Announced this week were new composer assignments for Henry Jackman (The Fifth Wave), Brian Tyler (Truth), John Paesano (Same Kind of Different as Me), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here..

There were 53 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening nationwide this week are (with music by): Monkey Kingdom (Harry Gregson-Williams), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (Rupert Gregson-Williams), and Unfriended (no composer).

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- Monkey Kingdom (5 songs)
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (16 songs)
- Unfriended (6 songs)
- Roar (3 songs)
- Beyond the Reach (3 songs)
- Child 44 (5 songs)
- Felix & Meira (Felix et Meira) (5 songs)
- True Story (5 songs)

Finally, the following composer will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Wednesday: Steven Price (Gravity) will turn 38.