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 […]
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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
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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, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 5, 2010)
Posted: November 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Aaron Zigman, Christophe Beck, Dido, Due Date, Fair Game, For Colored Girls, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, Jolene, Lorne Balfe, Megamind
This week, Film Music Reporter is launching a new weekly column talking about the music of the weekend’s new films opening in the US. Opening this Friday (November 5): Megamind Music by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe Dreamworks Animation’s latest movie features a score by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, as well as numerous popular […]
Thanks to everyone writing in to find out about the status of the page. We will be back very soon and we have some very interesting news to report (including a couple of scoring assignments from A-List composers that haven’t been announced anywhere else) in the very near future and our current plan is to […]
Death at a Funeral score album coming
Posted: March 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums, Film Music NewsTags: Christophe Beck, Death at a Funeral, Hot Tub Time Machine
Sony Pictures Entertainment will release Christophe Beck’s score for the comedy Death at a Funeral on April 13. The album will be available as a download and CD-R release on Amazon. No tracklisting is available yet. To find out more about the movie, check out our previous news article.
Giacchino wins Oscar for Up
Posted: March 8, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Giacchino, Up
Last night, Michael Giacchino won his first Academy Award for his original score for Pixar’s animated movie Up. He was nominated before for Ratatouille in 2008. To watch Giacchino’s acceptance speech, check out Oscars.com. On there, you can also find Giacchino’s speech for the Thank You Cam. For Best original song, Ryan Bingham and T […]
Mark Mothersbaugh discussing Academy Award-nominated scores
Posted: March 7, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh (Cloudu with a Chance of Meatballs, The Royal Tenenbaums) recently shot a video for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in which he discusses this years’ five Oscar nominated scores including Avatar (James Horner), The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders), Fantastic Mr. Fox (Alexandre Desplat), Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer) […]
Giacchino to host Academy Event
Posted: March 5, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Giacchino
Film Music Reporter has learned that Michael Giacchino will host an evening of Animation & Classical Music on May 14 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. The event is organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and if previous events of the Academy are any indication, the evening will […]
Valentine’s Day scoring sessions footage
Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Iron Man 2, John Debney, Valentine's Day
While the score to the hit romantic comedy Valentine’s Day hasn’t been released commercially, John Debney recently put up a video from the recording sessions of the Garry Marshall directed movie on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETZAqxqz9M Debney is currently finishing up work on the score for the highly anticipated Iron Man 2, which was recently recorded in […]
Michael Giacchino wins BAFTA Award
Posted: February 24, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Michael Giacchino, score, Up
Last Sunday, Michael Giacchino won his first British Academy of Film and Television Award for his original music for Pixar’s animated feature Up. Earlier this year, he already won a Grammy, as well as a Golden Globe Award for the score and he is the frontrunner to go home with an Academy Award as well […]
