The 2023 BAFTA TV Craft Awards nominations have been announced today. Check out the nominees in the music categories after the jump. This year’s awards ceremony will take place on April 23, 2023 in London with host details to be announced. Visit the official BAFTA website for the full list of nominations.
Category: Film Music News
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 17, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods directed by David F. Sandberg and starring Zachary Levi, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona and Djimon Hounsou. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Ant-Man series, Frozen, WandaVision, Free Guy, Edge of Tomorrow, The Hangover). . WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Opening semi-wide in around 800 theaters is the comedy drama Moving On written and directed by Paul Weitz and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell and Richard Roundtree. Amanda Jones (Naomi, Super/Natural, Twenties, Good Trouble, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Somebody Somewhere) has composed the film’s original score. No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which follows two estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower of their recently deceased best friend, premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is being released by Roadside Attractions.
Music Highlights from 95th Academy Awards
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. All five nominees in the Original Song category were performed live. Check out the performances of the Oscar-winning Naatu Naatu from RRR by Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava, as well as the Oscar-nominated Applause from Tell It Like a Woman by Sofia Carson & Diane Warren, This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once by David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu & Son Lux, Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick by Lady Gaga and Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Rihanna after the jump.
Volker Bertelmann Wins Academy Award for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Score
Volker Bertelmann was honored with his first Academy Award for his score for Edward Berger’s Netflix World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front at tonight’s 95th Oscar ceremony. Bertelmann who also won his first BAFTA Award last month for his work on the movie has previously been Oscar-nominated for 2016’s Lion (co-scored with Dustin O’Halloran). Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Justin Hurwitz (Babylon), Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin), John Williams (The Fabelmans) and Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 10, 2023)
Opening in theater nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Scream VI directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett and starring Melissa Barrera, Courteney Cox, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Dermot Mulroney and Samara Weaving. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron) & Sven Faulconer (Blood Father, The Last Ice, The Elephant Whisperers). Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller 65 written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and starring Adam Driver, Chloe Coleman and Ariana Greenblatt. Chris Bacon (Source Code, Wednesday, Gnomeo & Juliet, Men in Black: International, Bates Motel) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (including several tracks co-written by Danny Elfman) today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release.
’65’ Music Team Credits Revealed
The full music team credits for the new sci-fi thriller 65 have revealed the involvement of composer Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, The Batman, The Incredibles, Spider-Man: Far from Home) in the film’s production. He is credited as the “score consultant” on the movie directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and starring Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt and Chloe Coleman. Chris Bacon (Source Code, Wednesday, Bates Motel, Men in Black International) has reportedly recorded a new score for the film earlier this year. Check out the full music team credits after the jump.
‘Elvis’ & ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Honored at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The 13th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were handed out tonight at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Anton Monsted received the top honor in the Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Motion Picture Over 25M for his work on Baz Luhemann’s Elvis. Lauren Marie Mikus & Bruce Gilbert received the award in the Motion Picture Under 25M category for their music supervision on the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once. Rob Lowry was honored in the Motion Picture Under 10M category for this music supervision on Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth. Allison Wood was the winner in the Best Music Supervision – Documentary category for her music supervision on HBO’s Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off.
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Win Cinema Audio Society Awards
The team behind the sound mixing of Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 59th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the InterContinental in Downtown Los Angeles. Scoring mixers Al Clay & Stephen Lipson, along with production mixer Mark Weingarten, re-recording mixers Chris Burdon & Mark Taylor and foley mixer Blake Collins received the award for the film scored by Harold Faltermeyer, Hans Zimmer, Lady Gaga & Lorne Balfe. In the Motion Pictures – Animated category, scoring mixer Peter Cobbin & Kirsty Whalley were honored as part of the sound mixing team of Netflix’s Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (scored by Alexandre Desplat).
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 3, 2023)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the boxing drama Creed III directed by Michael B. Jordan and starring Jordan, Jonathan Majors, Tessa Thompson, Florian Munteanu, Wood Harris,Phylicia Rashad and Mila Davis-Kent. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Shirley (The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Bad Trip,The Mysterious Benedict Society). Sony Masterworks has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today (click here for the full album details). A separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie has been released by Dreamville/Interscope Records (click here for more details).
Also opening nationwide is the action comedy Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, Cary Elwes and Hugh Grant. Chris Benstead (The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which was originally scheduled to be released in early 2022 by STX Entertainment and is now being distributed by Lionsgate.
Brian Tyler’s ‘Awakening’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Yellowstone, Thor: The Dark World) will release a soundtrack album for the immersive live show Awakening. The album features the film/TV/game composer’s original music from the Wynn production and will be released on March 24 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Awakening is produced by Baz Halpin, Bernie Yuman & Michael Curry, narrated by Anthony Hopkins and tells the story of a beautiful heroine and her two fellow travelers as they seek to restore beauty and love to the world.