The 15th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out tonight at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Maggie Rodford received the top honor in the Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films for her work on Jon M. Chu’s Wicked. Steven Gizicki received the award in the Mid-Level Budget Films category for his music supervision on James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown and Jessica Berndt & Chris Swanson were honored in the Low Budget Films category for their music supervision on Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow.
Category: Film Music News
‘A Complete Unknown’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
The team behind the sound mixing of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 61st annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Scoring mixer Nick Baxter (who also serves as the movie’s executive music producer), along with production sound mixer Tod A. Maitland, re-recording mixers Paul Massey & David Giammarco, ADR mixer David Betancourt and foley mixer Kevin Schultz received the award for the Academy Award-nominated film. In the Motion Pictures – Animated category, scoring mixer Alan Meyerson was honored as part of the sound mixing team of DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot (scored by Kris Bowers).
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 21, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror comedy The Monkey co-written and directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Sarah Levy, Christian Convery,Elijah Wood, Colin O’Brien and Rohan Campbell. The film’s original music is composed by Edo Van Breemen (Air, Hollow in the Land, Afflicted, The Backward Class). Filmtrax/Atlantic Screen Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Neon.
Also opening wide is the family drama The Unbreakable Boy written and directed by Jon Gunn and starring Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval and Patricia Heaton. Pancho Burgos-Goizueta (Ordinary Angels, Wheels, Righteous Thieves, People You May Know, God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, My True Fairytale) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released by Lionsgate Records. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Kingdom Company production, which is being distributed by Lionsgate.
Daniel Blumberg Wins BAFA Award for ‘The Brutalist’ Score
Daniel Blumberg has received his first BAFTA Award for his music for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist in the Original Score category at today’s 2025 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. He is also up for an Academy Award for his score for the epic drama. Check out his acceptance speech below. The other composers nominated in the category were Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Clément Ducol & Camille for Emilia Pérez, Robin Carolan for Nosferatu and Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 14, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Captain America: Brave New World directed by Julius Onah and starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Lumbly, Liv Tyler, Xosha Roquemore and Tim Blake Nelson. The film’s original music is composed by Laura Karpman (The Marvels, Miss Marvel, American Fiction, What If…?, Lovecraft Country, Paris Can Wait, Set It Up). Hollywood Records & Marvel Music have released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday. Click here for the project’s music team credits and check out our previous article to learn more about the Marvel Studios production, which is being released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Also opening nationwide is the family adventure Paddington in Peru directed by Dougal Wilson and starring Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Colman, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Julie Walters, Samuel Joslin, Carla Tous, Madeleine Harris, Jim Broadbent and Imelda Staunton. Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, V for Vendetta, Kubo and the Two Strings,Darkest Hour) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as a song performed by Colman last November when the movie opened in the UK. Check our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release.
Kris Bowers Wins SCL Award for ‘The Wild Robot’ Score
Kris Bowers has received his first SCL Award in the Outstanding Original Score in a Studio Film category for his music from DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot at tonight’s 6th Annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. In the Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film category, Daniel Blumberg has received the award for his Oscar-nominated score from Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. In the Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media categories, Diane Warren was honored for her song The Journey (performed by H.E.R.) from the Netflix film The Six Triple Eight (drama category) and Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino won the award for the song Compress/Repress from Guadagnino’s Challengers (comedy/musical category).
Kris Bowers Wins Annie Award for ‘The Wild Robot’ Score
Kris Bowers was honored with his first Annie Award in the Feature category for his music from DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot at tonight’s 52nd Annie Awards ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Bowers’ score was released by Back Lot Music. The other contenders in the category were Stuart Hancock for Kensuke’s Kingdom, Pharrell Williams & Michael Andrews for Piece by Piece, John Powell, Ed Sheeran & Johnny McDaid for That Christmas and Lorne Balfe & Julian Nott for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 7, 2025)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Love Hurts directed by JoJo Eusebio and starring Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Lio Tipton, Sean Astin, Mustafa Shakir, Marshawn Lynch, André Eriksen and Rhys Darby. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Fall Guy, The Man in the High Castle, Bullet Train, Peter Rabbit, Money Monster, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Spirited). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Universal Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the slasher movie Heart Eyes directed by Josh Ruben and starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Devon Sawa Jordana Brewster and Michaela Watkins. Jay Wadley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Swan Song, Tell Me Lies, Franklin, Indignation, We Grown Now, I Carry You with Me, Fire Island) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score will be released in the coming weeks by Lakeshore Records. Check back on this page for the full album details and check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Sony Pictures release.
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Win Critics Choice Award for ‘Challengers’ Score
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross were honored with their third Critics Choice Award in the Best Score category for their music for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers at tonight’s 30th Critics Choice Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. They previously received the award for The Social Network and Soul. The other composers nominated in the category were Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot, Clément Ducol & Camille for Emilia Pérez, Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist and Hans Zimmer for Dune: Part Two.
Hans Zimmer Wins Grammy Award for ‘Dune: Part Two’ Score
Hans Zimmer has won his fifth Grammy Award for his score from Dune Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 67th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. He was previously honored with a Grammy in the same category for his music for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson received the award for the original song It Never Went Away from the documentary American Symphony in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media category.