The 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Award nominations have been announced this morning. The nominations in the Best Score category are: “Black Swan” – Clint Mansell “Inception” – Hans Zimmer “The King’s Speech” – Alexandre Desplat “The Social Network” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross “True Grit” – Carter Burwell The Best Song nominees are: […]
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Critics’ Choice Nominations announced
Posted: December 13, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards, Nominations
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 10, 2010)
Posted: December 10, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Country Strong, David Arnold, Elliot Goldenthal, James Newton Howard, Michael Brook, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Tempest, The Tourist, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Two new movies in wide release this weekend: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader featuring a score by David Arnold opens in most theaters. A soundtrack album has been released by Sony Masterworks. Check our our previous posting announcing the album release. Two new interviews with Arnold about working on Narnia […]
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
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 […]
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, […]
