Following the announcement of the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, reactions from all nominated composers have appeared online. John Powell on How to Train Your Dragon: Visit Movieline for a short interview with Powell on his very first Oscar nomination and also check out Variety and The Hollywood Reporter for a short reaction from […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 21, 2011)
Posted: January 21, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: John Debney, No Strings Attached
Only one movie is opening in wide release this weekend. Ivan Reitman’s No Strings Attached starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher features a score by John Debney, as well as several songs. As reported a few days ago, two soundtrack albums have been announced and a few audio clips of Debney’s score can be found […]
BAFTA Nominations announced
Posted: January 18, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Nominations
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the five nominations in the ‘original music’ category for this year’s ceremony. The nominations are: 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman) Alice in Wonderland (Danny Elfman) How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell) Inception (Hans Zimmer) The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) The BAFTA Awards show will take […]
Reznor and Ross win Golden Globe for ‘Best Score’
Posted: January 16, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Diane Warren, Golden Globes, Trent Reznor, You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me
Trent Reznor’s and Atticus Ross’ score for David Fincher’s The Social Network won the Golden Globe Award for ‘Best Original Score’ at today’s 68th Golden Globes ceremony. Reznor and Ross beat out the other four nominees Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech, Hans Zimmer for Inception, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland and A.R. Rahman […]
BAFTA longlist for ‘Best Music’ announced
Posted: January 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Awards, BAFTA, Best Music, Longlist
The British Academy of Television and Film Arts has announced the longlists for this year’s British Academy Film Awards, with 15 entries per category. Here are the contenders for the ‘Best Music’ category: 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman) Alice in Wonderland (Danny Elfman) Biutiful (Gustavo Santaollala) Brighton Rock (Martin Phipps) Despicable Me (Pharrell Williams & Heitor […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 7, 2011)
Posted: January 7, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atli Orvarsson, Season of the Witch, Soundtrack
Only one new movie opens this weekend in wide release: The fantasy adventure Season of the Witch directed by Dominic Sena and starring Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee features a score by Atli Örvarsson. As reported last year, a soundtrack album including about 50 minutes of Örvarsson’s score was released digitally by Relativity […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 31, 2010)
Posted: December 31, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Another Year, Biutiful, Blue Valentine, Burkhard Dallwitz, Gary Yershon, Grizzly Bear, Gustavo Santaolalla, Soundtrack, The Way Back
While no new movies open wide this weekend, four movies are receiving a limited release to qualify for Acadmy Awards consideration. All movies are expected to expand over the next couple of weeks. Peter Weir’s The Way Back starring Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell and Ed Harris opened in a single location on Wednesday. The movie […]
Oscar-eligible scores announced
Posted: December 30, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alan Menken, Oscars, Tangled
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ music branch has sent out a list of all 77 Oscar-eligible scores for 2011’s Academy Awards ceremony. As previously reported, a number of scores has been ruled ineligible (Black Swan, The Fighter, True Grit, The Kids Are All Right) by the music branch and Randy Newman hasn’t […]
