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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 30, 2026)

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Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the survival horror thriller/comedy Send Help directed by Sam Raimi and starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spider-Man, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Alice in Wonderland,Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black). Hollywood 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 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening nationwide is the action thriller Shelter directed by Ric Roman Waugh and staring Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Bill Nighy and Naomi Ackie. David Buckley (The Sandman, Nobody, The Good Wife, The Nice Guys, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Good Fight, The Lincoln Lawyer, Papillon, Jason Bourne) has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being released by Black Bear Pictures.

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‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!’ Soundtrack Album Announced

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Karl Sölve Steven (Come to Daddy, The Justice of Bunny King, Black Hands, The Girl on the Bridge, Bellbird) will release a soundtrack album for the documentary The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!. The album features the composer’s original score from the film, as well as the opening piece Momento Mori by Steven and Mark Perkins (aka Merk). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 4 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to Momento Mori (coming out as the album’s lead single on July 28) after the jump. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%! directed by Nathan Price is based on Mark Manson’s New York Times best-selling book of the same name and is being described as “a cinematic documentary designed to help us become less awful people.”

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‘The Justice of Bunny King’ Soundtrack Album Details

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Stay Drab will release the official soundtrack album for the New Zealand drama The Justice of Bunny King. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Steven (Come to Daddy, The Girl on the Bridge, Bellbird, This Giant Papier-Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy). The soundtrack will be released digitally on August 2, 2021 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Justice of Bunny King is directed by Gaysorn Thavat and stars Essie Davis and Thomasin McKenzie. The movie follows a troublemaking mother who is cleaning car windscreens for a living as she is given new purpose when she takes her niece under her wing.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 7, 2020)

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The only new movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comic book movie Birds of Prey directed by Cathy Yan and starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco and Ali Wong. The film’s original score is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs). Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for the fill album details). WaterTower Music will release a separate soundtrack featuring Pemberton’s score next Friday, February 14.

Opening in limited release is the psychological thriller The Lodge co-written and directed by Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz and starring Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Lieberher and Lia McHugh. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Boy Erased, Enemy, The Outsider, The Gift) have composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous news article for the full album details.

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‘Come to Daddy’ Soundtrack Details

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Death Waltz Recording Company will release a soundtrack album for the horror comedy Come to Daddy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Karl Steven (800 Words, The Casketeers, Tautau, Straight Forward). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 7 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Come to Daddy is directed by Ant Timpson and stars Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Martin Donovan, Michael Smiley, Madeleine Sami and Simon Chin. The movie follows a man in his thirties who travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (April 19, 2015)

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other-spaceAvailable now to stream on Yahoo! is the new comedy Other Space created by Paul Feig and starring Karan Soni, Bess Rous, Eugene Cordero, Milana Vayntrub, Neil Casey, Joel Hodgson, Conor Leslie and Trace Beaulieu. The show’s original music is composed by Orr Rebhun & Erica Weis (The Crazy Ones, 1600 Penn, Enlisted, Ass Backwards). Other Space follows a misfit group of space adventurers who stumble upon an alternate universe. The comedy premiered this past Tuesday, April 14 on Yahoo! Screen and is now available to stream. Click here for more information.

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