Marilyn Bergman has passed away today at her home in Los Angeles. She was 93. Together with her husband Alan, the songwriter/lyricist wrote dozens of songs for film and television and won three Academy Awards for the songs The Way We Were from Sydney Pollack’s movie of the same title, The Windmills of Your Mind […]
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Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022)
Posted: January 8, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Marilyn Bergman
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 7, 2022)
Posted: January 7, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Hero, Christopher Gordon, Joseph Murray, June Again, Junkie XL, Lodewijk Vos, See for Me, The 355, Tom Holkenborg
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the spy thriller The 355 co-written and directed by Simon Kinberg and starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Bingbing Fan, Édgar Ramirez and Sebastian Stan. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Zack […]
Nominations for 3rd Annual SCL Awards Announced
Posted: January 4, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: SCL Awards
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 1st at the Skirball Cultural Center. The evening will be hosted by Darren Criss will include musical performances from Grammy-nominated singers/songwriters Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear (Bridgerton: The Unofficial Musica;), Grammy winner […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 31, 2021)
Posted: December 31, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Dessner, Anthony Chue, Bryce Dessner, G Storm, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jockey, Munich: The Edge of War
Already playing in select theaters since this past Wednesday, December 29, is the drama Jockey co-written and directed by Clint Bentley and starring Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias, Logan Cormier, Colleen Hartnett. The film’s original music is composed by The National’s Bryce Dessner (The Two Popes, The Kitchen) & Aaron Dessner (Cyrano, C’mon […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 24, 2021)
Posted: December 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Journal for Jordan, Alberto Igl, Alberto Iglesias, Carter Burwell, Dominic Lewis, Joby Talbot, Johnny Klimek, Marcelo Zarvos, Matthew Margeson, Nick Cave, Parallel Mothers, Sing 2, The King's Man, The Matrix Resurrections, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Velvet Queen, Tom Tykwer, Warren Ellis
Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Already playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the animated sequel Sing 2 written and directed by Garth Jennings and starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Bono, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Letitia Wright and Pharrell Williams. The film’s […]
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 94th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 94th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on February 8, 2022 and the awards show […]
Nominations for 49th Annie Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 49th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees: Music in an Animated Feature Production Encanto – Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco – Walt Disney Animation Studios | Luca – Dan Romer – Pixar Animation Studios Poupelle of Chimney Town – Youki […]
2022 Oscars Best Original Song Predictions
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Song 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 songs in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the […]
