Opening in theaters nationwide is the post-apocalyptic horror movie 28 Years Later directed by Danny Boyle and starring Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Christopher Fulford, Edvin Ryding and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film’s original music is composed by the Scottish hip hop trio Young Fathers (Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole & Graham ‘G’ […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 20, 2025)
Posted: June 20, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 28 Years Later, Alma and the Wolf, Bride Hard, Chiara Costanza, Craig Wedren, Elio, Erwann Chandon, Everything's Going to Be Great, Eye for an Eye, Inside, Jherek Bischoff, KPop Demon Hunters, Marcelo Zarvos, Mr. Blake at Your Service!, Rob Simonsen, Rolfe Kent, Ryan Shore, Timothy Williams, Young Fathers
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Carter Burwell Elected to Academy Board of Governors
Posted: June 18, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Carter Burwell
Composer Carter Burwell (Fargo, Carol, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, True Grit, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Blind Side, Twilight, Being John Malkovich) has been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2025-2026 Board of Governors. He joins Lesley Barber and Richard Gibbs who will be the other two governors of the music branch […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 30, 2025)
Posted: May 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Bring Her Back, Christopher Wong, Cornel Wilczek, Detective Kien: The Headless Horror, Dominic Lewis, Garrett Crosby, Ghost Trail, Ian Rees, Jed Kurzel, Karate Kid: Legends, Lost in Starlight, Ocean with David Attenborough, Steven Price, The Phoenician Scheme, Tornado, Yuksek
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the martial arts action adventure Karate Kid: Legends directed by Jonathan Entwistle and starring Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen and Joshua Jackson. The film’s original music is composed by Dominic Lewis (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, The Man in the High Castle, Money Monster, Your […]
Alf Clausen (1941-2025)
Posted: May 30, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alf Clausen
Alf Clausen passed away yesterday at age 84 at his home in Los Angeles after battling Parkinson’s disease. The composer is best known for his music for the Fox animated hit show The Simpsons, which he scored between 1990 and 2017 and for which he received two Emmy Awards and 23 Emmy Award nominations. His other […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 23, 2025)
Posted: May 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alfie Godfrey, Dan Romer, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Jeff Russo, Lilo & Stitch, Max Aruj, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Nick Cave, Peter von Poehl, The Last Rodeo, The New Boy, Warren Ellis
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the live-action reimagining of Disney’s animated feature Lilo & Stitch directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and starring Maia Kealoha, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Hannah Waddingham, Courtney B. Vance, Billy Magnussen, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere and Zach Galifianakis. The film’s original music composed by Dan Romer (Station Eleven, Luca, Superman & Lois, Beasts […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 16, 2025)
Posted: May 16, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Breed Apart, Armand Amar, Black Tea, Britlin Furst, Buck Sanders, Daniel Lopatin, Deaf President Now!, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Marco Beltrami, Paul Banks, Sister Midnight, The Weeknd, Tim Wynn
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror movie Final Destination: Bloodlines directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein and starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Brec Bassinger, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Richard Harmon and Tony Todd. The film’s original music is composed by Tim Wynn (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Freaks, […]
Charles Strouse (1928-2025)
Posted: May 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse passed away today at age 96 at his home in New York. The composer/lyricist, best known for his work on Broadway musicals such as Bye Bye Birdie, Annie & Applause, has also composed numerous songs and scores for film and television. His scoring credits include Arthur Penn’s 1967 classic Bonnie and Clyde, for […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 9, 2025)
Posted: May 9, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ariel Marx, Craig DeLeon, Evan Bogart, Fight or Flight, Friendship, George Fenton, Gustaf Spetz, Jacob Tardien, Juliet & Romeo, Justin Gray, Keegan DeWitt, Lilly, Marcelo Zarvos, Marcus Trumpp, Nonnas, Oskar Sollenberg, Paul Saunderson, Sew Torn, Shadow Force, Sharp Corner, Stephen McKeon, Unit 234, Watch the Skies
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Shadow Force co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Mark Strong and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. The film’s original music is composed by Craig DeLeon (Strange Darling, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, A Man in Full, Fatal Attraction, End of […]
BMI Announces Launch of Composer Lab to Foster the Next Generation of Media Composers
Posted: May 6, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI
BMI today announced the launch of its inaugural Composer Lab, designed to provide emerging composers with a one-of-a-kind experience to foster artistic growth and professional development. Under the guidance of composer (and former director of the Sundance Film Music Program) Peter Golub, and BMI’s VP of Film, TV & Visual Media Tracy McKnight, the program […]
