Announced this week were new composer assignments for Josh Kelley (Home Sweet Hell), Antonio Pinto and Dudu Aram (Selfless), Nathaniel Mechaly (Taken 3), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

There were 41 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening nationwide this week are (with music by): Annabelle (Joseph Bishara), Gone Girl (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross), and Left Behind (Jack Lenz).

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- Annabelle (2 songs)
- Gone Girl (16 songs)
- The Good Lie (22 songs)

Finally, the following composer will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Sunday: Alex Wurman (Temple Grandin) will turn 48.
- Sunday: Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop) will turn 62.
- Tuesday: Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) will turn 65.
- Tuesday: Marco Beltrami (The Hurt Locker) will turn 48.
- Thursday: Steve Jablonsky (Transformers: Age of Extinction) will turn 44.
- Friday: Michael Giacchino (Up) will turn 47.