Madison Gate Records will release a soundtrack album for the action thriller Border Hunters. The album features the film’s original music composed by Yagmur Kaplan (Armor, Cash Out, Alarum, High Rollers, Exit Protocol, Deadlock). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 18. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Border Hunters is directed by Ruben Islas and stars Dean Norris, Julio Macias, Danforth Comins, Ramón Medína, Gerardo Taracena, Paola Paulin and Hoze Meléndez. The movie follows a former spy who gets enlisted to dismantle Mexican cartels following a fentanyl overdose. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Border Hunters’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Border Hunters, Ruben Islas, score, Soundtrack, Yagmur Kaplan
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Nominations for 7th Annual SCL Awards Announced
Posted: December 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: SCL Awards
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 7th Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 6, 2026 at the Skirball Cultural Center, hosted by Kevin Bacon & Michael Bacon, in Los Angeles. Composer Ludwig Göransson and director Ryan Coogler will receive the Spirit of Collaboration Award at the event. The final round of voting will commence on January 19.
Here’s are the nominations (numerous misspelled names from press release have been fixed):
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film:
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Daniel Wohl Scoring Morgan Neville’s ‘Breakdown: 1975’
Posted: December 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Breakdown 1975, Daniel Wohl, Morgan Neville, Netflix
Composer Daniel Wohl (Project Blue Book, On the Come Up, Search Party,The Weekend Away, The Stand In) is reuniting with director Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor, 20 Feet from Stardom) on the new Netflix original documentary Breakdown: 1975. The film is narrated by Jodie Foster and centers on the year 1975 as America faced social and political upheaval and filmmakers turned chaos into art. The movie explores how a turbulent era gave rise to iconic movies such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Taxi Driver and Network. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Manipulated’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 17, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Chong Jeehoon, Disney Plus, Hulu, Jo Sohye, Ju Hongcheol, Oh Junhyeo, score, Soundtrack, The Manipulated
Hollywood Records has released a soundtrack album for the South Korean Disney+/Hulu original series The Manipulated. The album features the songs You Don’t Let Down (by Lefty Violet) & Big Boy (by Yeon Kyooseong), as well as selections of the show’s original score written by Chong Jee-hoon, Oh Jun-hyeo, Jo So-hye, Ju Hong-cheol, among other composers. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon any other major digital music services. Also listen to You Don’t Let Me Down and the opening title score track below. The Manipulated is directed by Park Shin-woo & Kim Chang-ju and stars Ji Chang-wook, Doh Kyung-soo, Lee Kwang-soo, Jo Yoon-su and Kim Jong-soo. The thriller revolves around a man who gets framed for a crime he didn’t commit and sets off on a rage-fueled quest for revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Small Town Scandal’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Mike Newport, score, Sky New Zealand, Small Town Scandal, Soundtrack
Mike Newport (Home Kills, Mega Time Squad, Andover, Shooting Heroin, Generational Sins) will release a soundtrack album for the Sky Zealand original comedy Small Town Scandal. The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show and will be released digitally tomorrow, December 17. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to Newport’s first track below. Small Town Scandal is created by Tom Sainsbury based on his hit iHeartRadio NZ true-crime parody podcast of the same name and stars Sainsbury himself, Felicity Kendal, Rose Matafeo, Morgana O’Reilly and Alexander England. The series follows a disgraced journalist turned podcast host who returns to his rural hometown to investigate the bizarre death of his millionaire uncle who was suspiciously killed by an automatic lawnmower. Read the rest of this entry »
Donna Murphy’s ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ Cover from NBC’s ‘Brilliant Minds’ Released
Posted: December 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Brilliant Minds, Donna Murphy, Joseph Trapanese, NBC
WaterTower Music has released the cover version of the holiday song Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from the Season 2 episode The Resident of the NBC drama Brilliant Minds. The track produced by the show’s composer Joseph Trapanese and performed by Donna Murphy (who stars as Muriel Landon) is now available to stream/download (in two different versions) on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song after the jump. Brilliant Minds is created by Michael Grassi and also stars Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears, Brian Altemus, John Clarence Stewart and Al Calderon. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Under Fire’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kevin Riepl, score, Soundtrack, Steven C. Miller, Under Fire
Notefornote Entertainment has released a soundtrack album for the action thriller Under Fire. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earth, Cabin Fever, The Night Crew, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Green Lantern: Beware My Power). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to the composer’s first track (Buddy Theme) after the jump. Under Fire is directed by Steven C. Miller and stars Dylan Sprouse, Mason Gooding, Odette Annable, Emilio Rivera and Declan Michael Laird. The movie follows an FBI agent and a DEA agent who discover they’ve been working the same case on opposite sides and must unite when they get trapped by a sniper and surrounded by bodies. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 98th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 98th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced on January 22, 2026 and the awards show will be held on March 15. Read the rest of this entry »
New Recording of Jerry Goldsmith’s ‘The Chairman’ Score Announced
Posted: December 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: J. Lee Thompson, Jerry Goldsmith, score, Soundtrack, The Chairman
Intrada Records has announced the release of the label’s new Kickstarter-funded recording of the score for the 1969 spy thriller The Chairman directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Conrad Yama and Alan Dobie. The film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Chinatown, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, The Mummy, Patton, Planet of the Apes, Basic Instinct) was newly recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of William T. Stromberg for the project. Also included is a suite of previously unreleased Goldsmith compositions, including the end title track to Rambo II, Alex’s Death from Under Fire, the film version of The Flag from Not Without My Daughter, Homer Writes from Lilies of the Field, as well as the demo the composer wrote for David Anspaugh’s 2005 feature The Game of Their Lives. Visit the label’s official website to check out the track list, listen to audio samples and order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
‘A Brief Affair’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Breve storia d'amore, Fabio Massimo Capogrosso, Ludovica Rampoldi, score, Soundtrack
Fm Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian psychological romantic drama A Brief Affair (Breve storia d’amore). The album features the film’s original music composed by Fabio Massimo Capogrosso (Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, Primavera, The Flood, Exterior Night, The Time It Takes). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. A Brief Affair is written and directed by Ludovica Rampoldi and stars Pilar Fogliati, Adriano Giannini, Andrea Carpenzano and Valeria Golino. The movie follows a woman whose affair with a new lover, confined to a hotel room, takes a sinister turn when she begins to infiltrate her new partner’s life beyond their secret encounters. Read the rest of this entry »
