Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated feature The Boy and the Heron written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring (in its English language version) Christian Bale, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Mark Hamill, Florence Pugh, Karen Fukuhara and Luca Padovan. The film’s original music is composed by Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 8, 2023)
Posted: December 8, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anselm, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Concrete Utopia, Fast Charlie, Fil Eisler, Guillaume Roussel, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jerskin Fendrix, Joe Hisaishi, Joseph Bishara, Kim Hae-won, Leonard Küßner, Poor Things, The Boy and the Heron, The Cello, The Three Musketeers - Part I: D’Artagnan
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 1, 2023)
Posted: December 1, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dan Haseltine, Eileen, Family Switch, Godzilla Minus One, Holiday Twist, Marco Beltrami, Matthew S. Nelson, Naoki Sato, Pinar Toprak, Richard Reed Parry, Silent Night, Steve Dorff, The Shift
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Silent Night directed by John Woo and starring Joel Kinnaman, Scott Mescudi, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Harold Torres. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Logan, A Quiet Place, Scream, The Hurt Locker, Ford v. Ferrari, The Wolverine). La-La Land Records will release […]
2024 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: November 28, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the nominees in the Best Original Score category of next year’s 96th 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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 24, 2023)
Posted: November 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Symphony, Benjamin Rice, Candy Cane Lane, Dave Metzger, Jon Batiste, Julia Michaels, Leave the World Behind, Leonard Bernstein, Mac Quayle, Maestro, Marcus Miller, Martin Phipps, Monster, Napoleon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wish
Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated musical comedy Wish directed by Chris Buck & Fawn Veerasunthorn and starring Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Alan Tudyk, Natasha Rothwell, Harvey Guillén, Evan Peters and Ramy Youseff. The film’s original songs are written by Julia Michaels & Benjamin Rice […]
Nile Rodgers & The-Dream to Compose Original Songs for Mark Anthony Green’s ‘Opus’
Posted: November 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Mark Anthony Green, Nile Rodgers, Opus, The-Dream
Grammy Award-winning music producer/guitarist/composer Nile Rodgers and Grammy Award-nominated singer/rapper/songwriter The-Dream (aka Terius Gesteelde-Diamant) are collaborating to write original song for the upcoming horror movie Opus. The film is written and directed by Mark Anthony Green and stars Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder, Stephanie Suganami, Young Mazino and Tatanka Means. The A24 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 10, 2023)
Posted: November 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Anders, Dream Scenario, Journey to Bethlehem, Kane, Laura Karpman, Matt Hutchinson, Nate Wonder, Nikki Anders, Owen Pallett, Peer Astrom, Roman Gianarthur, Ronnie Minder, Stamped from the Beginning, The Dirty South, The Marvels, Tyler Forrest, Your Lucky Day
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie The Marvels co-written and directed by Nia DaCosta and starring Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Lewis, Zawe Ashton, Seo-Jun Park, Mohan Kapur, Zenobia Shroff and Saagar Shaikh. The film’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (Ms. Marvel, What If..?, American […]
Danny Elfman Shares Unreleased ‘The Woman in the Window’ Score
Posted: November 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, Joe Wright, Netflix, The Woman in the Window
Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black) has launched a new official website and uploaded his unreleased score for the 2021 psychological thriller The Woman in the Window directed by Joe Wright and starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Julianne Moore, Fred […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 3, 2023)
Posted: November 3, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Janota Bzowski, Adam Taylor, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Amine Bouhafa, At the Gates, Beyond Utopia, Branford Marsalis, David Boman, Four Daughters, Juan Pablo Villa, Julia Newman, Pascual Reyes, Radical, Rustin, Taylor Page, The Marsh King’s Daughter, Victor Magro, What Happens Later
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic comedy What Happens Later directed by Meg Ryan and starring David Duchovny and Ryan. The film’s original music is composed by David Boman (Wyrm, Moonshot, Please Hold). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as songs by The Streamline Modernes, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 27, 2023)
Posted: October 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: After Death, Atticus Ross, Christopher Stracey, Elliot Leung, Fernando Velazquez, Fingernails, Five Nights at Freddy's, Freelance, Geoff Zanelli, Hannah Parrott, Inspector Sun, John Debney, Jonathan Sadoff, Mark Orton, Phoenix, Priscilla, The Holdovers, The Killer, The Newton Brothers, Trent Reznor, Under the Boardwalk
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend while also premiering on Peacock today is the horror movie Five Nights at Freddy’s directed by Emma Tammi and starring Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kat Conner Sterling and Piper Rubio. The film’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, […]
