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 […]
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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
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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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 5, 2021)
Posted: November 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andre Matthias, Austin Wintory, Dangerous, David Sardy, Eternals, Finch, Gaza mon amour, Gustavo Santaolalla, Ida Red, Jonny Greenwood, Mark, Mary & Some Other People, One Shot, Patrick Stump, Ramin Djawadi, Red Notice, Spencer, Steve Jablonsky, Todd Bryanton
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the superhero movie Eternals directed by Chloe Zhao and starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Angelina Jolie, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Barry Keoghan and Kit Harington. The film’s original score is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Games of Thrones, Iron Man, Westworld, Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in […]
Michael Giacchino’s Music from ‘Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure’ Released
Posted: November 5, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack for the theme park attractions Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure. The digital single features the original music from the ride written by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Star Trek, Lost, Jurassic World, Inside Out, The Incredibles, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Doctor Strange) based on his score for Brad Bird’s feature Ratatouille, […]
‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: November 1, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Back to the Future, Back to the Future: The Musical, Glen Ballard, Soundtrack
The full track list of the soundtrack album for the original cast recording of Back to the Future: The Musical has been revealed. The album features new music written for the stage musical by Academy Award nominees Alan Silvestri (Marvel’s The Avengers, Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, The Mummy Returns, Captain America: […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 29, 2021)
Posted: October 30, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 13 Minutes, A Mouthful of Air, Antlers, Ariel Marx, Devonté Hynes, Heart of Champions, Jan Miserre, Javier Navarrete, John Gürtler, Julian Scherle, Last Night in Soho, My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, Passing, Roman Molino Dunn, Snakehead, Steven Price, Yuki Hayashi
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the psychological horror thriller Last Night in Soho co-written and directed by Edgar Wright and starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Terence Stamp, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Michael Ajao, Rita Tushingham and Synnøve Karlsen. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Our Planet, Fury, Over the Moon, Suicide Squad, Baby […]
Moby to Compose Music for Yaniv Raz’s ‘The Great Emu War’
Posted: October 27, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Moby, The Great Emu War, Yaniv Raz
THR is reporting that Moby will contribute original music to the upcoming Australian action adventure comedy The Great Emu War. The film will be directed by Yaniv Raz (Dr. Birds Advice for Sad Poets) and is set to star John Cleese, Monty Franklin, Jim Jefferies and Rhys Darby. The movie is set in Western Australia […]
Daniel Pemberton Named Film Composer of the Year at 2021 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 23, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benji Merrison, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Daniel Pemberton, Nainita Desai, Nicholas Britell, World Soundtrack Awards
Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year at the 21st World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 48th Ghent Film Festival, for his scores for Aaron Sorkins’ The Trial of the Chicago 7, Harry Bradbeer’s Enola Holmes and the documentary Rising Phoenix. He previously received his first World Soundtrack Award in the Discovery of […]
Leslie Bricusse (1931-2021)
Posted: October 19, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse has passed away at age 90. The Grammy Award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright wrote numerous songs and scores for stage and screen over the last six decades. He received two Academy Awards for the song Talk to the Animals from 1967’s original Doctor Dolittle and (in the Best Music, Original Song Score and […]
