Stephen Schwartz revealed today at the Comic-Con panel CW3PR’s 8th Annual Behind-the-Music: Crime, Death and Resurrection that the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked will feature new original songs. Currently, there are plans for four new songs to be in the movie in addition to tunes from the stage version. Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader, Billy Elliott, Extremely Loud and […]
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Stephen Schwartz to Write Original Songs for ‘Wicked’ Movie Adaptation
Posted: July 21, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stephen Daldry, Stephen Schwartz, Wicked
Laura Karpman Elected to Academy Music Branch Board
Posted: July 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Laura Karpman
Composer Laura Karpman has been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2016–17 Board of Governors. She joins Charles Bernstein and Michael Giacchino who are the other two governors of the branch. It will mark her first term serving on the music branch board. Karpman’s scoring credits include the 2009 feature The […]
2016 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: July 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 68th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): Bates Motel – Forever – Music by Chris Bacon Chef’s Table – Grant Achatz– Music by Duncan Thum Limitless – Pilot – Music by Paul Leonard-Morgan Minority Report – Pilot – Music by Sean Callery Mr. Robot – eps.1.0_hellofriend. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 8, 2016)
Posted: July 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Somers, Alexandre Desplat, Captain Fantastic, Cell, Fathers and Daughters, Jamie Christopherson, Jeff Cardoni, Marcelo Zarvos, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Paolo Buonvino, The Dog Lover, The Secret Life of Pets, Will Bates, Zero Days
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Secret Life of Pets directed by Chris Renaud & Yarrow Cheney and starring Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. The film’s original music is composed […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 1, 2016)
Posted: July 1, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Buddymoon, Dylan Stark, Gabriel Feenberg, Gregoire Hetzel, Jean-Claude Vannier, Jim Dooley, John Williams, Life Animated, Marauders, Marcelo Zarvos, Microbe and Gasoline, Nathan Whitehead, Our Kind of Traitor, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Ryan Dobson, Satanic, T. Griffin, The BFG, The Innocents, The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year, Todd Haberman
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure The Legend of Tarzan directed by David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Over the Hedge, Bee Movie, Hotel Rwanda, Click). WaterTower Music has released […]
BMI Continues to Support Sundance Institute’s Film Music Program
Posted: June 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, Sundance Institute
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) will continue its support for Sundance Institute’s Film Music Program, which collaborates with Skywalker Sound to host the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound. The first 2016 session of the lab begins July 7 at Skywalker Ranch and provides an opportunity for composers and directors to explore […]
Fernando Velazquez, Shigeru Umebayashi, Marcelo Zarvos, Antonio Pinto & More Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 29, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 683 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year a number of film composers, including Fernando Velazquez (Crimson Peak, The Impossible, The Orphanage), Marcelo Zarvos (The Good Shepherd, Enough Said, The Door in the Floor), Shigeru Umebayashi (House of […]
Jerry Goldsmith to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Posted: June 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jerry Goldsmith, Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced today that Jerry Goldsmith is among the class of 2017 honorees and was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The composer who passed away in 2004 has received an Academy Award for The Omen and was Oscar-nominated several more times for such classic films […]
Walt Disney Records to Release ‘Pete’s Dragon’ Soundtrack
Posted: June 25, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Daniel Hart, David Lowery, Pete's Dragon, score, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the fantasy adventure Pete’s Dragon. The album features the film’s original music composed by Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Comet, Tumbleweed), as well as the original song Nobody Knows (How to Say Goodbye) written by Andrew Tinker & Toby Halbrooks and performed by The Lumineers. Check back on this page for the full album details. […]