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Nominations for 48th Annie Awards Announced

Posted: March 3, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 48th Annual Annie Awards this morning. The winners of the awards will be announced at the virtual 48th Annual Annie Awards ceremony on Friday, April 16. Here are the music-related nominees: Music in an Animated Feature Production Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna – […]

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste have received their first SCL Award in the Outstanding Original Score in a Studio Film category for their music for Pixar’s Soul at tonight’s 2nd Annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. The other composers nominated in the category were James Newton Howard (News of the World), Ludwig Göransson (Tenet), […]

The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 57th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of 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 Greg Hayes for Aaron […]

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste have won the Golden Globe Award in the Original Score category for Pixar’s animated feature Soul. Reznor & Ross have previously received their first Golden Globe for David Fincher’s The Social Network and were also nominated this year for their music for Fincher’s Mank. The other composers nominated […]

The only movie opening in theaters nationwide is the live-action/animated feature Tom & Jerry directed by Tim Story and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Rob Delaney, Colin Jost and Ken Jeong. The show’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (The Boys, Lost in Space, Sausage Party, Agent Carter,  Horrible Bosses, Supernatural). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album […]

Deadline is reporting that composer/music producer Elliott Wheeler (The Get Down) and writer/director Michael Sucsy (The Vow, Grey Gardens) are writing the music and lyrics for the original movie musical A Lot Like Christmas. Sucsy will also direct the film, which is set in New York City and revolves around EGOT-winner Riva DeLange, a woman […]

Netflix announced today that Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine) will serve as the executive music producer on the upcoming Netflix original film Metal Lords. The movie is directed by Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Raising Victor Vargas, Freeheld) and stars Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth and Adrian Greensmith. The drama revolves around […]

The Guild of Music Supervisors today announced the nominations for its 11th annual awards ceremony, which will take place virtually on Sunday, April 11, 2021. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers and Advertising. Below are the nominations for the major categories. Also check out the nominations announcement presentation. […]

Premiering tonight is the HBO docu-series Allen v. Farrow directed by Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering about the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving his 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. The show’s original music is composed by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Bad Education, All Day and a Night, See You Yesterday). Check out our previous […]

Opening in theaters nationwide today following an IMAX-exclusive release over the last three weeks is the drama Nomadland written and directed by Chloe Zhao and starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells. The film features (pre-existing) compositions by Ludovico Einaudi (The Intouchables, The Father, Samba). Decca Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the […]