Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher movie Scream directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett and starring Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Mikey Madison, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sonia Ammar, as well as Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette. The film’s original music […]

2022 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced

Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today revealed the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2022. This longlisting round was introduced last year resulting in three rounds of voting.  Round One voting, which took place from December 10 to January 4 produced the longlists in all categories announced today.Every […]

Dominican-Italian singer/songwriter Yendry has recorded an original song for the animated sequel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. The track, entitled Love Is Not Hard to Find, is written by herself, Morien van der Tang (aka Morgan Avenue), Glen Faria, Faried Arween Jhauw (Jeremia Jones) & Jheynner Argote, and will be featured in the movie directed by Derek […]

Hans Zimmer has received his third Golden Globe in the Original Score category for his score for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune at tonight’s 79th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. He previously his first two Golden Globes for 1994’s The Lion King and 2000’s Gladiator and was honored with multiple other nominations over the last three decades. […]

Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022)

Posted: January 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Marilyn Bergman has passed away today at her home in Los Angeles. She was 93. Together with her husband Alan, the songwriter/lyricist wrote dozens of songs for film and television and won three Academy Awards for the songs The Way We Were from Sydney Pollack’s movie of the same title, The Windmills of Your Mind […]

The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the spy thriller The 355 co-written and directed by Simon Kinberg and starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Bingbing Fan, Édgar Ramirez and Sebastian Stan. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Zack […]

Amazon Music has published an official playlist featuring the songs from the Amazon original movie The Tender Bar. Among the artists featured are Jackson Browne, The Isley Brothers, King Harvest, Pilot, Alicia Bridges, Tyrone Davis, Paul Simon Parish Hall, Jim Groce, The Grass Roots & others. Click here to stream all songs. No word on […]

Nominations for 3rd Annual SCL Awards Announced

Posted: January 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 1st at the Skirball Cultural Center. The evening will be hosted by Darren Criss will include musical performances from Grammy-nominated singers/songwriters Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear (Bridgerton: The Unofficial Musica;), Grammy winner […]

Already playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday, December 29, is the drama Jockey co-written and directed by Clint Bentley and starring Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias, Logan Cormier, Colleen Hartnett. The film’s original music is composed by The National’s Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, The Kitchen) & Aaron Dessner (Cyrano, C’mon […]

Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Already playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the animated sequel Sing 2 written and directed by Garth Jennings and starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Bono, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Letitia Wright and Pharrell Williams. The film’s […]