Announced this week were new composer assignments for: Gregory Tripi (Dark Places), Henry Jackman and Matthew Margeson (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Harry Escott (The Face of an Angel), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

There were 36 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening nationwide today are (with music by): Blended (Rupert Gregson-Williams) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (John Ottman).

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- Blended (43 songs)

Finally, the following composer will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Sunday: Trevor Morris (The Tudors) will turn 44.
- Monday: Nicola Piovani (Life is Beautiful) will turn 68.
- Thursday: Danny Elfman (Batman) will turn 61.