John Cameron Mitchell revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that Nico Muhly will be composing original music for the director’s upcoming sci-fi comedy How to Talk to Girls at Parties. The film is based on a short story by Neil Gaiman and is set to star Elle Fanning. The movie follows a schoolboy and […]
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John Cameron Mitchell’s ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ to Feature Music by Nico Muhly
Posted: February 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: How to Talk to Girls at Parties, John Cameron Mitchell, Nico Muhly
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Video Highlights from 87th Academy Awards
Posted: February 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Common, John Legend
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and ABC have published some of the music-related highlights of the 87th Academy Awards ceremony online. Check out the acceptance speeches of Alexandre Desplat who won the Oscar for his music for The Grand Budapest Hotel and John Legend & Common who won the award for the song Glory from Selma after the jump. Also embedded is the backstage […]
Alexandre Desplat Wins Oscar for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Posted: February 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Destplat has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. The composer was previously nominated six time before and also received another nod this year for his score for The Imitation Game. The other contenders in the category were Johann Johannsspn […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 20, 2015)
Posted: February 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All the Wilderness, Antonio Pinto, Bear McCreary, Christophe Beck, Digging Up the Marrow, Dominic Lewis, Gustavo Santaolalla, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Jónsi & Alex, McFarland USA, The DUFF, Wild Tales
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy sequel Hot Tub Time Machine 2 directed by Steve Pink and starring Rob Corddry, Craig Robinsoin, Clark Duke, Adam Scott and Gillian Jacobs. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire […]
‘Waiting for the Miracle to Come’ to Feature Original Song by Bono & Willie Nelson
Posted: February 18, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bono, Waiting for the Miracle to Come, Willie Nelson
Bono is writing an original song to be performed by country singer Willie Nelson for the upcoming drama Waiting for the Miracle to Come. The movie marks the narrative feature directorial debut of Lian Lunson (Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man) and also stars Nelson alongside Charlotte Rampling and Sophie Lowe. The movie follows an aspiring trapeze artist who discovers a cryptic […]
‘Birdman’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 15, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The team behind the sound mixing of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at last night’s 51st annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Scoring mixer Gustavo Borner, along with production mixer Thomas Varga, re-recording mixers Jon […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 13, 2015)
Posted: February 13, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bruce Hornsby, Clyde Lawrence, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Danny Elfman, Fifty Shades of Grey, Girlhouse, Henry Jackman, Jason Robert Brown, Kazimir Boyle, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Matthew Margeson, Old Fashioned, The Last Five Years, The Rewrite, tomandandy
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the film adaptation of E.L. James’ bestselling novel Fifty Shades of Grey directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Ehle, Marcia Gay Harden, Luke Grimes, Max Martini, Dylan Neal, Eloise Mumford, Rita Ora and Victor Rasuk. Republic Records has released […]
Hollywood Bowl 2015 Season Schedule Announced
Posted: February 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future, E.T., Hollywood Bowl, John Williams
The Hollywood Bowl has announced this summer’s season schedule, which includes a number of film music concerts. On September 4/5/6, 2015, the Bowl will host its premiere performance of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert. The Los Angeles Philharmonic will be performing the film’s entire Academy Award-winning score from Steven Spielberg’s classic film composed by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Jurassic Park) live-to-picture […]
Elliot Goldenthal to Receive ASCAP Founders Award
Posted: February 10, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards, ASCAP Founders Award, ASCAP Shirley Walker Award, Deborah Lurie, Elliot Goldenthal
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has announced that composer Elliot Goldenthal will receive the organization’s Founder Award at the 30th annual Film & Television Music Awards, which will take place on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. The invitation-only dinner and awards ceremony will honor the composers and […]
Alexandre Desplat Wins Grammy Award for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Posted: February 8, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Frozen, Grammy Awards, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat has won the Grammy Award for his music for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. He previously won a Grammy for his score for Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech. The other nominated composers in the category included Christophe Beck (Frozen), Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl), Steven Price (Gravity) […]
