The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 61st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, production, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Nick Baxter for James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown (on which Baxter also served as the executive music producer), Peter Cobbin for Shawn Levy’s Deadpool vs. Wolverine (music by Rob Simonsen), Alan Meyerson for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (scored by Hans Zimmer) & Gladiator II (scored by Harry Gregson-Williams) and John Michael Caldwell for Jon M. Chu’s Wicked (music by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz).
Category: Film Music News
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Win Golden Globe for ‘Challengers’ Score
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross have received their third Golden Globe in the Original Score category for their score for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers at tonight’s 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony. They previously won the award for their music for The Social Network & Soul and were also nominated for their The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl and Mank scores. Check out their acceptance speech below. The other composers nominated in the score category were Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist), Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot), Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two), Clément Ducol & Camille (Emilia Pérez) and Volker Bertelmann (Conclave).
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 3, 2025)
Opening semi-wide in around 700 U.S. theaters this weekend is the period psychological horror drama The Damned directed by Thordur Palsson and starring Odessa Young and Joe Cole. The film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground, Pilgrimage, Queen & Country, Norm of the North, The Cellar, Rose Plays Julie). Moonflower Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last July following the movie’s premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the film, which is being distributed by Vertical.
2025 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2025. This longlisting round was introduced in 2021, resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting produced the longlists in all categories announced today. 118 films were submitted for consideration. Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, is opening today to BAFTA’s voting members and will close on January 12. The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 will be announced on January 15 and the ceremony will take place on February 16.
Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber to Write New Songs for ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ Film Adaptation
Tim Rice (The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Road to El Dorado) has revealed in a recent interview with The Irish News that he is co-writing new original songs for the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita). Jon M. Chu (Wicked, Crazy Rich Asians) is attached to direct the movie based on the duo’s Tony Award-winning show, which tells the biblical story of Jacob’s favorite son Joseph and his eleven brothers and which premiered in the West End in 1972 and on Broadway in 1983. Scott Sanders (The Color Purple, The Odd Life of Timothy Green) and Mara Jacobs (In the Heights) are producing the project for SGS Pictures and Chu and Lance Johnson (Thai Cave Rescue) are producing for Electric Somewhere.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the gothic horror movie Nosferatu written and directed by Robert Eggers and starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe. The film’s original music is composed by Robin Carolan (The Nortman). A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score has been released last month by Back Lot Music (digital version) and Sacred Bones Records (physical versions). Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being released by Focus Features.
Also opening nationwide is the biographical drama A Complete Unknown directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro, Elle Fanning, Boyd Holbrook, Norbert Leo Butz, Dan Fogler and Scoot McNairy. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Nick Baxter serves as the project’s executive music producer. Columbia Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the Bob Dylan songs from the movie performed by Chalamet and other tracks performed by the movie’s cast last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Searchlight Pictures release.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 20, 2024)
Opening in theaters nationwide is Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King directed by Barry Jenkins and starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Mads Mikkelsen, Anika Noni Rose,Keith David, Seth Rogen, Thandiwe Newton, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Blue Ivy Carter and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.The film’s original songs are written by and the movie’s original score is composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto, Moana, Hamilton, In the Heights) and Dave Metzger (Wish, Tarzan & Jane, Brother Bear 2). Lebo M has provided additional music and performances and Mark Mancina has produced the songs with Miranda. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs and another album featuring the score, as well as a deluxe edition featuring both score and songs over the last week. Click here to check out the details of the deluxe edition version and for more information about the Walt Disney Pictures release.
Also opening nationwide is the action adventure comedy sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 3 directed by Jeff Fowler and starring Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz James Marsden, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, Krysten Ritter, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Lee Majdoub, Adam Pally and Shemar Moore. Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Godzilla vs. Kong, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Alita: Battle Angel) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release.
Robbie Williams’ Original Song ‘Forbidden Road’ from ‘Bettter Man’ Disqualified from Oscar Consideration
The Academy has notified members of the music branch that the Oscar-shortlisted original song Forbidden Road from the biographical musical drama Better Man has been disqualified. The track co-written (with Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek and produced by Dan Romer & Wexler) and performed by Robbie Williams was found to feature “material from an existing song that was not written for this film.” The existing title has been identified as the Jim Croce song I Got A Name written by Academy governor Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel for the 1973 feature The Last American Hero. Listen to both tracks for a comparison after the jump and check out our previous article for the other fourteen titles remaining on the Original Songs shortlist.
52nd Annie Awards Nominations Announced
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 52nd Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:
Best Music – Feature
- Kensuke’s Kingdom – Stuart Hancock – Lupus Films
- Piece by Piece – Pharrell Williams, Michael Andrews – i am OTHER, TREMOLO in association with The LEGO Group, Pure Imagination Studios and Tongal
- That Christmas – John Powell, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid – Locksmith Animation for Netflix
- The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers – DreamWorks Animation
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Lorne Balfe and Julian Nott – Aardman and Netflix
Nominations for 6th Annual SCL Awards Announced
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 6th Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 12, 2025 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The final round of voting will commence on January 27.
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film:
Clément Ducol, Camille – Emilia Pérez
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Harry Gregson-Williams – Gladiator II