The list of original scores (and songs) in contention for next year’s Academy Awards has been revealed. Unlike in previous year, all of the expected major contenders have qualified in the Original Score category, including Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, The Testament of Ann Lee and Wicked: For Good, which have been expected by some observers to face potential issues because of their use of pre-existing material. Notable (but mostly fully expected omissions) include After the Hunt (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross), Blue Moon (Graham Reynolds), The Choral (George Fenton), Die My Love (George Vjestica, Raife Burchell & Lynne Ramsay), Ella McCay (Hans Zimmer, likely not submitted), Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch & Anika), How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell), KPop Demon Hunters (Marcelo Zarvos), Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Max Aruj & Alfie Godfrey), The Phoenician Scheme (Alexandre Desplat), Snow White (Jeff Morrow), Superman (John Murphy & David Fleming) and The Thursday Murder Club (Thomas Newman). Check out the full list of the 135 eligible original scores after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
135 Original Scores Advance in Oscar Race
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Expanded ‘Heaven Can Wait’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Buck Henry, Dave Grusin, Heaven Can Wait, score, Soundtrack, Warren Beatty
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1978 fantasy comedy drama Heaven Can Wait directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry and starring Beatty himself, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Buck Henry, Dyan Cannon, Vincent Gardenia and Jack Warden. The album features the film’s Academy Award-nominated expanded and remastered original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Dave Grusin (Three Days of the Condor, The Firm, The Milagro Beanfield War, Tootsie, Havana), as well as unused music and numerous alternate cues. The CD is now available to order on Quartet’s official website, where you can also check out audio clips and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
World Premiere Release of Georges Delerue’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Score Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fred Zinnemann, Georges Delerue, score, Soundtrack, The Day of the Jackal
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Michel Auclair, Terence Alexander,Alan Badel, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack and Delphine Seyrig. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Georges Delerue (Platoon, Steel Magnolias, Twins, The Day of the Dolphin, Beaches, A Little Romance, Joe Versus the Volcano). The CD, which is being released as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
31st Critics Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 31st Critics Choice 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 4, 2026 at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, hosted by Chelsea Handler and will broadcast in the U.S. live on E! and USA Network. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Celluloid Closet’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein, score, Soundtrack, The Celluloid Closet
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman about Hollywood’s depiction of gays and lesbians on the silver screen from the silent era of the 1920’s to the present day. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell (Carol, The Banshees of Inisherin, Fargo, True Grit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Blind Side, Twilight,Anomalisa). Also included is k.d. lang’s cover of Secret Love, as well as songs performed by Marilyn Mornoe, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich, Roberta Flack, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and Jane Russell. The soundtrack, which is being released to coincide with the movie’s 30th Anniversary, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio clips and learn more about the release. Read the rest of this entry »
Expanded & Remastered ‘Black Rain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Rain, Hans Zimmer, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 action thriller Black Rain directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura and Yūsaku Matsuda. The album features the film’s newly remastered and (slightly) expanded original score composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rain Man, Man of Steel), including previously unreleased music. The 2-CD set is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about he release. Virgin Records has previously released the original 1989 soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie, as well as a four-track score suite by Zimmer, while La-La Land Records has released an expanded album featuring both score and songs back in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Song ‘In Oil We Trust’ from ‘Black Gold’ (‘Schwarzes Gold’) Released
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aleksey Igudesman, Black Gold, Ekaterina Shehelova, Hans Zimmer, Schwarzes Gold
Sony Classical has released the first track from the soundtrack for the German event series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold). Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services if the original song In Oil We Trust written by the show’s composers Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar) & Aleksey Igudesman and performed by Ekaterina Shehelova. Also listen to the song after the jump. Black Gold is created by Justin Koch & Matthias Greving and stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Aaron Hilmer, Tom Wlaschiha, Gwendoline Christie, Merlin Sandmeyer, Marton Csokas, Lena Urzendowsky, Henny Reents, Slavko Popadić, Jessica Schwarz and Liliom Lewald. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Kingdom’ Released
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, BBC, BBC America, Kingdom, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC natural history documentary series Kingdom. The album features the show’s original music composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, Murder Is Easy, Stephen, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room, Girl You Know It’s True, The Bayou, The Last Tree). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track after the jump. Kingdom is executive produced by Mike Gunton and narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The 6-parter produced by BBC Studios Natural History chronicles the dramatic real-life sagas of four African animal families, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs and lions – whose fates are inextricably linked as they strive for a foothold in a remote and fertile river valley in Zambia. Read the rest of this entry »
Details for ‘Justice League Unlimited’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Album Revealed
Posted: December 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Justice League Unlimited, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the third soundtrack album for the Cartoon Network original animated series Justice League Unlimited have been revealed. The Vol. 2 album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis & Kristopher Carter (Young Justice, Batman: The Animated Series, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, Avengers Assemble, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Babylon 5: The Road Home). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 5 by Dynamic Soundtrack Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. The label has previously released the first volume featuring music from Season 1 last December. Justice League Unlimited is developed by Bruce Timm and features the voices of Kevin Conroy, George Newbern, Michael Rosenbaum, Susan Eisenberg, Phil LaMarr, Maria Canals and Carl Lumbly. Read the rest of this entry »
Jim O’Hanlon’s ‘Fackham Hall’ to Feature Music by David Arnold
Posted: December 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: David Arnold, Fackham Hall, Jim O'Hanlon
David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough) has composed two original songs for the new British spoof comedy Fackham Hall: London’s My Favourite (performed by the movie’s cast) & I Went to the Palace (performed by Adam Woodward), both with lyrics Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson & Tim Inman. Arnold is also receiving a “music by” credit in the film, while Oli Julian is credited as “composer”. Click here to check out the full music team credits and visit FilmMusic.com for the song credits. Fackham Hall is directed by Jim O’Hanlon (Trying, Your Christmas Or Mine?) and stars Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe, Damian Lewis, Tom Felton, Katherine Waterston, Emma Laird and Woodward. Read the rest of this entry »
