Executive producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today that actress/singer Sofia Carson, accompanied by songwriter Diane Warren, will perform the Academy Award-nominated song Applause from the anthology film Tell It like a Woman at the 95th Oscar ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The song, which is written by Warren, is […]
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Sofia Carson & Diane Warren to Perform ‘Applause’ from ‘Tell It like a Woman’ at Oscars
Posted: February 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Diane Warren, Sofia Carson, Tell It Like a Woman
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Rihanna to Perform ‘Lift Me Up’ at Oscars
Posted: February 23, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Rihanna
Executive producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today that Rihanna will perform the Academy Award-nominated song Lift Me Up from Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the 95th Oscar, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The song, which is written by Tems, Rihanna herself, Coogler & the film’s composer Ludwig […]
Volker Bertelmann Wins BAFTA Award for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Score
Posted: February 19, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All Quiet on the Western Front, BAFTA, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann has received his first BAFTA Award for his music for Edward Berger’s Netflix film All Quiet on the Western Freont in the Original Score category at today’s 2023 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. He has previously been BAFTA-nominated back in 2017 for his music from Garth Davis’ Lion (shared with […]
Gerald Fried (1928-2023)
Posted: February 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gerald Fried
Gerald Fried has passed away yesterday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. The composer was best known for his work on classic TV shows including the original Star Trek series, Gilligan’s Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Lost in Space, Mission: Impossible and Dynasty. He won an Emmy Award (shared […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 17, 2023)
Posted: February 17, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 88, Abel Korzeniowski, Andrew Kawczynski, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Bear McCreary, Christophe Beck, Christophe Musset, David Holmes, Emily, Jérémie Arcache, Joe Kraemer, Lorne Balfe, Marlowe, Of an Age, Ping Pong: The Triumph, Return to Seoul, We Have a Ghost
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Bill Murray. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, Free Guy, WandaVision, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 10, 2023)
Posted: February 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Clint Mansell, Consecration, Magic Mike's Last Dance, Nathan Halpern, Sharper, She Came from the Woods, Siddhartha Khosla, Timothy Williams, Your Place or Mine
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the comedy drama Magic Mike’s Last Dance directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek, Ayub Khan Din, Jemelia George, Juliette Motamed and Vicki Pepperdine. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Season Kent is the film’s music supervisor. Keep Cool & RCA Records have released […]
Burt Bacharach (1928-2023)
Posted: February 9, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach has passed away yesterday at age 94. The Grammy Award-winning songwriter/composer and pianist has written hundreds of songs throughout his career, including numerous tracks written specifically for films and also composed several film scores. He won his first two Academy Awards for the song Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (with Hal David) […]
Conor McPherson to Write and Direct ‘Girl from the North Country’ Film Adaptation
Posted: February 6, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bob Dylan, Conor McPherson, Girl from the North Country
Playwright Conor McPherson is set to write and direct a film adaptation of the stage musical Girl from the North Country. Chlöe Bailey, Tosin Cole, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson are attached to star in the movie based on McPherson’s Great Depression-set musical inspired by the songs of Bob Dylan about a group of travelers […]
Germaine Franco Wins Grammy Award for ‘Encanto’ Score
Posted: February 5, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Encanto, Germaine Franco, Grammy Awards, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Germaine Franco has won her first Grammy Award for her score for Disney’s animated feature Encanto in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 65th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. She previously received an Academy Award nomination for her work on the film. Lin-Manuel Miranda received the Grammy for the […]
