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Alexandre Desplat has won his first Satellite Award in the Original Score category for his music for Ben Affleck’s Argo at tonight’s 17th Annual Satellite Awards ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Beverly Hills. He was previously nominated for his two scores for the final two Harry Potter movies. The other composers nominated in the […]

Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Posted: December 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The nominations for the 70th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations: Best Original Score: Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Argo – Alexandre Desplat Cloud Atlas – Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek Life of Pi – Mychael Danna Lincoln – John Williams

Ravi Shankar (1920 – 2012)

Posted: December 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Musician and composer Ravi Shankar passed away today at a San Diego hospital at age 92. His best known work for film is his score for Richard Attenborough’s 1982 Oscar-winning biopic Gandhi, which he composed with George Fenton and for which he received an Academy Award, as well as a Grammy and BAFTA nomination. His other […]

Academy Announces 75 Original Songs in Oscar Race

Posted: December 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the short list of 75 songs that are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 85th Academy Awards. During the nominations process, all voting members of the Music Branch will receive a Reminder List of works submitted in the category and […]

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 18th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this morning. The nominations in the Best Score category are: Argo – Alexandre Desplat Life of Pi – Mychael Danna Lincoln – John Williams The Master – Jonny Greenwood Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat

The Academy of Motion Pictures Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the eligible movies in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards. Notable omissions include such titles as Moonrise Kingdom (Alexandre Desplat) and Silver Linings Playbook (Danny Elfman). The 104 eligible scores along with the composer are listed below in alphabetical […]

A couple of major local critics associations have been announced their winners for this year’s movies. Unlike in previous years, each organization picked a different winner. Check out the film music-related picks after the jump. For a full list of winners, click on each group’s name below. Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Film Score: […]

Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the romantic comedy Playing for Keeps directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film’s music is written by Italian composer Andrea Guerra (Letters to Juliet, Hotel Rwanda) […]

Grammy Nominations Announced

Posted: December 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The nominations for the 55th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film/TV music related categories, which also include the first nominated video game score in the history of the awards: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams) – Sony Classical The Artist (Ludovic Bource) – Sony […]

Satellite Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: December 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The International Press Academy has announced the nominees for its 17th annual Satellite Awards today. The nominees in the music-related categories are: Original Score Argo – Alexandre Desplat Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Skyfall – Thomas Newman The Master – Jonny Greenwood Lincoln – John Williams Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin