Archive for 2018

MacGillivray Freeman Films has announced that Hans Zimmer has composed the main title theme for the upcoming IMAX documentary Great Bear Rainforest. The film’s score is composed by Anže Rozman for Bleeding Fingers Music and produced by Russell Emanuel. The movie is directed by Ian McAllister, narrated by Ryan Reynolds and will feature unprecedented close-up footage of Canada’s […]

Miles Hankins (The Night Before, Len and Company) is scoring the upcoming HBO documentary The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti. The film is directed by Bentley Weiner and centers on the 77-year old NFL Hall of Famer, whose story encompasses turns as a linebacker, lawyer, sports agent, broadcaster, executive and philanthropist. Liev Schreiber is narrating the HBO Sports […]

Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the sci-fi action movie Alita: Battle Angel. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Tomb Raider, Divergent, 300: Rise of an Empire). The soundtrack will be released on February […]

Composer Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, Pacific Rim Uprising, Genius) is reteaming with director Matt Tyrnauer on the upcoming documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?. The movie focuses on Rob Cohn, the American lawyer best known for being Senator Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954 and whose polarizing, […]

Music and Motion Productions has released a soundtrack album has been released for the Spanish romantic thriller The Tree of Blood (El arbol de la sangre). The album features the film’s original music composed by Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, The Raven, The Cold Light of Day, The Quiet Ones). Also included is the original […]

Ramin Djawadi has been tapped to score the upcoming animated feature The Queen’s Corgi. The film is directed by Ben Stassen & Vincent Kesteloot and features the voice talent of Jack Whitehall, Julie Walters, Ray Winstone, Sheridan Smith, Matt Lucas and Tom Courtenay. The movie follows the adventure of Rex, the British monarch’s most beloved […]

Academy Announces Shortlists for Best Original Score & Songs

Posted: December 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 91st Academy Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The nominations will be announced on January 22, 2019 and the awards show will be held on February 24. 

Mica Levi (Jackie, Under the Skin, Marjorie Prime) has recently composed the original music for the upcoming drama Monos. The film is directed by Alejandro Landes (Porfirio) and stars Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero and Laura Castrillón. The movie revolves around a group of eight kids with guns who watch […]

Grammy nominee Dua Lipa has recorded an original song for the sci-fi action movie Alita: Battle Angel. She also co-wrote the track, entitled Swan Song, which will be featured in the movie directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron & Jon Landau and starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie […]

Daniel Pemberton has announced that he has composed the original score for the upcoming HBO original movie Brexit. The film is directed by Toby Haynes and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings, who spearheaded the Vote Leave campaign and Rory Kinnear as Craig Oliver, Prime Minister David Cameron’s director of communications and head of the […]