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 […]
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Ennio Morricone Wins Oscar for ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: February 28, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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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 […]
‘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 […]
