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 […]
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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
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‘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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 14, 2020)
Posted: August 14, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brooke Blair, Endless, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, John Swihart, Nik Freitas, Oleg Karpachev, The Bay of Silence, The Silencing, Todd Bryanton, Valley of the Gods, Will Blair
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the thriller The Silencing directed by Robin Pront and stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis and Hero Fiennes Tiffin. The film’s original music is composed by Will Blair & Brooke Blair (Green Room, The Informer, Blue Ruin, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Hold the Dark). Filmtrax has released a […]
Billy Goldenberg (1936 – 2020)
Posted: August 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Billy Goldenberg
Billy Goldenberg has passed away at age 84. The composer wrote dozens of scores for film and television between the late 60s and late 90s. His best known works include the first theme for Kojak, his scores for seven episodes of Columbo, Herbert Ross’ 1975 feature The Last of Sheila, Michael Schultz’s 1979 comedy Scavenger […]
April Wright’s ‘Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story’ to Feature Original Song by Diane Warren & Mickey Guyton
Posted: August 3, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: April Wright, Diane Warren, Mickey Guyton, Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 31, 2020)
Posted: July 31, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Blanck Mass, Boys State, Calm with Horses, Garth Stevenson, George Fenton, Gustavo Santaolalla, Hans Zimmer, Hilario Duran, Juan Luqui, Lorne Balfe, Mondo Boys, Rebuilding Paradise, She Dies Tomorrow, Summerland, T. Griffin, The Cuban, The Fight, The Grizzlies, The Secret: Dare to Dream, The Shadow of Violence, Volker Bertelmann
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 NewsTags: Emmy Awards
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 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 24, 2020)
Posted: July 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Heffes, Danny Bensi, Eloi Painchaud, Fisherman's Friends, Ian Hultquist, Most Wanted, Rupert Christie, Saunder Jurriaans, The Big Ugly, The Rental, Yes God Yes
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 […]
Don Hardy’s ‘Citizen Penn’ to Feature Original Song Written by Linda Perry and Bono
Posted: July 22, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bono, Citizen Penn, Don Hardy, Linda Perry
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) […]
