Walt Disney Records has released an original song from the new Walt Disney World and Disneyland attraction Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Special Spice written by Grammy Award-winning musician, singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton and performed by Anika Noni Rose who is reprising her role […]
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Original Song ‘Special Spice’ from ‘Tiana’s Bayou Adventure’ Released
Posted: May 31, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Anika Noni Rose, PJ Morton, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
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Richard M. Sherman (1928-2024)
Posted: May 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Richard M. Sherman
Richard M. Sherman passed away today at age 95 in at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, California, due to age-related illness. Together with his brother Robert B. Sherman, the composer/lyricist wrote numerous songs for film and television and received two Academy Awards for the score and original song Chim Chim Cher-ee from Disney’s 1964 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 24, 2024)
Posted: May 24, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Atlas, Charles Lavoie, David Fleming, Fabio Massimo Capogrosso, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Graham Reynolds, Hit Man, Jim Henson Idea Man, John Debney, Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, Sean Philip Johnson, Sight, Solo, The Garfield Movie, Tom Holkenborg
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the post-apocalyptic action adventure Furiosa: A Mad Max Story co-written and directed by George Miller and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke and Alyla Browne. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road, Sonic the Hedgehog, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Godzilla x Kong: […]
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (1953-2024)
Posted: May 21, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek passed away today at age 71 in Krakow, Poland after a long battle with multiple system atrophy (MSA). The composer wrote numerous scores for film and television since the mid 1980s and received an Academy Award for his music for Marc Forster’s 2004 drama Finding Neverland. His other scoring credits include Adrian […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 10, 2024)
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ainz Brainz Prasad, Ameya Saraf, Andrew Bird, Caroline Ho, Force of Nature: The Dry 2, John Paesano, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Mother of the Bride, Not Another Church Movie, Peter Raeburn, Poolman, Power, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi adventure Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes directed by Wes Ball and starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, William H. Macy and Peter Macon. The film’s original music is composed by John Paesano (Daredevil, The Maze Runner, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Cheaper by the Dozen, Invincible, Diary […]
T Bone Burnett to Write Original Songs for Robert D. Krzykowski’s ‘Grendel’
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grendel, Robert D. Krzykowski, T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett (True Detective, Crazy Heart, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Inside Llewyn Davis, Walk the Line) has been tapped to contribute original songs to the upcoming monster movie Grendel. The film will be directed by Robert D. Krzykowski (The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot) and is set to Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan […]
Jack White to Serve as Music Director on Potsy Ponciroli ‘s ‘Motor City’
Posted: May 10, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Jack White, Motor City, Potsy Ponciroli
Grammy Award-winning musician Jack White, best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the rock band The White Stripes and as a member of the Raconteur and the Dead Weather, will serve as the music director of the upcoming action thriller Motor City. The film is directed by Potsy Ponciroli (Old Henry) and will […]
Ramin Djawadi to Be Honored as a BMI Icon at 40th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards
Posted: May 1, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards, Ramin Djawadi
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that Ramin Djawadi will be honored as a BMI Icon at the 40th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on June 5, 2024 in Beverly Hills, CA. The Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated composer will be receiving BMI’s highest honor for his exceptional body of work across […]
