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Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 2, 2026)

October 2, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: April X, Atonement, Beware Boiúna, Chanda Dancy, Cosmo Sheldrake, Digger, Matthew Atticus Berger, Rolling Loud: The Movie, Stephen Lukach, The Last First: Winter K2, Tom Hodge, Verity, Volker Bertelmann, Zak Engel

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological thriller Verity directed by Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett, Brady Wagner and Ismael Cruz Córdova. The film’s original music is composed by Volker Bertelmann (Conclave, Lion, All Quiet on the Western Front, Dune: Prophecy, Pressure, The Amateur, Adrift, The Day of the Jackal,The Uprising, A House of Dynamite, One Life). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Amazon MGM Studios.

Also opening nationwide is the comedy Digger co-written and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Jesse Plemons, Emma D’Arcy, Michael Stuhlbarg, Burn Gorman, Sophie Wilde and Robert John Burke. Cosmo Sheldrake has composed the film’s original music. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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‘The Last First: Winter K2’ Soundtrack Album Released

October 2, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Amir Bar-Lev, Apple TV +, score, Soundtrack, The Last First: Winter K2, Tom Hodge

Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Ipcress File, The Mauritianian, Cleaner, The Runner, High & Low: John Galliano, Klitschko: More Than a Fight, Name Me Lawand, Je Suis Karl) has released a soundtrack album for the documentary The Last First: Winter K2. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to Hodge’s final track after the jump. The Last First: Winter K2 directed by Amir Bar-Lev follows Icelander John Snorri Sigurjónsson and the Pakistani father-son team of Ali and Sajid Sadpara, a party of mountaineers who set out to be the first to summit K2 in the winter and soon find themselves sharing the treacherous ascent with influencer climbers and their film crews, commercial expedition clients, and a Nepalese team no longer content to help Westerners achieve mountaineering glory.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2026)

August 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Amazon, Apple TV +, Clash of the Thundermans, Colin Stetson, Frederik Wiedmann, Matthew Head, Mayday, Nickelodeon, Paramount+, The Runner, The Varnell Hill Show, Tom Hodge

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’

July 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: Amazon, Kevin Macdonald, The Runner, Tom Hodge

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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‘Cleaner’ Soundtrack to Be Released

April 10, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Cleaner, Michael Apted, score, Soundtrack, Tom Hodge

Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music will release a soundtrack album for the British action thriller Cleaner. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Hodge (The Mauritanian, McMafia, The Ipcress File, High & Low: John Galliano, Name Me Lawand, Je Suis Karl). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, April 11. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services and also listen to the composer’s title track below. Cleaner is directed by Martin Campbell and stars Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen and Taz Skylar. The movie is set at a high-profile corporate gala, during which a heavily-armed group of terrorists take control of 300 hostages, and follows ex-soldier turned window cleaner as she is trying to save the day

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 21, 2025)

February 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Tags: Aldo Shllaku, Andrew Simon McAllister, Cleaner, Edo Van Breemen, Invasion, Martin Dirkov, Old Guy, Pancho Burgos-Goizueta, Segun Akinola, The Bayou, The Comeback Trail, The Monkey, The Quiet Ones, The Unbreakable Boy, Tom Hodge, Zero VU

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy The Monkey co-written and directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Sarah Levy, Christian Convery,Elijah Wood, Colin O’Brien and Rohan Campbell. The film’s original music is composed by Edo Van Breemen (Air, Hollow in the Land, Afflicted, The Backward Class). Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music 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 Neon.

Also opening wide is the family drama The Unbreakable Boy written and directed by Jon Gunn and starring Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval and Patricia Heaton. Pancho Burgos-Goizueta (Ordinary Angels, Wheels, Righteous Thieves, People You May Know, God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, My True Fairytale) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released by Lionsgate Records. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Kingdom Company production, which is being distributed by Lionsgate.

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‘Klitschko: More Than a Fight’ Soundtrack Released

October 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Edgar Dubrovskiy, Kevin Macdonald, Klitschko: More Than a Fight, score, Sky, Soundtrack, Tom Hodge

Sky Music has released a soundtrack album for the Sky original documentary Klitschko: More Than a Fight. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Hodge (The Mauritanian, McMafia, The Ipcress File, High & Low: John Galliano, Je Suis Karl, Name Me Lawand). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s title track below. Klitschko: More Than a Fight is directed by Kevin Macdonald & Edgar Dubrovskiy and centers on the lives of former heavyweight boxing world champions, Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko, who together dominated the sport for more than a decade. The movie follows Vitali’s journey from the ring to political office, ultimately leading the defense of the capital when it was attacked by Russian forces in February 2022.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 8, 2024)

March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 4 directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Jack Black, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Awkwafina, James Hong, Ian McShane, Bryan Cranston and Ke Huy Quan. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Inception, The Dark Knight, Dune, Gladiator) & Steve Mazzaro (The Boss Baby, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Rhythm Section). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score, as well Tenacious D’s …Baby One More Time cover from the movie today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the DreamWorks Animation production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Also opening wide is the supernatural horror movie Imaginary directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Pyper Braun, Taegen Burns, Betty Buck and Veronica Falcon. Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead) has composed the theme(s) for the project and his Sparks & Shadows team has composed the original score. Sparks & Shadows Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ music today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and for more information about the Blumhouse production, which is being distributed by Lionsgate.

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‘High & Low: John Galliano’ Soundtrack Released

March 8, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: High & Low: John Galliano, Kevin Macdonald, score, Soundtrack, Tom Hodge

Left Out Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary High & Low: John Galliano. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Hodge (McMafia, The Mauritanian, The Ipcress File, Pump, Je Suis Karl, Name Me Lawand). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the composer’ title track after the jump. High & Low: John Galliano is directed by Kevin Macdonald and charts the rise-and-fall story of fashion designer John Galliano who was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended when he was caught on camera in 2011 hurling antisemitic and racist insults at bystanders in Paris.

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Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 15, 2022)

May 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Premiering tonight is the HBO original series The Time Traveler’s Wife developed by Steven Moffat based on Audrey Niffenegger’s novel of the same title and starring Rose Leslie, Theo James, Desmin Borges and Natasha Lopez. The show’s original music is composed by Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, The Flight Attendant, Greyhound, You, The Pacific). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the sci-fi romantic drama, which will air Sunday nights on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.

Also premiering today is the Hulu limited series Conversations with Friends based on Sally Rooney’s novel of the same title and starring Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, Jemima Kirke and Sasha Lane. Stephen Rennicks (Room, Normal People, The Little Stranger, Frank) has composed the show’s original music. Element Pictures 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 drama, which also features an original song by Phoebe Bridgers.

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