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 […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 3, 2025)
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Logan Nelson, Stephen McKeon, The Damned, The Last Republican
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2025 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
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, […]
Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber to Write New Songs for ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ Film Adaptation
Posted: December 31, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jon M. Chu, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Tim Rice
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, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2024)
Posted: December 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2073, A Complete Unknown, Antonio Pinto, Babygirl, Batu Sener, Better Man, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Nosferatu, Robin Carolan, Tamar-Kali, The Fire Inside
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 […]
Robbie Williams’ Original Song ‘Forbidden Road’ from ‘Bettter Man’ Disqualified from Oscar Consideration
Posted: December 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Better Man, Michael Gracey, Robbie Williams
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 […]
52nd Annie Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
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 […]
Nominations for 6th Annual SCL Awards Announced
Posted: December 18, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: SCL Awards
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 […]
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 97th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 97th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 17, 2025 and the awards show […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 13, 2024)
Posted: December 13, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Somers, Carry-On, Dirty Angels, Evgueni Galperine, Kraven the Hunter, Lorenz Dangel, Lorne Balfe, Nickel Boys, Owen Pallett, Rupert Parkes, Sacha Galperine, Scott Alario, Scott Thomas Borland, September 5, Stephen Gallagher, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, The Man in the White Van, Young Werther
Opening in theaters nationwide is the superhero movie Kraven the Hunter directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Alessandro Nivola, Fred Hechinger, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe. The show’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Twisters, Alien: Romulus, The Flash, Shazam!, Hidden Figures) and Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine (Baby Reindeer, The Undoing, Loveless, Radioactive, Scenes from a Marriage, Wizard […]
