Randy Newman has been chosen as the recipient of this year’s Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award, which will be presented at the annual Hollywood in Vienna Concert at Vienna Concert Hall on September 25, 2014. The Max Steiner Award honors extraordinary achievements within the genre of film music by the musical capital of Austria, Vienna. […]
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Randy Newman to Receive Max Steiner Award
Posted: March 17, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hollywood in Vienna, Max Steiner Award, Randy Newman
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 14, 2014)
Posted: March 14, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Bad Words, Better Living Through Chemistry, Bradford Cox, Christopher Young, Danny Bensi, Enemy, Grayson Matthews, Jeremy Sams, John Nau, Josh Kramon, Le Week-End, Nathan Furst, Need for Speed, Patrick, Pino Donaggio, Rachel Portman, Rolfe Kent, Saunder Jurriaans, Teenage, The Art of the Steal, The Right Kind of Wrong, The Single Moms Club, Veronica Mars
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action movie Need for Speed directed by Scott Waugh and starring Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Scott Mescudi, Ramon Rodriguez, Michael Keaton, Rami Malek, Dakota Johnson and Harrison Gilbertson. Interscope Records has released a soundtrack featuring the original song Hero by […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 7, 2014)
Posted: March 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 300: Rise of an Empire, Alexandre Desplat, Daniel Pemberton, Danny Elfman, Grand Piano, Haunt, In Fear, Junkie XL, Marcelo Zarvos, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Reinhold Heil, Roly Porter, The Face of Love, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Victor Reyes
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action adventure epic 300: Rise of an Empire directed by Noam Murro and starring Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Jack O’Connell and Lena Headey. The film’s original music is compowed by Junkie XL (Divergent, Paranoia). […]
Lee Daniels’ ‘Empire’ to Feature Music by Timbaland
Posted: March 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Strong, Empire, Fox, Lee Daniels, Timbaland
Timbaland has signed on as a songwriter and song producer for the Fox pilot Empire. The show is created by Lee Daniels (The Butler, Precious) and Danny Strong (Game Change, The Butler) and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson The drama is set in the world of a hip hop-empire and follows a charismatic, […]
Video Highlights from the 86th Academy Awards
Posted: March 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Karen O, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Pharrell Williams, Robert Lopez, Steven Price, U2
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and ABC have published some of the music-related highlights of the 86th Academy Awards ceremony online. Check out the acceptance speeches of Steven Price who won the Oscar for his music for Gravity and Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Bobby Lopez who won the award for the song Let It […]
Steven Price Wins Oscar for ‘Gravity’
Posted: March 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Gravity, Steven Price
Steven Price has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. The composer was also nominated for the first time. The other contenders in the category were John Williams (The Book Thief), Alexandre Desplat (Philomena), William Butler & Owen Pallett (Her) and Thomas Newman (Saving […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 28, 2014)
Posted: February 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angelo Badalamenti, Bottled Up, Edward Rogers, Ernest & Celestine, HairBrained, Hans Zimmer, Joe Hisaishi, John Ottman, John Swihart, Lorne Balfe, Mark Kilian, Max Richter, Non-Stop, Odd Thomas, Repentance, Sam Retzer, Son of God, Stalingrad, The Bag Man, The Lunchbox, The Newton Brothers, The Wind RIses, Tim Boland, Tony Morales, Vincent Courtois
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the thriller Non-Stop directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Anson Mount, Michellle Dockery, Scott McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o and Corey Stoll. The film’s original music is composed by John Ottman (X2, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) who previously scored the director’s features Unknown, Orphan and House of Wax. […]
‘American Hustle’ and ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Win Guild of Music Supervisors Honors
Posted: February 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
This evening, the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out at the Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood. Susan Jacobs received the honor in the Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Motion Picture Over 35M category for her work as music supervisor on David O. Russell’s American Hustle. In the Motion Picture Over 35M category, T Bone Burnett received the award for his […]
Rihanna to Perform Original Songs for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Home’
Posted: February 25, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Home, Rihanna
Jeffrey Katzenberg announced today in a call to investors that Rihanna will be performing new original songs for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature Home. She will also be creating a concept album based on the movie. The singer and actress also is also among the voice talent of the film directed by Tim Johnson (Antz, Over the Hedge). The animated […]
Steven Price Wins Satellite Award for ‘Gravity’
Posted: February 24, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Satellite Awards
Steven Price has won his first Satellite Award in the Original Score category for his music for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity at last night’s 18th Annual Satellite Awards ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. Shortly before Price received the award, astronaut Richard Mastracchio tweeted, “I am watching the movie Gravity up here on ISS. […]
