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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 13, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is period romantic drama Wuthering Heights written and directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Alison Oliver, Ewan Mitchell, Shazad Latif and Martin Clunes. The film’s original score is composed by Anthony Willis (Promising Young Woman, M3GAN, Saltburn, How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, Violence Ends) and the film’s original songs are co-written and performed by Charli XCX. Atlantic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and also click here to check out the music team credits for the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the thriller Crime 101 written and directed by Bart Layton and starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tate Donovan and Nick Nolte. Blanck Mass (aka Benjamin John Power) (Calm with Horses, She Rides Shotgun, The Rig, Gazza, Ted K) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album (to be released by Invada Records) will be announced soon. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.

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‘The Observance’ Soundtrack Album Details

Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the psychological thriller The Observance. The album features the film’s original music composed by Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Pandora, Encounter, Aga, Midnight Movie) and Nick Cimity. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 13 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The Observance is co-written and directed by Robert Hollocks and stars Kate Dailey, Ted Raimi and Alec James. The movie follows a young who awakens after five years in a coma, only to discover that her home and family are ensnared by The Observance, a ruthless religious cult hell-bent on preserving its darkest secrets.

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Soundtrack Album for The CW’s ‘Pandora’ Announced

La-La Land Records has announced the first soundtrack album for the CW drama Pandora. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun) and Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Midnight Movie). The soundtrack will be available to order later today on the label’s official website. The CD is also available to purchase on Amazon. Pandora is created by Mark A. Altman and stars Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan Kim, Banita Sandhu, Ben Radcliffe, Martin Bobb-Semple and Noah Huntley. The sci-fi action drama’s first season premiered last summer and a second season is set to debut later this year on the CW.

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‘Encounter’ Soundtrack Details

Notefornote Music will release a soundtrack album for the sci-fi thriller Encounter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Midnight Movie, Pandora, Aga). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, October 4 and is now available for pre-order here. A CD version is available to order on Amazon and on the label’s official website. Encounter is written and directed by Paul J. Salamoff and stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison and Tom Atkins. The movie follows a group of friends who uncover an otherworldly object in a rural field, which they soon discover holds greater secrets than they could imagine.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 14, 2019)

Premiering on Tuesday, July 16, is the new CW drama Pandora created by Mark A. Altman and starring Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan Kim, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple and Noah Huntley. The show’s original music is composed by Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher) and Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Midnight Movie). Check out our previous article to learn more about the sci-fi series.

Also premiering on Tuesday is the Facebook Watch original series Human Discoveries created by Chris Bruno & David Howard Lee and featuring the voices of Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick, Lamorne Morris, Jillian Bell and Paul Scheer. Jake Monaco (Let’s Be Cops, Dumplin’, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) is composing the show’s original music. The animated comedy, which follows a group of friends living at the dawn of human civilization, will be available to stream exclusively on Facebook Watch.

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The CW’s ‘Pandora’ to Feature Music by Joe Kraemer & Penka Kouneva

Joe Kraemer (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, The Way of the Gun) and Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Midnight Movie) are the composers of the new CW drama Pandora. The show is created by Mark A. Altman and stars Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, John Harlan Kim, Ben Radcliffe, Banita Sandhu, Martin Bobb-Semple and Noah Huntley. The sci-fi action series follows a resourceful young woman who has lost everything but finds a new life at Earth’s Space Training Academy where she and her friends learn to defend the Galaxy from threats, both alien and human.

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Penka Kouneva to Score ‘Encounter’

penka-kounevaPenka Kouneva has been tapped to score the upcoming sci-fi drama Encounter. The film is written and directed by Paul Salamoff and stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Cheryl Texiera, Tom Atkins, Dean S. Jagger, Vincent M. Ward and Christopher Showerman. The film movie follows a group of friends who make a remarkable discovery in a rural field. When they bring the otherworldly object home, they soon discover that it holds greater secrets that they could have imagined.

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