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. […]
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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
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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, […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
