The team behind the sound mixing of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s The Revenant has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 52nd annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Scoring mixer Conrad Hensel, along with production mixer Chris Duesterdiek, re-recording mixers Jon […]
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‘The Revenant’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 19, 2016)
Posted: February 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Eloi Painchaid, Embrace of the Serpent, Forsaken, Jonathan Goldsmith, Jorane, Mark Korven, Nascuy Linares, Race, Rachel Portman, Raymond Wong, Risen, Roque Banos, Snowtime, The Mermaid, The Witch
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the biblical drama Risen directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felon, Peter Firth and Cliff Curtis. The film’s original music is composed by Roque Banos (The Machinist, In the Heart of the Sea, Evil Dead, Sexy Beast, Oldboy). Madison Gate Records has released a soundtrack album featuring […]
Harold Wheeler Named Oscar Music Director
Posted: February 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Harold Wheeler
Academy Awards producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin today announced that Harold Wheeler was selected as music director for this year’s 88th Oscars. He returns for the third Oscar telecast, his first as music director. Wheeler is best known as an orchestrator, composer, conductor, record producer and arranger and has received numerous Emmy and Tony Award nominations. His television credits […]
Craig Armstrong to Receive ASCAP Henry Mancini Award
Posted: February 18, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, Craig Armstrong, Henry Mancini Award
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced today that composer Craig Armstrong will be honored at the 31st Annual Screen Music Awards (previously known as ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards) on March 24, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Armstrong will receive the Henry Mancini Award, which is given to composers for outstanding […]
‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ to Feature Original Song by Pink
Posted: February 16, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Pink
A new TV spot for Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass that premiered during the Grammy Awards telecast revealed that Pink will record an original song for the sequel. The pop singer also contributed a cover version of the Jefferson Airplane classic White Rabbit, which can be previewed in the video embedded after the jump. The title […]
Antonio Sanchez wins Grammy Award for ‘Birdman’
Posted: February 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antonio Sanchez, Birdman, Grammy Awards
Antonio Sanchez has won the Grammy Award for his music for Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Birdman in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. The other nominated composers in the category included Hans Zimmer (Interstellar), Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything), Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash) and Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game). The jazz drummer/composer accepted his award in person. In the Best Song Written For Motion […]
Ennio Morricone Wins BAFTA Award for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: February 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA Awards, Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone has received his sixth BAFTA Award for his score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight in the Original Music category. Morricone previously won the BAFTA Award for Days of Heaven, Once Upon a Time in America, The Mission, The Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso. He was nominated alongside Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies), Johann Johannsson (Sicario), Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto (The Revenant) and John Williams (Star Wars: […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 12, 2016)
Posted: February 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A War, Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, Austin Wintory, Cabin Fever, Deadpool, Fil Eisler, How to Be Single, Junkie XL, Kevin Riepl, Mountains May Depart, Paul Dalio, Standoff, Sune Rose Wagner, Theodore Shapiro, Timo Chen, Tom Holkenborg, Touched with Fire, Yoshihiro Hanno, Zoolander 2
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters this weekend is the comic book movie Deadpool directed by Tim Miller and starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein and Brianna Hildebrand. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice). Milan Records […]
Ray Colcord (1949 – 2016)
Posted: February 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ray Colcord
Ray Colcord has passed away at age 66 in Los Angeles, CA. The composer has been scoring numerous movies and TV shows over the last three decades. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1991 for his main titles theme for NBC’s Singer & Sons. Colcord also composed the music for all seasons of […]
Michael Giacchino Wins Annie Award for ‘Inside Out’
Posted: February 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Christopher Willis, Inside Out, Michael Giacchino
Composer Michael Giacchino was honored with an Annie Award in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the music from Pixar’s hit movie Inside Out. The composer accepted his award in person at the awards ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The other contenders in the category were Carter Burwell for Anomalisa, Kevin Riepl for Batman […]
