It was announced today that Grammy Award-nominated rapper/songwriter Nas is producing the soundtrack for the upcoming indie drama The Land. The film is written and directed by Steven Caple Jr. and stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Moises Arias, Rafi Gavron, Ezri Walker, Erykah Badu and Michael K. Williams. The movie follows four teenage boys from Cleveland, Ohio, […]
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Nas to Produce Soundtrack for ‘The Land’
Posted: December 3, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Nas, The Land
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Nominations for 43rd Annie Awards Announced
Posted: December 1, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees: Music in an Animated Feature Production Carter Burwell – Anomalisa – Paramount Pictures Kevin Riepl – Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem – Warner Bros. Animation Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat, GEM Grupo Experimental de Música & Emicida – Boy and the World – […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 27, 2015)
Posted: November 27, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Brooke Blair, Craig Armstrong, Creed, JB Dunckel, Jeff Danna, Killing Them Safely, Ludwig Göransson, Mychael Danna, The Danish Girl, The Good Dinosaur, The Summer of Sangaile, Victor Frankenstein, Will Blair
Three new movies opened nationwide this past Wednesday: Playing in most theaters is the animated feature The Good Dinosaur directed by Peter Sohn and featuring the voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Marcus Scribner, A.J. Buckley and Steve Zahn. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 20, 2015)
Posted: November 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benh Zeitlin, Carol, Carter Burwell, Criminal Activities, Dan Romer, Emilio Kauderer, James Newton Howard, Keefus Ciancia, Legend, Marco Beltrami, Mediterranea, Miles Hankins, Mustang, Secret in Their Eyes, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, The Night Before, Warren Ellis
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the final installment in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay: Part 2 directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin and Jena Malone. The film’s original music is composed […]
Dan Romer, Christophe Beck & Tom Holkenborg Win Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Posted: November 12, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Austin Wintory, Christophe Beck, Dan Romer, Diane Warren, HMMA, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Jeff Beal, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, Tom Holkenborg
Last night, the 6th Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMAA) were handed out at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Dan Romer was awarded for his score for Cary Fukunaga’s critically acclaimed Netflix original movie Beasts of No Nation in the Best Original Score – Feature Film category. Tom Holkenborg was honored for his music for George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road in the Original Score […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 6, 2015)
Posted: November 6, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brooklyn, Christophe Beck, Daniel Hart, Harry Gregson-Williams, Howard Shore, Jerry Lane, Lost in the Sun, Michael Brook, Miss You Already, Spectre, Spotlight, The Peanuts Movie, Theeb, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Newman, Trumbo
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the James Bond movie Spectre directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, David Bautista and Andrew Scott. Thomas Newman (American Beauty, Skyfall, The Shawshank […]
‘Rocky’ Spinoff ‘Creed’ to Feature Original Songs by Ludwig Goransson, Ryan Coogler, Vince Staples, Donald Glover & More
Posted: October 30, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Creed, Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Sam Dew, Tessa Thompson, Vince Staples
Warner Bros. Pictures is submitting two original songs from the upcoming sports drama Creed for Oscar consideration. The first track, Waiting for My Moment, is written by the film’s composer Ludwig Goransson (Community, Fruitvale Station, New Girl, We’re the Millers), the movie’s director Ryan Coogler, rapper Vince Staples, and Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino. The second song, Grip, is written by Goransson, hip hop singer/songwriter Sam Dew and Tessa Thompson who […]
Michael Giacchino Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 24, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antonio Sanchez, Birdman, John Paesano, Michael Giacchino, World Soundtrack Awards
Michael Giacchino has been named Film Composer of the Year 2015 at the 15th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 42nd Ghent Film Festival. The composer’s output over the last year includes such titles as Inside Out, Tomorrowland, Jupiter Ascending and this year’s highest grossing film, Jurassic World. Giacchino previously received a World Soundtrack Award in the Discovery […]
