Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated sequel Despicable Me 4 directed by Chris Renaud and starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Pierre Coffin, Chloe Fineman, Stephen Colbert, Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Coogan. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Minions, Minions: The Rise […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 5, 2024)
Posted: July 5, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Christopher Bear, Dead Whisper, Despicable Me 4, H.P. Mendoza, Heitor Pereira, Ketan Sodha, Kill, Lorne Balfe, MaXXXine, Mother Couch, Nikhil Koparkar, Pharrell Williams, Sean Philip Johnson, Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, The Secret Art of Human Flight, Tyler Bates
Jerskin Fendrix, Martin Phipps, Simon Franglen, Philippe Rombi, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 487 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 Jerskin Fendrix who received first Academy Award nomination this year for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 14, 2024)
Posted: June 14, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrea Datzman, Anna Meredith, Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz, Dario Marianelli, Dickon Hinchliffe, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Firebrand, Gabriel Yared, Ghostlight, Inside Out 2, Jeff Beal, Just the Two of Us, Mary Komasa, Quinn Tsan, Reverse the Curse, Scot Stafford, The Grab, Treasure, Tuesday, Ultraman: Rising, Vincent Jones
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated sequel Inside Out 2 directed by Kelsey Mann and starring Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser, Lilimar, Diane Lane, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kyle MacLachlan,Kensington Tallman, Grace Lui and Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green. The film’s original […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda to Serve as Producer on Disney’s ‘Moana’ Live-Action Film
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana, Thomas Kail
Disney announced today that Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights, Encanto) will serve as a producer on the studio’s upcoming live-action remake of the 2016 animated feature Moana. The movie will be directed by Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon, We Were the Lucky Ones) and star Catherine Laga‘aia in the title role of the adventurous teenager who […]
Quincy Jones to Receive Honorary Oscar at 15th Governor Awards
Posted: June 12, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Quincy Jones
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to two artists, including composer, songwriter and record producer Quincy Jones. He will receive the Oscar at the Academy’s Governors Awards event on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation […]
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul to Write Original Songs for Jon M. Chu’s & Jill Culton’s ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’
Posted: June 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benj Pasek, Jill Culton, Jon M. Chu, Justin Paul, Oh the Places You’ll Go!
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen, Spirited, La La Land, Lyle Lyle Crocodile) have been hired to compose the original songs for Warner Bros. Animation’s upcoming feature Oh, the Places You’ll Go!. The film directed by Jon M. Chu (Cray Rich Asians, In the Heights) & Jill Culton (Abominable) is […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 7, 2024)
Posted: June 7, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Abel Korzeniowski, Ames Bessada, Bachar Mar-Khalifé, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Banel & Adama, Christoph M. Kaiser, Cottontail, I Used to Be Funny, Joseph Bishara, Julian Maas, Kill Your Lover, Late Bloomers, Longing, Lorne Balfe, Osei Essed, Owen Pallett, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, Stefan Gregory, The Watchers, Thibault Chavanis, Trim Season
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Die directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah and starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig, Eric Dane, Vanessa Hudgens, Ioan Gruffudd and Joe Pantoliano. The film’s original score is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Bad Boys for […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 31, 2024)
Posted: May 31, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alfonso de Vilallonga, Amelia Warner, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Ezra, Handling the Undead, In a Violent Nature, Jeff Russo, Peter Raeburn, Protocol 7, Robot Dreams, Summer Camp, The Dead Don't Hurt, Tom Howe, Tracie Turnbull, Viggo Mortensen, What You Wish For, Will Taylor, Young Woman and the Sea
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend (but advertised as a limited release) is the biographical sports drama Young Woman and the Sea directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia and Glenn Fleshle. The film’s original music is composed by Amelia Warner (Mr. Malcolm’s List, Wild Mountain Thyme, […]