Four new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already in theaters since Wednesday is the sci-fi action movie RoboCop directed by José Padilha and starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, Jennifer Ehle, Jay Baruchel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams and Samuel L. Jackson. Pedro Bromfman who previously scored Padilha’s Elite Squad movies has composed the […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 14, 2014)
Posted: February 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: About Last Night, Adult World, BC Smith, Christophe Beck, Craig Richey, Date and Switch, Easy Money: Hard to Kill, Endless Love, Eric D. Johnson, Girl on a Bicycle, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, Jimmy P., Jon Ekstrand, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marcus Miller, Pedro Bromfman, RoboCop, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Returned, Winter's Tale
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Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: February 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The Guild of Music Supervisors announced the nominations for its 4th Annual awards ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, February 26, at Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors in 14 categories representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers and Advertising. Below are the nominations for some of the major […]
Karen O to Perform ‘The Moon Song’ from ‘Her’ on the Oscars
Posted: February 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Her, Karen O, The Moon Song
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that singer-songwriter Karen O will, for the first time, perform the Academy Award-nominated original song The Moon Song for a global television audience on the Oscars on March 2, 2014. The song from Spike Jonze’s romantic drama Her starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams and Rooney Mara is one […]
U2 to Perform ‘Ordinary Love’ from ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ on the Oscars
Posted: February 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Ordinary Love, U2
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that U2 will perform the original song Ordinary Love from Justin Chadwick’s biographical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom starring Idris Elba at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. The performance will be the first time the band will perform the song […]
Idina Menzel to Perform ‘Let It Go’ from ‘Frozen’ on the Oscars
Posted: February 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Frozen, Idina Menzel
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that Idina Menzel will, for the first time, perform the Academy Award-nominated song Let it Go from Disney’s animated feature Frozen at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. The song written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez is one of the four songs up for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 7, 2014)
Posted: February 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Fantastic Fear of Everything, After the Dark, Alexandre Desplat, Anton Sanko, Cavemen, Jonathan Davis, Julian Wass, Karl Preusser, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nicholas O'Toole, Nurse 3D, Rolfe Kent, Ronen Landa, The Lego Movie, The Monuments Men, The Pretty One, Vampire Academy, Welcome to the Jungle
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the animated feature The Lego Movie directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller and featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day and Morgan Freeman. Mark Mothersbaugh who previously scored Cloudy […]
Pharrell Williams to Perform ‘Despicable Me 2’ Song on the Oscars
Posted: February 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Despicable Me 2, Pharrell Williams
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced today that Pharrell Williams will be performing his original song Happy from the animated hit film Despicable Me 2 at this year’s Oscars show, which will air on March 2. Williams is nominated for the first time in the Best Original Song category. The other nominated songs include Ordinary Love from […]
‘300: Rise of an Empire’ Soundtrack Preview
Posted: February 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Junkie XL
Audio clips from the soundtrack album for the action adventure epic 300: Rise of an Empire have been published. The film’s music is composed by Junkie XL (Divergent, Paranoia, Mad Max: Fury Road). Check out preview clips from all tracks on the album after the jump and check out our previous article for the full […]
Christophe Beck, Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez Honored With Annie Award
Posted: February 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Christophe Beck, Christopher Willis, Disney Mickey Mouse, Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Composer Christophe Beck and songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez were honored with an Annie Award in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the score and songs from Disney’s hit animated film Frozen. Beck accepted the award in person at the ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles. The […]
‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ Open Letter Response to Academy
Posted: February 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alone Yet Not Alone
On Thursday, composer Bruce Broughton sent out the following email to Academy spokesperson Teni Melidonian and CEO Dawn Hudson (and cc to Academy president Cheryl Boone Issacs) regarding the disqualification of his nominated song from Alone Yet Not Alone, which has now been published as an open letter: Dear Teni, I just looked at the Academy release of the rescinding […]
