Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the fantasy epic The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug directed by Peter Jackson and starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, John Bell and Jed Brophy. The film’s original music is composed […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 13, 2013)
Posted: December 13, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Hustle, Benjamin Wallfisch, Christopher Young, Danny Elfman, Here Comes the Devil, Hours, Howard Shore, Julio Pillado, Saving Mr. Banks, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Thomas Newman, Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas
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Academy Announces 114 Original Scores in Oscar Race
Posted: December 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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 86th Academy Awards. Notable, but expected omissions include American Hustle (Danny Elfman), August: Osage County (Gustavo Santaolalla), Frozen (Christophe Beck) and Nebraska (Mark Orton). The 114 eligible scores along with […]
Golden Globe Nominations Announced
Posted: December 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes
The nominations for the 71st Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations: Best Original Score: All Is Lost – Alex Ebert Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Alex Heffes The Book Thief – John Williams 12 Years a Slave – Hans Zimmer Gravity – Steven Price
Thomas Newman to Be Honored at Palm Springs Film Festival
Posted: December 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frederick Loewe Music Award, Palm Springs Film Festival, Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman will be honored with the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing at the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). The composer will be receiving his award for his music for John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks and Colin Farrell. Newman has previously won the award in 2006 following his […]
LA, NY and Boston Film Critics Announce Winners of Best Music in Film 2013
Posted: December 8, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Boston Online FIlm Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Online
A couple of major local critics associations have been announced their winners for this year’s movies. The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis was honored by three organizations for its soundtrack produced by T Bone Burnett. As a side note, the film doesn’t feature an actual score and only one original song, which is why the LA Film […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 6, 2013)
Posted: December 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bruce Retief, Dickon Hinchliffe, Eduardo Cruz, Expecting, Inside Llewyn Davis, Khumba, Mark Kilian, Max Richter, Out of the Furnace, T Bone Burnett, The Last Days on Mars, Twice Born
The only movie to open wide this weekend is the drama Out of the Furnace co-written and directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana and Sam Shepard. The film’s original score is composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Tale, Last Chance Harvey). Relativity Music Group […]
56th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards
The nominations for the 56th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Argo (Alexandre Desplat) – WaterTower Music The Great Gatsby (Craig Armstrong) – WaterTower Music/Interscope Life of Pi (Mychael Danna) – Sony Classical Lincoln (John Williams) – Sony Classical Skyfall (Thomas […]
Satellite Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Satellite Awards
The International Press Academy has announced the nominees for its 18th annual Satellite Awards today. The nominees in the music-related categories are: Original Score 12 Years a Slave – Hans Zimmer Philomena – Alexandre Desplat Gravity – Steven Price Her – Arcade Fire The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Theodore Shapiro The Book Thief […]
Annie Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 41st Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees: Music in an Animated Feature Production Alan Silvestri – The Croods – DreamWorks Animation Henry Jackman – Turbo – DreamWorks Animation Mark Mothersbaugh – Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 – Sony Pictures […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 29, 2013)
Posted: November 29, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, Black Nativity, Christophe Beck, Frozen, Homefront, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Laura Karpman, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Mark Isham, Oldboy, Raphael Saadiq, Robert Lopez, Roque Banos
Opening nationwide this holiday weekend after a 5-day exclusive engagement at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre is Disney’s animated feature Frozen directed by Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck and featuring the voice talent of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk and Ciarán Hinds. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have written […]
