Announced this week were new composer assignments for Bobby Krlic (Eddington), Heitor Pereira (The Angry Birds Movie 3) and Keegan DeWitt (People We Meet on Vacation), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.

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

Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): The Amateur (Volker Bertelmann), Drop (Bear McCreary), The King of Kings (Kim Tae-seong) and Warfare (no score).

We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
- The Amateur (10 songs)
- The Friend (7 songs)
- The King of Kings (2 songs)
- One to One: John & Yoko (19 songs)
- Warfare (2 songs)

The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator, Whale Rider) is turning 64 tomorrow, April 12.
- Herbie Hancock ('Round Midnight, Death Wish) is turning 85 tomorrow.
- Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff) is turning 83 on Sunday, April 13.
- David Bell (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise) is turning 71 on Thursday, April 17.
- Jan Hammer (Miami Vice, Dark Angel) is turning 77 on April 17.