Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Opening in theaters nationwide today is the action movie Ballerina directed by Len Wiseman and starring Ana de Armas, Gabriel Byrne, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane, Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Norman Reedus. The film’s original score is composed by Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy, Watchmen, Deadpool 2, 300, X, Atomic Blonde) & Joel J. […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the martial arts action adventure Karate Kid: Legends directed by Jonathan Entwistle and starring Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen and Joshua Jackson. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, The Man in the High Castle, Money Monster, Your […]

Alf Clausen (1941-2025)

Posted: May 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Alf Clausen passed away yesterday at age 84 at his home in Los Angeles after battling Parkinson’s disease. The composer is best known for his music for the Fox animated hit show The Simpsons, which he scored between 1990 and 2017 and for which he received two Emmy Awards and 23 Emmy Award nominations. His other […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action reimagining of Disney’s animated feature Lilo & Stitch directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and starring Maia Kealoha, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Billy Magnussen, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere and Zach Galifianakis. The film’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Station Eleven, Luca, Superman & Lois, Beasts […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror movie Final Destination: Bloodlines directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein and starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Brec Bassinger, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Richard Harmon and Tony Todd.  The film’s original music is composed by Tim Wynn (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Freaks, […]

Charles Strouse (1928-2025)

Posted: May 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Charles Strouse passed away today at age 96 at his home in New York. The composer/lyricist, best known for his work on Broadway musicals such as Bye Bye Birdie, Annie & Applause, has also composed numerous songs and scores for film and television. His scoring credits include Arthur Penn’s 1967 classic Bonnie and Clyde, for […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Shadow Force co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Mark Strong and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. The film’s original music is composed by Craig DeLeon (Strange Darling, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, A Man in Full, Fatal Attraction, End of […]

BMI today announced the launch of its inaugural Composer Lab, designed to provide emerging composers with a one-of-a-kind experience to foster artistic growth and professional development. Under the guidance of composer (and former director of the Sundance Film Music Program) Peter Golub, and BMI’s VP of Film, TV & Visual Media Tracy McKnight, the program […]

Opening in theaters nationwide today is the superhero movie Thunderbolts* directed by Jake Schreier and starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour,Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, Chris Bauer, Geraldine Viswanathan and Wendell Edward Pierce. The film’s original music is composed by Son Lux (Ryan Lott, Ian Chang & Rafiq Bhatia) (Everything Everywhere […]

PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips have won their first BAFTA TV Craft Award for their music from the second season of the Apple TV+ original series Bad Sisters created by  Sharon Horgan, Brett Baer & Dave Finkel and starring Horgan herself, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson at tonight’s awards ceremony at The […]