Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Jonny Greenwood was named Film Composer of the Year at the 22nd World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 49th Ghent Film Festival, for his scores for Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and Pablo Larrain’s Spencer. Nicholas Britell was honored as TV Composer of the Year today for his score for the […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Black Adam directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Quintessa Swindell, Marwan Kenzari and Pierce Brosnan. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, Top Gun: Maverick, The LEGO Batman Movie, His Dark Materials). WaterTower […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend while also premiering on Peacock today is the slasher sequel Halloween Ends directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, Rohan Campbell, Kyle Richards and James Jude Courtney. The film’s original music is composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies (Firestarter) who previously scored 2018’s Halloween and […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror movie Smile written and directed by Parker Finn and starring Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Caitlin Stasey, Robert Weigert, Kal Penn and Rob Morgan. The film’s original music composed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus, Utopia, The Girl with All the Gifts, The […]

Deadline is reporting that Grammy Award-winning songwriters Melanie Fontana & Michel “Lindgren” Schulz have written five original songs for the upcoming musical drama Singing in My Sleep. The film is directed by Nick Wilson and stars Jessica Belkin, Malin Akerman and Gavin Leatherwood. The movie follows a talented teenage songwriter who feels stuck living in […]

Opening in theaters nationwide today is the psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, Wilde herself, and KiKi Layne. The film’s original score is composed by John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon,  Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Bourne Identity, Happy Feet). WaterTower […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the historical drama The Woman King directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, Lashana Lynch and John Boyega. The film’s original music is composed by Terence Blanchard (Malcolm X, BlacKkKlansman, Inside Man, 25th Hour, Perry Mason). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album […]

Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Academy have announced the second wave of nominees for the 2022 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Discovery of the Year, Public Choice Award, Best Original Score for a Belgian Production and Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer. The winners will be announced at […]

SMP has released a soundtrack album for the Jordanian thriller The Alleys (Al Harra). The album features the film’s original music composed by Nasser Sharaf. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Alleys is written and directed by Bassel Ghandour and stars Emad Azmi, Baraka […]

Disney announced at this weekend’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California that singer/songwriter Julia Michaels will compose the original songs for the upcoming animated musical Wish. The film directed by Chris Buck (Frozen, Tarzan) & Fawn Veerasunthorn stars Ariana DeBose and explores how the iconic wishing star came to be. Peter Del Vecho (The Princess and […]