Favourite releases of 2026?
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There are similar threads for 2024 and 2025, but we need one for 2026.
I thought it would be useful to start one relatively early in the year, like now, rather than just at the end, like those earlier two. Here’s a chance to highlight any new releases as you discover them, be it a new score or an archival release. If that’s something you do. I know that some don’t look for new releases at all.
Plus, it gives me the chance to “plug” those mini reviews of new releases I occasionally do. I have one out now, here, for anyone interested, that includes these:
HURRY UP, TOMORROW (The Weeknd & Daniel Lopatin)
AMSTERDAM EMPIRE (Palmbomen II)
REVIVAL (Lydia Ainsworth & Alex Cuevo)
KUSUNOKI NO BANNIN [THE CAMPHORWOORD CUSTODIAN] (Yugo Kanno)
QUEENS OF THE DEAD (Blitz//Berlin)
SEND HELP (Danny Elfman)
AL BATAL (Suad Bushnaq)I actually love those compact mini reviews as I admit I sadly tend to scan really elborate longer ones (in generally not yours specifially) often…
It’s comparatively rare that I buy new releases these days… and even rarer that they are for a contemporary film. The last “new new” album I bought (as high-res download form Qobuz) was the recent Pat Metheny release, Side Eye III+, the last new film score CD I got was The Filmmation Music of Ray Ellis.
Same for me. I just got Murray Gold’s DOCTOR WHO – SERIES 10 2CD set which finally was released after 9 years but haven’t listened to it yet but know what to expect certainly. Gold is of course is a bit over the top at times but it’s all catchy and reminiscent of Arnold at times. But I always like it and I have all of Gold’s DOCTOR WHO scores so far.
The year is two Month old now and I haven’t bought any 2026 release.
But I think, I will get the new Rombi score. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. And from Music Box there is a CD release of it.Then there is a rerelease of a 1979 rerecording of Bernard Herrmann’s North By Northwest coming soon. And I haven’t that score on physical album yet. Only the digital version of the McNeely rerecording.
A new mini review batch of some 2026 titles here (and a couple of 2025 still, I think this will be the last of those). Something for both the synth heads and orchestral fans among us here:
GUNYO CHOLO: THE DRESS (Marcello de Francisci, feat. Lisa Gerrard)
LE COSE NON DETTE (Paolo Buonvino)
LES IMMORTELLES (Calypso Valois)
MISS AUSTEN (Dominik Scherrer)
THE ABNORMAL BEAUTY COMPANY (Todor Kobakov)
INDUSTRY (Nathan Micay)
BALANDRAU: VIENTO SALVAJE (Arnau Bataller)
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE (Thomas Newman)Another batch of recommendations, for anyone interested. Includes:
THE INQUISITOR (Omar Fadel)
L’ENFANT DU DÉSERT (Armand Amar)
STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM ’85 (Brad Breeck)
POLICE FLASH 80 (Alexis Rault)
CEUX QUI COMPTENT (Fred Avril & Pierre Lottin)
FACKHAM HALL (Oli Julian)
GO (BT)A few more recent discoveries and recommendations here. Two blockbusters and four under-the-radar gems.
DEEP QUIET ROOM (Hanan Townshend)
CASTIGO DIVINO (Cláudia Correia)
KAZE, KAORU (Yuji Nomi)
DER VERLORENE MANN (Pablo Jókay)
TOY STORY 5 (Randy Newman)
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (Daniel Pemberton & Brian May)Have non yet as I basically haven’t listened to any directly besides a track here and there. The first four in your list I have not even heard of but as usual I will checkout the article+samples.
Thanks, Malte!
I’m curious — does anyone else here click on those mini review links and at least listen to the samples? I think there are some great discoveries to be made there, whether you like orchestral music, electronic music, artsy music or anything inbetween. At least if you’re a cat, maybe not if you’re a moth! 😉
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