Film Music Reporter

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences today announced the creative team for the 97th Oscars, including music director Michael Bearden who joins the team for the first time. Bearden has worked with more than 520 music artists, most notably Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Lady Gaga and as Michael Jackson’s final music director. he earned Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Music Direction for the Super Bowl LI Halftime Show featuring Lady Gaga and One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. He has served as a music director for the Grammy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Awards, and as a musician and arranger for several Kennedy Center Honors and Oscars shows. His feature film scores include Michael Jackson’s This Is It, Outlaw Johnny Black, Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only, American Blackout and Constellation.