The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2013 World Soundtrack Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Saturday, October […]
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World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: August 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
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Hans Zimmer to Be Honored with Classic Brit Award
Posted: August 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Classic Brit Awards, Hans Zimmer
Composer Hans Zimmer has been announced as the winner of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the 2013 Classic BRIT Awards. The Academy Award- , Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning composer of such films as The Lion King, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, The Dark Knight and Inception will be honored with the award at […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 9, 2013)
Posted: August 9, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Blood, Daniel Pemberton, David Wingo, Elysium, Explosions in the Sky, I Give It a Year, Ilan Eshkeri, In a World..., Lovelace, Ludwig Göransson, Mark Mancina, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Planes, Prince Avalanche, Ryan Amon, Ryan Miller, Stephen Trask, Theodore Shapiro, We're the Millers
Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Planes directed by Klay Hall and featuring a voice cast including Dane Cook, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Cedric the Entertainer, Val Kilmer, John Cleese, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett and Teri Hatcher. The film’s original music is composed by Mark […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 2, 2013)
Posted: August 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2 Guns, Bear McCreary, Brendan Canning, Clinton Shorter, Drift, Europa Report, Heitor Pereira, Michael Yezerski, Rob Simonsen, The Canyons, The Smurfs 2, The Spectacular Now
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy 2 Guns directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original score is composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband). […]
Weekly Film Roundup (July 26, 2013)
Posted: July 26, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blue Jasmine, Breaking the Girls, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Marco Beltrami, Mateo Messina, Raney Shockne, The Time Being, The To Do List, The Wolverine
Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the superhero film The Wolverine directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushim. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (World […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 19, 2013)
Posted: July 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Atli Orvarsson, Blackfish, Cesar Bonita, Christophe Beck, Cliff Martinez, Evidence, Girl Most Likely, Henry Jackman, Jeff Beal, Joseph Bishara, Only God Forgives, R.I.P.D., Red 2, Rob Simonsen, The Conjuring, Turbo, Ways to Live Forever
Four new movies are opening nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is DreamWorks Animation’s latest feature Turbo is directed by David Soren and featuring the voice talent of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg and Samuel […]
2013 Emmy Nominations Announced
Posted: July 18, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, Emmy Nominations
The nominations for the 65th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories: Outstandig Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): Arrested Development – Flight of the Phoenix – Music by David Schwartz The Borgias – The Prince – Music by Trevor Morris Downton Abbey – Episode 6 – Music by […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 12, 2013)
Posted: July 12, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Christopher Young, Crystal Fairy, Fruitvale Station, Grown Ups 2, Jagten, Killing Season, Ludwig Göransson, Marcelo Zarvos, Nikolaj Egelund, Pacific Rim, Pawn Shop Chronicles, Pedro Subercaseaux, Ramin Djawadi, Rupert Gregson-Williams, The Hot Flashes, The Hunt, The Newton Brothers
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in the US and select international territories is the sci-fi action monster movie Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Rinko Kikuchi and Ron Perlman. The film’s music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Game […]
‘The Character of Music’ Panel at Comic-Con Announced
Posted: July 7, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bear McCreary, Brian Reitzell, Comic-Con, Dino Meneghin
The line-up for this year’s The Character of Music panel at Comic-Con in San Diego has been announced. A number of composer and executive producer teams will discuss the dynamics of music in film and television. Panelists include Bear McCreary and Jonathan Steinberg (Black Sails), Brian Reitzell and Bryan Fuller (Hannibal), and Dino Meneghin and […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 5, 2013)
Posted: July 5, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, Despicable Me 2, Hammer of the Gods, Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Kennard Ramsey, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Mike Mogis, Nathaniel Walcott, Pharrell Williams, Rob Simonsen, Stuck in Love, The Lone Ranger, The Way Way Back
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already in theaters since Wednesday is the animated film sequel Despicable Me 2 directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud and featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Ken Jeong, Steve Coogan and Benjamin Bratt. Pharrell Williams has written the movie’s original songs […]
