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. […]
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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
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‘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. […]
‘Gravity’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 22, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The team behind the sound mixing of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 50th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Scoring mixer Gareth Cousins, along with production mixer Chris Munro, re-recording mixers Skip Lievsay, Niv […]
Steven Price Wins BAFTA Award for ‘Gravity’
Posted: February 16, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
Steven Price has received his first BAFTA Award for his score for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity starring Sandra Bullock & George Clooney in the Original Music category. Price accepted the award in person at the British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. He was nominated alongside Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave), John […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
