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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 4, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the crime thriller By Any Means directed by Elegance Bratton and starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, David Strathairn, Nicole Beharie, LisaGay Hamilton,Ethan Embry, Josh Lucas, LaChanze and Giancarlo Esposito. The film’s original score is composed by Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman,  Inside Man, The Woman King, 25th Hour, Perry Mason, Da 5 Bloods, Love & Basketball). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music is expected to be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. AB Records has released the original title song written by Diane Warren and performed by David Kushner & The Isley Brothers last Friday and will release a separate album featuring more songs on September 18. Click here to listen to the track and check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Paramount Pictures.

Also opening wide is the action/horror movie Onslaught directed by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and starring Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Drew Starkey, Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Rebecca Hall, Michael Biehn and Alex Pereira. Matthew Pusti (aka Makeup and Vanity Set) (A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, The Girlfriend Experience) has composed the film’s original music. A24 Music 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 A24 release.

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‘Dark Hollow’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Editions Verde will release a soundtrack album for the indie creature feature Dark Hollow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jordan Dykstra (20 Days in Mariupol, Blow the Man Down, Holding Liat, Restless). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 4 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Dark Hollow is written and directed by Daniel Byers and stars June Shreiner, David Garelik, J. Stephen Brantley, Brennon Weese, Jonathan Spivey, Ian Deighan and Sean Michael Wilkinson. The horror movie revolves around a nightmarish monster that emerges from the depths of an Appalachian coal mine and follows a young mother who must hunt down the creature to protect her home and save her family.

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‘Holding Liat’ Soundtrack Released

Editions Verde has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Holding Liat. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jordan Dykstra (20 Days in Mariupol, Blow the Man Down, Restless). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s final track (A Sense of Symmetry) after the jump. Holding Liat is directed by Brandon Kramer and examines the Gaza war through the lens of an Israeli family whose daughter was kidnapped on October 7. The movie produced by Darren Aronofsky (for Protozoa Pictures) has recently been shortlisted in the Documentary Feature category for this year’s Academy Awards.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 14, 2023)

Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the spy/action movie Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One co-written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby and Henry Czerny. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music earlier this week. CD and vinyl editions will be released by La-La Land Records and Mondo. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures production.

Opening semi-wide in around 650 U.S. theaters is the Irish comedy drama The Miracle Club directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan and starring Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, Agnes O’Casey and Stephen Rea. Edmund Butt (Life on Mars, Dalíland, Origin, Finding Alice, Bancroft, Mistress) has composed the film’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures Classics release.

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’20 Days in Mariupol’ Soundtrack Album Details

Editions Verde will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary 20 Days in Mariupol. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jordan Dykstra (Blow the Man Down, Restless). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, July 14 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. 20 Days in Mariupol is told through the perspective of Ukrainian-born director and AP video journalist Mstyslav Chernov and chronicles the early days of Russia’s invasion of the city of Mariupol, Ukraine.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 15, 2020)

Premiering on Wednesday, March 18, is the Hulu limited series Little Fires Everwhere created by Liz Tigelaar based on Celeste Ng’s novel of the same title and starring Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu. The show’s original score is composed by Mark Isham (Crash, Once Upon a Time, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant, Miracle) & Florence + the Machine’s Isabella Summers. Check out our previous article to learn more about the drama and check back on this page within the next few days for more information about a soundtrack release.

Also premiering on Wednesday is the Freeform original series Motherland: Fort Salem created by Eliot Laurence and starring Taylor Hickson, Ashley Nicole Williams, Lyne Renee and Jessica Sutton, Brandon Roberts (Underwater, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, TURN: Washington’s Spies, The Twilight Zone, Little Evil) is composing the show’s original music. Visit the official show website for more information about the drama, which follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem, and which will air every Wednesday night on Freeform.

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‘Hail Satan?’ Soundtrack Released

Wayfind Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Hail Satan?. The album features the film’s original music composed by Brian McOmber (It Comes at Night, Little Woods, Krisha, Ugly) featuring Angel Deradoorian and Jordan Dykstra. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Hail Satan? is directed by Penny Lane and charts the rise of The Satanic Temple, a mysterious organization led by Lucien Greaves that is calling for a Satanic revolution to save the nation’s soul. The documentary premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being released in select theaters this weekend by Magnolia Pictures.

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Brian McOmber & Jordan Dykstra Scoring ‘Blow the Man Down’

Brian McOmber (It Comes at Night, Krisha) and Jordan Dykstra have composed the music for the upcoming indie comedy drama Blow the Man Down. The film is written and directed by Danielle Krudy & Bridget Savage Cole and stars Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, Margo Martindale, June Squibb, Annette O’Toole and Marceline Hugot. The movie follows two sisters grieving for the loss of their mother who suddenly find they have a crime to cover up, leading them deep into the underbelly of their salty Maine fishing village. Drew Houpt (Beach Rats), Alex Scharfman (Women Who Kill), Tim Headington (Hugo, The Tourist) and Lia Buman are producing the project. 

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