Deadline Launches Streaming Site for Its Sound & Screen Film Showcase
Deadline has launched a streaming site for Sound & Screen Film, its showcase of the music behind awards-season films, Deadline reported on 10 November 2026.
Awards season is the autumn and winter stretch when films compete for prizes such as the Oscars. The showcase put the music from those films on stage. The live event took place on 6 November at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Eleven films took part, drawn from 13 studios, streamers and production companies. Composers and songwriters performed their scores and songs live, backed by a full orchestra. That is a rare chance for audiences to hear film music outside a cinema or a home screen.
The participating companies included Amazon MGM Studios, Apple Original Films, Bleecker Street, Breakwater Studios, Higher Ground Productions, KTF Films, Magenta Light Studios, Mercury Studios, Netflix, Neon, Orion Pictures, Skydance Animation and Prime Video. The list mixes long-running studios with streaming services, which is a sign of how many different businesses now make films that compete for awards.
Among the composers whose work has been highlighted, Daniel Pemberton wrote music for Project Hail Mary and for Alex Gibney's documentary Musk.
Deadline is also gearing up for its own industry gathering. Its Contenders Los Angeles film panel event is scheduled for all day on 14 November at the DGA Theater, the venue run by the Directors Guild of America.
For anyone who missed the live night, the new site is the place to catch up on the music. For everyone else, it is a reminder that a film's sound is built by a team of people working to a deadline, long before the first trailer drops.
