeong, Michael Cyril Creighton, Berkeley James, Adrian Martinez, Roger Bart, Jesmille Darbouze, Karren Karagulian, Gabi Samels, Jane Krakowski and Murray Hill. The movie follows Santa who – together with his daughter and a group of misfits – has to pull of his greatest heist to save Christmas when his magic bag gets stolen.

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