Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Opening in theaters nationwide is Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King directed by Barry Jenkins and starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Mads Mikkelsen, Anika Noni Rose,Keith David, Seth Rogen, Thandiwe Newton, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Blue Ivy Carter and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.The film’s original songs are written by and the movie’s original score is […]

The Academy has notified members of the music branch that the Oscar-shortlisted original song Forbidden Road from the biographical musical drama Better Man has been disqualified. The track co-written (with Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek and produced by Dan Romer & Wexler) and performed by Robbie Williams was found to feature “material from an existing […]

52nd Annie Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: December 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 52nd Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees: Best Music – Feature Kensuke’s Kingdom – Stuart Hancock – Lupus Films Piece by Piece – Pharrell Williams, Michael Andrews – i am OTHER, TREMOLO in association with The LEGO Group, Pure […]

Nominations for 6th Annual SCL Awards Announced

Posted: December 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 6th Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 12, 2025 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The final round of voting will commence on January 27. Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film: Clément Ducol, Camille – Emilia […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 97th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 17, 2025 and the awards show […]

Opening in theaters nationwide is the superhero movie Kraven the Hunter directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola, Fred Hechinger, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe. The show’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Alien: Romulus, The Flash, Shazam!, Hidden Figures) and Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Baby Reindeer, The Undoing, Loveless, Radioactive, Scenes from a Marriage,  Wizard […]

30th Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: December 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the film category nominations for the 30th 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 12, 2025 at the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony at the […]

82nd Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Posted: December 9, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The nominations for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations: Best Original Score: Conclave – Volker Bertelmannx The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Dune: Part Two – Hans […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy Y2K co-written and directed by Kyle Mooney and starring Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Mason Gooding and The Kid Laroi. Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, Enemy, Speak No Evil, The White Tiger, The Outsider,  The Staircase, The Gift, Tokyo Vice) have composed the film’s […]

2025 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions

Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the nominees in the Best Original Score category of next year’s 97th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, historical data, reactions of Academy music branch […]