Announced this week were new composer assignments for Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Waves), Jeff Russo (Pale Blue Dot) and Michael Andrews (Instant Family), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

Over 25 soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): Ant-Man and the Wasp (Christophe Beck) and The First Purge (Kevin Lax).

We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
-Ant-Man and the Wasp (10 songs)
-Bleeding Steel (No songs)

The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- John Ottman (X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Usual Suspects) is turning 54 today.
- Atli Orvarsson (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Vantage Point) is turning 48 tomorrow, July 7.
- Ron Jones (DuckTales, American Dad) is turning 64 tomorrow.
- Jay Chattaway (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) is turning 71 on Sunday, July 8.
- Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter's Bone, Out of the Furnace) is turning 51 on Monday, July 9.
- Harald Kloser (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) is turning 62 on Monday.