Three new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is action horror sequel Underworld Awakening directed by Mans Marlin & Bjorn Stein and starring Kate Beckinsale, Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy and India Eisley. Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack featuring the movie’s songs by artists including Evanescence, […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 20, 2012)
Posted: January 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: David Holmes, Haywire, Paul Haslinger, Qigang Chen, Red Tails, score, Soundtrack, Terence Blanchard, The Flowers of War, Underworld Awakening
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BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Nominations
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards. Here are the nominations in the ‘Original Music’ category: The Artist – Ludovic Bource The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Hugo – Howard Shore Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto […]
Ludovic Bource Wins Golden Globe for ‘The Artist’
Posted: January 15, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes, Ludovic Bource, Madonna, The Artist, W.E
Ludovic Bource has received his first Golden Globe Award for his score for the black-and-white romance The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius and starring Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Missi Pyle and Penelope Ann Miller. The composer has already won a number of other awards and is among the frontrunners to receive […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 13, 2012)
Posted: January 13, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Chad Fischer, Clinton Shorter, Contraband, Howard Ashman, Joyful Noise, Loosies, Mervyn Warren, score, Soundtrack
Three movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the thriller Contraband directed by Baltasar Kormakur and starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Lukas Haas, Giovanni Ribisi, Diego Luna and J.K. Simmons. Clinton Shorter (District 9) has written the music for the film. Back Lot Music has released a […]
Ludovic Bource Wins Critics’ Choice Movie Award for ‘The Artist’
Posted: January 12, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BFCA, Critic's Choice Movie Awards, Ludovic Bource, The Artist, The Muppets
Ludovic Bource has received the Critics Choice Movie Award for his score for the black-and-white romance The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius at tonight’s 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Cliff Martinez (Drive), Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Girl with […]
2012 Academy Awards Original Score Predictions
Posted: January 9, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Predictions
On December 22, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the movies eligible in the Best Original Score category for the 84th Academy Award. Among the 97 scores on the list, we think about a quarter of the titles have a realistic chance of getting one of the five nominations. Among those scores, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 6, 2012)
Posted: January 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ben Romans, Beneath the Darkness, Brett Detar, Geoff Zanelli, Jonny Greenwood, Norwegian Wood, score, Soundtrack, The Devil Inside
Only one movie is opening in wide release this first weekend of the year: Expected to finish the weekend at the top of the box office is the horror film The Devil Inside directed by William Brent Bell about a woman who travels to Italy where she becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms […]
BAFTA Original Music Longlist Announced
Posted: January 6, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Longlist
The British Academy of Film and Television has released the longlist for the Orange British Academy Film Awards. The final nominations will be announced on January 17 and the awards ceremony will take place on February 12. Here are the 15 contenders in the Best Music category: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 30, 2011)
Posted: December 30, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angels Crest, Pariah, score, Soundtrack, Stephen Warbeck, The Iron Lady, Thomas Newman
While no new movies are opening wide this week, a couple of new films are receiving a release in select cities: The highest profile title among this week’s openings is The Iron Lady directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Thomas Newman has composed the original score […]
Palm Springs Film Festival to Honor Howard Shore
Posted: December 28, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Frederick Loewe Music Award, Howard Shore, Hugo, Palm Springs Film Festival
Howard Shore will be honored with the Frederick Loewe Music Award at the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The composer will be receiving the award for his work on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, for which he already received a Golden Globe, as well as a Broadcast Film Critics Association Movie Award nomination. Shore has previously […]
