Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the Hulu original series Furious. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Emmy Award nominee Ariel Marx Marx (Dying for Sex, Shiva Baby, Candy, Sanctuary, A Small Light, Murdaugh: Death in the Family, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Last Frontier, A Friend of the Family, The Tale). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, August 31. The streaming/download link will be added to this page within the next day. Furious is created by Elizabeth Meriwether loosely inspired by Bob Rafelson’s 1987 feature Black Widow and stars Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, Scoot McNairy, Jake Lacy and Quincy Tyler Bernstine. The crime thriller follows an FBI agent on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer whose their lives start to intertwine. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Furious’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: August 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ariel Marx, Disney Plus, Elizabeth Meriwether, Furious, Hulu, score, Soundtrack
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 30, 2026)
Posted: August 30, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: 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. Read the rest of this entry »
Dickon Hinchliffe Scoring Anton Corbijn’s ‘A Talent for Murder’
Posted: August 29, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Talent for Murder, Anton Corbijn, Dickon Hinchliffe
Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, The Lost Daughter, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Out of the Furnace, Locke, Leave No Trace, Daddio, Last Chance Harvey) has recently scored the upcoming British thriller A Talent for Murder. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn (The American, A Most Wanted Man) and stars Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich and Olivia Cooke. The movie is based on Joanna Murray-Smith’s play Switzerland and tells the story of a mysterious young man from a New York publisher who is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2026)
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brooke Blair, Buddy, Chai Min-joo, Chris Roe, Colony, Coyote vs. Acme, Finding Emily, Hanging by a Wire, Harry Gregson-Williams, Idiots, Just Play Dead, Michael Yezerski, Morgan Kibby, Robert Folk, Shawn Coleman, Steven Price, Sven Faulconer, The Dog Stars, The Salt Path, The Sun Never Sets, Will Blair
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action/animated hybrid comedy Coyote vs. Acme directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Tone Bell, Luis Guzmán, P.J. Byrne, Eric Bauza, Martha Kelly, Kenneth Choi, Candi Milo and Jim Cummings. The film’s original music is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Fury, Our Planet, Last Night in Soho, The Aeronauts, The Running Man, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver, Over the Moon, My Policeman, Heads of State, Heart of Stone). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday and iam8bit will release a vinyl edition. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures production, which is being released by Ketchup Entertainment.
Also opening wide is the post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Benedict Wong, Guy Pearce, Ewen Bremner, Sam Spruell and Allison Janney. Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Martian, Shrek, Man on Fire, Mulan, Gladiator II, The Meg, Kingdom of Heaven, Chicken Run) has composed the film’s original music. Hollywood Records 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 movie, which is being released by 20th Century Studios. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Umthetho’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Joel Assaizky, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, Umthetho
Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album for the South African Netflix original series Umthetho. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Joel Assaizky (Marked, Vaya, White Wedding, Soon Comes Night). 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. Umthetho is based on the streamer’s Brazilian series Brotherhood (Irmandade) and stars Nqobile Nunu K.H., Given Stuurman, Tony Kgoroge, Ernest Msibi, Lorcia Cooper, Molefi Monaisa, Sthembiso Khoza, Sindi Dlathu, Mandla Gaduka and Sello Ramolahloane. The crime drama produced by Black Brain Pictures follows an idealistic state prosecutor who is pulled into a brutal prison syndicate led by the brother she thought she lost, forcing her to choose between justice and family, law and survival, truth and betrayal. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Howard Shore – A Piano Tribute’ Album Announced
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Aurélien Pontier, Howard Shore
Warner Classics has announced Howard Shore – A Piano Tribute, an album crafted by Dimitri Soudoplatoff featuring new arrangements of classic film scores by the Academy Award-winning composer performed by pianist Aurélien Pontier, joined by violinist Nemanja Radulovic, soprano Natalie Dessay, and other guests. Shore himself was directly involved in the production. Among the titles included are pieces from the composer’s scores from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey & The Desolation of Smaug, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo & The Departed, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Crash & Eastern Promises, David Fincher’s Seven & The Game, Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, among others. The album will be released (coinciding with Shore’s 80th birthday) digitally and on CD on October 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the pre-order link of the CD version. A first track (Goodbye from Penny Marshall’s Big) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Troye Sivan’s Original Song ‘LA Wants Me Dead’ from FX’s ‘The Shards’ Released
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: FX, Hulu, The Shards, Troye Sivan
Interscope Records has released the first track from the soundtrack for the FX original series The Shards. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the original song LA Wants Me Dead co-written (with Leland & Oscar Görres) and performed by Troye Sivan. Also listen to the track after the jump. The Shards is developed by Ryan Murphy & Bret Easton Ellis based on Ellis’ bestselling novel of the same name and stars Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Homer Gere, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell, Evan Rachel Wood, Jordan Roth and Wes Bentley. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lady’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jonny Woodley, Lady, Samuel Abrahams, score, Soundtrack
Natural Frequencies has released a soundtrack album for the British comedy Lady. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jonny Woodley. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s first and final track after the jump. Lady is co-written and directed by Samuel Abrahams and stars Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston, Juliet Cowan and Olisa Odele. The movie follows a lonely, narcissistic aristocrat who dupes a struggling, opportunistic director into filming her every move, but her obsession with the spotlight takes a surreal turn when she starts becoming invisible. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Dark Hollow’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Daniel Byers, Dark Hollow, Jordan Dykstra, score, Soundtrack
Editions Verde will release a soundtrack album for the indie creature feaature Dark Hollow. The album features the film’s original music composed by Jordan Dykstra (20 Days in Mariupol, Blow the Man Down, Holding Liat, Restless). The soundtrack will be released digitally next Friday, September 4. Check back on this page for the streaming/download link. Dark Hollow is written and directed by Daniel Byers adn stars June Shreiner, David Garelik, J. Stephen Brantley, Brennon Weese, Jonathan Spivey, Ian Deighan and Sean Michael Wilkinson. The horror movie revolves around a nightmarish monster that emerges from the depths of an Appalachian coal mine and follows a young mother who must hunt down the creature to protect her home and save her family.. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for ITV’s ‘The Dark’ Released
Posted: August 28, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: ITV, score, Soundtrack, The Dark, Tim Morrish
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the ITV drama The Dark. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed byTim Morrish (The Jetty, One Day, Brassic, Fifteen-Love, Red Rose). Also included is an instrumental version fo Vanbur’s In the Absence. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to a track from the composer’s score after the jump. The Dark is developed by Matt Hartley based on GR Halliday’s debut novel From the Shadows and stars Laura Donnelly, Mark Rowley and Helen Baxendale. The 6-part thriller follows a detective who embarks on a tense cat and mouse hunt for a twisted serial killer when the body of a young man is found eerily staged in the idyllic Scottish wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
