John Williams has premiered his theme from Lucasfilm’s Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi at today’s first day of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. The composer himself appeared at the event to conduct his theme, as well the Imperial March and the Indiana Jones theme. Check out several videos of the performance shared on social […]
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John Williams Premieres ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Theme at Star Wars Celebration
Posted: May 26, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: John Williams, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars
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Vangelis (born as Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou) has passed away at age 79 in France. The Greek composer has scored numerous films, including Hugh Hudson’s 1981 drama Chariots of Fire, for which he won the Academy Award and also received a Grammy Award nomination, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, for which he was BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated […]
Marius de Vries to Serve as Executive Music Producer on Farren Blackburn’s ‘Mary’s Monster’
Posted: May 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Farren Blackburn, Marius de Vries, Mary's Monster
Marius de Vries (Coda, Strange Magic, Kick-Ass, Navalny, Sucker Punch) will serve as the executive music producer of the upcoming period drama Mary’s Monster. He will also be executive producing the film directed by Farren Blackburn (Shut In, Hammer of the Gods) and starring Clara Rugaard as Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and Kit Harington as the titular […]
Fitz and the Tantrums’ Michael Fitzpatrick to Write Original Songs for Apple TV+’s ‘Eva the Owlet’
Posted: May 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Apple TV +, Eva the Owlet, Michael Fitzpatrick
Apple TV+ announced today that Fitz (aka Michael Fitzpatrick) of the indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums is contributing original songs to the upcoming Apple TV+ animated family series Eva the Owlet. The show is based on the New York Times bestselling Scholastic book series Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott and follows a creative, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 13, 2022)
Posted: May 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Family Camp, Firestarter, John Carpenter, Karl Frid, Kevin Morby, Montana Story, Nicholas Poss, On the Count of Three, Owen Pallett, Pessi Levanto, Pleasure, The Innocents
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the supernatural horror movie Firestarter directed by Keith Thomas and starring Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Sydney Lemmon, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley, Michael Greyeyes and Gloria Reuben. The film’s original music is composed by John Carpenter (Assault on Precint 13, Christine, The Fog), Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies (Halloween, Halloween Kills). Back Lot Music has […]
George Miller’s ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ to Feature Original Song by Matteo Bocelli
Posted: May 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Augusta Gore, George Miller, Junkie XL, Matteo Bocelli, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tom Holkenborg
Italian tenor and singer/songwriter Matteo Bocelli (and son of opera star Andrea Bocelli) has recorded an original song for the sci-fi romance Three Thousand Years of Longing. The track written by the film’s composer Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Deadpool, Alita: Battle Angel), director George Miller & co-writer Augusta Gore is expected […]
Katy Perry to Write and Perform Original Songs for Zeremy Zag’s ‘Melody’
Posted: May 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Katy Perry, Melody, Zeremy Zag
Deadline is reporting that singer/songwriter Katy Perry will write and perform original songs for the upcoming animated musical Melody. The film created and directed by Zeremy Zag (Ladybug & Cat Noir: Awakening) is set against the backdrop of New York City and follows a kind-hearted, insecure singer (voiced by Perry herself) who has seven musical […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 6, 2022)
Posted: May 6, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Along for the Ride, Beach House, Black Box, Callum Donaldson, Chad Cannon, Danny Elfman, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Evgueni Galperine, Happening, Have You Heard About Greg?, Jesse Carmichael, Operation Mincemeat, Philippe Rombi, Sacha Galperine, Shepherd, Thomas Newman, Timothy Williams
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness directed by Sam Raimi and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stühlbarg, Benedict Wong and Rachel McAdams. The film’s original music composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, […]
