Armando Trovajoli has passed away in Rome, Italy at age 95. The Italian film composer and jazz pianist has composed the music for numerous films, including Vittorio De Sicca’s 1960 drama Two Women (La ciociara), for which Sophia Loren received an Academy Award for her lead performance. Travajoli also collaborated with De Sicca on a […]
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Armando Trovajoli (1917-2013)
Posted: March 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Armando Trovajoli
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 1, 2013)
Posted: March 1, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 21 & Over, A Place at the Table, Black Gold, Clint Mansell, Day of the Falcon, Jack the Giant Slayer, James Horner, Jeff Rona, John Ottman, Lorne Balfe, Lyle Workman, Michael Wandmacher, Phantom, Stoker, T Bone Burnett, The Civil Wars, The Last Exorcism Part II, The Sweeney
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the fantasy adventure Jack the Giant Slayer directed by Bryan Singer and starring Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy and Ewan McGregor. The film’s music is composed by John Ottman (X2, The Usual Suspects, The Fantastic […]
Mychael Danna Wins Oscar for ‘Life of Pi’
Posted: February 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adele, Joel McNeely, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna, Paul Epworth, Skyfall, William Ross
Mychael Danna has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. The composer was also nominated for the first time. The other contenders in the category were John Williams (Lincoln), Alexandre Desplat (Argo), Dario Marianelli (Anna Karenina) and Thomas Newman (Skyfall). All five […]
SCL Hosts Annual Oscar Nominees Reception
Posted: February 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alain Boublil, Alexandre Desplat, Bombay Jayashri, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Dario Marianelli, Herbert Kretzmer, J. Ralph, John Williams, Mychael Danna, Paul Epworth, SCL, Thomas Newman, Walter Murphy
This afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Academy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category at the home of composer John Cacavas in Beverly Hills. All five nominated composers in the score category attended the event: John Williams (Lincoln), Dario Marianelli (Anna […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 22, 2013)
Posted: February 23, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antonio Pinto, Bless Me Ultima, Dark Skies, Geo Hoehn, Inescapable, Joseph Bishara, Mark Kilian, Snitch
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action thriller Snitch directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Benjamin Bratt and Barry Pepper. The film’s music is composed by Antonio Pinto (City of God, Lord of War, Senna). Lakeshore Records has released a […]
Aaron Zigman’s ‘Escape from Planet Earth’ Scoring Sessions Video
Posted: February 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Escape from Planet Earth
Aaron Zigman (The Notebook, Bridge to Terabithia) recently recorded his score for the animated feature Escape from Planet Earth. The composer’s music was recorded with at 100 piece orchestra and choir at Abbey Road Studios in London. Check out a video featuring footage from the sessions after the jump. Zigman’s first score for an animated […]
Exclusive: Music and Motion Productions / Lucas Vidal Studio Tour
Posted: February 20, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Lucas Vidal, Music and Motion Productions
Music and Motion Productions, co-owned by composer Lucas Vidal and his business partner Steve Dzialowski, has recently moved into its new studio facilities in Venice, California. The company’s studio complex, which was previously the home of Harry Gregson-Williams, located in walking distance from the beach, has been remodeled for the past two months and houses half […]
‘Les Miserables’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
Posted: February 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Dudman, Brave, CAS Awards, Hatfields & McCoys, Jeffrey A. Vaughn, Jonathan Allen, Les Miserables
The team behind the sound mixing of Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2012 Motion Pictures – Live Action at tonight’s 49th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Scoring mixer Jonathan Allen, along with production mixer Simon Hayes, re-recording mixers […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 15, 2013)
Posted: February 15, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Good Day to Die Hard, Aaron Zigman, Beautiful Creatures, Christopher Carmichael, Deborah Lurie, Escape from Planet Earth, Klaus Badelt, Marco Beltrami, Safe Haven, Shanghai Calling, thenewno2
Four new movies are opening nationwide this holiday weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller sequel A Good Day to Die Hard directed by John Moore and starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney. The film’s music is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Scream) who previously scored the last […]
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Win Grammy Award for ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Posted: February 10, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Grammy Awards, Midnight in Paris, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hunger Games, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have won the Grammy Award in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category for their music for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo starring Rooney Mara. The other nominated composers in the category included John Williams (The Adventures of Tintin), Ludovic Bource (The Artist), Howard Shore (Hugo), Hans […]
