Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in almost 3000 theaters is the romantic comedy Playing for Keeps directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film’s music is written by Italian composer Andrea Guerra (Letters to Juliet, Hotel Rwanda) […]
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Grammy Nominations Announced
Posted: December 5, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards, Grammy Nominations
The nominations for the 55th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film/TV music related categories, which also include the first nominated video game score in the history of the awards: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams) – Sony Classical The Artist (Ludovic Bource) – Sony […]
Satellite Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Satellite Awards
The International Press Academy has announced the nominees for its 17th annual Satellite Awards today. The nominees in the music-related categories are: Original Score Argo – Alexandre Desplat Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Skyfall – Thomas Newman The Master – Jonny Greenwood Lincoln – John Williams Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
Annie Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 40th Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees: Music in a Feature Production Alexandre Desplat – Rise of the Guardians – DreamWorks Animation Bruce Retief – Adventures in Zambezia – Saltzman Communications Henry Jackman – Wreck-It-Ralph – Walt Disney Animation Studios Joel McNeely, […]
Alberto Iglesias Wins European Film Award for ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’
Posted: December 1, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, European Film Awards, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alberto Iglesias has won the European Film Award for his score for Tomas Alfredson’s thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy and Mark Strong in the European Composer category at tonight’s EFA Night 2012 in Malta. The other composers nominated in the music category were Gabriel Yared & Cyrille Aufort for […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 30, 2012)
Posted: November 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Back to 1942, California Solo, Charlie Clouser, Day of Reckoning, Jiping Zhao, Killing Them Softly, Marc Streitenfeld, Michael Krassner, Robert Vining, T. Griffin, The Collection, Universal Soldier, Will Hendricks
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the thriller Killing Them Softly directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scott McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. While the film doesn’t feature a full score, Marc Streitenfeld (Prometheus, American […]
Cutting Edge Launches Film Score Website
Posted: November 29, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Cutting Edge Group
Cutting Edge Group has launched the new Cutting Edge Film Scores website, which will give media organisations the ability to use and license professional, high-quality film music for secondary usage. According to Variety, the site allows subscribers to upload a piece of music and have it automatically matched to similar music in the database, helping […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 23, 2012)
Posted: November 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, De rouille et d'os, Hitchcock, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna, Ramin Djawadi, Red Dawn, Rise of the Guardians, Rust and Bone
Three new movies opened wide this past Wednesday: Opening in most theaters this holiday weekend is Dreamworks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians directed by Peter Ramsey and featuring the voice talent of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. The film’s music is composed by Alexandre Desplat. Varese Sarabande Records has […]
Listen to Danny Elfman’s ‘Promised Land’ Score and Jeremy Sams’ Music from ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’
Posted: November 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Anna Karenina, Danny Elfman, Dario Marianelli, Gus van Sant, Hyde Park on Hudson, Jeremy Sams, Moonrise Kingdom, Promised Land, Roger Neill
Focus Features has published the complete scores of its major awards contenders this season. Among the titles is Gus Van Sant’s drama Promised Land, which features music composed by Danny Elfman. To listen to the score, visit Focus Features’ For Your Consideration website. The film starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, Scoot […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 16, 2012)
Posted: November 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anna Karenina, Breaking Dawn, Britta Phillips, Carter Burwell, Chasing Ice, Danny Elfman, Dario Marianelli, Dean Wareham, J. Ralph, Price Check, Silver Linings Playbook, The Twilight Saga, Twilight
Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the final part in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 directed by Bill Condon and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. The film’s music is composed by Carter Burwell. Summit Entertainment, Chop Shop Records and Atlantic Records have released a soundtrack album featuring the […]
