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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 24, 2026)

April 24, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical musical drama Michael directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Miles Teller, Laura Harrier, Juliano Krue Valdi and Colman Domingo. Harvey Mason, Jr. serves as the project’s executive music producer. John Warhurst is the music supervisor and Lior Rosner has provided the underscore cues. Click here for the full music team credits. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring thirteen Michael Jackson songs today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Lionsgate.

Also opening wide is the comedy thriller Over Your Dead Body directed by Jorma Taccone and starring Samara Weaving, Jason Segel, Timothy Olyphant, Keith Jardine, Paul Guilfoyle and Juliette Lewis. The film’s original score is composed by Matthew Compton (Palm Springs, MacGruber, Into the Deep, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, The Last Stop in Yuma County, Better Start Running). No word on a score release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by the Independent Film Company.

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‘Fuze’ Soundtrack Album Released

April 3, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: David Mackenzie, Fuze, score, Soundtrack, Tony Doogan

Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released e a soundtrack album for the British heist thriller Fuze. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Doogan (Relay, Starred Up, Outlaw Kings). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. Fuze is directed by David Mackenzie and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Saffron Hocking and Elham Ehsan. The movie is set in contemporary London and unfolds after an unexploded World War II bomb is unearthed at a busy construction site and follows a team of military experts who are sent in to investigate and defuse it.

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Tony Doogan Scoring David Mackenzie’s ‘Fuze’

September 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: David Mackenzie, Fuze, Tony Doogan

Tony Doogan has composed the original music for the upcoming British heist thriller Fuze. The film is directed by David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, Perfect Sense) and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Elham Ehsan and Saffron Hocking. The movie opens with the discovery of a World War II-era bomb on a London construction site and takes place during the ensuing mass evacuation that is perfect cover for serious, organized crime. Ben Hopkins (Inside, Simon Magus) wrote the screenplay.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 22, 2025)

August 22, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Honey Don’t! co-written and directed by Ethan Coen and starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Charlie Day and Billy Eichner. The film’s original score is composed by Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, The Banshees of Inisherin, True Grit, The Blind Side, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Twilight, Anomalisa). Shadow of the City has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, original songs written by Jack Antonoff & Coen and other songs from the movie today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Focus Features release.

Also opening wide is the thriller Relay directed by David Mackenzie and starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington and Willa Fitzgerald. Tony Doogan (Starred Up, Outlaw Kings) has composed the film’s original music. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Bush Tetras & Karen Marks, Kenneth James Gibson & Alison Cotton today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Bleecker Street.

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‘Relay’ Soundtrack Album Details

August 21, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: David Mackenzie, Relay, score, Soundtrack, Tony Doogan

Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Relay. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Doogan (Starred Up, Outlaw Kings). Also included are songs by Bush Tetras & Karen Marks and Alison Cotton and Kenneth James Gibson. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 22. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Relay is directed by David Mackenzie and stars Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Willa Fitzgerald and Sam Worthington. The movie follows a middleman who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin as he breaks his own rules when he meets a new client who seeks his protection to stay alive.

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Tony Doogan Scoring David Mackenzie’s ‘Relay’

August 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments 0 comments

Tags: David Mackenzie, Relay, Tony Doogan

Composer/record producer Tony Doogan is reuniting with director David Mackenzie on the upcoming thriller Relay. The film is directed by David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, Perfect Sense) and stars Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington and Willa Fitzgerald. The movie follows a middleman who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin, when he meets a new client who seeks his protection to stay alive.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 29, 2014)

August 29, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 1 comment

Two new movies are opening nationwide this week:

Already in theaters since Wednesday is the action thriller The November Man directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich and Will Patton. Marco Beltrami (World War Z, Scream, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma) has composed the film’s original music. Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music digitally earlier this week. A CD version will be released on September 9. Check out our previous article for the full album details and visit Beltrami’s official website to listen to a couple of full tracks from his score.

Opening nationwide today is the horror thriller As Above, So Below directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert, Ali Marhyar, Cosme Castro and Hamidreza Javdan. The film’s original music is composed by Keefus Ciancia (Nashville, Saving Grace, Diana, The Motel Life). No word on a soundtrack release. To learn more about the movie, which follows a team of explorers that ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris and uncovers a dark secret, check out our scoring assignment article.

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‘Starred Up’ Soundtrack Released

August 27, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: David Mackenzie, score, Soundtrack, Starred Up, Tony Doogan

Good Grace has released a soundtrack album for the prison drama Starred Up. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tony Doogan and the movie’s director David Mackenzie. The soundtrack is now available digitally on iTunes, where you can also listen to audio clips. Starred Up directed by Mackenzie (Young Adam, Perfect Sense) stars Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend. The movie about a a troubled 19-year-old who ends up in the same prison as his father premiered at last year’s Telluride and Toronto Film Festival and was picked up by Tribeca Film for domestic distribution. The drama is now available on VOD and is being released in select theaters today, August 27.

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