Announced this week were new composer assignments for Christophe Beck (Get Hard), Cliff Martinez (Beasts of No Nation), Lorne Balfe (Dough), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

There were 52 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening nationwide this week are (with music by): Before I Go to Sleep (Edward Shearmur), Nightcrawler (James Newton Howard), and Saw (Charlie Clouser) is having a 10th Anniversary Re-Release.

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- Before I Go to Sleep (2 songs)
- Nightcrawler (30 songs)
- Saw (3 songs)
- The Great Invisible (no songs)
- Horns (21 songs)

Finally, the following composers will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Monday: Daniel Pemberton (The Counselor will turn 37.
- Tuesday: Laurence Rosenthal (Becket, Man of La Manca) will turn 88.
- Wednesday: Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood will turn 43.