Antonio Sanchez was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman at tonight’s 19th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game, Johann Johannsson for The Theory of Everything, […]
Archive for January, 2015
Antonio Sanchez Wins Critics’ Choice Movie Award for ‘Birdman’
Posted: January 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antonio Sanchez, Birdman, Critic's Choice Movie Awards
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‘Strange Magic’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: January 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Marius de Vries, Soundtrack, Strange Magic
Hollywood Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated feature Strange Magic. The album features the songs from the film performed by the movie’s voice cast. Marius de Vries serves as the project’s musical director and has picked numerous popular songs from the past six decades. He also composed the original score for the Lucasfilm production. […]
Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
This morning, the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced. Here are the music-related nominations: Best Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat Interstellar – Hans Zimmer Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon The Theory of Everything – Johann Johannsson
‘Black Sea’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Sea, Ilan Eshkeri, Kevin Macdonald, score, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Black Sea. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ilan Eshkeri (Stardust, Layer Cake, Still Alice, The Young Victoria). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 20, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked […]
‘Mortdecai’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: January 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: David Koepp, Geoff Zanelli, Mark Ronson, Mortdecai, score, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records will release the official soundtrack album for the action comedy Mortdecai. The album features the film’s original music composed by Geoff Zanelli (Disturbia, Hitman, Ghost Town, The Odd Life of Timothy Green) and Mark Ronson, including the original songs Johanna performed by Miles Kane and Heart’s a Liar performed by Rose Elinor Dougall. The soundtrack will be released […]
Carter Burwell to Score Jason Bateman’s ‘The Family Fang’ and the Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’
Posted: January 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Ethan Coen, Hail Caesar!, Jason Bateman, Joel Coen, The Family Fang
Carter Burwell has signed on to score the upcoming comedy The Family Fang. The film marks the second directorial feature effort of Jason Bateman following last year’s Bad Words and stars the actor himself, alongside Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken, The movie is based on a novel by Kevin Wilson and follows two siblings who grew up in a performance artist […]
BMI to Present Composer/Director Roundtable at 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Posted: January 14, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, Sundance Film Festival
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced the 17th annual Composer/Director Roundtable and 13th annual Snowball during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. BMI’s roundtable entitled Music & Film: The Creative Process will take place on Tuesday, January 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Filmmaker Lodge (550 Main Street, 2nd Floor Park City, Utah 84060). The […]
Heitor Pereira Scoring ‘The Moon and the Sun’
Posted: January 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heitor Pereira, Sean McNamara, The Moon and the Sun
Heitor Pereira is composing the music for the upcoming historical fantasy adventure The Moon and the Sun. The film is directed by Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer, Raise Your Voice, Spare Parts) and stars Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt, Benjamin Walker, Kaya Scodelario, Pablo Schreiber and Bingbing Fan. The movie is based on the novel of the same title […]
‘Planet of the Apes’ Television Series Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Earle Hagen, Lalo Schifrin, Planet of the Apes, Richard LaSalle, score, Soundtrack
La-La Land Records has released a new soundtrack release for the Planet of the Apes television series based on the 20th Century Fox sci-fi feature franchise starring Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper and James Naughton. The album features selections from the show’s original music composed by Lalo Schifrin (Mission: Impossible, Enter the Dragon, Rush Hour, Dirty Harry), as […]
