Sky Music has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original documentary series Groomed: The Truth Behind the Lie. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Sam Thompson (Shark Whisperer, Unidentified, The Balloonists, JFK: One Day in America, 007: Road to a Million, Britain and the Blitz). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first track (The Sea) after the jump. Groomed: The Truth Behind the Lie is directed by Ceri Isfryn & Katie Hindley, produced by Sandpaper Films and reframes the Ellie Williams case that went viral, tore the town of Barrow apart and triggered national outrage. The 3-parter sheds new light on the case and uncovers accounts from other women in Barrow whose allegations of abuse by a group of predominantly Asian men were dismissed or ignored.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 19, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated sequel Toy Story 5 directed by Andrew Stanton and starring Joan Cusack, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Greta Lee, Conan O’Brien, Scarlett Spears, Craig Robinson, Shelby Rabara, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Tony Hale, Kristen Schaal,Bonnie Hunt, Wallace Shawn, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Melissa Villaseñor and Keanu Reeves. The film’s original score is composed by Randy Newman (Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, The Natural, The Princess and the Frog, Cars. Pleasantville, Marriage Story, Avalon, James and the Giant Peach). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as Taylor Swift’s original song I Knew It, I Knew You today. Click here to listen to the song, click here to check out the project’s music team credits and click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Pixar Animation Studios production.
Also opening wide is the period thriller The Death of Robin Hood written and directed by Michael Sarnoski and starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Noah Jupe and Murray Bartlett. Folk singer/songwriter Jim Ghedi has composed the film’s original music. A24 Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the artists’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the A24 release.
‘The Balloonists’ Soundtrack Album Released
MovieScore Media’s Reality Bytes has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Balloonists. The album features the film’s original music composed by Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, Renegade Nell, Greatest Days, Misha and the Wolves, Lover, Stalker, Killer, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, The Twister: Caught in the Storm) & Sam Thompson (Shark Whisperer, Unidentified, 007: Road to a Million, JFK: One Day in America, Britain and the Blitz). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track after the jump. The Balloonists is directed by John Dower and follows the unlikely duo of Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard and British flying instructor Brian Jones who – in 1999 – take on the world’s leading aeronauts and billionaires in a race to become the first people to fly nonstop around the world in a balloon.
Amelia Warner & Sam Thompson Scoring Haifaa Al Mansour’s ‘Unidentified’
Amelia Warner (Young Woman and the Sea, Mr. Malcolm’s List, Wild Mountain Thyme, Mum’s List) has teamed up with Sam Thompson (Shark Whisperer, 007: Road to a Million, JFK: One Day in America, Britain and the Blitz) to score the upcoming crime thriller Unidentified. The film is directed by Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda, The Perfect Candidate) and stars Mila Al Zahrani and Shafi Al Harthi. The Saudi language movie follows a newly divorced, true crime aficionado who recently lost a child who gets obsessively involved when a lifeless body of a teenage girl is discovered in the desert and is determined to identify the body and uncover the truth.
‘Shark Whisperer’ Soundtrack Album Details
Netflix Music will release a soundtrack album for the streamer’s original documentary Shark Whisperer. The album features the film’s original music composed by Roger Goula (Next Goal Wins, The Frankenstein Chronicles, All That Breathes, Killers Anonymous, Tiger House, Identicals) & Sam Thompson (007: Road to a Million, Britain and the Blitz, JFK: One Day in America). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, June 30 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ title and end credits tracks below. Shark Whisperer is directed by James Reed, J.P. Stiles & Harrison Macks and follows marine conservationist and social media lightning rod Ocean Ramsey as she fearlessly swims with sharks on a mission to protect them. The movie features insight from marine biologists, fellow conservationists, and indigenous knowledge holders, and explores the tensions between advocacy and ethics, media influence and ecological integrity.