Announced this week were new composer assignments for John Williams (Untitled Steven Spielberg Event Film), Nathan Matthew David (Forgotten Island) and Oli Julian (Fackham Hall), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

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

Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): Anniversary (Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans), Back to the Future (40th Anniversary Re-release) (Alan Silvestri) and Stitch Head (Nick Urata). Expanding nationwide from its limited release last week is Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix).

We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
- Anniversary (10 songs)
- Bugonia (3 songs)
- Stitch Head (6 songs)

The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Ian Hultquist (The Walking Dead: Dead City, Assassination Nation) is turning 40 today.
- John Scott (Shoot to Kill, Lionheart) is turning 95 tomorrow, November 1.
- Gary Yershon (Mr. Turner, Happy-Go-Lucky) is turning 71 on Sunday, November 2.
- Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Steve Jobs) is turning 48 on Monday, November 3.
- Laurence Rosenthal (The Miracle Worker, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) is turning 99 on Tuesday, November 4.
- Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood, One Battle After Another) is turning 54 on Wednesday, November 5.
- Arturo Sandoval (Richard Jewell, The Mule) is turning 76 on Thursday, November 6.