This morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network, streamed live on Hulu and […]
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98th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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62nd Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 62nd Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, ADR, production and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Alan Meyerson for Joseph Kosinksi’s […]
‘Virus: 32’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gustavo Hernández, Hernán González Villamil, score, Shudder, Soundtrack, Virus: 32
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Uruguayan zombie horror thriller Virus: 32. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hernán González Villamil (Home Team, Simon of the Mountain, Night Watch, Como el mar). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 16, 2026)
Posted: January 16, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, A Private Life, All You Need Is Kill, Angela Little, Bryan Adams, Charlie the Wonderdog, Eike Hosenfeld, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Killer Whale, Michael Fiedler, Petteri Sainio, Rob, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Seeds, Sound of Falling, Yasuhiro Maeda
Opening in theaters nationwide is the post-apocalyptic horror sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple directed by Nia DaCosta and starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film’s original music is composed by Hildur Guđnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl, Tar, A Haunting in Venice, Women Talking, The Bride!, Hedda, Sicario: Day of the Soldado). […]
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 15, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Disasterpeace, Kent Seki, score, Soundtrack, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 - Lost in New Jersey
Paramount Music has released a soundtrack for the animated short Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey. The digital single features the film’s original music composed by Disasterpeace (aka Rich Vreeland) (It Follows, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Triple Frontier, Under the Silver Lake, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) and is now available […]
Ludwig Göransson Wins Golden Globe for ‘Sinners’ Score
Posted: January 11, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes, Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Ludwig Göransson was honored with his second Golden Globe in the Best Original Score category for his music from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at tonight’s 31st Critics Choice Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. He previously received the award for his music from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in 2024. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated […]
Guy Moon (1962-2026)
Posted: January 10, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guy Moon
Guy Moon died this past Thursday at age 63 due to injuries sustained from a traffic collision in Los Angeles. The composer wrote dozens of scores and songs for film and television over the last four decades. His best known credits include Nickelodeon’s animated series The Fairly OddParents, for which he received four Primetime Emmy […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 9, 2026)
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adrian Johnston, Danny Elfman, Dead Man's Wire, Greenland 2: Migration, I Was a Stranger, Lukasz Targosz, My Neighbor Adolf, Nick Chuba, Paris Hurley, Primate, The Chronology of Water
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror feature Primate co-written and directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Gia Hunter, Charlie Mann, Victoria Wyant, Benjamin Cheng and Tienne Simon. The film’s original music is composed by Adrian Johnston ( The Strangers: Prey at Night, Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited, Kinky Boots, Lassie, […]
Television Academy Announces Rule Change in Two Music Categories
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The Television Academy has announced a number of rules changes for the 78th Emmy Awards competition in 2026, including two updates in the music categories. In the Outstanding Main Title Theme Music category, eligibility has been expanded to “include main-on-end themes. Both a Main Title Theme (appearing at the beginning of the program) and a […]
2026 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 9, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2026. 112 films were submitted for consideration in the Original Score category and 10 titles are advancing. Members of the Music chapter vote to determine the llonglist and the nominations. Round Two voting, to […]
