Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the Saw reboot Spiral directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols. The film’s original score is composed by Charlie Clouser (Resident Evil: Extinction, Numbers, Death Sentence) who has written the music for […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 14, 2021)
Posted: May 14, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Army of the Dead, Brian Reitzell, Brian Tyler, Charlie Clouser, Fil Eisler, Finding You, Georgetown, Kieran Kiely, Lorne Balfe, Matthew James, Profile, Spiral, Stephen Warbeck, The Djinn, The Man in the Hat, The Perfect Candidate, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Timothy Williams, Tom Holkenborg, Us Kids, Volker Bertelmann
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Disney’s ‘Cruella’ to Feature Original Song ‘Call me Cruella’ by Florence + The Machine
Posted: May 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Craig Gillespie, Cruella, Florence + the Machine, Nicholas Britell
Disney announced today that Florence + The Machine has recorded the original song Call me Cruella for the studio’s live-action feature Cruella. The track is co-written by the film’s composer Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk) and will be featured in the film and on both the original motion […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 7, 2021)
Posted: May 7, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Above Suspicion, Alexander Arntzen, Ariel Blumenthal, Charlie Rosen, Chris Benstead, Crystal Grooms Mangano, Devonté Hynes, Dickon Hinchliffe, Here Today, Initiation, Mainstream, Paper Spiders, Peter Baert, The Water Man, Wrath of Man
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the action thriller Wrath of Man co-written and directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonso, Raúl Castillo, Eddie Marsan, Deobia Oparei and Scott Eastwood. The film’s original music is composed by Chris Benstead (The Gentlemen). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album […]
2021 BAFTA TV Craft Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: April 28, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards
The 2021 BAFTA TV Craft Awards nominations have been announced today. Check out the nominees in the music category after the jump. This year’s awards ceremony will take place on May 24, 2021 and will be live-streamed on BAFTA’s YouTube and Twitter pages. Visit the official BAFTA website for the full list of nominations.
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Win Academy Award for ‘Soul’
Posted: April 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Atticus Ross, Dernst Emile II, H.E.R., Jon Batiste, Judas and the Black Messiah, Soul, Tiara Thomas, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste were honored with the Academy Award for their score for Pixar’s Soul at tonight’s 93rd Oscar ceremony. Reznor & Ross have previously received their first Oscar for their music for 2010’s The Social Network and were also nominated this year for their music for David Fincher’s Mank. The […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 23, 2021)
Posted: April 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Somers, Benjamin Wallfisch, Bloodthirsty, Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Trai, Go Shiina, Mark Mothersbuagh, Michelle Osis, Mortal Kombat, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Together Together, Yuki Kajiura
Opening nationwide today is the action fantasy movie Mortal Kombat directed by Simon McQuoid and starring Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Mehcad Brooks, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade Runner 2049, Hidden Figures, Shazam!, Annabelle Creation, Lights Out). WaterTower Music has released […]
57th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Winners Announced
Posted: April 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The 57th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing were given out today at a virtual ceremony. Among the scoring winners honored as part of the sound mixing teams were David Boucher for Pixar’s Soul (scored by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste) in the Motion Pictures – Animated category, Lawrence Manchester for […]
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Win Annie Award for ‘Soul’
Posted: April 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste, Kevin Kiner, Soul, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste were honored with their first Annie Award in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the music from Pixar’s Soul. The other contenders in the category were Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna for Onward, Steven Price, Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield & Helen Park for Over […]
Celeste, Daniel Pemberton, H.E.R., Leslie Odom, Jr., Laura Pausini, Diane Warren & Molly Sandén to Perform Oscar-Nominated Songs
Posted: April 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the performers of the Oscar-nominated original songs, which will be performed during the lead-in show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight, prior to the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, April 25. Celeste & composer Daniel Pemberton will perform Hear My Voice from Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 16, 2021)
Posted: April 16, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aldo Shllaku, Alexis Grapsas, Andrew Lockington, Beast Beast, Benji Merrison, Clint Mansell, Danny Madden, David C. Williams, In the Earth, Michael White, Monday, Night of the Sicario, Robert Allaire, SAS: Red Notice, Trigger Point, Vanquish
Opening in select theaters today is the horror movie In the Earth written and directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Ellora Torchia and Hayley Squires. The film’s original music is composed by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, The Fountain, Noah, Rebecca, Moon, Titans, Doom Patrol). Lakeshore Records & Invada Records have released a […]
