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2024 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced

Posted: January 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2024. This longlisting round was introduced in 2021, resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting produced the longlists in all categories announced today. Round Two voting, to determine the nominations, is opening […]

Raphael Saadiq (Insecure, Lovecraft Country, Underground, Black Nativity, 61st Street, The After Party) has recently been scoring the upcoming dramatic thriller Freaky Tales. The film is written and directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden (Captain Marvel, Half Nelson) and stars Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Normani, Jay Ellis, Angus Cloud, Dominique Thorne and Jack Champion. The […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom directed by James Wan and starring Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Randall Park, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman. . The film’s original music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hacksaw Ridge, Wonder Woman, The Gilded Age, Abominable, The Legend of […]

Nominations for 5th Annual SCL Awards Announced

Posted: December 21, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 5h Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 13, 2024 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The final round of voting will commence on January 8. Here are the nominees: Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film: Joe […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 96th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2024 and the awards show […]

2024 Oscars Best Original Song Predictions

Posted: December 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Song category of next year’s 96th 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 […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the musical fantasy adventure Wonka directed by Paul King and starring Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Hugh Grant, Keegan-Michael Key, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, Jim Carter and Olivia Colman. The film’s original songs are written by Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy) and the movie’s original score is composed […]

29th Critics Choice Film Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: December 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the film category nominations for the 29th Critics Choice Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 14, 2024 at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony at the […]

81st Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Posted: December 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The nominations for the 81st Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations: Best Original Score: Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton Killers of […]

Opening in theaters nationwide is the animated feature The Boy and the Heron written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and starring (in its English language version) Christian Bale, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Mark Hamill, Florence Pugh, Karen Fukuhara and Luca Padovan. The film’s original music is composed by Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, […]