Category: Film Music News

51st Annie Awards Nominations Announced

annie-awardsThe International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 51st Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:

Best Music – Feature

  • Elemental – Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin – Sony Pictures Animation
  • Suzume – Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
  • The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

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Opening Title Sequence from Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’ Released

Apple TV+ has released the opening title sequence from the streamer’s new 9-part limited series Masters of the Air featuring the show’s main title theme composed by Emmy Award winner Blake Neely (The Pacific, The Flight Attendant, The Flash, Everwood, You, Good Night Oppy, Arrow, Riverdale, Greyhound). Check out the full sequence after the jump. Masters of the Air is written by John Orloff based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same title and stars Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Rafferty Law, Branden Cook, Nate Mann, Josiah Cross and Ncuti Gatwa.

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60th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced

cinemaaudiosocietyThe Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 60th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, production, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Kirsty Whalley for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (scored by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt), Andrew Dudman for Michael Mann’s Ferrari (music by Daniel Pemberton), Nick Baxter for Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, and Chris Fogel for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (scored by Ludwig Goransson).

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John Powell Wins Emmy Award for ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Score

John Powell has received his first Emmy Award for his score from Davis Guggenheim’s Apple TV+ original documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Specialcategory at tonight’s second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. In the Outstanding Music Direction category, Greg Phillinganes won the award for Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song: Joni Mitchell.

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Ludwig Göransson Wins Golden Globe for ‘Oppenheimer’ Score

Ludwig Göransson has received his first Golden Globe in the Original Score category for his score for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer at tonight’s 81st Golden Globe Awards ceremony. He has previously been nominated three times for his scores from Black Panther and Tenet, as well as the song Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Check out his acceptance speech below.

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Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson, Cristobal Tapia de Veer & Danny Elfman Win Emmy Awards for ‘Weird’, ‘The White Lotus’ & ‘Wednesday’

Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson have won their first Emmy Award for their score for The Roku Channel original movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special category at today’s first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Cristobal Tapia de Veer has picked up his third Emmy Award for his music from the Season 2 episode In the Sandbox from HBO’s The White Lotus in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Series category and Danny Elfman won the Emmy in the Original Main Title Theme Music category for Netflix’s Wednesday.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 5, 2024)

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the supernatural horror thriller Night Swim written and directed by Bryce McGuire and starring Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle and Gavin Warren. The film’s original music is composed by Mark Korven (The Black Phone, The Witch, The Lighthouse, Cube, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The Peripheral). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Blumhouse & Atomic Monster production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the action thriller The Bricklayer directed by Renny Harlin and starring Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dovrev, Tim Blake Nelson, Clifton Collins Jr. and Ilfenesh Hadera. Walter Mair (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Till Death, Liaison, The Same Sky, Ronaldo, Cuffs) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the Millennium Media production, which is being distributed by Vertical Entertainment.

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2024 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced

bafta1The 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 todayto BAFTA’s voting members and will close on January 12. The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 will be announced on January 18 and the ceremony will take place on February 18.

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Raphael Saadiq Scoring Ryan Fleck’s & Anna Boden’s ‘Freaky Tales’

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 movie is set in Oakland in 1987 and is comprised of four interconnected stories: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a henchman gets a shot at redemption, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality and an NBA All-Star settles the score.

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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 22, 2023)

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 Tarzan, Click). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score and an original song by X Ambassadors today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Also opening wide is the animated feature Migration directed by Benjamin Renner and starring Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Keegan-Michael Key, Awkafina and Danny DeVito. John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon, The Bourne Identity, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Shrek, United 93, Rio, Happy Feet) has composed the film’s original music. Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as cover of Destiny’s Child’s Survivor performed by Mon Laferte last week. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Illumination Entertainment production, which is being released by Universal Pictures.

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