Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Amazon Music has published an official playlist featuring the songs from the Amazon original movie Don’t Make Me Go. Among the artists featured are No Doubt, New Order, Hugh Masekela, Sarah Jaffe, Froidz, Iggy Pop, No Futurre, Froidz, The Strokes, Jacuzzi Boys & others. Click here to stream all songs. No word on a soundtrack release for the […]

Birdy has contributed an original song for the new Netflix original film Persuasion. The track, entitled Quietly Yours, is written and performed by the English singer/songwriter and produced by Rich Cooper. Jordan Lehning (Old Henry, The Dead Center) has provided the string arrangement. The song will be released this Friday, July 15. Persuasion is directed […]

2022 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: July 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards were announced this morning. The awards will be given out at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 3 & 4 in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on September 10 on FXX. Here are the music-related categories: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic […]

Monty Norman (1928 – 2022)

Posted: July 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Monty Norman has passed away at age 94. The singer, composer and lyricist, best known for writing the James Bond theme and the score for first James Bond movie, 1962’s Dr. No directed by Terence Young and starring Sean Connery has composed numerous songs and scores for stage and screen starting in the late 1950s. […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder directed by Taika Waititi and starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Michael Giacchino (Up, The Batman, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange, Jurassic World, Lost) has composed the themes and has co-scored the movie with Nami Melumad (Star Trek: Strange […]

Disney Music has released the official playlist for Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder. The playlist features the songs from the movie, including four tracks by Guns N’ Roses (Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O’Mine & November Rain), ABBA’s Our Last Summer, Mary J. Blige’s Family Affair, Enya’s Only Time, Dio’s Rainbow […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature Minions: The Rise of Gru directed by Kyle Balda and starring Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Julie Andrews and Alan Arkin. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, The Angry Birds Movie, Smallfoot, The Smurfs). […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 397 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Luca), Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Looper), Natalie Holt […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the biographical drama Elvis directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Richard Roxburgh, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and David Wenham. The film’s original score is composed by Elliott Wheeler (The Get Down, Every Day) who also serves as the project’s executive music […]

Artie Kane (1929 – 2022)

Posted: June 23, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Artie Kane has passed away at age 93. The composer, conductor and pianist scored numerous film and television productions between the mid-1970s and early 90s. Among his feature scoring credits are Irvin Kershner’s Eyes of Laura Mars, Richard Brooks’ Looking for Mr. Goodbar & Wrong Is Right, Jerry Jameson’s The Bat People and Robert Butler’s […]