Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Song category of next year’s 95th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the songs in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the […]
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2023 Oscars Best Original Song Predictions
Posted: December 13, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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Angelo Badalamenti (1937-2022)
Posted: December 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti has passed away yesterday at age 85 at his home in New Jersey. The composer was best known for his scores for the films of director David Lynch, including Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story & Mulholland Drive, as well as the filmmaker’s TV series Twin Peaks, for which he received […]
80th Golden Globe Nominations Announced
Posted: December 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Golden Globes
The nominations for the 80th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations: Best Original Score: The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat Women Talking – Hildur Guðnadóttir Babylon– Justin Hurwitz The Fabelmans –John Williams
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 9, 2022)
Posted: December 9, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Chris Bezold, Christopher Nightingale, Empire of Light, Repeater, Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, Rob Simonsen, The Whale, Tim Minchin, Trent Reznor
Opening in select theaters this weekend is the romantic drama Empire of Light written and directed by Sam Mendes and starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Toby Jones, Tanya Moodie, Tom Brooke, Crystal Clarke and Colin Firth. The film’s original music is composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network, Watchmen, Soul, Gone Girl, Mank, The Girl with […]
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ to Feature End Credits Song ‘Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)’ by The Weeknd
Posted: December 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Simon Franglen, Swedish House Mafia, The Weeknd
The Weeknd has recorded an original end titles song for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water. The track, entitled Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength), features lyrics & melody by the singer/songwriter himself and is produced by the film’s composer Simon Franglen and Swedish House Mafia. Listen to a first excerpt from the […]
2023 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: December 5, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Score category of next year’s 95th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 2, 2022)
Posted: December 2, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Angry Neighbors, Brian H. Kim, Cyril Morin, Dominic Lewis, Emancipation, Erick Schroder, Last Film Show, Mateo Messina, Philip Klein, Savage Salvation, Spoiler Alert, Violent Night, What Remains
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Violent Night directed by Tommy Wirkola and starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Alex Hassell, Beverly D’Angelo, Alexis Louder, Cam Gigandet and Edi Patterson. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (Bullet Train, Peter Rabbit, The Man in the High Castle, Money Monster, The King’s Man). Back […]
DreamWorks Animation Premieres New Logo Sequence Featuring Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Posted: November 25, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dreamworks Animation, Harry Gregson-Williams
DreamWorks Animation has premiered the studios’ new animated logo sequence, which will be first seen in front of its latest animated feature Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which is receiving sneak preview showings in select theaters this Saturday, November 26 and is set to be released in theaters on December 21. Harry Gregson-Williams (The […]
