Announced this week were new composer assignments for Aaron Zigman (Mr. Right), Brian Byrne (The Secret Scripture), Ramin Djawadi (The Great Wall), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

There were 24 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening nationwide this week are (with music by): American Ultra (Marcelo Zarvos), Hitman: Agent 47 (Marco Beltrami), and Sinister 2 (tomandandy).

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- American Ultra (14 songs)
- Hitman: Agent 47 (5 songs)
- Sinister 2 (11 songs)
- The Lost Key (3 songs)
- Shanghai (21 songs)
- She's Funny that Way (9 songs)

Finally, the following composer will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Tuesday: Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel) will turn 54.