Announced this week were new composer assignments for Clint Mansell (Mute), Bear McCreary (The Boy), Craig Armstrong (Me Before You), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

There were 35 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening nationwide this week are (with music by): The Peanuts Movie (Christophe Beck) and Spectre (Thomas Newman).

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- The Peanuts Movie (17 songs)
- Spectre (11 songs)
- Brooklyn (17 songs)
- Barista (9 songs)
- Entertainment (15 songs)
- Miss You Already (17 songs)
- Spotlight (12 songs)
- Trumbo (15 songs)

Finally, the following composer will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Tuesday: Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) will turn 87.