Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the drama Sully directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney. The film’s original music is composed by Christian Jacob and The Tierney Sutton Band. Eastwood has contributed the score’s theme and also co-wrote the end titles song Flying Home based […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 9, 2016)
Posted: September 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Dessner, Adam Cork, Brian Reitzell, Brian Tyler, Bryce Dessner, Christian Jacob, Clint Eastwood, For the Love of Spock, Ithaca, John Frizzell, John Mellencamp, Julian Wass, Kicks, London Road, Nicholas Pike, Other People, Ramin Djawadi, Sully, The Disappointments Room, The Tierney Sutton Band, The Wild Life, Transpecos, When the Bough Breaks
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Emmy Award-nominated Composers & Songwriters Honored at SCL Reception
Posted: September 9, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, SCL
Last night, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Emmy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the music categories at the Montage hotel in Beverly Hills. SCL president Ashley Irwin, as well as Television Academy music peer group governors Rickey Minor (who is nominated this year for his music direction for Smithsonian Salutes […]
James Horner Revealed as Original Composer for ‘The Great Wall’
Posted: September 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Horner, Simon Franglen, The Great Wall, The Magnificent Seven
Simon Franglen revealed in a recent interview with Pop Culture Tonight that James Horner was contracted to score the upcoming fantasy epic The Great Wall before his death last summer. The job ultimately went to Ramin Djawadi who is composing the music for the film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Zhang Hanyu and Eddie […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 2, 2016)
Posted: September 2, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Dorn, Alexandre Desplat, Chan Kwong Wing, Christopher Drake, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Max Richter, Max Rose, Morgan, Morgan Whirledge, Patrick Watson, Skiptrace, The 9th Life of Louis Drax, The Light Between Oceans, Yoga Hosers
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi thriller Morgan directed by Luke Scott, produced by Ridley Scott and starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Giamatti. The film’s original music is composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Waltz with Bashir, Disconnect, Testament of Youth). […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 26, 2016)
Posted: August 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angelo Milli, Blood in the Water, Complete Unknown, Danny Bensi, Don't Breathe, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life, Greater, Hands of Stone, Josh Ritter, Mark Isham, Mason Bates, Mechanic: Resurrection, Roque Banos, Ryan Shore, Sara Quinn, Saunder Jurriaans, Southside With You, Stephen Endelman, Stephen James Taylor, The Hollars, The Intervention, The Newton Brothers, The Sea of Trees
Expected to top this weekend’s box office is the horror thriller Don’t Breathe directed by Fede Alvarez and stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto and Stephen Lang. The film’s original music is composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, In the Heart of the Sea, Sexy Beast, Oldboy) who previously scored the director’s Evil Dead. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 19, 2016)
Posted: August 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Tale of Love and Darkness, Ben Hur, Billionaire Ransom, Christoph M. Kaiser, Cliff Martinez, Dario Marianelli, Hybrid, Imperium, John Graham, Julian Mass, Keegan DeWitt, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, Kubo and the Two Strings, Marco Beltrami, Morris from America, Nicholas Britell, The People vs. Fritz Bauer, War Dogs, Will Bates, Yoko Shimomura
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Kubo and the Two Strings directed by Travis Knight and featuring the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, and Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara and Matthew McConaughey. The film’s original music is composed by Dario Marianelli (Atonement, The Boxtrolls, Pride […]
‘Same Kind of Different As Me’ to Feature Original Song by Brad Paisley
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brad Paisley, Same Kind of Different As Me
Country music singer/songwriter Brad Paisley is contributing an original song to the upcoming drama Same Kind of Different As Me. The track, entitled Stubborn Angels, will be featured in the movie directed by Michael Carney and starring Greg Kinnear, Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou and Jon Voight. The movie based on the book of the same title by Ron Hall, Denver […]
World Soundtrack Awards Composer of the Year Nominations Announced
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the first wave of nominees for the 2016 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Film Composer of the Year, Best TV Composer and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Wednesday, October 19, the closing night […]
Lady Gaga to Compose & Perform Songs for Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star is Born’
Posted: August 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga
According to Deadline, Lady Gaga will be composing and performing music for the upcoming remake of the movie musical A Star Is Born. The film will mark the directorial feature debut of Bradley Cooper who will also star in the movie alongside Gaga who will be playing the lead role and portray a singer whose star rises as quickly […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 12, 2016)
Posted: August 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Alexandre Desplat, Anthropoid, Blood Father, Brooke Blair, Christopher Lennertz, Daniel Hart, Devendra Banhart, Disorder, Edge of Winter, Florence Foster Jenkins, Gesaffelstein, Hell or High Water, Joshy, Maryland, Mon Roi, My King, Nick Cave, Pete's Dragon, Robin Foster, Sausage Party, Stephen Warbeck, Sven Faulconer, Warren Ellis, Will Blair
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Pete’s Dragon directed by David Lowery and starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence and Robert Redford. The film’s original music is composed by Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Comet, Tumbleweed). Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album […]
