Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the thriller Missing directed by Will Merrick & Nick Johnson and starring Storm Reid, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Joaquim de Almeida, Amy Landecker and Daniel Henney. The film’s original music composed by Julian Scherle (Princess of the Row, Heart of the Champions, Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche). Sony […]

Steven Spielberg has revealed at the UK premiere of the director’s latest feature, The Fabelmans, earlier this week that is currently working on a documentary about his long-time collaborator John Williams. THR is reporting that the film centering on the Academy Award-winning composer of Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park […]

2023 BAFTA Nominations Announced

Posted: January 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2023 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of eleven titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, February 19. For […]

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) today announced that Tracy McKnight will join BMI’s Creative team as Vice President, Creative, Film, TV & Visual Media. She will lead the day-to-day functions of the Film, TV & Visual Media department and help identify and sign new affiliates to BMI, while continuing to cultivate and nurture relationships with the […]

Deadline is reporting that Geremy Jasper & Jason Binnick are writing original songs for an upcoming rock opera feature, entitled O’Dessa. The movie written and directed by Jasper will star Sadie Sink and is produced by Searchlight Pictures. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic future and revolves around a farm girl on an epic […]

Nominations for 50th Annie Awards Announced

Posted: January 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 50th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees: Best Music – Feature Turning Red – Ludwig Göransson, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale – Netflix Presents A Double […]

Disney+ has announced Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever, a new documentary series focusing on the music from Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The show centers on the songs and score from the movie and features interview with director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson, among others. Check out the series’ trailer after the […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Plane directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Yoson An, Paul Ben-Victor, Remi Adeleke, Joey Slotnick and Tony Goldwyn. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, A Quiet Place, Scream, Logan, Ford v. Ferrari) & Marcus Trumpp (The […]

Justin Hurwitz has received the Golden Globe in the Original Score category for his score for Damien Chazelle’s Babylon at tonight’s 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. He previously won the award three times for his score and the song City of Stars from La La Land and his score from First Man. The other composers […]

The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 59th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Daniel Kresco for Edward […]