Executive producers Glenn Weiss, Ricky Kirshner & Molly McNearney announced today that Oscar winner David Byrne, Oscar-nominated actress Stephanie Hsu and music trio Son Lux will perform the Academy Award-nominated song This Is A Life from the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once at the 95th Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, on Sunday, March 12, […]
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David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu & Son Lux to Perform ‘This Is a Life’ from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ at Oscars
Posted: February 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, David Byrne, Son Lux, Stephanie Hsu
2023 ASCAP Screen Music Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: February 27, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Screen Music Awards
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced today the nominees for the 2023 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. Chosen by the ASCAP composer community, the winners will be announced as part of the 2023 ASCAP Screen Music Awards the week of May 15. Check out the nominations in the categories of Film Score […]
Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale Win Annie Award for Music from ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
Posted: February 25, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Annie Awards, Guillermo Del Toro, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Patrick McHale, Roeban Katz
Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale were honored with their first award Annie Award in Feature category for their music from the Netflix film Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio at tonight’s 50th Annie Awards ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Desplat composed the movie’s score and also wrote the songs with lyrics by del […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 24, 2023)
Posted: February 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ambush, Andrew Morgan Smith, Brent McCorkle, Brian Reitzell, Bunker, Cocaine Bear, David Schweitzer, Deantoni Parks, Fernando Velazquez, God's Time, Jesus Revolution, Linoleum, Lorne Balfe, Luther: The Fallen Sun, Mark Hadley, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mummies, My Happy Ending, Nicci Kasper, Stephen Rennicks, The Quiet Girl, We Are Dark Angels
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Cocaine Bear directed by Elizabeth Banks and starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings, Alden Ehrenreich, Margo Martindale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brooklynn Prince and Ray Liotta. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The LEGO Movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, Cloudy […]
‘What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: February 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blood Sweat & Tears, John Scheinfeld, Soundtrack, What the Hell Happened to Blood Sweat & Tears?
Omnivore Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the documentary What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?. The album features ten previously unissued live recordings from the titular band’s 1970 Iron Curtain tour recorded in Yugoslavia, Romania and Poland. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on April 21. Visit Amazon to […]
Sofia Carson & Diane Warren to Perform ‘Applause’ from ‘Tell It like a Woman’ at Oscars
Posted: February 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Diane Warren, Sofia Carson, Tell It Like a Woman
Executive producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today that actress/singer Sofia Carson, accompanied by songwriter Diane Warren, will perform the Academy Award-nominated song Applause from the anthology film Tell It like a Woman at the 95th Oscar ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The song, which is written by Warren, is […]
Rihanna to Perform ‘Lift Me Up’ at Oscars
Posted: February 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Rihanna
Executive producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today that Rihanna will perform the Academy Award-nominated song Lift Me Up from Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the 95th Oscar, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The song, which is written by Tems, Rihanna herself, Coogler & the film’s composer Ludwig […]
Volker Bertelmann Wins BAFTA Award for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Score
Posted: February 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All Quiet on the Western Front, BAFTA, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann has received his first BAFTA Award for his music for Edward Berger’s Netflix film All Quiet on the Western Freont in the Original Score category at today’s 2023 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. He has previously been BAFTA-nominated back in 2017 for his music from Garth Davis’ Lion (shared with […]
Gerald Fried (1928-2023)
Posted: February 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gerald Fried
Gerald Fried has passed away yesterday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. The composer was best known for his work on classic TV shows including the original Star Trek series, Gilligan’s Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible and Dynasty. He won an Emmy Award (shared […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2023)
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 88, Abel Korzeniowski, Andrew Kawczynski, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Bear McCreary, Christophe Beck, Christophe Musset, David Holmes, Emily, Jérémie Arcache, Joe Kraemer, Lorne Balfe, Marlowe, Of an Age, Ping Pong: The Triumph, Return to Seoul, We Have a Ghost
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Bill Murray. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Free Guy, WandaVision, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire […]