Three new movies are opening nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the animated sequel Despicable Me 3 directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda & Eric Guillon and featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate and Julie Andrews. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (The Angry Birds Movie, The […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 30, 2017)
Posted: June 30, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2:22, Andrew Feltenstein, Baby Driver, Bruno Coulais, Dan Romer, Despicable Me 3, Heitor Pereira, Jaeil Jung, James Orr, John Nau, Lisa Gerrard, Marie Curie, Okja, Paul Leonard Morgan, Pharrell Williams, Steven Price, The B-Side, The House, The Little Hours
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Justin Hurwitz, Craig Armstrong, Abel Korzeniowski, Nicholas Britell & More Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 774 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 this year’s winner in the Best Original Score and Song category, Justin Hurwitz (La La Land), Craig Armstrong (Moulin Rouge!, The Great […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 23, 2017)
Posted: June 23, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Andrews, Phoenix, Steve Jablonsky, The Bad Batch, The Beguiled, The Big Sick, Transformers: The Last Knight
The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi action sequel Transformers: The Last Knight directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Jerrod Carmichael, Isabela Moner, Peter Cullen and Anthony Hopkins. The film’s original music is composed by Steve Jablonsky (The Island, Deepwater Horizon, Ender’s Game, Desperate Housewives) who scored all previous four movies in the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 16, 2017)
Posted: June 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 47 Meters Down, All Eyez on Me, Cars 3, Dominic Lewis, Jamie Christopherson, Jeff Cardoni, John Paesano, Kill Switch, Maudie, Michael Giacchino, Michael Timmins, Once Upon a Time in Venice, Pray for Rain, Randy Newman, Rough Night, Seven League Beats, Stephen Warbeck, The Book of Henry, The Journey, tomandandy
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature Cars 3 directed by Brian Fee and featuring the voices of Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, John Ratzenberger, Lloyd Sherr, Michael Wallis, Paul Dooley, Kerry Washington and […]
T Bone Burnett to Produce ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Soundtrack
Posted: June 14, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Schwartz, T Bone Burnett, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Tyler Nilson
Armory Films announced today that T Bone Burnett will be producing the soundtrack for the upcoming drama The Peanut Butter Falcon. The film is written and directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz (The Moped Diaries) and stars Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zachary Gottsagen and Bruce Dern. The movie follows a down on his luck crab fisherman as he embarks on a journey […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 9, 2017)
Posted: June 9, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beatriz at Dinner, Brian McOmber, Brian Tyler, Bryce Jacobs, Camera Obscura, Federico Jusid, It Comes at Night, Jonathan Levi Shanes, Justin Bell, Keegan DeWitt, Mark Isham, Mark Mothersbaugh, Megan Leavey, Miles, My Cousin Rachel, Rael Jones, Random Tropical Paradise, Steve Moore, The Hero, The Hunter's Prayer, The Mummy
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure The Mummy directed by Alex Kurtzman and starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance and Russell Crowe. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Fast & Furious, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Now You See Me, Thor: The Dark World). […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 2, 2017)
Posted: June 2, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ahmir Thompson, Band Aid, Captain Underpants, Churchill, Cyrille Aufort, Dean, Ilan Eshkeri, Lorne Balfe, Lucius, Mark Noseworthy, Orr Rebhun, Past Life, Questlove, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Exception, Theodore Shapiro, Vincent N Roxxy, Wonder Woman
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Wonder Woman directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner and Saïd Taghmaoui. The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hacksaw Ridge, The Legend of Tarzan, The Crown). WaterTower […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 26, 2017)
Posted: May 26, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Baywatch, Berlin Syndrome, Black Butterfly, Bryony Marks, Christopher Lennertz, Federico Jusid, Geoff Zanelli, Long Strange Trip, Nick Cave, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, War Machine, Warren Ellis
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales directed by Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg and starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites and Geoffrey Rush. The film’s original music is composed by Geoff Zanelli (Disturbia, Into the West, The Pacific, The Odd Life of […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 19, 2017)
Posted: May 19, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Alien: Covenant, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Edward Shearmur, Everything Everything, Fight for Space, Fons Merkies, Jed Kurzel, Ludwig Göransson, Ron Jones, The Commune, Wakefield
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi horror movie Alien: Covenant directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Amy Seimetz and Jussie Smollett. The film’s original music is composed by Jed Kurzel (Assassin’s Creed, The Babadook, Macbeth, The Snowtown Murders). Milan Records […]
Video Highlights from the 2017 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Posted: May 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, BMI, BMI Film & TV Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published a number of video clips from the organization’s 2017 Film, TV & Visual Awards gala, which was held this past Wednesday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out excerpts from the acceptance speech of this year’s recipient of the BMI Icon Award, Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, The […]
