Announced this week were new composer assignments for Matthew Margeson (Fantasy Island), Dickon Hinchliffe (Misbehaviour) and Laurent Eyquem (Finding Jack), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

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

Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): Doctor Sleep (The Newton Brothers), Last Christmas (Theodore Shapiro), Midway (Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser) and Playing with Fire (Nathan Wang). Expanding nationwide from its limited release last month is Jojo Rabbit (Michael Giacchino)

We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
-Doctor Sleep (10 songs)
-Jojo Rabbit (11 songs)
-Last Christmas (39 songs)
-Midway (3 songs)
-Playing with Fire (17 songs)

The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Ennio Morricone (The Mission, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) is turning 91 on Sunday, November 10.
- Julian Wass (Blue Jay, Hit & Run) is turning 38 on November 10.
- Diego Navarro (Passage to Dawn, Capture the Flag) is turning 47 on Wednesday, November 13.
- Jean-Claude Petit (Jean de Florette, Cyrano de Bergerac) is turning 76 on Thursday, November 14.