Sony Pictures announced today that record producer/songwriter (and son of Beatles producer George Martin) will serve as the executive music producer on The Beatles – A Four Film Cinematic Event. The four films are directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and will star Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Joseph […]
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Giles Martin to Serve as Executive Music Producer on Sam Mendes’ ‘The Beatles – A Four Film Cinematic Event’
Posted: February 12, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Giles Martin, Sam Mendes, The Beatles - A Four Film Cinematic Event
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 6, 2026)
Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Buffalo Kids, CJ Mirra, Danny Elfman, Doomphonic, Dracula, Duval Timothy, Fernando Velazquez, Jimpa, Joy Ngiaw, Justin Burnett, Kangding Ray, Kokuho, Marihiko Hara, My Father's Shadow, Nick Ward, Oliver Coates, Oscar Senen, Pillion, Scarlet, Sirât, Solo Mio, Taisei Iwasaki, The Strangers: Chapter 3, Whistle
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the gothic romance Dracula written and directed by Luc Besson and starring Caleb Landry Jones, Christoph Waltz, Matilda De Angelis, Haymon Maria Buttinger and Zoë Bleu Sidel. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Men in Black, Alice in Wonderland). Because […]
Ludwig Göransson Wins SCL Award for ‘Sinners’ Score
Posted: February 6, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: SCL Awards
Ludwig Göransson has won the SCL Award in the Outstanding Original Score in a Studio Film category for his music from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners at tonight’s 7th Annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. In the Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film category, Bryce Dessner received the award for his score from Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams. […]
Ludwig Göransson Wins Grammy Award for ‘Sinners’ Score
Posted: February 1, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards, Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Ludwig Göransson has won the Grammy Award for his score from Ryan Coogler’s Sinners in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 68th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles. He was previously honored with a Grammy in the same category for his music for Coogler’s Black Panther and Christopher Nolan’s […]
2026 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 27, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, BAFTA Awards
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2026 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of ten titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, February 22 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 23, 2026)
Posted: January 23, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Akira Yamaoka, Arco, Arnaud Toulon, Conisch, Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, H Is for Hawk, In Cold Light, Jonas Struck, Mercy, Michael Nomad Ripoll, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, Philippe Brault, Ramin Djawadi, Return to Silent Hill
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi thriller Mercy directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Kylie Rogers and Chris Sullivan. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Fallout, Iron Man, Westworld, Eternals, Pacific Rim, Uncharted, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Prison Break). Lakeshore Records has released […]
98th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 22, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
This morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network, streamed live on Hulu and […]
62nd Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 20, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 62nd Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, ADR, production and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Alan Meyerson for Joseph Kosinksi’s […]
‘Virus: 32’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 19, 2026 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gustavo Hernández, Hernán González Villamil, score, Shudder, Soundtrack, Virus: 32
Plaza Mayor Company has released a soundtrack album for the Uruguayan zombie horror thriller Virus: 32. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hernán González Villamil (Home Team, Simon of the Mountain, Night Watch, Como el mar). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen […]