Announced this week were new composer assignments for David Holmes (The Laundromat), Rob Simonsen (The Way Back) and Reinhold Heil (Running with the Devil), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

Over 30 soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.

Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): The Art of Racing in the Rain (Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka), Brian Banks (John Debney), Dora and the Lost City of Gold (John Debney & Germaine Franco), The Kitchen (Bryce Dessner) and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Marco Beltrami & Anna Drubich).
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We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
-Brian Banks (17 songs)
-Dora and the Lost City of Gold (17 songs)
-The Kitchen (25 songs)
-Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (11 songs)
-One Child Nation (No songs)
-The Peanut Butter Falcon (16 songs)
-The Tracker (No songs)

The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Toby Chu (Unforgettable, Bao) is turning 42 on Sunday, August 11.
- Mark Knopfler (Wag the Dog, The Princess Bride) is turning 70 on Monday, August 12.
- Zacarias M. de la Riva (Automata, Black Snow) is turning 47 on August 12.