Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi action adventure Independence Day: Resurgence directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe and Sela Ward. The film’s original music is composed by Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser (2012, White House […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 24, 2016)
Posted: June 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aleks de Carvalho, Andy Hull, Cliff Martinez, Free State of Jones, Harald Kloser, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Independence Day: Resurgence, James Lavino, Les Cowboys, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Moniker, Nathan Larson, Nicholas Britell, Raphaël, Robert McDowell, Ryan Miller, Septembers of Shiraz, Swiss Army Man, The Fundamentals of Caregiving, The Neon Demon, The Phenom, The Shallows, Thomas Wander, Wiener-Dog
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 17, 2016)
Posted: June 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anton Sanko, Central Intelligence, Clown, Finding Dory, Geoff Zanelli, Ludwig Göransson, Matt Veligdan, No Stranger Than Love, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Newman
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Finding Dory directed by Andrew Stanton and featuring the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton. The film’s original music is composed by Thomas Newman (American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall) who previously […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 10, 2016)
Posted: June 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Cork, Anders Niska, Blackway, Brian Tyler, Bruno Coulais, Careful What You Wish For, Diary of a Chambermaid, Ed Kuepper, Genius, John Debney, Jonathan Sadoff, Joseph Bishara, Josh Debney, Klas Wahl, Last Cab to Darwin, Len & Company, Miles Hankins, Now You See Me 2, Puerto Ricans in Paris, Ramin Djawadi, The Conjuring 2, The Newton Brothers, Warcraft
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Warcraft directed by Duncan Jones and starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Rob Kazinsky and Daniel Wu. The film’s original music composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Pacific Rim, Iron Man, Clash of the Titans, Person […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 3, 2016)
Posted: June 3, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Craig Armstrong, Danny Bensi, Matthew Compton, Me Before You, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Saunder Jurriaans, Steve Jablonsky, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Fits, The Newton Brothers, Urge
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows directed by David Green, produced by Michael Bay and starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Stephen Amell, Tyler Perry, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson, Brian Tee and Stephen “Sheamus” Farrelly. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 27, 2016)
Posted: May 27, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adem Ilham, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Danny Elfman, James Lavino, John Ottman, The Ones Below, Unlocking the Cage, X-Men: Apocalypse
Two new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is X-Men: Apocalypse directed by Bryan Singer and starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The film’s original music is composed by John […]
Sony Classical to Release Danny Elfman’s ‘Rabbit & Rogue’ Ballet Score
Posted: May 23, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Elfman, Rabbit & Rogue
Sony Classical will release Danny Elfman‘s music for the ballet Rabbit & Rogue. The composer of such films as Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Men in Black composed the score for the American Ballet Theatre. The ballet premiered in June 2008 at […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 20, 2016)
Posted: May 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Almost Holy, Atticus Ross, Back in the Day, Bobby Krlic, David Buckley, Heitor Pereira, Jeff Beal, Joel Douek, John Ottman, Leopold Ross, Ma ma, Maggie's Plan, Manhattan Night, Michael Andrews, Michael Rohatyn, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Oliver Thompson, Randy Edelman, The Angry Birds Movie, The Nice Guys, Weiner, Welcome to Happiness
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature The Angry Birds Movie directed by Fergal Reilly & Clay Kaytis and starring Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Kate McKinnon and Keegan-Michael Key. The film’s original music is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable […]
‘Finding Dory’ to Feature Song by Sia
Posted: May 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Stanton, Finding Dory, Pixar, Sia
Singer/songwriter Sia has recorded an end titles song for Pixar’s upcoming animated feature Finding Dory. The track, entitled Unforgettable, is a cover of the song written in 1951 by Irving Gordon and most famously performed by Nat King Cole. The track will be featured on the soundtrack album, which also includes Thomas Newman’s original score […]
Video Highlights from the 2016 BMI Film/TV Awards
Posted: May 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film & TV Awards, David Newman, James Newton Howard
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published a number of video clips from the organization’s 2016 BMI Film/TV Awards gala, which was held this past Wednesday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out the acceptance speech of this year’s recipient of the BMI Icon Award, James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, The Hunger Games, King Kong, Maleficent, Signs, Pretty Woman), as […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 13, 2016)
Posted: May 13, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A.R. Rahman, Benjamin Esdraffo, Brian Tyler, Clint Mansell, Craig Wedren, Danny Bensi, David Carbonara, Dominic Lewis, Edward Rogers, Gast Waltzing, Haim Mazar, High-Rise, I Am Wrath, Johnny Klimek, Last Days in the Desert, Love & Friendship, Mark Suozzo, Money Monster, Pele: Birth of a Legend, Reza Safinia, Saunder Jurriaans, Scott Glasgow, Search Party, Sundown, Sunset Song, The Congressman, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, The Darkness, The Lobster, The Trust, Under the Gun
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the dramatic thriller Money Monster directed by Jodie Foster and starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito and Caitriona Balfe. The film’s original score is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Man in the High Castle, Free Birds) and produced by Henry Jackman. Sony […]
