Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series XO, Kitty. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s third season composed by Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (Exploding Kittens, The Princess Switch 3, Be@rbrick, A Tourist’s Guide to Love, Worth the Wait, The Re-Education of Molly Singer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 3 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. The label has previously released two albums featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 & Season 2 in 2023 & 2025. XO, Kitty is created by Jenny Han and stars Anna Cathcart, Minyeong Choi, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Regan Aliyah, Anthony Keyvan, Sule Thelwell, Hojo Shin, Peter Thurnwald, Joshua Lee, Michael K. Lee, Sasha Bhasin, Philippe Lee, Jocelyn Shelfo, Sunny Oh, Han Bi Ryu, Soy Kim and Christine Heesun Hwang.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 13, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic drama Reminders of Him directed by Vanessa Caswill and starring Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Bradley Whitford, Lainey Wilson and Lauren Graham. The film’s original score is composed by Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Knuckles, Dog Man, Daisy Jones & the Six, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Early Man, Book Club: The New Chapter). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as an original song by Noah Cyrus and another song by Morgan Harper-Jones today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the Canadian horror feature Undertone written and directed by Ian Tuason and starring Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Jeff Yung and Keana Lyn Bastidas. Shanika Lewis-Waddell has composed the film’s original music. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows the host of a popular paranormal podcast who becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way, premiered at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and is being distributed by A24.
‘Slanted’ Soundtrack Album Details
New Fox Music will release a soundtrack album for the body horror feature/satire Slanted. The album features the film’s original score composed by Shirley Song (XO, Kitty, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, Exploding Kittens, A Tourist’s Guide to Love, BE@RBRICK). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 13 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first two tracks below. Slanted is written and directed by Amy Wang and stars Shirley Chen, McKenna Grace, Vivian Wu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Fang Du, Amelie Zilber, Elaine Hendrix and Keith Harris. The movie follows an insecure Chinese American teenager desperate to fit in who decides to undergo experimental trans-racial surgery to become white in order to secure her chances of winning Prom Queen and the acceptance of her peers.
‘Lulu Is a Rhinoceros’ Soundtrack Album Released
Republic Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ animated special Lulu Is a Rhinoceros. The album features the original songs from the Propagate Content & Bento Box Animation production written by Leland (aka Brett McLaughlin) and performed by voice cast members Auliʻi Cravalho, Alex Newell, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Dulé Hill and Paul Rust. Also included is a score suite by the special’s composers Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (XO, Kitty, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, A Tourist’s Guide to Love, BE@RBRICK, Exploding Kittens). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the first and final song, as well as the score suite below.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 25, 2025)
Premiering tonight is the TNT original series The Librarians: The Next Chapter developed by Dean Devlin & John Rogers and starring Callum McGowan, Jessica Green, Bluey Robinson and Olivia Morris. The show’s original music is composed byJoseph LoDuca (The Evil Dead, Xena: Warrior Princess, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Chucky, Leverage) who previously scored the original The Librarians television movies and TV series. Check out our previous article to learn more about the fantasy adventure drama, which will air every Sunday night on TNT.
Premiering on Thursday, May 29, is the Prime Video limited series The Better Sister created by Olivia Milch & Regina Corrado based on Alafair Burke’s book and starring Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Matthew Modine, Kim Dickens, Gloria Reuben, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Gabriel Sloyer, Bobby Naderi and Lorraine Toussaint. Will Bates (Immaculate, Dumb Money, The Magicians, The Life List, Unbelievable, Away, I Origins, The Path, The Looming Tower) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 8-part crime thriller, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.
Apple TV+’s ‘Lulu Is a Rhinoceros’ to Feature Original Songs by Leland and Score by Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song
Apple TV+ announced this week that Leland (aka Brett McLaughlin) has written the original songs for the streamer’s upcoming animated musical special Lulu Is a Rhinoceros. The special, which is scored by Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (XO, Kitty, Exploding Kittens, BE@RBRICK, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, A Tourist’s Guide to Love), is developed by Jason & Allison Flom based on their children’s book of the same name and features the voices of Auliʻi Cravalho, Alex Newell, Dulé Hill, Paul Rust and Utkarsh Ambudkar. The Propagate Content & Bento Box Animation production directed by Angela Stempel follows the titular rhinoceros on a quest to spread kindness who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.
‘BE@RBRICK’ Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Recods will release a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original animated series BE@RBRICK. The album features the songs from the show’s first season produced by Timbaland. Also included is a score suite by series composers Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (XO, Kitty, Exploding Kittens, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, A Tourist’s Guide to Love). he soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 21 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the first song and the score suite below. BE@RBRICK is developed by Meghan McCarthy based on the MEDICOM TOY figures and stars Brianna Bryan, Skyla I’Lece, Isaiah Crews, Alison Jaye and Noah Bentley. The DreamWorks Animation & Dentsu Inc. production follows Jasmine Finch and her bandmates as they pursue their dreams and inspire others to do the same.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 16, 2025)
Premiering on Wednesday, March 19, is the Hulu limited series Good American Family created by Katie Robbins and starring Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Imogen Faith Reid, Sarayu Blue, Dulé Hill, Jenny O’Hara and Christina Hendricks. The show’s original music is composed by Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, The Equalizer 3, The Affair, Wonder, May December, Ray Donovan, The Good Shepherd, Emancipation). Hollywood Record will release a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score on Friday, March 21. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our previous article to learn more about the drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu.
Premiering on Thursday, March 20, is the Netflix limited series The Residence created by Paul William Davies and starring Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Randall Park, Molly Griggs, Susan Kelechi Watson, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Ken Marino, Jason Lee, Edwina Findley and Al Mitchell. Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Lego Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the murder mystery comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.
‘XO, Kitty’ Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details
Lakeshore Records will release a new soundtrack album for the Netflix original series XO, Kitty. The album features selections of the original score from the show’s second season composed by Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (The Princess Switch 3, Exploding Kittens, A Tourist’s Guide to Love, The Re-Education of Molly Singer). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, January 17 and will be available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. The label has previously released an album featuring the composers’ score from Season 1 back in 2023. XO, Kitty is created by Jenny Han and stars Anna Cathcart, Minyeong Choi, Gia Kim, Anthony Keyvan, Sang Heon Lee, Regan Aliyah, Philippe Lee, Peter Thurnwald, Audrey Huynh, Michael K. Lee, Jocelyn Shelfo, Sasha Bhasin and Joshua Lee. The Awesomeness production follows Kitty as she returns to Seoul ready for a fresh start, but her plan for a drama-free semester fizzles fast.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 7, 2024)
Premiering on Wednesday, July 10, is the Apple TV+ original series Sunny developed by Katie Robbins based on Colin O’Sullivan’s book The Dark Manual an starring Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura. The show’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, Pete’s Dragon, The Old Man and the Gun, Interview with the Vampire, A Ghost Story, Peter Pan & Wendy, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints). Check out our previous news article for more information about the mystery comedy drama, which will be available to stream exclusively on Apple TV+.
Also premiering on Wednesday is the HBO original documentary Quad Gods directed by Jess Jacklin, produced by Johnny Fego & Jacklin and executive produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Gary Gunn (A Thousand and One) has composed the film’s original music. The movie, which follows the lives of three New Yorkers with quadriplegia that meet in a neuro-rehabilitation lab where they create the world’s first fully quadriplegic e-sports team, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and will air on HBO and will also be available to stream on Max.