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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 16, 2026)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the martial arts action comedy Street Fighter directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, David Dastmalchian, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoai, Cody Rhodes, Eric André, Vidyut Jammwal, Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, Orville Peck, Hirooki Goto, Olivier Richters, Rayna Vallandingham, Alexander Volkanovski and Jason Momoa. The film’s original music is composed by Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Super Troopers 3, Obliterated,  The Breadwinner, Florida Man, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well as two original songs by HEALTH today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Legendary Pictures production, which is being released by Paramount Pictures.

Also opening wide is the survival thriller Whalefall co-written and directed by Brian Duffield and starring Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Jane Levy, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz and Emily Rudd. Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Witcher, Shadow and Bone, Only the Brave, The Greatest Showman, Straight Outta Compton, David, No One Will Save You, The Raid: Redemption, Arctic) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the 20th Century Studios release.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the gothic horror movie Nosferatu written and directed by Robert Eggers and starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe. The film’s original music is composed by Robin Carolan (The Nortman). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released last month by Back Lot Music (digital version) and Sacred Bones Records (physical versions). Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features.

Also opening nationwide is the biographical drama A Complete Unknown directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro, Elle Fanning, Boyd Holbrook, Norbert Leo Butz, Dan Fogler and Scoot McNairy. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Nick Baxter serves as the project’s executive music producer. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the Bob Dylan songs from the movie performed by Chalamet and other tracks performed by the movie’s cast last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Searchlight Pictures release.

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‘The Fire Inside’ Soundtrack Album Details

Lakeshore Records will release the official soundtrack album for the biographical sports drama The Fire Inside. The album features the film’s Academy Award-shortlisted original score composed by Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Shirley, The Assistant, Palmer, The Lie, The Last Thing He Wanted, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Come Sunday). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 25 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s “opening” track below. The Fire Inside is directed by Rachel Morrison, written and produced by Barry Jenkins and stars Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry. The movie tells the true story of Claressa Shields, a high school Junior from Flint, Michigan, who – aided by her tough-love coach – pushes past all limitations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 4, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson and Zazie Beetz. The film’s original score is composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl, A Haunting in Venice, Women Talking, Tar, Sicario: Day of the Soldado). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday (click here for the full album details) and Interscope Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the Warner Bros. Pictures release performed by Phoenix & Gaga, as well as a track by Nick Cave today (click here for more more information).

Also opening wide is the drama White Bird directed by Marc Forster and starring Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Helen Mirren, Gillian Anderson and Bryce Gheisar. Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Finding Nemo, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Road to Perdition, The Horse Whisperer) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Lionsgate release.

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Tamar-kali Scoring Edmund Stenson’s & Daniel Roher’s National Geographic Documentary ‘Blink’

Tamar-kali (Mudbound, The Assistant, Shirley, Palmer, The Lie, Come Sunday) has recently scored the upcoming documentary Blink. The film is directed by Edmund Stenson and Daniel Roher (Navalny, Once Were Brothers) and centers on the Pelletier family whose world changes forever when three of their four children are diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment. The movie follows Edith Lemay, Sébastien Pelletier and their children as they set out on a trip around the world to experience all its beauty while they still can.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 15, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the adventure drama Arthur the King directed by Simon Cellan Jones and starring Mark Wahlberg, Nathalie Emmanuel, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Bear Grylls, Ali Suliman and Paul Guilfoyle. The film’s original music is composed by Kevin Matley (The Family Plan, Cocaine Cowboy, Path of the Panther, Daniel). Lionsgate Records 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 movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.

Also opening wide is the satirical comedy The American Society of Magical Negroes written and directed by Kobi Libii and starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, Michaela Watkins, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, Rupert Friend and Nicole Byer. Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope, Bad Education, The Burial, Breaking, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Nightbooks, See You Yesterday) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music 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 Focus Features release.

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Soundtrack Album for John Ridley’s Netflix Film ‘Shirley’ to Be Released

The full details of the soundtrack album for the Netflix original film Shirley have been revealed. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Tamar-kali (Mudbound, The Assistant, The Lie, Little Richard: I Am Everything, Palmer, Mixtape, Come Sunday). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, March 15 by Netflix Music (visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download). A first track (A Hospital Visit) has already been released as last Friday and can be checked out after the jump. Available separately as a digital single is the original song Why I’m Here by Samara Joy. Shirley is written and directed by John Ridley and stars Regina King, Lance Reddick, Terrence Howard, André Holland, Lucas Hedges, Christina Jackson, Michael Cherrie and Brian Stokes Mitchell. The biographical drama tells the story of Shirley Chisholm who made a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

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‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings have announced a soundtrack album for the documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything. The album features some Little Richard’s best-known hits, as well as two previously unreleased covers from Valerie June and Cory Henry. Also included is a track from the film’s original score composed by Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Shirley, The Assistant, Palmer). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. A CD version is set to be released on September 8 (visit Amazon to pre-order) and a vinyl edition is scheduled to come out this December (click here to order). A “Tutti Frutti” color presssing of the LP edition is available to order exclusively on the labels’ websites. Little Richard: I Am Everything is directed by Lisa Cortés and tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll and explores the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator Richard Penniman.

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Tamar-kali Scoring Lisa Cortés’ ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’

Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Shirley, The Assistant, The Lie, Palmer, Come Sunday) has recently been scoring the upcoming documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything. The film is directed by Lisa Cortés (All In: The Fight For Democracy) and centers on global music superstar Richard Penniman (aka Little Richard), a key architect of rock ‘n’ roll whose unique sound, performance and bravado launched the new genre.

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Tamar-kali to Score Rachel Morrison’s ‘Flint Strong’

Tamar-kali (Mudbound, Shirley, The Assistant, The Lie, Palmer, Come Sunday) has been hired to score the upcoming sports drama Flint Strong. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison (Black Panther) and stars Ryan Destiny, Oluniké Adeliyi, Brian Tyree Henry and De’Adre Aziza. The movie is based on the 2015 documentary T-Rex by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper and tells the true story of Claressa Shields, a Flint, Michigan native whose dreams of becoming the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing came to fruition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

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