Deadline Hollywood reported this week that composer Alan Menken has teamed with lyricist David Zippel and comedy writer Marco Pennette for a musical comedy set up at ABC. The show is described as St. Elmo’s Fire meets Rent and centers on a young female musician living with other musicians as they try to make their […]
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Alan Menken developing TV musical comedy show
Posted: December 9, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Alan Menken, David Zippel, Marco Pennette, Musical
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Annie Awards nominations announced
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Nominations
Today, the International Animation Society announced the nominations for this year’s Annie Awards, which will take place on February 5, 2011. Here are the music-related categories: Music in a Feature Production Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films David Hirschfelder “Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” – Warner Bros. Pictures John Powell “How […]
Hans Zimmer not involved in Superman
Posted: December 6, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News, Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Superman, Zack Snyder
The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to talk to composer Hans Zimmer about his involvement in the upcoming Superman adaptation directed by Zack Snyder, which was reported last week by NBC San Diego as reported here. The news spread last week after Zimmer did some interviews at the DVD/Blu-Ray release party for Incpetion, which according […]
Hans Zimmer to receive star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Posted: December 4, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hans Zimmer
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Hans Zimmer will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, December 8 at 11:30 a.m. on Hollywood Boulevard. Christopher Nolan is expected to speak during the event. Zimmer’s star will be the 2,426th on the Walk of […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 3, 2010)
Posted: December 3, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All Good Things, Black Swan, Clint Mansell, I Love You Phillip Morris, Javier Navarrete, Nick Urata, Rob Simonsen, The Warrior's Way
Only one movie opens wide this weekend: The Warrior’s Way starring Dong-gun Jang, Danny Huston, Geoffrey Rush and Kate Bosworth features a score by Javier Navarrete. In the movie, a warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission. No soundtrack release has been announced so far. […]
Grammy Nominations announced
Posted: December 2, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Nominations
The nominations for the 53rd Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations for the film music related categories: Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media: Alice in Wonderland (Danny Elfman) – Walt Disney Records Avatar (James Horner) – Fox Music/Atlantic Records Inception (Hans Zimmer) – Reprise/Water Tower Music […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2011)
Posted: November 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Alexandre Desplat, Burlesque, Christophe Beck, Clint Mansell, Faster, James Newton Howard, Love and Other Drugs, Tangled, The King's Speech
Four new movies are opening wide over Thanksgiving weekend: Walt Disney Pictures’ Tangled features songs and score by Alan Menken. Check out our previous article announcing the soundtrack album. A short video interview on the score has been uploaded on YouTube. To listen to lenghty audio interviews with Menken talking about his work on Tangled, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 12, 2010)
Posted: November 12, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music NewsTags: David Arnold, Harry Gregson-Williams, Matthew Margeson, Morning Glory, Skyline, Soundtrack, Unstoppable
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend: Tony Scott’s new thriller Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson features a score by Harry Gregson-Williams. The movie has received the best reviews for any movie by the director in over a decade. The score has been described as a hybrid electronic/orchestral score in […]
Tangled soundtrack album coming
Posted: November 9, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Mandy Moore, Soundtrack, Tangled
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album to the upcoming animated movie Tangled on November 16. Both the film’s songs and score written by Alan Menken are included on the album. The album also features the release of Grace Potter’s new song ‘Something That I Want’. To listen to sound clips from the soundtrack, […]
