The 66th Emmy Awards nominations were announced yesterday. For information on the nominees, click here.

Announced this week were new composer assignments for Andrew Hewitt (Mojave), Alberto Iglesias (Exodus: Gods and Kings), Mateo Messina (Barely Lethal), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

There were 20 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Only Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (music by Michael Giacchino) is opening nationwide today.

Finally, the following composer will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Wednesday: Stewart Copeland (Wallstreet) will turn 62.