Academy Award, BAFTA and Emmy-winning composer Steven Price has scored the highly anticipated live-action/animated film COYOTE VS. ACME, directed by Dave Green and starring Will Forte, John Cena, and Lana Condor.
Warner Bros. Discovery initially shelved COYOTE VS. ACME in November 2023 to obtain a tax write-off but later reversed its decision and allowed the filmmakers to seek other distributors following public backlash. After several unsuccessful negotiations with various distributors, Ketchup Entertainment acquired the rights for $50 million in March 2025 and finally released the film on August 28, 2026, in the US and August 21, 2026, in the UK to rave reviews from the critics and cinemagoers alike.
After enduring years of catastrophic product failures at the hands of ACME, Inc, a tenacious, unemployed coyote (Wile E. Coyote) uncovers a corporate cover-up and spearheads an unhinged battle against the multinational conglomerate that’s been blowing him up in the name of profit. Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte), he takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena) and ACME, Inc., the profit-obsessed conglomerate behind every one of the Coyote’s chaotic catastrophes.
In August 2026, for TALKING SOUNDTRACKS on the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST, Jason Drury had the pleasure of talking to Steven Price about his score for COYOTE VS. ACME via Zoom at his studio in Surrey, England.
As well as talking about the score, they also talked about Steven’s career to date, including his work on THE LORD OF THE RINGS and his Academy Award-winning score for GRAVITY.
And you will also be hearing plenty of the music of Stephen Price, including, of course, from his latest release, COYOTE VS. ACME.
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