The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Honorary Awards to four artists, including songwriter Diane Warren. She will receive the award at the 13th Governors Awards on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Los Angeles. Warren has written original songs for more than 100 films […]
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Diane Warren to Receive Honorary Oscar at 13th Governors Awards
Posted: June 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Diane Warren
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 17, 2022)
Posted: June 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brian and Charles, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Chris Stracey, Daniel Pemberton, Enis Rotthoff, Este Haim, First Love, George Kallis, Lightyear, Michael Giacchino, Ramin Djawadi, The Good Neighbor, The Man from Toronto
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature Lightyear directed by Angus MacLane and starring Chris Evans, Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Taika Waititi and Isiah Whitlock Jr. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Inside Out, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Batman, Jurassic World). […]
Tom Kitt to Compose Music for ‘Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical’
Posted: June 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brandon Jeffords, Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical, Cartoon Network, HBO Max, Tom Kitt
HBO Max and Cartoon Network announced today that Tony Award winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, Freaky Friday, Bring It On, If/Then, High Fidelity) will compose the music for the animated movie event Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical. The Warner Bros. Animation production follows an exhausted Bugs Bunny who – after starring in […]
Dolly Parton to Write Original Songs for ‘Run, Rose, Run’ Film Adaptation
Posted: June 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dolly Parton, Run Rose Run
Deadline is reporting that Dolly Parton will write original songs for the upcoming film adaptation of the Academy Award-nominated singer/songwriter’s & James Patterson’s best-selling novel Run, Rose, Run. The book tells the story of young woman who moves to Nashville to pursue her music-making dreams and is taken under the wing of a giant female […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 3, 2022)
Posted: June 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adam Robl, Alejandro Roman, Alexandre Desplat, Christopher Wong, Crimes of the Future, Dan Deacon, Eiffel, Frank & Penelope, Howard Shore, Hustle, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jared Forman, Maika: The Girl from Another Galaxy, Nathan Halpern, Poser, Rhyan D'Errico, Shawn Sutta, The Passenger, The Phantom of the Open, Watcher
Opening in around 800 U.S. theaters this weekend is the sci-fi horror movie Crimes of the Future written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Don McKellar, Welket Bungué, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Nadia Litz, Tanaya Beatty and Lihi Kornowski. The film’s original music is composed by Howard Shore (The […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 27, 2022)
Posted: May 27, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 18 1/2, A Chiara, Dan Romer, Dinner in America, Hans Zimmer, Harold Faltermeyer, Heitor Pereira, Interceptor, John Swihart, Lady Gaga, Loren Bouchard, Lorne Balfe, Luis Guerra, Michael Lira, Nora Smith, The Bob's Burgers Movie, There Are No Saints, Tim Davies, Top Gun: Maverick
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action drama Top Gun: Maverick directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm and Ed Harris. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Black Widow, His Dark Materials), Harold Faltermeyer (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop), Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer (Inception, […]
John Williams Premieres ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Theme at Star Wars Celebration
Posted: May 26, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: John Williams, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars
John Williams has premiered his theme from Lucasfilm’s Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi at today’s first day of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California. The composer himself appeared at the event to conduct his theme, as well the Imperial March and the Indiana Jones theme. Check out several videos of the performance shared on social […]
Vangelis (born as Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou) has passed away at age 79 in France. The Greek composer has scored numerous films, including Hugh Hudson’s 1981 drama Chariots of Fire, for which he won the Academy Award and also received a Grammy Award nomination, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, for which he was BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated […]
Marius de Vries to Serve as Executive Music Producer on Farren Blackburn’s ‘Mary’s Monster’
Posted: May 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Farren Blackburn, Marius de Vries, Mary's Monster
Marius de Vries (Coda, Strange Magic, Kick-Ass, Navalny, Sucker Punch) will serve as the executive music producer of the upcoming period drama Mary’s Monster. He will also be executive producing the film directed by Farren Blackburn (Shut In, Hammer of the Gods) and starring Clara Rugaard as Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and Kit Harington as the titular […]
