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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 6, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the Japanese monster movie Godzilla Minus Zero written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetake Yoshioka, Min Tanaka, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Yuki Yamada, Iun Kunimura, Sakura Ando and Mio Tanaka. The film’s original music is composed by Naoki Sato (Godzilla Minus One, Rurouni Kenshin, Pretty Cure, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Masquerade Night, Blood-C, X). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday and Rambling Records has released a CD and vinyl edition in Japan. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Toho production, which is being distributed stateside by GKIDS.

Also opening wide is the animated feature The Cat in the Hat directed by Erica Rivinoja & Alessandro Carlon and starring Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, Giancarlo Esposito, America Ferrera, Quinta Brunson, Paula Pell, Tiago Martinez, Bowen Yang and Tituss Burgess.have been revealed. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life,The LEGO Batman Movie,  Black Adam, His Dark Materials, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the project’s theme song by Fitz & Tim Minchin and an original end credits Hilary Duff last Friday. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures Animation production.

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‘The Cat in the Hat’ Soundtrack Album Details

The full details of the soundtrack album for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s feature The Cat in the Hat have been revealed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves). Also included is Fitz & Tim Minchin’s The Cat in the Hat Theme Song & Hilary Duff’s original song CATastrophe (both previously released as digital singles), as well as an arrangement of Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off by Balfe and performed by the USC Trojan Marching Band. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 30 by WaterTower Music (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A first score track has previously been released last week. The Cat in the Hat is directed by Erica Rivinoja & Alessandro Carlon and features the voice talent of Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Giancarlo Esposito, America Ferrera, Paula Pell, Bowen Yang, Tiago Martinez and Tituss Burgess. The movie based on Dr. Seuss’ classic book follows the title character as he takes on his toughest assignment yet for the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer a pair of siblings struggling with their move to a new town.

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First Track from Lorne Balfe’s ‘The Cat in the Hat’ Score Released

WaterTower Music has released the third (and first score) track from the soundtrack for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s feature The Cat in the Hat. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is The Cat’s Pajamas written by the film’s composer Lorne Balfe. Also listen to the track after the jump. The label has previously released Fitz & Tim Minchin’s The Cat in the Hat Theme Song last month and will release a full soundtrack album next Friday, October 30. Atlantic Records has released Hilary Duff’s original song CATastrophe earlier this month. The Cat in the Hat is directed by Erica Rivinoja & Alessandro Carlon and stars Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, Giancarlo Esposito, Quinta Brunson, Paula Pell,  Bowen Yang,Tiago Martinez, America Ferrera and Tituss Burgess.

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Expanded ‘Terminator Genisys’ Soundtrack Album Announced

La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 2015 sci-fi/action movie Terminator Genisys directed by Alan Taylor and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Byung-Hun Lee, Matt Smith and JK Simmons. The album features the film’s expanded original score composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, His Dark Materials, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Wheel of Time). The 2-CD set, which is limited 21,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples. Skydance Productions & Paramount Pictures have previously released the original 2015 soundtrack album.

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‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ Premiere Vinyl Soundtrack Release Announced

Varèse Sarabande has announced the premiere vinyl release of the soundtrack album for Aardman & DreamWorks Animation’s 2005 feature Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit directed by Nick Park & Steve Box and starring Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter & Peter Kay. The album features the film’s original score composed by Julian Nott (who scored all the Wallace & Gromit shorts) and produced by Hans Zimmer, as well as additional music by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Gilded Age), Jim Dooley (Pushing Daisies, Obsessed, When a Stranger Calls), Lorne Balfe (who later co-scored the second Wallace & Gromit feature with Nott) and Alastair King (The Last Detective). The soundtrack will be released as a collectible picture-disc edition on September 18 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

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‘7 Dogs’ Soundtrack Album Released

Merwas has released a soundtrack album for the Arabic action thriller 7 Dogs. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life,Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Wheel of Time). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to a track from the composer’s score below. 7 Dogs is directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and stars Ahmed Ezz, Karim Abdel Aziz, Monica Bellucci, Tara Emad Sandy Bella, Max Huang, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Sayed Ragab, Nasser Al-Qasabi, Hana El Zahed, Giancarlo Esposito, Menna Shalaby, Maya Aboul Hosn and Hala Sedki. The movie follows an Elite Interpol officer who successfully captures  a senior member of the secret global crime syndicate, but when the organization resurfaces a year later, distributing a deadly new drug across the Middle East, he is forced into an uneasy alliance with the one man who knows the network from within.

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Lorne Balfe to Score Justin Chadwick’s ‘The Species’

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Wheel of Time) has been hired to score the upcoming drama The Species. The film is directed by Justin Chadwick (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Other Boleyn Girl) and stars Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Hopkins, Mia McKenna-Bruce and Tom Hollander. The movie follows recently widowed Emma Darwin who – following the death of famed naturalist Charles Darwin – finds herself locked in a battle with her son and a pushy publisher over her husband’s autobiography.

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‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout – in Concert’ Announced

City Light Concerts has announced the world premiere performance of Mission: Impossible – Fallout – in Concert. Grammy Award-winning composer Lorne Balfe will conduct the City Light Symphony Orchestra for two performances of his original score from the sixth Mission: Impossible film directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Vanessa Kirby, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan & Alec Baldwin performed live to projection. The concerts will be held on two consecutive nights on January 7 & 8, 2027 at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland.

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‘The Dinosaurs’ Soundtrack Album Details

The details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original documentary series The Dinosaurs have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Life on Our Planet, Top Gun: Maverick, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Black Adam). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 6 by Netflix Music and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. A first track (Life & Death) has previously been released as a digital single last week. Also listen to the composer’s opening titles and end titles tracks below. The Dinosaurs  is narrated by Morgan Freeman and follows the rise and fall of the dinosaurs and examines their 165 million years on Earth and the forces that shaped their evolution. The 4-parter is directed by Nick Shoolingin-Jordan and executive produced by Silverback Films’ Keith Scholey and Amblin Documentaries’ Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank & Justin Falvey .

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 1, 2026)

Premiering tonight is the HBO limited series is the HBO limited series DTF St. Louis created by Steven Conrad and starring Jason Bateman, David Harbour, Linda Cardellini, Richard Jenkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Arlan Ruf, Joy Sunday and Chris Perfetti. The show’s original music is composed by Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Something Borrowed, Four Christmases, The Switch) . Check out out our previous article to learn more about the comedy drama, which will air Sundays on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

Also premiering tonight is the CBS drama Marshals created by Spencer Hudnut and starring Luke Grimes, Logan Marshall-Green, Gil Birmingham, Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Mo Brings Plenty and Tatanka Means. Brian Tyler (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3, Now You See Me, Thor: The Dark World) and Breton Vivian (1883, Five Feet Apart, 1923, Redeeming Love, Black Dog) are composing the show’s original music. A soundtrack album will be announced soon. Click here for more information about the series, which will air Sundays on CBS and will also be available to stream on Paramount+.

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