Last night, the 6th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Jojo Villanueva received the honor in the Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Motion Picture Over 25M for his work on F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton. Randall Poster received the award in the Motion Picture Under 25M category for […]
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‘Straight Outta Compton’, ‘Carol’ & ‘Furious 7’ Honored at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
Posted: January 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
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Shawn LeMone Promoted to ASCAP Senior Vice President, Membership
Posted: January 19, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, Shawn LeMone
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers today announced that Shawn LeMone has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Membership. He will continue to report directly to ASCAP EVP Membership, John Titta. LeMone has been heading ASCAP’s Film & TV department for more than six years, and attracted and developed such composers as Academy Award nominee […]
Ennio Morricone Wins Critics’ Choice Movie Award for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: January 17, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards, Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight at tonight’s 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Carter Burwell for Sicario, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto for The Revenant, Johann Johannsson for […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 15, 2016)
Posted: January 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, A Perfect Day, Alex Gopher, Arnau Bataller, Band of Robbers, Christopher Lennertz, Danny Bensi, George Fenton, Joel P. West, Kasper Winding, Lorne Balfe, Moonwalkers, Norm of the North, Ride Along 2, Saunder Jurriaans, Stephen McKeon, The Benefactor, The Lady in the Van
Three new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action comedy Ride Along 2 directed by Tim Story and starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter and Sherri Shepherd. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Agent Carter, Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief, Hop) who collaborate with such […]
Chris Cornell’s ‘Til the Sun Comes Back Around’ from ’13 Hours’ Released
Posted: January 15, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, Chris Cornell, Michael Bay
Chris Cornell has recorded the original song ‘Til the Sun Comes Back Around for Michael Bay’s action drama 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. The track is featured during the film’s end titles. To download the song, visit iTunes and listen to the full track after the jump. Cornell has previously contributed the original […]
88th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 14, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
This morning, the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2015 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. Here are the music-related nominations: Best Original Score: Bridge of […]
52nd Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 12, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 52nd Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Thomas Vicari for Bridge of Spies (feat. music by […]
Ennio Morricone Wins Golden Globe for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: January 10, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ennio Morricone, Golden Globes, The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone has received his third Golden Globe Award for his score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Tarantino accepted the award on Morricone’s behalf. The composer previously received the prize for his work on The Mission and The Legend of 1900. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Alexandre Desplat (The Danish Girl), Carter Burwell (Carol), Daniel Pemberton […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 8, 2016)
Posted: January 8, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anesthesia, Bear McCreary, Daniel Belardinelli, Diablo, Jeff Danna, Lamb, Max Aruj, The Abandoned, The Forest, Timothy Williams
In addition to the nationwide expansion of The Revenant, the only movie opening wide is the supernatural thriller The Forest directed by Jason Zada, produced by David Goyer and starring Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Eoin Macken and Yukiyoshi Ozawa. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, The Boy, Outlander). Sparks & Shadows Records has released a soundtrack […]
2016 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 7, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2016 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 14. For a full list of nominations, click here. Here are the nominations in […]
