Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Sky/HBO original series War. The album features selections of original music from the show’s first season composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, Fackham Hall, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Breeders, Renegade Nell, The Full Monty). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, October 2 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s “titles” track below. War is created by George Kay and stars Dominic West, Sienna Miller, Phoebe Fox, Pip Torrens, James McArdle, Archie Renaux, Nick Mohammed, Celia Imrie, Emma Laird, Archie Panjabi, Adrian Scarborough, Aran Murphy, Shaheen Jafargholi, Akiya Henry, Honor Swinton Byrne and Miles Jupp. The legal drama follows the lives of London’s most powerful lawyers as they clash over a headline grabbing case, drawing an ambitious young lawyer into a ruthless world.
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‘Leonard and Hungry Paul’ Soundtrack Album Released
MovieScore Media has released a soundtrack album for the BBC comedy drama Leonard & Hungry Paul. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, Breeders, The Twits, Catastrophe, Fackham Hall, How to Build a Girl, Renegade Nell. The Full Monty). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track after the jump. Leonard & Hungry Paul is written by Richie Conroy & Mark Hodkinson based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Rónán Hession and stars Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Lorcan Cranitch, Helen Behan, Niamh Branigan, Paul Reid, Charlotte McCurry and David O’Reilly. The series revolves around two unique board-gaming friends as they are meandering through suburban life.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (September 27, 2026)
Premiering on Thursday, October 1, is the Netflix limited series East of Eden developed by Zoe Kazan based on John Steinbeck’s classic novel of the same name and starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Ciarán Hinds, Joseph Zada and Joe Anders. The show’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (American Fiction, Captain America: Brave New World, The Marvels, Miss Marvel, Down Cemetery Road, What If…?, The Love Hypothesis, Set It Up, Paris Can Wait, Duster, Marvel Zombies). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be announced soon. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the 7-part drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
Also premiering on Thursday is the Freeform original series Coven Academy created by Tim Federle and starring Malina Pauli Weissman, Malachi Barton, Ora Duplass, Jordan Leftwich, Louis Thresher and Tiffani Thiessen. Gabriel Mann (Modern Family, A Million Little Things, Rosewood, High School Musical: The Musical, The Series, Rectify, Better Nate Than Never, DMV, The Unicorn) is composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article for more information about the supernatural teen drama, which will air Thursdays on Freeform and will also be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu.
Oli Julian Scoring HBO’s & Sky’s ‘War’
Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, Breeders, Fackham Hall, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, The Full Monty) is the composer of the new HBO/Sky original series War. The show is created by George Kay (Lupin, Hijack) and stars Dominic West, Sienna Miller, Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Pip Torrens, Archie Renaux, Celia Imrie, Nick Mohammed, Emma Laird, Archie Panjabi, Aran Murphy, Adrian Scarborough, Shaheen Jafargholi, Akiya Henry, Miles Jupp, Honor Swinton Byrne, Kartanya Maynard, Dylan Edwards, Mark Quartley, Alexandra Mardell and Steve Furst. The legal drama follows the lives of London’s most powerful lawyers as two rival law firms clash over a headline-grabbing legal battle, drawing an ambitious young lawyer into a ruthless world where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy, and winning is everything.
‘Fackham Hall’ Soundtrack Released
Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album for the British spoof comedy Fackham Hall. The album features the film’s original score composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, Breeders, The Full Monty, Renegade Nell, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s opening and credits tracks after the jump. Fackham Hall is directed by Jim O’Hanlon and stars Damian Lewis, Thomasin McKenzie, Tom Felton, Emma Laird and Katherine Waterston. The movie follows a lovable pick-pocket who lands a job at an English manor house, where he quickly rises through the ranks, and a forbidden romance with the lady-of-the-house blossoms, when an unexpected murder occurs.
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 Twits’ Vinyl Edition Soundtrack Release Announced
Mutant has announced a vinyl release of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original animated film The Twits based on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel, directed by Phil Johnston and starring Johnny Vegas, Margo Martindale, Natalie Portman, Emilia Clarke, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Timothy Simons, Ryan Lopez, Jason Mantzoukas, Alan Tudyk and Nicole Byer. The album features the movie’s original songs written by Talking Heads’ David Byrne and performed by himself and the animated feature’s voice cast, as well as the original score composed by Oli Julian (Sex Education, Renegade Nell, The Full Monty, Breeders, Fackham Hall, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl). Also included are two previously unreleased demo recordings by Byrne. The limited vinyl edition is scheduled to be released this May and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also find out more about the release.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 5, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 directed by Emma Tammi and starring Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Mckenna Grace, Wayne Knight, Freddy Carter, Theodus Crane, Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard. The film’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep, Daredevil: Born Again, X-Men ’97, The Haunting of Hill House, The Life of Chuck, The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, The Forever Purge). Back Lot Music 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 Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening wide is the British spoof comedy Fackham Hall directed by Jim O’Hanlon and stars Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe, Tom Felton, Damian Lewis,Emma Laird, Katherine Waterston and Adam Woodward. Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, The Full Monty, Renegade Nell, Breeders, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl) is credited as the film’s “composer” and David Arnold (Casino Royale, Independence Day, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Shaft) is receiving “music by” credit. Click here for more information about Julian’s involvement and click here for more details about Arnold’s involvement and for more information about the Bleecker Street release.
Oli Julian Scoring Jim O’Hanlon’s ‘Fackham Hall’
Oli Julian (Sex Education, The Twits, Breeders, Catastrophe, The Full Monty, Renegade Nell, How to Build a Girl) has composed the original music for the upcoming British spoof comedy Fackham Hall. The film is directed by Jim O’Hanlon (Your Christmas Or Mine?, Trying) and stars Damian Lewis, Thomasin McKenzie, Tom Felton, Katherine Waterston and Emma Laird. The movie follows a lovable pick-pocket who lands a job at a unique English manor house, where he quickly rises through the ranks, and a forbidden romance with the lady-of-the-house blossoms, when an unexpected murder occurs.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 17, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Black Phone 2 co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Jeremy Davies and Arianna Rivas. The film’s original music composed by the director’s son, Atticus Derrickson, who has made his feature scoring debut on the project. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.
Also opening in theaters nationwide is the comedy Good Fortune written and directed by Aziz Ansari and starring Seth Rogen, Ansari himself, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Oh and Keke Palmer. Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, The Banshees of Inisherin, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Blind Side, Twilight, Anomalisa) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records 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 Lionsgate release.