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Shout! Studios announced today that Academy Award nominee Diane Warren has written an original song for the upcoming documentary Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story. The track, entitled Without a Net, is performed by country music singer/songwriter Mickey Guyton, and will be featured in the April Wright-directed movie, which tells the untold story about the unsung […]

Opening in select theaters today is the documentary Rebuilding Paradise directed by Ron Howard. The film’s original music is composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Gladiator, The Lion King, Inception) & Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The LEGO Batman Movie, Bad Boys for Life). A soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score for the […]

2020 Emmy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: July 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): Euphoria – Bonnie and Clyde – Music by Labrinth Ozark -All In – Music by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Succession – This Is Not for Tears – Music by […]

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the thriller The Rental directed by Dave Franco and starring Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White and Toby Huss. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, The Gift, Enemy, Boy Erased, Martha Marcy May Marlene). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack […]

Linda Perry and Bono have written an original song for the upcoming documentary Citizen Penn. The track, entitled Eden: To Find Love, is performed by Bono and will be featured during the film’s end credits. Perry has also composed the original score for the movie, which is directed by Don Hardy (Pick of the Litter) […]

Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene) won her first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for her music for the HBO/Sky limited series Chernobyl written and executive produced by Craig Mazin, directed by Johan Renck and starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson. She previously received an Emmy and a Grammy […]

Opening in select theaters and on Hulu today is the comedy Palm Springs directed by Max Barbakow and starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes, Tyler Hoechlin and Peter Gallagher. The film’s original score is composed by Matthew Compton (MacGruber, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Better Start Running). A soundtrack EP featuring […]

Ennio Morricone (1928 – 2020)

Posted: July 6, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Ennio Morricone has passed away at age 91 today in Rome, Italy. The composer has written more than 400 scores for film and television over a six decade-spanning career. His best known film scoring credits include Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, A Fistful of […]

Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the war drama The Outpost directed by Rod Lurie and starring Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom, Caleb Landry Jones, Kwame Patterson and Cory Hardrict. The film’s original music is composed by Larry Groupé (The Contender, Commander-in-Chief, Resurrecting the Champ, Nothing But the Truth, Straw Dogs). La-La Land Records […]