Hildur Gudnadottir has received her first Golden Globe Award in the Original Score category for Todd Phillips’ Joker. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Randy Newman (Marriage Story), Thomas Newman (1917r), Alexandre Desplat (Little Women) and Daniel Pemberton (Motherless Brooklyn). In the Original Song category, Elton John & Bernie Taupin won the […]
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Hildur Gudnadottir Wins Golden Globe for ‘Joker’
Posted: January 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Golden Globes, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker, Rocketman
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 3, 2020)
Posted: January 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Adoring, Nicolas Errèra, The Grudge, The Newton Brothers
The only movie opening nationwide is the horror thriller The Grudge written and directed by Nicolas Pesce and starring Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. The film’s original music is composed by The Newton Brothers (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime, Oculus). No […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 27, 2019)
Posted: December 27, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 1917, Alexandre Desplat, Clemency, Howard Shore, Joel P. West, Just Mercy, Kathryn Bostic, Little Women, Spies in Disguise, The Song of Names, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Newman
Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Already playing in theaters since Wednesday is the new film adaptation of Little Women written and directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep. The film’s original music is composed […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 20, 2019)
Posted: December 20, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Benedikt Schiefer, Cats, Invisible Life, John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams. The film’s original music is […]
Best Original Score & Song Shortlists for 92nd Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 16, 2019 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 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The nominations will be announced on January 13, 2020 and the awards show will be held on February 9.
Paul McCartney to Write Original Songs for Timothy Reckart’s ‘High in the Clouds’
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: High in the Clouds, Netflix, Paul McCartney, Timothy Reckart
Netflix announced today that singer/songwriter Paul McCartney will be writing original songs for the animated movie High in the Clouds based on the popular children’s adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar & Philip Ardagh. Timothy Reckart (The Star, Head Over Heels) is directing the film, which follows an imaginative teenage […]
56th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 56th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past few years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Tyson Lozensky for James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari […]
Scores for ‘Knives Out’, ‘The Irishman’ & ‘The Two Popes’ Ruled Ineligible for Academy Awards Consideration
Posted: December 9, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Variety is reporting that several original scores submitted for Academy Awards consideration have been disqualified. Among the titles ruled ineligible are Knives Out (by Nathan Johnson), which was disqualified due to an “administrative mixup”, as well as The Irishman (by Robbie Robertson) and The Two Popes (by Bryce Dessner), both of which were expected to […]
25th Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critic's Choice Movie Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 25th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 12, 2020 at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony at the […]
