Rickey Minor has received his second Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Direction category for his work on the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors gala at today’s second night of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He previously won the award in 2017 for Taking The Stage: African American Music And Stories That Changed America […]
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Rickey Minor Wins Emmy Award for The Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: September 15, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, Rickey Minor
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Al Kasha (1937-2020)
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Al Kasha
Songwriter/composer Al Kasha has passed away today at age 83. He is best known for co-writing (with Joel Hirschhorn) numerous songs for stage and screen, including The Morning After from 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure and We May Never Love Like This Again from 1974’s The Towering Inferno, for which he received two Academy Awards. He […]
Laura Karpman Wins Emmy Award for ‘Why We Hate’
Posted: September 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards, Laura Karpman, Why We Hate
Laura Karpman has won her first Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) category for her score for the episode Tools & Tactics from the Discover docu-series Why We Hate at today’s first part of the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. She has previously been […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 11, 2020)
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All In: The Fight for Democracy, Andreas Radzuweit, Genevieve Vincent, Gil Talmi, I Am Woman, Jimmy Weber, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rafael May, Rent-A-Pal, Spy Cat, The Broken Hearts Gallery
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Gallery written and directed by Natalie Krinsky and starring Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Suki Waterhouse, Molly Gordon, Phillipa Soo, Arturo Castro, Taylor Hill, Ego Nwodim and Bernadette Peters. The film’s original music is composed by Genevieve Vincent […]
2020 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: September 11, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2020 World Soundtrack Awards in all categories , including Film Composer of the Year, TV Composer of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the 20th anniversary edition of the World Soundtrack Awards, which will […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 4, 2020)
Posted: September 4, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Drake, Chris Hajian, Critical Thinking, Harry Gregson-Williams, Ludwig Göransson, Mulan, Robin's Wish, Tenet
The only movie opening in theaters nationwide this week is the spy thriller Tenet written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Clémence Poésy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh and Himesh Patel. The film’s original music is composed by Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, The Mandalorian, Creed, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 28, 2020)
Posted: August 28, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Kawczynski, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Christopher Willis, Fatima, Jack Halama, Mark Isham, Mark Snow, Paolo Buonvino, Rogue, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Scott Shields, The Eight Hundred, The New Mutants, The Personal History of David Copperfield'
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller The New Mutants directed by Josh Boone and starring Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt and Henry Zaga. The film’s original music is composed by (The X-Files, Millennium, La Femme Nikita, Crazy in Alabama, Smallville). Hollywood Records […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 21, 2020)
Posted: August 21, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Cuervo, Andrew Hollander, Cut Throat City, David Buckley, Dhani Harrison, Emperor, Javier Navarrete, John Paesano, Mowg, Paul Hicks, Peninsula, Tesla, The Chainsmokers, The Pale Door, Unhinged, Words on Bathroom Walls
Opening in theaters nationwide today is the psychological thriller Unhinged directed by Derrick Borte and starring Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson and Austin P. McKenzie. The film’s original music is composed by David Buckley (The Good Wife, The Forbidden Kingdom, Angel Has Fallen, Papillon, The Stranger). Sol B Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s […]
Amandla Stenberg, Justin Paul & Benj Pasek to Write New Song for ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie Adaptation
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amandla Stenberg, Benj Pasek, Dear Evan Hansen, Justin Paul, Stephen Chbosky
Actress Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give, The Eddy, Everything, Everything, The Darkest Minds) has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Dear Evan Hansen. She will also be performing and co-writing an original song for the movie with Academy Award winners Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La […]
‘The One and Only Ivan’ to Feature Original Song by Charlie Puth & Diane Warren
Posted: August 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Charlie Puth, Diane Warren, The One and Only Ivan, Thea Sharrock
Academy Award nominee Diane Warren has written the original song Free for Disney’s fantasy adventure The One and Only Ivan. The track is performed by Charlie Puth and will be featured during the movie’s end credits sequence. The song will be included on the movie’s official soundtrack album, which also features the film’s original score […]
