Ennio Morricone has received his second Academy Award for his music for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. He previously received an Academy Honorary Award in 2007 for his lifetime achievement and was nominated five times before. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Thomas […]
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Ennio Morricone Wins Oscar for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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Academy Award-Nominated Composers & Songwriters Celebrated at SCL Reception
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, SCL
Yesterday afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Oscar-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category, which was held for the second time in a row at Cafe La Boheme in West Hollywood. SCL president Ashley Irwin introduced the nominees who briefly […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 28, 2016)
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Chiller, Hap and Leonard, Jeff Grace, Robert Duncan, Shawn Pierce, Slasher, SundanceTV, The Family, The Real O'Neals, Transcenders
Premiering on Wednesday, March 2, is the SundanceTV original series Hap and Leonard created by Jim Mickle & Nick Damici and stars James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks. The show’s original music is composed by Jeff Grace (Night Moves, Meek’s Cutoff, The Innkeepers) who previously scored Mickle’s movies Stake Land, We Are What We Are and Cold in July. To learn […]
Chiller’s ‘Slasher’ to Feature Music by Shawn Pierce
Posted: February 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Chiller, Shawn Pierce, Slasher
Shawn Pierce is composing the music for Chiller’s first scripted drama Slasher. The show is created by Aaron Martin (Degrassi: The Next Generation) and stars Katie McGrath, Brandon Jay McLaren, Steve Byers, Dean McDermott, Enuka Okuma and Erin Karpluk. The series’ first season follows a woman who returns home to find herself wrapped up in a series of grisly murders that mirror […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 26, 2016)
Posted: February 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Country Called Home, Atticus Ross, Bobby Krlic, Claudia Sarne, Crouching Tiger, Danny Bensi, Eddie the Eagle, Gods of Egypt, Hidden Dragon, Jack of the Red Hearts, Leopold Ross, Marco Beltrami, Matthew Margeson, Ryan Bingham, Saunder Jurriaans, Shigeru Umebayashi, Triple 9
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Gods of Egypt directed by Alex Proyas and starring Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Chadwick Boseman, Elodie Young, Courtney Eaton and Brenton Thwaites. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album […]
Ennio Morricone Honored at Walk of Fame Ceremony
Posted: February 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone, Walk of Fame
Earlier today, Ennio Morricone received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 87-year old composer was joined by director Quentin Tarantino, producer Harvey Weinstein and Los Angeles Italia Film Fashion and Art Fest founder Pascal Vicedomini. Check out a video of the full ceremony, which features speeches by Tarantino and Weinstein before the composer […]
‘Cabin Fever’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Cabin Fever, Kevin Riepl, score, Soundtrack
Sumthing Else Music Works will release a soundtrack album this year’s Cabin Fever remake. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kevin Riepl (Batman Unlimited, Silent Night, The Night Crew) who previously scored 2014’s Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 1, 2016 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you […]
Heather McIntosh Scoring ‘Rainbow Time’
Posted: February 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Heather McIntosh, Linas Phillips, Rainbow Time
Heather McIntosh is composing the music for the upcoming indie comedy drama Rainbow Time. The film is written and directed by Linas Phillips and stars himself, alongside Melanie Lynskey, Timm Sharp, Tobin Bell, Lauren Weedman, Artemis Pebdani, Jay Duplass, Reagan Yates, Austin Fryberger and Robert Longstreet. The movie revolves around a developmentally delayed 40 year old man who is […]
‘Fargo’ Season 2 Score Album Details
Posted: February 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Fargo, FX, Jeff Russo, score, Soundtrack
The details of the score soundtrack album for Year 2 of the FX original series Fargo have been revealed. The album features selections from the original music for the show’s second season composed by Jeff Russo (Power, Tut, CSI: Cyber, The Returned). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 25, 2016 by Sony Classical and is now available for pre-order […]
