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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 28, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy Death of a Unicorn written and directed by Alex Scharfman and starring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani and Jessica Hynes. The film’s original score is composed by Dan Romer (Luca, Station Eleven, Beasts of No Nation, Maniac, Superman & Lois, Beasts of the Southern Wild) & Giosuè Greco (Didi, Welcome to Wrexham, Notice to Quit, Let the Right One In). A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score earlier this week and a digital single featuring St. Vincent’s original song DOA today. Click here for the details of the score album and click here to listen to the song and for more information about the A24 release.

Also opening wide is the action thriller A Working Man co-written and directed by David Ayer and starring Jason Statham, David Harbour, Michael Peña,  Jason Flemyng, Cokey Falkow, Merab Ninidze, Emmett J. Scanlan, Arianna Rivas, Maximilian Osinski, Noemi Gonzalez and Eve Mauro. Jared Michael Fry (The Beekeeper, Safehouse) has composed the film’s original music. Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.

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‘The Woman in the Yard’ Soundtrack Album Details

Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the horror thriller The Woman in the Yard. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Top Gun: Maverick,  His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 28 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the original end credits song Middle of This Storm co-written (with Balfe) and performed by Ayanna Witter-Johnson and the first score track below. The Woman in the Yard is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Russell Hornsby, Peyton Jackson and Estella Kahiha. The Blumhouse production follows a woman crippled by grief after losing her husband who now must care for their children, when – one day – a spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on their front lawn without explanation.

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Lorne Balfe Scoring Jaume Collet-Serra’s ‘The Woman in the Yard’

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Top Gun: Maverick) has recently scored the new horror thriller The Woman in the Yard. The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise, Non-Stop) and stars Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Russell Hornsby, Estella Kahiha and Peyton Jackson. The movie centers follows a woman crippled by grief after she survives a car accident that takes her husband who now must care for their 14-year-old son and 6-year-old-daughter, when – one day – a lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on their front lawn without explanation.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 14, 2025)

Opening in theaters nationwide is the action comedy Novocaine directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen and starring Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Matt Walsh, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, Lou Beatty Jr., Conrad Kemp and Van Hengst. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible: Fallout, Black Widow, Black Adam, The Wheel of Time, His Dark Materials, Top Gun: Maverick) & Andrew Kawczynski (Gran Turismo, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Corrupted). Lakeshore 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 Paramount Pictures release.

Also opening in theaters nationwide is the spy drama Black Bag directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender,  Pierce Brosnan, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Marisa Abela. David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Killing Eve, Haywire, No Sudden Move, Hunger, Analyze That, Marlowe) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details for more information about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features.

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‘Novocaine’ Soundtrack Album Details

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the action comedy Novocaine. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible: Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, His Dark Materials, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F ) & Andrew Kawczynski (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Corrupted, Sky Hunter). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 14 (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). Enjoy the Ride Records will release a vinyl edition. Also listen to a track (Feel Something) from the composers’ score below and click here to check out the project’s music team credits. Novocaine is directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen and stars Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Matt Walsh, Betty Gabriel, Conrad Kemp, Lou Beatty Jr. and Van Hengst. The movie follows a sheltered bank executive with a rare genetic condition whose dream girls gets kidnapped and turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.

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‘The Wheel of Time’ Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details

Milan Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Prime Video original series The Wheel of Time. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning & Fallout, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, Black Adam, Top Gun: Maverick, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Bad Boys for Life). Also included are four vocal tracks performed by Peter Cox and Marti Pellow. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music platforms. Also listen to the first two songs and first score track below. The label has previously released multiple albums featuring Balfe’s music from Season 1 and Season 2. The Wheel of Time is developed by Rafe Judkins based on Robert Jordan’s fantasy book series and stars Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Zoë Robins, Marcus Rutherford, Madeleine Madden, Dónal Finn, Kate Fleetwood, Ceara Coveney, Natasha O’Keeffe, Kae Alexander, Ayoola Smart, Sophie Okenedo and Shohreh Aghdashloo.

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Lorne Balfe & Andrew Kawczynski Scoring Dan Berk’s & Robert Olsen’s ‘Novocaine’

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible  Dead Reckoning & Fallout, His Dark Materials, Black Widow, The Wheel of Time, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Adam, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F ) has teamed up with Andrew Kawczynski (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Corrupted, Sky Hunter) to score the upcoming action comedy Novocaine. The film is directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen (Villains, Significant Others) and stars Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Matt Walsh, Betty Gabriel, Lou Beatty Jr., Conrad Kemp, Van Hengst and Jacob Batalon. The movie follows an everyman whose dream girls gets kidnapped and turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.

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Lorne Balfe Scoring Michael Bay’s ‘We Are Storror’

Composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, His Dark Materials, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,  Black Adam) is reteaming with director Michael Bay (The Rock, Transformers) on the upcoming documentary We Are Storror. The film centers on the seven members of the parkour team Storror as they embark on what could be their final project: a globetrotting quest to conquer four extreme environments. The movie follows the group as they are faced with harrowing accidents and personal conflicts and grapple to maintain the bonds that have united them since their beginnings as ragtag street kids.

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Soundtrack Album for Paramount+’s ‘The Crow Girl’ to Be Released

MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the Paramount+ UK original series The Crow Girl. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Adam Price (Apartment 7A, Curfew). Lorne Balfe serves as the score producer and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash (who is also an executive producer of the series) is the featured soloist on several tracks. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 29 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Price’s title track below. The Crow Girl is developed by Milly Thomas based on the bestselling novel of the same title by Erik Axl Sund and stars Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly, Dougray Scott and Elliot Edusah. The crime thriller follows a DCI investigating the murder of a teenage boy who joins forces with the prime suspect’s psychotherapist, despite opposition from her superiors.

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Lorne Balfe & Peter Adams Scoring Babak Anvari’s ‘Hallow Road’

Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys for Life, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, His Dark Materials, Black Adam) has teamed up with Peter Adams (A Violent Man, Survive, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache) to score the upcoming British psychological thriller Hallow Road. The film is directed by Babak Anvari (Wounds, I Came By) and stars Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys and Megan McDonnell. The movie revolves around two parents who enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.

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