Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Behemoth! The album features the film’s original music composed by The Behemoth! Collective, including composers Michael Abels (Get Out, Us), Emily Bear (Moana 2, Dog Gone), Lukas Frank (East of Wall), Michael Giacchino (Up, The Incredibles), James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Fugitive), Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Dream Productions), Brandon Roberts (Andor, Thanksgiving) and Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump). The soundtrack will be released digitally on November 13 and on vinyl on December 11. Visit Amazon to pre-order the vinyl edition. Also check out our previous article for more details about each composer’s contribution.
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Multi-Composer Approach for Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’ Revealed
Searchlight Pictures has revealed more details about the music for Tony Gilory’s upcoming drama Behemoth!. The movie features numerous fictional sources of music in the film, including two Peter Serian (a French horn player, played by Hank Azaria, who, in the wake of his father’s death, abandoned his classical aspirations to become a successful, albeit bitter, composer) title themes, a solo cello practice Etude, and four “invented” feature films that are being scored. As previously reported, nine composers, credited as The Behemoth! Collective, have contributed original music to the movie. They recorded their respective original scores at the Sony Pictures Scoring Stage, the Newman Scoring Stage at Fox, as well as at Los Angeles’ EastWest Studios.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic fantasy drama Practical Magic 2 directed by Susanne Bier and starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Lee Pace, Joey King, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod. The film’s original music composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Gilded Age, Hacksaw Ridge, The CrownThe Legend of Tarzan, Over the Hedge, Smallfoot, Hotel Rwanda). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Bleachers, Brandi Carlile & Aldae today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the period action drama The Uprising written and directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Woody Norman, Jonny Lee Miller, Katherine Waterston and Sky Yang. Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pressure, The Amateur, The Day of the Jackal, Lion, Dune: Prophecy, Adrift, A House of Dynamite, One Life) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features.
‘Hope’ Soundtrack Album Details
Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the South Korean sci-fi/action thriller Hope. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Sirens, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking, See You Yesterday). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 9 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also click here to check out the project’s music team credits and check out the composer’s title track below. Hope is written and directed by Na Hong-jin and stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton. The movie takes place in a remote South Korea village, where the police chief and and an officerare called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village and follows a coterie of hunters who set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead.
Teaser Trailer for Tony Gilory’s ‘Behemoth!’ Released
Searchlight Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for the drama Behemoth! The film is written and directed by Tony Gilory (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy) and stars Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Kaya Ralls, Alexa Swinton, Erik Griffin, Margarita Levieva, Jobeth Williams, Hank Azaria and Will Arnett.The movie follows a gifted cellist who returns home to Los Angeles after twenty years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry him on an adventure that will change him forever.
Michael Abels Scoring Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’
Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us, Sirens, Star Wars: The Acolyte, The Burial, Landscape with Invisible Hand, See You Yesterday, Breaking) is scoring the upcoming South Korean sci-fi/action thriller Hope. The film is directed by Na Hong-jin (The Wailing, The Yellow Sea) and stars Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton. The movie follows a local police chief who is alerted when a tiger has appeared in the town’s hills. What begins as a local emergency soon spirals into a terrifying mystery that forces the town’s residents to confront the unknown.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 8, 2026)
Premiering today is the Peacock original series The ‘Burbs created by Celeste Hughey inspired by Joe Dante’s 1989 movie of the same name and starring Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar. The show’s original music is composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Us,Star Wars: The Acolyte, Landscape with Invisible Hand, The Burial, Sirens, I See You Yesterday, Breaking) & Robert Wallace. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score this past Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Peacock.
Premiering on Wednesday, February 11, is the Polish Netflix limited series Lead Children (Olowiane dzieci) directed by Maciej Pieprzyca and starring Joanna Kulig, Kinga Preis, Michał Żurawski, Marian Dziędziel, Agata Kulesza, Kinga Preis and Sebastian Pawlak. Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz (Quo Vadis, Aida?, Copying Beethoven, In Darkness, Frantz, Rosemary’s Baby, In the Rearview) and Mary Komasa (Treasure, Cracow Monsters, Charlatan) have composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
‘The ‘Burbs’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Peacock original series The ‘Burbs. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Sirens, Landscape with Invisible Hand, The Burial, See You Yesterday, Breaking) & Robert Wallace. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, February 6 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to Abels’ main title track below. The ‘Burbs is created by Celeste Hughey inspired by Joe Dante’s 1989 film of the same title and stars Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Kapil Talwalkar and Mark Proksch. The mystery comedy revolves around a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the childhood home of the husband and whose world is upended when a new neighbor moves in across the street, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light.
Michael Abels & Robert Wallace Scoring Peacock’s ‘The ‘Burbs’
Michael Abels (Get Out, Nope, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Us, Sirens, The Burial, See You Yesterday, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking) and Robert Wallace have been tapped to score the upcoming Peacock original series The ‘Burbs. The show is created by Celeste Hughey inspired by Joe Dante’s 1989 feature of the same name (scored by Jerry Goldsmith) and stars Keke Palmer, Jack Whitehall, Paula Pell, Julia Duffy, Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar. The mystery comedy follows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home and whose world is upended when a new neighbor moves in across the street, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light.
Michael Abels to Score Justin Liberman’s ‘An Ode to Mary Jo’
Michael Abels (Get Out,Star Wars: The Acolyte, Nope, Us, The Burial, Sirens, See You Yesterday, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Breaking) has been hired to score the upcoming indie drama An Ode to Mary Jo. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Justin Liberman and stars Rhiannon Giddens, Ed Helms, Annarah Cymone, Oakley Skye Maloney, John Sayles, Jason Isbell, Regina Taylor and Steve Earle. The movie follows single mother navigating the most pivotal day of her life, as she confronts a series of escalating challenges that could reshape her family’s future. Giddens is also contributing original songs and serves as the project’s music supervisor.