Announced this week were new composer assignments for Marc Shaiman (LBJ), Brian Reitzell (Kicks), Hans Zimmer and Rupert Gregson-Williams (The Legend of Tarzan), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

There were 27 new soundtrack albums released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening nationwide this week are (with music by): 10 Cloverfield Lane (Bear McCreary), The Brothers Grimsby (David Buckley and Erran Baron Cohen), The Perfect Match (Kurt Farquhar), and The Young Messiah (John Debney).

Among all new theatrical releases, we are tracking song credits for:
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (3 songs)
- The Perfect Match (25 songs)
- The Young Messiah (1 song)
- The Automatic Hate (10 songs)
- Backgammon (no songs)
- City of Gold (19 songs)
- Eye in the Sky (1 song)
- Remember (4 songs)
- Talent Has Hunger (22 songs)

Finally, the following composers will be celebrating an upcoming birthday:
- Sunday: Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X) will turn 54.
- Monday: Quincy Jones (The Color Purple) will turn 83.