The Guild of Music Supervisors announced the nominations for its 8th annual awards ceremony, which will take place on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors in 17 categories representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers and Advertising. Below are the nominations for some of […]
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8th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 11, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
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54th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 54th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past few years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Gareth Cousins for Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver (scored by Steven […]
2018 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 8, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2018 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 18. For a full list of nominations, click here. Here are the nominations in […]
Alexandre Desplat Wins Golden Globe for ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: January 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Benj Pasek, Golden Globes, Justin Paul, The Greatest Showman, The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat has received his second Golden Globe Awards in the Original Score category for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. He previously received a Golden Globe for his music for The Painted Veil. Check out the composer’s acceptance speech after the jump. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Carter Burwell (Three […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 5, 2018)
Posted: January 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Day of the Dead: Bloodline, Frederik Wiedmann, Insidious: The Last Key, Joseph Bishara, Keefus Ciancia, Nathaniel Mechaly, Stratton, The Devil's Gate
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Insidious: The Last Key directed by Adam Robitel, written by Leigh Whannell, produced by Jason Blum and starring Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, Kirk Acevedo, Javier Botet, Bruce Davison, Spencer Locke and Tessa Ferrer. The film’s original music is […]
Top Film Scores of 2017 & Oscar Predictions
Posted: December 31, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsFilm Music Reporter’s Top 10 Original Scores of 2017 (in alphabetical order): Battle of the Sexes – Nicholas Britell Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – Theodore Shapiro Coco – Michael Giacchino Darkest Hour – Dario Marianelli Ferdinand – John Powell Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood The Post – John Williams The Shape of Water – […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 29, 2017)
Posted: December 29, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All the Money in the World, Daniel Pemberton, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, In the Fade, J. Ralph, Jonny Greenwood, Joshua Homme, Molly's Game, Phantom Thread
The only movie opening nationwide this week is the dramatic thriller All the Money in the World directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris, Charlie Plummer and Timothy Hutton. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Molly’s Game, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Gold). Sony Classical […]
Dominic Frontiere (1931 – 2017)
Posted: December 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dominic Frontiere
Dominic Frontiere has passed away this past Thursday at age 86 in Tesuque, New Mexico. The composer has composed the scores to numerous movies over a five decade-spanning career, including 1980’s The Stunt Man, for which he received a Golden Globe Award, as well as 1994’s Color of Night, for which he also co-wrote the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 22, 2017)
Posted: December 22, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benj Pasek, Bright, Christopher Lennertz, Crooked House, David Sardy, Downsizing, Father Figures, Frederik Wiedmann, Hangman, Henry Jackman, Hostiles, Hugo de Chaire, John Debney, John Williams, Joseph Trapanese, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Justin Paul, Max Richter, Pitch Perfect 3, Rob Simonsen, Rolfe Kent, The Greatest Showman, The Post
Five new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the action adventure comedy Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas and Bobby Cannavale. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Big Hero 6, Kong: Skull […]
Gustavo Dudamel Conducting James Newton Howard’s ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ Score
Posted: December 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, James Newton Howard, Lasse Hallstrom, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Walt Disney Pictures has announced Los Angeles Philharmonic musical director Gustavo Dudamel as the conductor of the James Newton Howard‘s score for the studios’ upcoming fantasy adventure The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The movie is directed by Lasse Hallstrom (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules) and stars Keira Knighley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Morgan Freeman and Helen […]
