Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams. The film’s original music is […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 20, 2019)
Posted: December 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Benedikt Schiefer, Cats, Invisible Life, John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Best Original Score & Song Shortlists for 92nd Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The nominations will be announced on January 13, 2020 and the awards show will be held on February 9.
Paul McCartney to Write Original Songs for Timothy Reckart’s ‘High in the Clouds’
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: High in the Clouds, Netflix, Paul McCartney, Timothy Reckart
Netflix announced today that singer/songwriter Paul McCartney will be writing original songs for the animated movie High in the Clouds based on the popular children’s adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar & Philip Ardagh. Timothy Reckart (The Star, Head Over Heels) is directing the film, which follows an imaginative teenage […]
56th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 56th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past few years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Tyson Lozensky for James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari […]
Scores for ‘Knives Out’, ‘The Irishman’ & ‘The Two Popes’ Ruled Ineligible for Academy Awards Consideration
Posted: December 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Variety is reporting that several original scores submitted for Academy Awards consideration have been disqualified. Among the titles ruled ineligible are Knives Out (by Nathan Johnson), which was disqualified due to an “administrative mixup”, as well as The Irishman (by Robbie Robertson) and The Two Popes (by Bryce Dessner), both of which were expected to […]
25th Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critic's Choice Movie Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 25th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 12, 2020 at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony at the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 6, 2019)
Posted: December 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Million Little Pieces, Arthur Simonini, Atticus Ross, Baptiste de Laubier, Clark, Claudia Sarne, Daniel Isn't Real, Danny Bensi, Heitor Pereira, Hold On, Leopold Ross, Nathan Matthew David, Nima Fakhrara, Playmobil: The Movie, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Saunder Jurriaans, Steven Price, The Wolf Hour, Trauma Center
The only movie opening nationwide this week is the live-action/animated feature Playmobil: The Movie directed by Lino DiSalvo and starring Anya- Taylor Joy, Jim Gaffigan, Gabriel Bateman, Kenan Thompson and Daniel Radcliffe. The film’s original music is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Minions, The Angry Birds Movie). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s […]
SCL Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: SCL Awards
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominations for the inaugural SCL Awards. Here are the nominees: Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film: Michael Abels – Us Michael Giacchino – Jojo Rabbit Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker John Powell – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Alan Silvestri – Avengers: […]
2020 ‘Best Original Score’ Oscar Predictions
Posted: December 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions in the Best Original Score category for the 92nd Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film/music […]
