Four new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Outlander, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Sparks & Shadows Records has released a soundtrack album […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 4, 2016)
Posted: March 4, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Camino, Hanan Townshend, Joseph Bishara, Knight of Cups, Kreng, London Has Fallen, Magnus Beite, Michael Giacchino, Nick Urata, Nick Zinner, The Other Side of the Door, The Wave, They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music In Exile, Trevor Morris, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Zootopia
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is Disney’s animated feature Zootopia directed by Byron Howard & Rich Moore and featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate and Tommy Chong. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Lost, Inside Out, Star Trek, Up, Jurassic World, The Incredibles). Walt Disney Records […]
Ennio Morricone Wins Oscar for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Ennio Morricone has received his second Academy Award for his music for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. He previously received an Academy Honorary Award in 2007 for his lifetime achievement and was nominated five times before. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Thomas […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 26, 2016)
Posted: February 26, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Country Called Home, Atticus Ross, Bobby Krlic, Claudia Sarne, Crouching Tiger, Danny Bensi, Eddie the Eagle, Gods of Egypt, Hidden Dragon, Jack of the Red Hearts, Leopold Ross, Marco Beltrami, Matthew Margeson, Ryan Bingham, Saunder Jurriaans, Shigeru Umebayashi, Triple 9
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy adventure Gods of Egypt directed by Alex Proyas and starring Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Chadwick Boseman, Elodie Young, Courtney Eaton and Brenton Thwaites. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (Scream, 3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine, The Hurt Locker). Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album […]
42nd Annual Saturn Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: February 24, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Saturn Awards
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for this year’s Saturn Awards. The awards are honoring last year’s best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films, as well as television programs. The winners will be announced at the 42st Annual Saturn Awards ceremony in June in Burbank. Check out the nominees in […]
Inside the ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Soundtrack
Posted: February 22, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: J.J. Abrams, John Williams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm have published a behind-the-scenes video featurette about the music for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The video features an interview with composer John Williams about his work on the film and footage from the recording sessions of the score. Williams is up for an Academy Award for his […]
‘The Revenant’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 20, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
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 […]
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 […]
