Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the sci-fi adventure After Earth directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith. The film’s music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village) who regularly works with the director. Sony Masterworks has […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 31, 2013)
Posted: May 31, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: After Earth, Brian Tyler, Dickon Hinchliffe, Halli Cauthery, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Newton Howard, Now You See Me, Ryan Miller, Shadow Dancer, The East, The Kings of Summer
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Cliff Martinez Accepts BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: May 30, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & TV Awards, Cliff Martinez
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has published the acceptance speech of Cliff Martinez, the honoree of the Richard Kirk Award at this year’s BMI Film & TV Awards. The composer of such movies as Traffic, Solaris, Drive, The Lincoln Lawyer, Arbitrage and Sex, Lies & Videotapes received the award on May 15 at the awards ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 17, 2013)
Posted: May 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ben Lovett, Black Rock, Erased, Frances Ha, Jeff Danna, Michael Giacchino, Rob Simonsen, Star Trek Into Darkness, The English Teacher, The Expatriate
Only one movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller. The film’s music is composed […]
Cliff Martinez Receives BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: May 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Telvision Awards, Cliff Martinez, Richard Kirk Award
Last night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), held its annual Film & TV Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Cliff Martinez was honored with the Richard Kirk Award, which is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. The composer whose film scoring credits […]
SCL Selects Ashley Irwin as New President
Posted: May 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ashley Irwin, SCL
The board of the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) unanimously elected Emmy-winning composer Ashley Irwin as President for the 2013-2015 term. The Australian composer has been a board member since 2008 and has served on the Performing Rights Committee and as the Chairman of the Seminar Committee for the last four years. He succeeds […]
Riz Ortolani to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Ghent Film Festival
Posted: May 6, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Riz Ortolani, World Soundtrack Awards
Riz Ortolani has been selected as the 13th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the the closing-night gala of the World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 19, 2013. The Italian composer is best known for his scores to numerous spaghetti westerns and international films including the 1980 horror film Hannibal Holocaust and […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 3, 2013)
Posted: May 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian Tyler, Fall on Your Sword, Generation Um..., Haim Mazar, Iron Man 3, Johan Söderqvist, Kiss of the Damned, Love is All You Need, Nick Urata, Steven Hufsteter, The Iceman, What Maisie Knew
Only one new movie is opening wide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the superhero sequel Iron Man 3 directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley. The film’s original music is […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 19, 2013)
Posted: April 19, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anthony Gonzalez, Filly Brown, Griffin Boyce, Home Run, In the House, John 5, Joseph Trapanese, M83, Oblivion, Phillipe Rombi, Reza Safinia, Scott Allan Matthews, The Lords of Salem
Only one new movie is opening wide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action film Oblivion directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo. The film’s score is composed by Anthony Gonzalez of M83 and Joseph Trapanese (TRON: […]
