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 […]
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Robbie Williams’ Original Song ‘Forbidden Road’ from ‘Bettter Man’ Disqualified from Oscar Consideration
Posted: December 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Better Man, Michael Gracey, Robbie Williams
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 NewsTags: Annie Awards
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 NewsTags: SCL Awards
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 […]
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 97th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 13, 2024)
Posted: December 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Somers, Carry-On, Dirty Angels, Evgueni Galperine, Kraven the Hunter, Lorenz Dangel, Lorne Balfe, Nickel Boys, Owen Pallett, Rupert Parkes, Sacha Galperine, Scott Alario, Scott Thomas Borland, September 5, Stephen Gallagher, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, The Man in the White Van, Young Werther
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 NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
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 NewsTags: Golden Globes
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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 6, 2024)
Posted: December 6, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Alexandre Desplat, Ben MacDiarmid, Corey Wallace, Danny Bensi, Day of the Fight, F*** Marry Kill, Get Away, Hybrid, Jed Kurzel, Joshua Schmidt, Lake George, Marius de Vries, Nate Heller, Nightbitch, Oh Canada, Phosphorescent, Rachel Portman, René G. Boscio, Saunder Jurriaans, The End, The Newton Brothers, The Order, The Return, The Six Triple Eight, Unstoppable, Werewolves, Y2K
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 NewsTags: Academy Awards
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 […]
