Sea of Monsters–the second novel in Rick Riordan’s wildly successful series–hits Disney+ this week. The official trailer for Season 2 of Percy Jackson and The Olympians opens with Percy (Walker Scobell) narrating the nightmare we’re seeing on screen. The accompanying music is a minimalist piano melody in A minor, with a repeated high register piano note as we’ve heard before. Percy wakes up from his dream, and at 0:21 as he says “I’m Percy Jackson,” we see an animated underwater Disney+ logo light up the screen.

Emerald Fennell has adapted Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel, and it bears all the hallmarks one might expect from the director who brought us Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. Beyond the visual, however, is a standout collaboration on the aural side—taking both a page and a step further from similar musical tie-in conceits, Charli XCX (remember Brat summer?) has come out with a concept album of the same name.

This week we’re taking a close listen to the trailer for Chloé Zhao’s new film Hamnet, winner of the 2025 TIFF People’s Choice Award. The trailer opens with the sounds of birds as we see Agnes (aka Anne) Hathaway (Jessie Buckley) looking up at birds in flight, while sustained strings and wordless choir swell in with a cluster chord in B flat major. The closeness of the notes brings a sense of intimacy, and also wonder. It mirrors the majesty of a hunting hawk perching on Agnes’ glove at 0:06.