It was announced today that acclaimed conductor Gustavo Dudamel will be guiding the baton for the film’s recording of Leonard Bernstein’s score for Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation of West Side Story. As previously reported, David Newman (Anastasia, Ice Age, Serenity) will be arranging the Bernstein score for the new adaptation. Tony Award winner Jeanine Tesori (Broadway’s Fun Home and Thoroughly Modern Millie) will be working with the […]
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Gustavo Dudamel, Jeanine Tesori & Matt Sullivan Join Music Team for Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’
Posted: May 17, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, Jeanine Tesori, Matt Sullivan, Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
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Terence Blanchard & William Ross Honored at BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Posted: May 16, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, Terence Blanchard, William Ross
Last night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its annual Film, TV & Visual Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Terence Blanchard was named BMI Icon in recognition of his significant contributions to the cinematic community. The composer who received his first Academy Award nomination earlier this year for his music for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman and […]
Benjamin Millepied’s ‘Carmen’ to Feature Original Songs by Nicholas Britell & Julieta Venegas
Posted: May 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Millepied, Carmen, Julieta Venegas, Nicholas Britell
Variety is reporting that Academy Award-nominated composer Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Big Short, Vice) & Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Julieta Venegas are composing new songs for the upcoming musical drama Carmen. The film is directed by Benjamin Millepied and is set to star Jamie Dornan and Melissa Barrera. As previously reported, Britell is also composing the […]
Andrea Bocelli to Perform Theme Song for Guan Hu’s ‘The Eight Hundred’
Posted: May 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrea Bocelli, Ba Bai, Guan Hu, The Eight Hundred
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is providing the theme song for the upcoming Chinese war epic The Eight Hundred (Ba bai). The film is directed by Guan Hu (Mr. Six, Cow) and tells the story of a group of Chinese soldiers and draft dodgers in 1937 who put up a four-day defense of a Shanghai warehouse complex just as […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 10, 2019)
Posted: May 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All Creatures Here Below, All Is True, Anne Dudley, Bear McCreary, Ceiri Torjussen, Charlie Says, Deborah Lurie, Henry Jackman, Jeff Beal, Keegan DeWitt, Laurent Perez Del Mar, Lisa Coleman, My Son, Patrick Doyle, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, Poms, The Biggest Little Farm, The Hustle, The Professor and the Madman, Thomas Newman, Tolkien, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin, Wine Country
Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure Pokémon Detective Pikachu directed by Rob Letterman and starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton and Ken Watanabe. The film’s original music is composed by Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Civil War, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: First Class). Sony Classical has […]
Disney+’s ‘ Lady in the Tramp’ Remake to Feature Original Songs by Janelle Monae
Posted: May 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Janelle Monae, Lady and the Tramp, Wonderland
Variety is reporting that Janelle Monae is contributing two original songs to the upcoming live-action remake of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp. In addition, her artist collective Wondaland is also recording a new version of The Siamese Cat Song originally performed by Peggy Lee for the 1955 animated classics. Monae is also part of the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 3, 2019)
Posted: May 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ask Dr. Ruth, At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal, Blake Neely, Bolden, Christopher Lennertz, Claire M. Singer, Dennis Smith, Drum & Lace, El Chicano, Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile, Geoff Zanelli, Glenn Slater, Ian Hultquist, Lao Zai, Long Shot, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Miles Hankins, Mitch Lee, Scott Steiner, Shadow, Tell It to the Bees, The Intruder, UglyDolls, Wynton Marsalis
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature UglyDolls directed by Kelly Asbury and starring Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Blake Shelton, Janelle Monae, Wanda Sykes, Emma Roberts, Gabriel Iglesias, Wang Leehom and Pitbull. The film’s original score is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Lost in Space, Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party) […]
‘The River and the Wall’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: May 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Noah Sorota, score, Soundtrack, The River and the Wall
A soundtrack album has been released for the documentary The River and the Wall. The album features the film’s original music composed by Noah Sorota (Falling Skies, Jinn, The Gracefield Incident, Reverie). The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. The River and the Wall is […]
Anastacia to Write & Perform Theme Song for Alessio Jim Della Valle’s ‘American Night’
Posted: May 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alessio Jim Della Valle, American Night, Anastacia
Anastacia is writing and performing the theme song for the upcoming neo-noir thriller American Night. The film is written and directed by Alessio Jim Della Valle and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Jeremy Piven, Fortunato Cerlino, Annabelle Belmondo, Mara Lane and Alba Amira Ramadani. The movie follows the Don of the New […]
David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia Win BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Killing Eve’
Posted: April 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia, Killing Eve
David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Haywire) & Keefus Ciancia (True Detective, The Motel Life) won their first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for her music for the BBC series Killing Eve developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and starring Sandra Oh & Jodie Comer. The composers accepted their award in person last night at the ceremony […]
