Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the superhero movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps directed by Matt Shakman and starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Ralph Ineson, Natasha Lyonne, Sarah Niles and Paul Walter Hauser. The film’s original music is composed byMichael Giacchino (Up, Lost, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Batman, […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 25, 2025)
Posted: July 25, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anne Nikitin, Bobby Johnston, David Holmes, Death & Taxes, Four Letters of Love, Happy Gilmore 2, Michael Giacchino, Nathan Whitehead, Oh Hi!, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Shoshana, Steven Price, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Home
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 18, 2025)
Posted: July 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Cool Fish 2, Aoife O'Leary, Bobby Krlic, Chanda Dancy, Cloud, Daniel Pemberton, Deng Ouge, Eddington, Finally Dawn, Gerry Owens, Guns Up, Henry Jackman, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Massimo Martellotta, Saint Clare, Smurfs, Stuart Earl, Takuma Watanabe, Unicorns, Zola Jesus
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the slasher movie I Know What You Did Last Summer directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and starring Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Billy Campbell, Austin Nichols, Sarah Pidgeon, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Gabbriette Bechtel and Freddie Prinze Jr. The album […]
Alan Bergman (1925-2025)
Posted: July 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Bergman
Alan Bergman passed away last night at age 99 at his home in Los Angeles. Together with his late wife Marilyn, the songwriter/lyricist wrote dozens of songs for film and television and won three Academy Awards for the songs The Windmills of Your Mind from Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair, The Way We Were from Sydney […]
2025 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: July 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. The awards will be given out at the 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which is currently scheduled to take place on September 6 & 7 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Here are the music-related categories: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 11, 2025)
Posted: July 11, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story, Apocalypse in the Tropics, Audrey Ismaël, Brittany Allen, Chris Letcher, David Fleming, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Hidrogenesse, James McAlister, John Murphy, Lindrgen, Louis Weeks, Melanie Fontana, Rodrigo Leão, Singing in My Sleep, Sovereign, Superman, Wild Diamond
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is DC Studios’ superhero movie Superman written and directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Skyler Gisondo, Isabela Merced, Nathan Fillion, Anthony Carrigan, Edi Gathegi and María Gabriela de Faría. The film’s original music is composed by John Murphy (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. […]
‘Take Me Away’ Cover from ‘Freakier Friday’ Released
Posted: July 11, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Christina Vidal, Freakier Friday, Nisha Ganatra
Hollywood Records has released a new version of Christina Vidal‘s song Take Me Away from Freakier Friday. The track (originally written by Andrew Klippel, Barry Palmer, Micaela Slayford, Belinda Reid, Jessica Bennet & Jaclyn Pearson for 2003’s Freaky Friday movie) is produced by Suzy Shinn, performed by the fictional band Pink Slip & Vidal and […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 4, 2025)
Posted: July 4, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 40 Acres, Alexandre Desplat, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Pretty Thing, Tim Kvasnosky, Todor Kobakov
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the sci-fi/action adventure Jurassic World Rebirth directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Rupert Friend, Luna Blaise, Philippine Velge, David Iacono, Ed Skrein and Bechir Sylvain. The film’s original music is composed by Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the […]
Mark Snow passed away today at age 78 at his home in Connecticut. The composer, best known for his theme and score from the Fox mystery series The X-Files, wrote numerous scores for film and television over the last five decades. He earned six Emmy Award nominations for his music from The X-Files and received […]
Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025)
Posted: June 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin passed away today at age 93 of complications from pneumonia. The Grammy Award-winning Argentinian composer, best known his Mission: Impossible theme written for the 1960s TV series and used in the Tom Cruise-starring feature franchise, wrote numerous scores for film and television over a six decades-spanning career. He earned six Academy Award nominations […]
Daniel Blumberg, Chris Bacon, Siddhartha Khosla, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Anthony Willis, Carlos Rafael Rivera & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 26, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 534 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Daniel Blumberg who received his first Academy Award (and nomination) this year for Brady […]
