James Newton Howard has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming film adaptation of The Hunger Games. He has stepped in for Danny Elfman who was originally announced to score the film and had to leave the project due to a scheduling conflict. The Hunger Games based on the bestselling novel by Suzanne Collins is […]
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James Newton Howard to Score ‘The Hunger Games’
Posted: December 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, The Hunger Games
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’ to Feature Music by Jonny Greenwood
Posted: December 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master, We Need to Talk About Kevin
According to a recent posting on Twitter by Oliver Weindling, founder of the British label Babel (via The Playlist and Cigarettes & Red Vines), Jonny Greenwood has recently recorded music for Paul Thomas Anderson’s highly anticipated religious drama The Master. The Radiohead guitarist has previously scored Anderson’s last movie, the 2007 drama There Will Be […]
Annie Award Nominations Announced
Posted: December 5, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Annie Nominations
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 39th Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees: Music in a Feature Production Henry Jackman – Puss In Boots – DreamWorks Animation John Williams – Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell […]
Fall 2011 Television Music Roundup (Part 4): NBC
Posted: December 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Schwartz, Ed Alton, Free Agents, Grimm, Kurt Farquhar, Martyn LeNoble, NBC, Prime Suspect, Richard Marvin, The Playboy Club, Transcenders, Up All Night, Vincent Jones, Wendy & Lisa, Whitney
In our fourth part of our fall television music series, we are taking a look at the new and returning shows on NBC: Among the new shows on the network that premiered this fall is the fantasy crime drama Grimm created by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf and starring Russell Hornsby, David Giuntoli, Bitsie Tulloch, […]
Fall 2011 Television Music Roundup (Part 3): CBS
Posted: December 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 2 Broke Girls, A Gifted Man, CBS, Jacob Groth, Person of Interest, Ramin Djawadi, Unforgettable, W.G. Snuffy Walden
In our third part of our roundup of this fall’s television music, we are taking a look at the new and returning shows on CBS: Among the network’s new shows is the drama Person of Interest created by Jonathan Nolan (brother of Christopher Nolan) and starring Michael Emerson, Jim Caviezel, Taraji B. Henson and Kevin […]
Ludovic Bource Wins European Film Award for ‘The Artist’
Posted: December 3, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: European Film Awards, Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Ludovic Bource has won the European Film Award for his score for Michel Hazanavicius‘ black-and-white romance The Artist in the European Composer cateogory at tonight’s EFA Night 2011. The composer accepted his first European Film Award in person at the EFA ceremony in Berlin. The other composers nominated in the music category were Alexandre Desplat […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 2, 2011)
Posted: December 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Warrior's Heart, Alec Puro, Answers to Nothing, Ben Frost, Coriolanus, Craig Richey, Eric Serra, Harry Escott, Ilan Eshkeri, score, Shame, Sleeping Beauty, Soundtrack, The Lady
While there are no movies opening wide this weekend, a number of films are receiving a limited release: The most talked about movie opening this week is the drama Shame directed by Steve McQueen and starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie and Hannah Ware. The film’s score is composed by Harry […]
‘Answers to Nothing’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: December 2, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Answers to Nothing, Craig Richey, score, Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has announced the details of the soundtrack release for the indie drama Answers to Nothing. The album features the original score by composer Craig Richey (Friends with Money, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Dollars), as well as several songs from the movie by artists including Nico Vega, Brian Vander Ark and […]
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: December 1, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Atticus Ross, David Fincher, score, Soundtrack, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor
Null Records has announced the details of the soundtrack for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The album features the original score from the movie by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, as well as Reznor’s and Karen O’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song. The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 9, […]
