Tyler Michael Smith – Film Music Reporter

Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 18, 2026)

September 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action horror movie Resident Evil co-written and directed by Zach Cregger and starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser. The film’s original music is composed by Hays Holladay & Ryan Holladay (Weapons, Roommates, Class Action Park). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details, to listen to two tracks and to learn more about the Constantin Film, Columbia Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment & PlayStation production, which is being released by Sony Pictures.

Also opening wide is the animated comedy Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom directed by Steve Cox & Matthew Walker and starring Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Kate Harbour, Dani Dyer and Roman Kemp. Natalie Holt (Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Princess, Journey’s End, Chad Powers, Rivals, Beecham House, Talamasca: The Secret Order, Knightfall, Herself, Press). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score as well as a new “Halloween Mix” of the Shaun the Sheep theme song (Life’s a Treat) today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being distributed in the U.S. by GKIDS.

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‘Daniel and the Fiery Furnace’ Soundtrack Album Released

September 18, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Daniel and the Fiery Furnace, Daniel Kooman, Matthew Kooman, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Michael Smith

Pivot Music has released a soundtrack album for the biblical drama Daniel and the Fiery Furnace. The album features music from and inspired by the film, including songs by Trevor McNevan feat. TobyMac, Project of Love, Phil King, Aaron Shust and MIQEDEM, Shai Sol & Yaron Cherniak. Also included are selections of the movie’s original score composed by Tyler Michael Smith (Someone Like You, 90 Minutes in Heaven, Karen Kingsbury: The Christmas Ring, The World We Make, Kirk Cameron: Connect). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also check out the music video for Trevor McNevan &. TobyMac’s original song Walk Thru Fire and listen to a score track after the jump. Daniel and the Fiery Furnace is written and directed by the Kooman Brothers and stars Mena Massoud and Elijah Alexander. The movie tells the origin story of the prophet Daniel against the backdrop of exile in Babylon.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 7, 2025)

November 7, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi action adventure Predator: Badlands directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. The film’s original music is composed by Sarah Schachner (Assassin’s Creed Origins & Valhalla, Prey, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Infinite Warfare, The Lazarus Effect) & Benjamin Wallfisch (Alien: Romulus, It, The Flash, The Invisible Man, Twisters, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Mortal Kombat, Shazam!, Blade Runner 2049). Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening wide is the historical drama Nuremberg written and directed by James Vanderbilt and starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, Richard E. Grant, Mark O’Brien, John Slattery, Lydia Peckham, Wrenn Schmidt, Colin Hanks, Lotte Verbeek and Andreas Pietschmann. Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Now You See Me, Thor: The Dark World) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’ score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Sony Pictures Classics.

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‘Karen Kingsbury’s The Christmas Ring’ Soundtrack Album Released

November 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring, score, Soundtrack, Tyler Michael Smith, Tyler Russell

Tyler Michael Smith (Someone Like You, 90 Minutes in Heaven, The World We Make, Kirk Cameron: Connect, Washington’s Armor) has released a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Karen Kingsbury’s The Christmas Ring. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the Smith’s title track after the jump. Karen Kingsbury’s The Christmas Ring is written and directed by Tyler Russell and stars Jana Kramer, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Kelsey Grammer, Debbie Winans and Jessie James Decker. The movie based on Kingsbury’s bestselling novel of the same title follows a military widow who meets a poetic antique dealer while searching for her family’s long-lost heirloom ring.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 5, 2024)

April 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News 0 comments

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror prequel The First Omen co-written and directed by Arkasha Stevenson and starring Nell Tiger Free, Tawkeef Barhom, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga and Bill Nighy. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Korven (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Black Phone, Cube, Night Swim, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The Peripheral). Hollywood 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 20th Century Studios release.

Also opening nationwide is the action thriller Monkey Man directed by Dev Patel and starring Patel himself, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sobhita Dhulipala, Adithi Kalkunte and Ashwini Kalsekar. Jed Kurzel (Alien: Covenant, The Babadook, Overlord, Macbeth, The Oxford Murders, The Pope’s Exorcist, The Mustang, Assassin’s Creed) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by Sneha Khanwalkar today. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

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‘Someone Like You’ Soundtrack Album Details

April 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums 0 comments

Tags: score, Someone Like You, Soundtrack, Tyler Michael Smith, Tyler Russell

Tyler Michael Smith (The World We Make, 90 Minutes in Heaven, Kirk Cameron: Connect, Washington’s Armor) will release a soundtrack album for the romantic drama Someone Like You. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally tomorrow, April 2. Visit Amazonn or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to Smith’s first track (Still Worth It) below. Someone Like You is co-written and directed by Tyler Russell (who also serves as the project’s music supervisor) and stars Sarah Fisher, Jake Allyn, Lynn Collins, Bart Johnson, Robyn Lively and Scott Reeves. The movie is based on Karen Kingsbury’s bestselling novel of the same title and tells the story of a young architect grieving the tragic loss of his best friend who launches an impossible search for her secret twin sister, twins separated as embryos.

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