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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2026)

Premiering on Tuesday, September 1, is the Paramount+ original series The Varnell Hill Show executive produced by Martin Lawrence and Bentley Kyle Evans and starring Tommy Davidson (who reprises his role of the title character first introduced in the classic sitcom Martin), Kym Whitley, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Emmanuel Hudson, Nick Cafero and Chris Williams. The show’s original music is composed by Matthew Head (P-Valley, Tom Swift, Boomerang, She the People, The Family Business, Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia). The comedy, which is set behind the scenes of a long-running late-night talk show and follows Varnell as he fights to stay relevant in a rapidly changing entertainment landscape, will be available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.

Premiering on Wednesday, September 2, is the British action thriller The Runner directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot and Alfred Enoch. Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Mauritianian, The Ipcress File, Cleaner,  High & Low: John Galliano, Name Me Lawand, Klitschko: More Than a Fight, Je Suis Karl) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the movie, which will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

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Tom Hodge Scoring Kevin Macdonald’s ‘The Runner’

Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Ipcress File, Cleaner, Name Me Lawand, Je Suis Karl) has composed the original music for the British psychological thriller The Runner. The film is directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void) and stars Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot and Alfred Enoch. The movie follows a high-powered lawyer at the top of London’s legal world who finds out that her son be been taken during her routine morning run and is forced to sprint through the city and obey a series of sinister commands to bring him back.

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‘The Runner’ Soundtrack Details

the-runnerLakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the drama The Runner. The album features the film’s original music composed by The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Life of Crime, Detachment, Pawn Shop Chronicles). The soundtrack will be released digitally on September 25, 2015. The Runner is directed by Austin Stark and stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Wendell Pierce, Bryan Batt and Peter Fonda. The movie is set in the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill and follows an idealistic but flawed politician who is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 7, 2015)

Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:

fantastic-fourOpening in most theaters is the superhero movie Fantastic Four directed by Josh Trank and starring Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, The Wolverine, World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) and Philip Glass (The Hours, Notes on a Scandal, Candyman). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music digitally last week and a CD version is set to come out on August 14. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and visit Amazon to check out audio samples.

the-giftAlso opening wide is the thriller The Gift directed by Joel Edgerton who also stars in the film alongside Rebecca Hall and Jason Bateman. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans (Enemy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The One I Love, The Wolfpack) have composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score digitally today. A CD version is also available overseas. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details.

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The Newton Brothers to Score ‘The Runner’

the-newton-brothersThe Newton Brothers have been hired to score the upcoming political drama The Runner. The film marks the directorial debut of Austin Stark and stars Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Bryan Batt and Wendell Pierce. The movie takes place in the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill and follows a idealistic but flawed congressman who is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Stark has also written the screenplay. Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann & Chris Papavasiliou (Happythankyoumoreplease) and Erika Hampson (Mall) are producing the project for Paper Street Films, alongside Glenn Williamson (The Omen, Sunshine Cleaning, Push) for Back Lot Pictures.

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