Music is the gasoline that so usually drives our deep emotional connection to the storytelling we see on display screen, so what higher option to really feel its energy than with a stay orchestra taking part in towards the backdrop of a few of our favourite movies of the season at Sound & Display screen Movie?
The occasion, considered one of Deadline’s hottest occasions of the yr, has kicked off Friday at UCLA’s Royce Corridor, providing a style of this yr’s awards contenders with an unique and aurally immersive expertise. Past the music, you’ll additionally hear discuss from the trade’s prime composers and artists in our on-stage panel discussions.
As regular, now we have a number of musical superstars on deck — assume Speaking Heads frontman David Byrne for instance. He’s right here with composer Daniel Pemberton and their work from Alex Gibney’s documentary Musk. Pemberton is on double obligation tonight, aboard additionally to debate his rating from Ryan Gosling (and Rocky the alien)-starrer Venture Hail Mary.
One other well-known musical identify on our stage will probably be Linda Perry, the supercharged composer previously of the band 4 Non Blondes. She’s right here along with her unique tune “What Lies With You” from the documentary Linda Perry: Let it Die Right here. And it might not be an evening of unique songs and scores with out the inimitable 17-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren. She’s right here along with her tune “One Proper Right here” from the sports activities biopic Maserati: The Brothers.
Add to that checklist Siddartha Khosla, composer and the singer-songwriter and producer behind the band Goldspot. An Emmy winner for his work on Solely Murders within the Constructing, he’s right here together with his rating from the animated film Swapped.
From CODA Greatest Image Oscar-winning director Siân Heder, now we have Being Heumann — a have a look at the lifetime of incapacity rights activist Judy Heumann — and its shifting, call-to-action rating from composer Francesco Le Metre. And with the rating from Mahershala Ali-starrer Your Mom Your Mom Your Mom, prepare for a robust triumvirate of musical expertise in Son Lux, the trio made up of Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang.
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We’re touring the world too, heading to the Himalayas with the Everest film Tenzing and its rating from Norwegian composer Rebekka Karijord. And The Eyes of Ghana’s composer Kris Bowers is right here to move us into the documentary about 93-year-old cinematographer Chris Hesse, the private cameraman of Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah. Plus, from South Korean sci-fi thriller Hope, now we have composer Michael Abels, the Pulitzer Prize winner recognized for his electrifying scores for Jordan Peele’s movies Get Out, Us and Nope.
And it’s not all movie on a regular basis both. We’ll have some legendary American historical past with the story of Muhammed Ali in docuseries The Biggest and Marcus “Bellringer” Bell’s unique tune “Stroll With Kings.”
Comply with alongside all night on Deadline’s social channels utilizing #DeadlineSoundAndScreen, and examine again Monday for our full panel protection. See beneath for tonight’s lineup so as of look (topic to alter).
Deadline’s Sound & Display screen Movie 2026
6:30 p.m. PT – Opening remarks
AMAZON MGM STUDIOS
Venture Hail Mary
Daniel Pemberton, Composer
NEON
Hope
Michael Abels, Composer
ORION PICTURES/AMAZON MGM STUDIOS
Your Mom Your Mom Your Mom
Son Lux, Composers/Songwriters
SKYDANCE ANIMATION and NETFLIX
Swapped
Siddhartha Khosla, Composer
BLEECKER STREET
Musk
Daniel Pemberton, Composer
David Byrne, Songwriter
PRIME VIDEO
The Biggest
Marcus “Bellringer” Bell, Songwriter
MAGENTA LIGHT STUDIOS
Maserati: The Brothers
Diane Warren, Composer/Songwriter
APPLE ORIGINAL FILMS
Being Heumann
Francesco Le Metre, Composer
Tenzing
Rebekka Karijord, Composer
MERCURY STUDIOS/KTF FILMS
Linda Perry: Let It Die Right here
Linda Perry, Songwriter
BREAKWATER STUDIOS/HIGHER GROUND PRODUCTIONS
The Eyes of Ghana
Kris Bowers, Composer
