Saleka (aka Saleka Shyamalan) and composer James Newton Howard have written an original song for the upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Remain. The track, entitled So Alive, is produced by Saleka & Jon Maguire, performed by Saleka & singer/songwriter Calum Scott, and is featured during the end credits of the film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor, Ashley Walters, Jay O. Sanders and Julie Hagerty. The movie based on a story by the director & Nicholas Sparks follows an reclusive architect who moves to small coastal town to complete his latest project and encounters an alluring young woman who pulls him out of his shell, and into the center of a deadly mystery that hangs over the town.
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James Newton Howard Scoring M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Remain’
James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, King Kong, Signs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Fugitive, Maleficent, Michael Clayton) has confirmed during a concert appearance last night at the 2026 Krakow Film Music Festival that he has recently recorded his score for the upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Remain. The film is written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor, Ashley Walters and Julie Hagerty. The movie based on Nicholas Sparks’ & Shyamalan’s 2025 novel of the same title follows an architect suffering from depression after losing his beloved sister who could see spirits and heads to Cape Cod to design a summer home for his best friend, when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.