The list of original scores (and songs) in contention for next year’s Academy Awards has been revealed. Unlike in previous year, all of the expected major contenders have qualified in the Original Score category, including Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, The Testament of Ann Lee and Wicked: For Good, which have been expected by some […]
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135 Original Scores Advance in Oscar Race
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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Expanded ‘Heaven Can Wait’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Buck Henry, Dave Grusin, Heaven Can Wait, score, Soundtrack, Warren Beatty
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1978 fantasy comedy drama Heaven Can Wait directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry and starring Beatty himself, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Buck Henry, Dyan Cannon, Vincent Gardenia and Jack Warden. The album features the film’s Academy Award-nominated expanded and remastered original score […]
World Premiere Release of Georges Delerue’s ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Score Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Fred Zinnemann, Georges Delerue, score, Soundtrack, The Day of the Jackal
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Michel Auclair, Terence Alexander,Alan Badel, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, Maurice Denham, Cyril Cusack and Delphine Seyrig. The album features the film’s original music composed and […]
31st Critics Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 31st Critics Choice Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 4, 2026 at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony at the Barker Hangar […]
‘The Celluloid Closet’ World Premiere Soundtrack Release Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein, score, Soundtrack, The Celluloid Closet
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman about Hollywood’s depiction of gays and lesbians on the silver screen from the silent era of the 1920’s to the present day. The album features the film’s original score composed by Academy […]
Expanded & Remastered ‘Black Rain’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Black Rain, Hans Zimmer, Ridley Scott, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1989 action thriller Black Rain directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura and Yūsaku Matsuda. The album features the film’s newly remastered and (slightly) expanded original score composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Dune, The […]
Original Song ‘In Oil We Trust’ from ‘Black Gold’ (‘Schwarzes Gold’) Released
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Aleksey Igudesman, Black Gold, Ekaterina Shehelova, Hans Zimmer, Schwarzes Gold
Sony Classical has released the first track from the soundtrack for the German event series Black Gold (Schwarzes Gold). Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services if the original song In Oil We Trust written by the show’s composers Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune, Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar) […]
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Kingdom’ Released
Posted: December 5, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: AMC, BBC, BBC America, Kingdom, score, Segun Akinola, Soundtrack
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack album for the BBC natural history documentary series Kingdom. The album features the show’s original music composed by Segun Akinola (Doctor Who, Murder Is Easy, Stephen, 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room, Girl You Know It’s True, The Bayou, The Last Tree). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on […]
Details for ‘Justice League Unlimited’ Vol. 2 Soundtrack Album Revealed
Posted: December 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Justice League Unlimited, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, score, Soundtrack
The full details of the third soundtrack album for the Cartoon Network original animated series Justice League Unlimited have been revealed. The Vol. 2 album features selections of the original music from the show’s second season composed by Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis & Kristopher Carter (Young Justice, Batman: The Animated Series, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, Avengers Assemble, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Babylon 5: […]
Jim O’Hanlon’s ‘Fackham Hall’ to Feature Music by David Arnold
Posted: December 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: David Arnold, Fackham Hall, Jim O'Hanlon
David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale, Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough) has composed two original songs for the new British spoof comedy Fackham Hall: London’s My Favourite (performed by the movie’s cast) & I Went to the Palace (performed by Adam Woodward), both with lyrics Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson & Tim Inman. Arnold is […]
