Announced this week were new composer assignments for Michael Giacchino (Coco), Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka (The Current War) and Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp & Brandon Roberts (Little Evil), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

Over 25 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend are (with music by): Dunkirk (Hans Zimmer), Girls Trip (David Newman) and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Alexandre Desplat).

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- Dunkirk (1 song)
- Girls Trip (33 songs)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (13 songs)
- The Midwife (4 songs)

The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) is turning 68 tomorrow, July 22.
- Nigel Hess (Ladies in Lavender, Dangerfield) is turning 64 tomorrow.
- Bill Lee (Do the Right Thing, School Daze) is turning 89 on Sunday, July 23.