Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the Aardman Animation’s and Sony Pictures Animation’s 3D stop-motion animated feature The Pirates! Band of Misfits directed by Peter Lord (Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run) & Jeff Newitt and featuring the voice talent of Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 27, 2012)
Posted: April 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bernie, Graham Reynolds, Lucas Vidal, Mark Mothersbaugh, Michael Andrews, Rostam Batmanglij, Safe, score, Sound of my Voice, Soundtrack, The Five-Year Engagement, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Raven, Theodore Shapiro
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Pino Donaggio to Receive Lifetime Achievment Award at Ghent Film Festival
Posted: April 25, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Newton Howard, Pino Donaggio, World Soundtrack Awards
Pino Donaggio has been selected as the 12th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the the closing-night gala of the World Soundtrack Awards at the Ghent Film Fest on October 20, 2012. The composer is best known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, which include such films as Dressed to Kill, Carrie and […]
Daniel Licht to Perform Music from ‘Dexter’ at Largo
Posted: April 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Daniel Licht, Dexter, Rolfe Kent
It has been announced today that composer Daniel Licht will be performing selections of his original music for the Showtime hit series Dexter at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles on June 10, 2012. The concert will be introduced by actor Michael C. Hall. Also featured will be composer Rolfe Kent with performances of […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 13, 2012)
Posted: April 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Azaria, David Julyan, Eric Serra, John Debney, L!fe Happens, Lockout, Mark Kilian, Martin Leon, Mateo Messina, Monsieur Lazhar, score, Soundtrack, The Cabin in the Woods, The Lady, The Three Stooges, William Ross, Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy The Three Stooges directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly and starring Chris Diamantopolous, Sean Hayes and Will Sasso in the title roles, alongside Sofia Vergara, Jane Lynch, Larry David, Jennifer Hudson, Craig Bierko and Carly Craig. John Debney […]
Rolfe Kent to Receive BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: April 11, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Television Awards, Richard Kirk Award, Rolfe Kent
Rolfe Kent is the recipient of the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at this year’s BMI Film & Television Awards. The Emmy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated composer has previously received 13 BMI Film & Television Awards since 2002. Kent’s best known work includes his score for Alexander Payne’s Election, About Schmidt and Sideways, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 6, 2012)
Posted: April 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Schlesinger, American Reunion, Andrew Lancaster, ATM, Damsels in Distress, David Buckley, James Horner, Jason Staczek, Keyhole, Lyle Workman, Mark Suozzo, Matteo Zingales, Michael Lira, score, Soundtrack, The Hunter, Titanic, Titanic 3D, Tree Adams, We the Party
Two movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy American Reunion directed by Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg and starring Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy, Tara Reid, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jennifer Coolidge and Mena Suvari. The film’s score is […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 30, 2012)
Posted: March 30, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Bishop Allen, Bully, Dark Tide, Goon, Intruders, Ion Furjanic, Javier Navarrete, Mark Sayfritz, Mirror Mirror, Ramachandra Borcar, Roque Banos, score, Soundtrack, Wrath of the Titans
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: The first wide release of the week is the 3D fantasy film Wrath of the Titans directed by Jonathan Liebesman and starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Danny Huston, Edgar Ramirez, Rosamund Pike and Bill Nighy. The sequel to the 2010 film Clash of […]
James Horner Attends ‘Titanic 3D’ Premiere
Posted: March 28, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: James Cameron, James Horner, Titanic, Titanic 3D
Last night, James Horner attended the world premiere of James Cameron’s Titanic 3D at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Before the movie started, the composer conducted an orchestral 20-minute suite from his Academy Award-winning score from the film. Check out a video interview with the composer on the red carpet after the jump, in […]
John Williams Records ‘Fanfare for Fenway’
Posted: March 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Fanfare for Fenway, John Williams
John Williams has composed a fanfare for the 100th Anniversary of Boston’s legendary Fenway Park. The piece, which is slightly more than three minutes long was recorded last Saturday at Symphony Hall in Boston by musicians from the Boston Pops Orchestra and conducted by Williams. The composer himself a Red Sox fan and his music […]
