Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Score category of next year’s 94th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the […]
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2022 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: December 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 10, 2021)
Posted: December 10, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Being the Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton, David Newman, Don't Look Up, Gary Hickerson, Jonathan Sanford, Mario Grigorov, National Champions, Nicholas Britell, Off the Rails, Red Rocket, Spencer David Hutchings, The Hating Game, West Side Story
Opening in nationwide this weekend is the musical drama West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, David Alvarez, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Ana Isabelle and Rita Moreno. The film’s music was originally written for the stage musical of the same title […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 3, 2021)
Posted: December 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anne Dudley, Back to the Outback, Bear McCreary, Benedetta, Diana Salier, Encounter, Flee, Home, Jed Kurzel, Lele Marchitelli, Lorne Balfe, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Silent Night, Stefan Wesolowski, The Hand of God, This Game's Called Murder, Try Harder!, Uno Helmersson, Volker Bertelmann, Wolf
Opening in around 300 theaters this weekend is the Irish/Polish drama Wolf written and directed by Nathalie Biancheri and starring George MacKay, Lily Rose-Depp, Eileen Walsh and Paddy Considine. The film’s original score is composed by Stefan Wesolowski (Listen to Me Marlon, Pilsudski). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 26, 2021)
Posted: November 26, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amine Bouhafa, David Fleming, Encanto, Germaine Franco, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, House of Gucci, Jonny Greenwood, Licorice Pizza, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Korven, Nico Muhly, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The Humans, The Summit of the Gods, The Unforgivable
Three new movies have opened in theaters nationwide this past Wednesday: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Encanto directed by Byron Howard & Jared Bush and starring Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero,Wilmer Valderrama, Adassa, Diane Guerrero, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Rhenzy Feliz, Mauro Castillo and Carolina Gaitan. The film’s original score is composed […]
64th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: November 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards
The nominations for the 64th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Bridgerton – Kris Bowers Dune – Hans Zimmer The Mandalorian – Ludwig Göransson – Season 2 -Vol. 2 (Episodes 13-16) The Queen’s Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera
Lebo M to Compose Original Songs for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Woman King’
Posted: November 22, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Lebo M, The Woman King
Sowetan is reporting that Lebo M is composing and producing five original songs for the upcoming historical drama The Woman King. The film is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard, Love & Basketball) and stars Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch and John Boyega. The movie is set in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one […]
Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ to Feature Original Songs by Billie Eilish & FINNEAS
Posted: November 17, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Billie Eilish, Finneas, Pixar, Turning Red
Disney announced today that Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriters Billie Eilish and FINNEAS have written three original songs for Pixar’s next animated feature Turning Red. The tracks were written for the fictional boy band 4*Town in the movie. A first song (Nobody Like U) is featured in the film’s latest trailer, which just premiered today and can […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 12, 2021)
Posted: November 12, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Belfast, Clifford the Big Red Dog, John Debney, Jonathan Larson, Julia, Laura Karpman, Love is Love is Love, Rachel Portman, tick tick... BOOM!, Van Morrison
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the family comedy Clifford the Big Red Dog directed by Walt Becker and starring Jack Whitehall, Darby Camp, Tony Hale, Sienna Guillory, David Alan Grier, Russell Wong and John Cleese. The film’s original music is composed by John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, The Jungle Book, Iron Man […]
Alanis Morissette to Write Music for ABC’s ‘Relatable’
Posted: November 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ABC, Alanis Morissette, Relatable
THR is reporting that Alanis Morissette will contribute original music to the ABC comedy Relatable. The show created by Elizabeth Beckwith and Christopher Moynihan (Marlon, Man Up!) is based on the family life of the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. The series revolves around a woman in her 40s, married with three kids, who spent her young adult […]
